Eizi Matuda
| Eizi Matuda | |
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 Bust of Eizi Matuda in the botanical garden of the Cosmovitral. | |
| Residence | Japan, Mexico |
| Citizenship | Mexico |
| Fields | Botany |
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| Spouse | Miduho Kaneko de Matuda |
Eiji Matsuda (松田英二 Matsuda Eiji) (1894–1978) was a Mexican botanist of Japanese origin. 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]
Legacy
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
- ↑ Jerry Garcia (2014). Looking Like the Enemy: Japanese Mexicans, the Mexican State, and US Hegemony, 1897-1945. University of Arizona Press. p. 155. ISBN 0816530254.
- ↑ "King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1973. Phytologia 26(3): 170-173, f. 1–2". biodiversitylibrary.org. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
- ↑ "Author Query for 'Matuda'". International Plant Names Index.
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