# Eizi Matuda

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Mexican botanist (1894–1978)

Eizi Matuda Bust of Eizi Matuda in the botanical garden of the Cosmovitral. Born 1894 (1894) Nagasaki Prefecture, Empire of Japan Died 12 February 1978(1978-02-12) (aged 83–84) Lima, Peru Citizenship Japan Mexico Alma mater Taihoku Imperial University University of Tokyo Spouse Miduho Kaneko de Matuda Scientific career Fields Botany Institutions National Autonomous University of Mexico

**Eiji Matsuda** (松田英二, *Matsuda Eiji*) (1894–1978) was a [Mexican](/source/Japanese_Mexicans) [botanist](/source/Botanist) of Japanese origin. In scholarly works, his name is generally [romanised](/source/Romanization) as "**Eizi Matuda**" following the ["Kunrei" system](/source/Kunrei-shiki).

## Personal life

Matuda and his wife, Miduho Kaneko de Matuda, were naturalized Mexican citizens and had five children.[1]

## Legacy

In 1956, a [cactus](/source/Cactus) species native to Mexico was named in his honor, the *[Mammillaria matudae](/source/Mammillaria_matudae)*. The genus *[Matudina](/source/Matudina)* in the [sunflower family](/source/Asteraceae) is also named in his honor.[2]

Two species and one subspecies of reptiles are named in his honor: *[Abronia matudai](/source/Abronia_matudai)* (Matuda's arboreal alligator lizard), *[Anolis matudai](/source/Anolis_matudai)* (Matuda's anole), and *[Pseudelaphe flavirufa matudai](/source/Yellow-red_rat_snake)* (Matuda's ratsnake).[3] Two frogs are named after him: *[Craugastor matudai](/source/Craugastor_matudai)* (Matuda's robber frog) and *[Plectrohyla matudai](/source/Plectrohyla_matudai)* (Matuda's spikethumb frog).[4]

The standard [author abbreviation](/source/List_of_botanists_by_author_abbreviation_(A)) Matuda is used to indicate this person as the author when [citing](/source/Author_citation_(botany)) a [botanical name](/source/Botanical_name).[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Garcia_1-0)** García, Jerry (2014). *[Looking Like the Enemy: Japanese Mexicans, the Mexican State, and US Hegemony, 1897-1945](/source/Looking_Like_the_Enemy%3A_Japanese_Mexicans%2C_the_Mexican_State%2C_and_US_Hegemony%2C_1897-1945)*. Tucson: [University of Arizona Press](/source/University_of_Arizona_Press). p. [155](https://books.google.com/books?id=1oLfAgAAQBAJ&dq=Eizi+Matuda&pg=PA155). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0816530250](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0816530250).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-biodiversitylibrary_2-0)** [*King, Robert Merrill; Robinson, Harold Ernest (1973). "Studies in the Eupatorieae (Asteraceae). CXIII. A New Genus,*Matudina*".*Phytologia***26** (3): 170-173, figures 1–2*](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13162974#page/182/mode/1up). Vol. 26. biodiversitylibrary.org. 1973. Retrieved 2015-10-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Beolens, Bo](/source/Bo_Beolens); [Watkins, Michael](/source/Michael_Watkins_(zoologist)); [Grayson, Michael](/source/Michael_Grayson) (2011). *The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles*. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-4214-0135-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4214-0135-5). (Matuda, p. 171).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-BeolensWatkins2013_4-0)** Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (22 April 2013). [*The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians*](https://books.google.com/books?id=QJY3BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA138). Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-907807-44-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-907807-44-2). xiii + 244 pp. (Matuda, p. 138).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [International Plant Names Index](/source/International_Plant_Names_Index). [*Matuda*](https://www.ipni.org/search?q=author%20std%3AMatuda).

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