Yojiro Kimura
Japanese botanist (1912–2006)
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Yojiro Kimura (木村 陽二郎, Kimura Yōjirō; 1912–2006)[1] was a Japanese botanist, known for his classification of monocotyledons,[2][3] and of Japanese species of Hypericum.[4]
Yojiro Kimura | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1912 |
| Died | 2006 (aged 93–94) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Y.Kimura | |
Selected publications
- Kimura, Y. 1953. The system and phylogenetic tree of plants. J. Jpn. Bot. 28: 97–104.
- Kimura, Y. 1956. Système et phylogénie des monocotyledones. Notulae Systematicae, Herbier du Muséum de Paris 15:137–159.[5]
- Kimura, Y. "Shokubutsu bunrui taikei no rekishi" [The History of Botanical Classification Systems] in "Seibutsugakushi ronshu" [Essays on The History of Biology]), (Yasaka Shobo, 1987).
- Kimura, Y. "Natsurarisuto no keifu", (Chuou Kouron Sha, Inc., 1983)
Legacy
Yojiro Kimura is the authority for 58 taxa, such as Hypericum hayatae Y.Kimura[6]
