Eizi Matuda

Eiji Matsuda (松田英二 Matsuda Eiji) (born 1894 - died 1978) was a Mexican botanist of Japanese descent. In scholarly works his name is generally romanised as "Eizi Matuda" following the "Kunrei" system.

Biography

Matuda and his wife, Miduho Kaneko de Matuda, were naturalized Mexican citizens and had five Mexico-born children.[1] In 1956, a species of cactus native to Mexico was named in his honor, the Mammillaria matudae. The genus Matudina in the sunflower family is also named in his honor.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Jerry Garc’a (27 February 2014). Looking Like the Enemy: Japanese Mexicans, the Mexican State, and US Hegemony, 1897-1945. University of Arizona Press. p. 155. ISBN 0816530254.
  2. ↑ King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1973. Phytologia 26(3): 170-173, f. 1–2
  3. ↑ "Author Query for 'Matuda'". International Plant Names Index.