- Yasuyoshi Shirasawa
Yasuyoshi Shirasawa (1868-1947) was a
Japan esebotanist who worked alongsideTomitaro Makino 'The Father of Japanese Botany', at theUniversity of Tokyo . Shirasawa named numerous native plants, notably the endangered "Picea koyamae " and (with Makino) the Kyūshū Lime "Tilia kiusiana ".
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