About Masao Kitagawa
Lived 1910 – 1995 (aged 84–85). Masao Kitagawa was a Japanese botanist.
was a Japanese botanist and pteridologist. He spent most of his academic career at Yokohama National University.
In 1986, a Russian botanist Michael Georgievich Pimenov published a genus of flowering plants, from central Asia, belonging to the family Apiaceae, as Kitagawia in his honour.
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Who was Masao Kitagawa?
Japanese botanist (1910-1995)
When was Masao Kitagawa born?
Masao Kitagawa was born in 1910.
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Masao Kitagawa died in 1995.
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Masao Kitagawa was a botanist.
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Masao Kitagawa was Japanese.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Masao Kitagawa. https://biography.guide/masao-kitagawa/
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