Genkei Masamune
Encyclopedia
was a Japanese
botanist, who worked in Formosa
and then, after World War II
, Taiwan. He was noted for his comprehensive botanical indexes of Borneo
and Taiwan, as well as for the identification of large numbers of new species.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
botanist, who worked in Formosa
Taiwan under Japanese rule
Between 1895 and 1945, Taiwan was a dependency of the Empire of Japan. The expansion into Taiwan was a part of Imperial Japan's general policy of southward expansion during the late 19th century....
and then, after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Taiwan. He was noted for his comprehensive botanical indexes of Borneo
Borneo
Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
and Taiwan, as well as for the identification of large numbers of new species.
Selected publications
- (1954) Flora Kainantensis: A List of Vascular Plants of Taiwan Plant Taxonomic Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences, Taipei National University, Taipei, Taiwan;
- (1945) Boruneo no shokubutsu hoi. Enumeratio pteridophytarum Bornearum Taihoku Imperial University, Taihoku, Formosa;
- (1942) Boruneo no kenka shokubutsu. Enumeratio phanerogamarum Bornearum Taihoku Imperial University, Taihoku, Formosa;
- (1936) with Fukuyama, NoriakiNoriaki Fukuyamawas a Japanese botanist and orchidologist. He died in TaiwanDuring his short life, Dr. Fukuyama described over a hundred new species of orchids from Micronesia, the Ryukyus and Taiwan. Most of the type specimens he collected were housed in his personal herbarium was a Japanese botanist and...
Short flora of Formosa; or, An enumeration of higher cryptogamic and phanerogamic plants hitherto known from the island of Formosa and its adjacent islands "Kudoa", Taihoku, Formosa; - (1933) Phytogeographical position of Japan concerning indigenous genera of vascular cryptogamic plants Taihoku Imperial University, Taihoku, Formosa;
- (1932) Contribution to our knowledge of the flora of the southern part of Japan Taihoku Imperial University, Formosa;