Tamura, Michio (1927-2007)
Biography
Michio Tamura was born in Kyoto and graduated from Kyoto University in 1950 with a degree in botany. He spent the next 33 years at Osaka University before being appointed professor at Kobe University, from which position he retired in 1993. He was subsequently professor emeritus.
Tamura was an authority on the Ranunculaceae family. He began his studies of the family by reading its treatment in Engler & Prantl's Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, learning German especially for this purpose. Some 25 years later he was invited to write an account of the Ranunculaceae for the second edition of the monumental series. Tamura completed this in 1995. He also provided the account of the Ranunculaceae (1993) in Klaus Kubitzki's Families and Genera of Vascualar Plants, as well as the section on Paeoniaceae (2007).
Tamura was also a co-author of the textbook Evolutionary Biology in Plants (1974), dealing with the volume on phylogeny and classification of angiosperms, and contributed to Wild Flowers of Japan (five volumes, 1981-1989).
Tamura died on 22 June 2007, survived by his wife Taeko, daughter Yoko and son Minoru, who is also a botanist.
Tamura was an authority on the Ranunculaceae family. He began his studies of the family by reading its treatment in Engler & Prantl's Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, learning German especially for this purpose. Some 25 years later he was invited to write an account of the Ranunculaceae for the second edition of the monumental series. Tamura completed this in 1995. He also provided the account of the Ranunculaceae (1993) in Klaus Kubitzki's Families and Genera of Vascualar Plants, as well as the section on Paeoniaceae (2007).
Tamura was also a co-author of the textbook Evolutionary Biology in Plants (1974), dealing with the volume on phylogeny and classification of angiosperms, and contributed to Wild Flowers of Japan (five volumes, 1981-1989).
Tamura died on 22 June 2007, survived by his wife Taeko, daughter Yoko and son Minoru, who is also a botanist.
IPNI standard form: Tamura
