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Yojiro Kimura

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Yojiro Kimura
Born1912
Died2006 (aged 93–94)
NationalityJapanese
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Author abbrev. (botany)Y.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]

Selected publications

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  • 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

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Yojiro Kimura is the authority for 58 taxa, such as Hypericum hayatae Y.Kimura[6]

References

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  1. ^ HUH 2015.
  2. ^ Dahlgren & Clifford 1982.
  3. ^ Lam 1959, p. 58.
  4. ^ Robson 2007.
  5. ^ Kimura 1956.
  6. ^ Tropicos 2015, Kimura, Yojiro.
  7. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Y.Kimura.

Bibliography

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