Yasuyoshi Shirasawa

Yasuyoshi Shirasawa (白沢保美, Shirasawa Yasuyoshi^?, 1868 - December 20, 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.

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

References

^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

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Name	Shirasawa, Yasuyoshi
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Date of birth	1868
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Date of death	1947
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