Yojiro Kimura

Yojiro Kimura
Born	1912
Died	2006 (aged 93–94)
Nationality	Japanese
Fields	Botany
Author abbrev. (botany)	Y.Kimura

Yojiro Kimura (1912 – 2006)^[1] was a Japanese botanist, known for his classification of monocotyledons,^[2]^[3] and of Japanese species of Hypericum.^[4]

Selected publications

Kimura, Y. 1953. The system and phylogenetic tree of plants. J. Jap. 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

Kimura, Yojiro (1956). "Système et phylogénie des monocotyledones". Notulae Systematicae, Herbier du Muséum de Paris. 15: 137–159.
"Kimura, Yojiro". Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries: Index of Botanists. 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
"Tropicos". Missouri Botanical Garden. 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
Dahlgren, Rolf; Clifford, H. T. (1982). The monocotyledons: A comparative study. London and New York: Academic Press. ISBN 9780122006807.
Lam, HJ (1959), Taxonomy: general principles and angiosperms, pp. 3–75 in Turrill (1959)
Turrill, W. B., ed. (1959). Vistas in Botany: A Volume in Honour of the Bicentenary of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. London: Pergamon. ISBN 9781483153391. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
Robson, Norman KB (2007). "Yojiro Kimura's Contribution to the Study of Japanese Hypericum". J. Jap. Bot. 82 (2): 114.
Obituary: Dr. Yojiro Kimura (1912-2006). J. Jap. Bot. 82(2): 112. 2007
Kanai, Hiroo: In Memory of Dr. Yojiro Kimura. J. Jap. Bot. 82(2): 115. 2007

List of systems of plant taxonomy

Pre-Linnaean

John Ray system (1686–1704)	A discourse on the seeds of plants Methodus plantarum nova De Variis Plantarum Methodis Dissertatio Brevis Methodus plantarum emendata et aucta

Pre-Darwinian

Linnaean system (1735–51)	Systema Naturae Species Plantarum Genera Plantarum Philosophia Botanica

Adanson system (1763)	Familles naturelles des plantes

De Jussieu system (1789)	Genera Plantarum, secundum ordines naturales disposita juxta methodum in Horto Regio Parisiensi exaratam

De Candolle system (1819–24)	Théorie élémentaire de la botanique, ou exposition des principes de la classification naturelle et de l'art de décrire et d'etudier les végétaux Prodromus systemati naturalis regni vegetabilis sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta

Berchtold and Presl system (1820–1823)	O Prirozenosti Rostlin

Agardh system (1825)	Classes Plantarum

Gray system (1821)	The Natural Arrangement of British Plants

Dumortier system (1829)	Analyse des familles des plantes

Lindley system (1830–45)	An Introduction to the Natural System of Botany The Vegetable Kingdom

Don system (1834)	General History of Dichlamydious Plants.

Bentham & Hooker system (1862–83)	Genera plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis kewensibus servata definita.

Baillon system (1867–94)	Histoire des plantes

Post-Darwinian (Phyletic)

Nineteenth century

Eichler system (1875–1886)	Blüthendiagramme: construirt und erläutert Syllabus der Vorlesungen über Phanerogamenkunde

Engler system (1886–1924)	Führer durch den Königlich botanischen Garten der Universität zu Breslau Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien Das Pflanzenreich

van Tieghem system (1891)	Traité de botanique

Twentieth century

Dalla Torre & Harms system (1900–07)	Genera Siphonogamarum, ad systema Englerianum conscripta

Warming system (1912)	Haandbog i den systematiske botanik

Hallier system (1912)	L'origine et le système phylétique des angiospermes

Bessey system (1915)	The phylogenetic taxonomy of flowering plants

Wettstein system (1901–35)	Handbuch der systematischen Botanik

Lotsy system (1907–11)	Vorträge über botanische Stammesgeschichte, gehalten an der Reichsuniversität zu Leiden. Ein Lehrbuch der Pflanzensystematik.

Hutchinson system (1926–73)	The families of flowering plants, arranged according to a new system based on their probable phylogeny

Calestani system (1933)	Le origini e la classificazione delle Angiosperme

Kimura system (1956)	Système et phylogénie des monocotyledones

Emberger system (1960)	Traité de Botanique systématique

Melchior system (1964)	Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien

Takhtajan system (1966–97)	A system and phylogeny of the flowering plants Flowering plants: origin and dispersal Diversity and classification of flowering plants

Cronquist system (1968–81)	The evolution and classification of flowering plants An integrated system of classification of flowering plants

Goldberg system (1986–89	Classification, Evolution and Phylogeny of the Families of Dicotyledons

Dahlgren system (1975–85)	The families of the monocotyledons: structure, evolution, and taxonomy

Thorne system (1968–2000)	An updated phylogenetic classification of the flowering plants

Kubitzki system (1990–)	The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants

Reveal system (1999)	Reveal System of Angiosperm Classification

Angiosperm Phylogeny Group
System (1998–2009)