Yojiro Kimura

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
Born1912
Died2006 (aged 9394)
NationalityJapanese
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Author abbrev. (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]

References

Bibliography

Note: This is a selected list of the more influential systems. There are many other systems, for instance a review of earlier systems, published by Lindley in his 1853 edition, and Dahlgren (1982). Examples include the works of Scopoli, Ventenat, Batsch and Grisebach.


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