is an
economic botanist
''Economic Botany'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers all aspects of economic botany. The editor-in-chief is Robert A. Voeks (California State University, Fullerton). The journal was established in 1947 and is published b ...
at the
Tokyo Metropolitan University
, often referred to as TMU, is a Public Research University, public research university in Japan.
Origin
The origin of Tokyo Metropolitan University was Prefectural Higher School, under the old system of education, established by Tokyo Prefec ...
, the
Makino Botanical Garden
The , also known as the Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden, is a botanical garden located at Godaisan 4200-6, Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan. It is open to the public daily except Mondays; an admission fee is charged.
The garden was est ...
in
Kōchi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kōchi Prefecture has a population of 757,914 (1 December 2011) and has a geographic area of 7,103 km2 (2,742 sq mi). Kōchi Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the northwest and ...
, Japan.
Tanaka is an expert on the family
Cannaceae
''Canna'' or canna lily is the only genus of flowering plants in the family Cannaceae, consisting of 10 species.The Cannaceae of the World, H. Maas-van der Kamer & P.J.M. Maas, BLUMEA 53: 247-318 Cannas are not true lilies, but have been ass ...
, and in 2001 published a revision of the family Cannaceae in the New World and Asia.
Another contribution by Dr. Tanaka is to revise the Flora of Myanmar.
[Tanaka Nb. 2005]
Plant inventory research: contributions to the flora of Myanmar.
'' Acta Phytotax. Geobot.'' 56: 1–26.
Publications
*Nobuyuki Tanaka (2004): The utilization of edible Canna plants in southeastern Asia and southern China in ''Economic Botany'' 52 (1) pp 112–114 The New York Botanical Garde
*Ito, Y., T. Ohi-Toma, Nb. Tanaka, and J. Murata (2009) New or noteworthy plant collections from Myanmar (3) ''Caldesia parnassifolia'', ''Nechamandra alternifolia'', ''Potamogeton maackianus'' and ''P''. ''octandrus''. ''Journal of Japanese Botany'' 84: 321-329.
*Ito, Y., T. Ohi-Toma, Nb. Tanaka, Nr. Tanaka & J. Murata (2014) New or noteworthy plant collections from Myanmar (8) ''Blyxa aubertii'' var. ''echinosperma'', ''Lemna trisulca'', and ''Najas tenuis''. ''APG: Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica'' 65: 53-61.
*Ito, Y., Nr. Tanaka, R. Pooma, and Nb. Tanaka (2014) DNA barcoding reveals a new record of ''Potamogeton'' ''distinctus'' (Potamogetonaceae) and its natural hybrids, ''P''. ''distinctus'' × ''P''. ''nodosus'' and ''P''. ''distinctus'' × ''P''. ''wrightii'' (''P''. ×''malainoides'') from Myanmar. ''Biodiversity Data Journal'' 2: e1073
doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1073*Ito, Y., Nb. Tanaka (2014) Chromosome studies in the aquatic monocots of Myanmar: A brief review with additional records. ''Biodiversity Data Journal'' 2: e1069
doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1069
References
;Notes
External links
The utilization of edible Canna plants in southeastern Asia and southern ChinaEdible Canna and its Starch: An Under-Exploited Starch-Producing Plant ResourceProgress in the Development of Economic Botany and Knowledge of Food Plants.The Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) Newsletter Jan 2008
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20th-century Japanese botanists
Economic botanists
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21st-century Japanese botanists