{{Short description|Japanese botanist (1912–2006)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} __NOTOC__ {{Infobox scientist | name = Yojiro Kimura | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = 1912 | birth_place = | death_date ={{Death year and age|2006|1912}} | death_place = | residence = | citizenship = | fields = Botany | workplaces = | alma_mater = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | author_abbrev_bot = Y.Kimura | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | footnotes = | spouse = }} {{Nihongo|'''Yojiro Kimura'''|木村 陽二郎|Kimura Yōjirō|1912–2006}}{{sfn|HUH|2015}} was a Japanese botanist, known for his classification of monocotyledons,{{sfn|Dahlgren|Clifford|1982}}{{sfn|Lam|2013|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=gQvLBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA58 p.&nbsp;58]}} and of Japanese species of ''Hypericum''.{{sfn|Robson|2007}}

== Selected publications == * Kimura, Y. 1953. The system and phylogenetic tree of plants. J. Jpn. Bot. 28: 97–104. * Kimura, Y. 1956. Système et phylogénie des monocotyledones. Notulae Systematicae, Herbier du Muséum de Paris 15:137–159.{{sfn|Kimura|1956}} * Kimura, Y. "Shokubutsu bunrui taikei no rekishi" [The History of Botanical Classification Systems] in "Seibutsugakushi ronshu" [Essays on The History of Biology]), (Yasaka Shobo, 1987). * Kimura, Y. "Natsurarisuto no keifu", (Chuou Kouron Sha, Inc., 1983)

== Legacy == Yojiro Kimura is the authority for 58 taxa, such as ''Hypericum hayatae'' <small>Y.Kimura</small>{{sfn|Tropicos|2015|loc=[http://www.tropicos.org/Person/6130?tab=names Kimura, Yojiro]}}

{{botanist|Y.Kimura|Kimura, Yojiro}} == References == {{Reflist|20em}}

== Bibliography == {{refbegin|30em}} * {{cite journal|last1=Kimura|first1=Yojiro|author-link=Yojiro Kimura|title=Système et phylogénie des monocotyledones|journal=Notulae Systematicae, Herbier du Muséum de Paris|date=1956|volume=15|pages=137–159|url=http://eurekamag.com/research/025/635/025635656.php}} * {{cite web|title=Kimura, Yojiro|url=http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/botanist_search.php?mode=details&id=10244|website=Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries: Index of Botanists|access-date=31 December 2015|date=2015|ref={{harvid|HUH|2015}}}} * {{cite web|title=Tropicos|url=http://www.tropicos.org/Home.aspx|publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden|access-date=30 December 2015|date=2015|ref={{harvid|Tropicos|2015}}}} * {{cite book|last1=Dahlgren|first1=Rolf|last2=Clifford|first2=H. T.| author-link1=Rolf Dahlgren|title=The monocotyledons: A comparative study | url={{Google books|coXwAAAAMAAJ|plainurl=yes}}|year=1982 |location=London and New York| publisher=Academic Press |isbn=9780122006807}} * {{citation |last1=Lam |first1=HJ |title=Taxonomy: general principles and angiosperms |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gQvLBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA3 |pages=3–75 |year=2013 |orig-date=1959 |isbn=9781483153391}} * {{cite journal|last1=Robson|first1=Norman KB|author-link=Norman Robson (botanist)|title=Yojiro Kimura's Contribution to the Study of Japanese ''Hypericum''|journal=J. Jpn. Bot.|date=2007|volume=82|issue=2|page=114|url=https://www.tsumura.co.jp/english/kampo/plant/082/author.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|access-date=31 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204001/https://www.tsumura.co.jp/english/kampo/plant/082/author.html|url-status=dead}} * [https://www.tsumura.co.jp/english/kampo/plant/082/index.html#top Obituary: Dr. Yojiro Kimura (1912-2006). J. Jap. Bot. 82(2): 112. 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413120115/https://www.tsumura.co.jp/english/kampo/plant/082/index.html#top |date=13 April 2016 }} * [https://www.tsumura.co.jp/english/kampo/plant/082/author.html Kanai, Hiroo: In Memory of Dr. Yojiro Kimura. J. Jap. Bot. 82(2): 115. 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204001/https://www.tsumura.co.jp/english/kampo/plant/082/author.html |date=4 March 2016 }} {{refend}}

== Further reading ==

* {{cite book |editor1-last=Turrill |editor1-first=W. B. |editor-link=William Bertram Turrill |title=Vistas in Botany: A Volume in Honour of the Bicentenary of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |date= |publisher=Pergamon |location=London |year=2013 |isbn=9781483153391 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gQvLBAAAQBAJ |access-date=31 December 2015 |orig-date=1959}} {{List of systems of plant taxonomy}}

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