Nobuyuki Tanaka

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Canna dicolor var discolor (Lindl.) Nb.Tanaka
Canna dicolor var discolor (Lindl.) Nb.Tanaka

Nobuyuki Tanaka is an economic botanist at the Tokyo Metropolitan University, the Makino Botanical Garden in Kochi prefecture, Japan and the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI), Japan.

Tanaka is an expert on the family Cannaceae, and in 2001 published a revision of the family Cannaceae in the New World and Asia.[1]

The standard author abbreviation Nob.Tanaka is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]
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[edit] References

  1. ^ Tanaka, N. 2001. Taxonomic revision of the family Cannaceae in the New World and Asia. Makinoa ser. 2, 1:34–43
  2. ^ Brummitt, R. K.; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4. 

[edit] Reading list

  • Probability distributions, vulnerability and sensitivity in Fagus crenata forests following predicted climate changes in Japan (2004). Tetsuya Matsui, Tsutomu Yagihashi, Tomoki Nakaya, Hirosi Taoda, Shuichiro Yoshinaga, Hiromu Daimaru, Nobuyuki Tanaka. International Association of Vegetation Science.
  • Climatic controls on distribution of Fagus crenata forests in Japan (2004). Tetsuya Matsui, Tsutomu Yagihashi, Tomoki Nakaya, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Hiroshi Taoda. International Association of Vegetation Science.
  • The utilization of edible Canna plants in southeastern Asia and southern China (2004). Nobuyuki Tanaka. The New York Botanical Garden.
  • Seed and seedling demography of invasive and native trees of subtropical Pacific islands (2003). Naoko Yamashita, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Yoshio Hoshi, Hiromichi Kushima, Koichi Kamo. International Association of Vegetation Science.

[edit] External links

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