# Masao Kitagawa

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Japanese botanist and pteridologist

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**Masao Kitagawa** (北川 政夫, *Kitagawa Masao*; 1910–1995) was a Japanese [botanist](/source/Botanist) and [pteridologist](/source/Pteridologist). He spent most of his academic career at [Yokohama National University](/source/Yokohama_National_University).

In 1986, a Russian botanist Michael Georgievich Pimenov published a genus of [flowering plants](/source/Flowering_plant), from central Asia, belonging to the family [Apiaceae](/source/Apiaceae), as *[Kitagawia](/source/Kitagawia)* in his honour.[1]

The standard [author abbreviation](/source/List_of_botanists_by_author_abbreviation_(A)) Kitag. is used to indicate this person as the author when [citing](/source/Author_citation_(botany)) a [botanical name](/source/Botanical_name).[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["*Kitagawia* Pimenov | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science"](https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:924969-1). *Plants of the World Online*. Retrieved 24 May 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [International Plant Names Index](/source/International_Plant_Names_Index). [*Kitag*](https://www.ipni.org/search?q=author%20std%3AKitag.).

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