Chōzaburō Tanaka

Chōzaburō Tanaka
Born	(1885-11-03)November 3, 1885 Osaka
Died	June 28, 1976(1976-06-28) (aged 90)
Nationality	Japanese
Citizenship	Japan
Known for	Citrus taxonomy (Tanaka system)
Scientific career
Author abbrev. (botany)	Tanaka

Chōzaburō Tanaka (田中 長三郎, Tanaka Chōzaburō), often Romanized as Tyôzaburô Tanaka^[1] (November 3, 1885 in Osaka – June 28, 1976), was a Japanese botanist and mycologist. He established one of the two major taxonomic classification systems for citrus and related genera currently in use,^[2][3] and is now considered to be a taxonomic "splitter".^[3] He is the author of 180 botanical names in the citrus family Rutaceae,^[4] including for example Citrus × latifolia (Persian lime) and Citrus tangerina (tangerine). Many of the species Tanaka described are still recognized, but his overall scheme is not supported by modern genetic research.^[3] With Yaichi Shimada, Tanaka issued and distributed specimens in a numbered series resembling an exsiccata under the title Flora of Taiwan. Collected and distributed by Prof. T. Tanaka and Y. Shimada.^[5]

Works

• Tanaka, Tyôzaburô (1976). Nakao, Sasuke (ed.). Tanaka's Cyclopedia of Edible Plants of the World (first ed.). Tokyo: Yugaku-sha (distributed by Keigaku Pub. Co.).
• Tanaka, Tyôzaburô (1932). A Monograph of the Satsuma Orange. Taihoku Imperial University.

See also

• Citrus hybrids

References

1. "Author Details: Tanaka, Tyôzaburô (1885-1976)". International Plant Names Index.
2. Khan, Iqrar Ahmad (2007). Citrus genetics, breeding and biotechnology. CABI. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-85199-019-4.
3. Page, Martin (2008). Growing Citrus: The Essential Gardener's Guide. Timber Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-88192-906-5.
4. "Plant Name Query". International Plant Names Index
5. "Flora of Taiwan. Collected and distributed by Prof. T. Tanaka and Y. Shimada: IndExs ExsiccataID=1795927807". IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
6. International Plant Names Index.  Tanaka.

• 吳明德; et al. (1998). An Atlas of Plants from Tanaka Collection at National Taiwan University Library. National Taiwan University Publication Center. ISBN 957-02-2482-7.^{[clarification needed]}
• 吳明德; et al. (1998). Catalog of the Tanaka Collection at National Taiwan University Library. National Taiwan University Publication Center. ISBN 957-02-3227-7.^{[clarification needed]}