Yasuyoshi Shirasawa

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Yasuyoshi Shirasawa (1868-1947) was a Japanese botanist who worked alongside Tomitaro Makino 'The Father of Japanese Botany', at the University of Tokyo. Shirasawa named numerous native plants, notably the endangered Picea koyamae and (with Makino) the Kyūshū Lime Tilia kiusiana.


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The standard author abbreviation Shiras. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]