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Apr 24, 1862 Sakawa, Japan Died on 18 Jan 1957 (aged 94)
Japanese botanist
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About Tomitaro Makino
- Tomitaro Makino (?? ???, Makino Tomitaro, April 24, 1862 – January 18, 1957) was a pioneer Japanese botanist noted for his taxonomic work.
- He has been called "Father of Japanese Botany".
- He was one of the first Japanese botanists to work extensively on classifying Japanese plants using the system developed by Linnaeus.
- His research resulted in documenting 50,000 specimens, many of which are represented in his Makino's Illustrated Flora of Japan.
- Despite having dropped out of grammar school, he would eventually attain a Doctor of Science degree, and his birthday is remembered as Botany Day in Japan.
