Chōzaburō Tanaka | |
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Born | |
Died | June 28, 1976 | (aged 90)
Nationality | Japanese |
Citizenship | Japan |
Known for | Citrus taxonomy (Tanaka system) |
Scientific career | |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Tanaka |
Chōzaburō Tanaka (田中 長三郎, Tanaka Chōzaburō), often Romanized as Tyôzaburô Tanaka [1] (November 3, 1885 in Osaka – June 28, 1976), was a Japanese botanist and mycologist. He established one of the two major taxonomic classification systems for citrus and related genera currently in use, [2] [3] and is now considered to be a taxonomic " splitter". [3] He is the author of 180 botanical names in the citrus family Rutaceae, [4] including for example Citrus × latifolia ( Persian lime) and Citrus tangerina ( tangerine). Many of the species Tanaka described are still recognized, but his overall scheme is not supported by modern genetic research. [3]