About Yasuyoshi Shirasawa
Lived 1868 – 1947 (aged 78–79). Yasuyoshi Shirasawa was a Japanese botanist, politician and forestry scientist.
, also known as Homi Shirasawa, was a Japanese botanist who worked alongside Tomitaro Makino 'The Father of Japanese Botany', at the University of Tokyo. Shirasawa named numerous native plants, notably the endangered Picea koyamae and (with Makino) the Kyūshū Lime Tilia kiusiana.
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Who was Yasuyoshi Shirasawa?
Japanese botanist (1868-1947)
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Yasuyoshi Shirasawa was born in 1868.
When did Yasuyoshi Shirasawa die?
Yasuyoshi Shirasawa died in 1947.
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Yasuyoshi Shirasawa was a botanist, politician and forestry scientist.
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Yasuyoshi Shirasawa was Japanese.
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