Chōzaburō Tanaka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Chōzaburō Tanaka

Japanese botanist

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1885

Place of Birth: Ōsaka, Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 28-Jun-1976

Profession: agronomist, botanist, mycologist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Chozaburo Tanaka (?? ???, Tanaka Chozaburo) or often Romanized as Tyôzaburô Tanaka (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, and is now considered to be a taxonomic "splitter".
He is the author of 180 botanical names in the citrus family Rutaceae, 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.