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was a Japanese botanist, known for his
classification of
monocotyledons
Monocotyledons (), commonly referred to as monocots, ( Lilianae '' sensu'' Chase & Reveal) are grass and grass-like flowering plants (angiosperms), the seeds of which typically contain only one embryonic leaf, or cotyledon. They constitute one of ...
, and of Japanese species of ''
Hypericum
''Hypericum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae (formerly considered a subfamily of Clusiaceae). The genus has a nearly worldwide distribution, missing only from tropical lowlands, deserts and polar regions. Many ''Hy ...
''.
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.
* Kimura, Y. "Shokubutsu bunrui taikei no rekishi"
he History of Botanical Classification Systemsin "Seibutsugakushi ronshu"
ssays 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''
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Obituary: Dr. Yojiro Kimura (1912-2006). J. Jap. Bot. 82(2): 112. 2007
20th-century Japanese botanists
1912 births
2006 deaths
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