Yasuyoshi Shirasawa

Homi Shirasawa (* 1868, † 1947 Japanese白 沢 保 美) also Miho Shirasawa, was a Japanese botanist and forester with emphasis on Dendrology. He dealt in particular with tree secretions, such as camphor. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Shiras. ".

Named after him, among other things, the Schönfruchtreuzung Callicarpa × shirasawana Makino, the elm Ulmus shirasawana Dave Audie (see Chinese elm), and the Ahornart Acer shirasawanum Koidzumi (Japanese大 板 屋 名 月Ōitayameigetsu ); in several cultivars as dwarfish natural " bonsai " disseminated, known va the variety Aureum, " Gold Maple ".

Homi Shirasawa is the first to describe the Fichtenart Koyama spruce (Picea koyamae Shiras. ), The Japanese Douglas Fir ( Pseudotsuga japonica ( Shiras. ) Beissn. ), Japanese linden (Tilia kiusiana Makino et Shiras. ) And Tilia maximowicziana Shiras.

Works

• Iconography of scents forestières du Japon, Paris: Maurice de Brunoff, 1899-1947 ( his main work )
• Revue des cultures coloniales, XIII, pp. 369. 1903
• Alexander Tschirch, Homi Shirasawa: studies of the secretions. Concerning the formation of camphor in camphor-tree. Pharmaceutical Institute of the University of Bern. Archiv der Pharmazie, Volume 240, Issue 4, pp. 257-259.