Minoru N. Tamura

Minoru N Tamura
Nationality	Japanese
Known for	Systematics and Evolutionary Botany, Liliaceae
Author abbrev. (botany)	M.N.Tamura

Minoru N. Tamura is a Japanese botanist at the Botanical Garden of the City University, Osaka. Tamura is a specialist in the taxonomy of the Liliaceae family^[1] who has significantly contributed to the "Flora of China"^[2] and the "Flora of Thailand".^[3]

Tamura's system of classification of the Liliaceae in 1998 was a significant step in the modern understanding of this family.

Publications

• Minoru N. Tamura, Shingchi Chen, Nicholas J. Turland. A New Combination in Heteropolygonatum (Convallariaceae, Polygonateae) NOVON 10(2): 156-157. 2000.
• Minoru N. Tamura, Liang Songyun (Liang Song-jun) and Nicholas J. Turland. New Combinations in Campylandra (Convallariaceae, Convallarieae). Novon Vol. 10, No. 2 (Summer, 2000), pp. 158-160
• Jun Yamashita, Art Vogel, Minoru N. Tamura. 2007. Molecular Phylogeny and Taxonomic Reconsideration of the Genus Peliosanthes (Convallariaceae)». 12th Flora of Thailand Meeting
• Minoru N. Tamura. Phylogenetic analyses and chromosome evolution in Convallarieae (Ruscaceae sensu lato), with some taxonomic treatments J. of Plant Res. 117 (5): 363—370 2004
• Chen Xinqi, Liang Songyun, Xu Jiemei, Minoru N. Tamura. Liliaceae Flora of China 24: 73–263 2000
• Chase, M. W.; Fay, M. F.; Devey, D. S.; Maurin, O; Rønsted, N; Davies, T. J; Pillon, Y; Petersen, G; Seberg, O; Tamura, M. N.; Asmussen, C. B.; Hilu, K; Borsch, T; Davis, J. I; Stevenson, D. W.; Pires, J. C.; Givnish, T. J.; Sytsma, K. J.; McPherson, M. A.; Graham, S. W.; Rai, H. S. (2006). "Multigene analyses of monocot relationships : a summary" (PDF). Aliso 22: 63–75. ISSN 0065-6275. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
• Tamura, M. N. (1998). "Liliaceae". pp. 343–353 http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-662-03533-7_41. Missing or empty |title= (help) In Kubitzki (1998)
• Tamura, M. N. (1998). "Calochortaceae". Flowering Plants. Monocotyledons: Lilianae (except Orchidaceae). pp. 164–172. ISBN 9783540640608. In Kubitzki (1998)
• Conran, J.G.; Minoru N. Tamura (1998). "Convallariaceae". pp. 186–198. Missing or empty |title= (help) In Kubitzki (1998)
• Kubitzki, K., ed. (1998). The families and genera of vascular plants. Vol.3. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 3-540-64060-6. Retrieved 14 January 2014.

References

1. efloras
2. Flora of China: Liliaceae
3. 12th Flora of Thailand Meeting
4. "Author Query for 'M.N.Tamura'". International Plant Names Index.

External links

• Harvard University: Index of Botanists
• Wikigenes
• ISPN: List of species described by author
• ISPN: Author details