Hirase Sakugorō

Hirase Sakugorō c. 1912

Hirase Sakugorō (平瀬作五郎, February 12, 1856 – January 4, 1925) was a Japanese botanist and painter. Born into a samurai family in Fukui, Hirase discovered the spermatozoids of the ginkgo in January 1894, before Seiichiro Ikeno discovered the spermatozoids of the cycad.[1]

Works

Selections regarding Ginkgo biloba:

References

  1. Ogura, Y. (1967). "HISTORY OF DISCOVERY OF SPERMATOZOIDS IN GINKGO BILOBA AND CYCAS REVOLUTA". Phytomorphology. 17: 109–114.

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