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Arika Kimura

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Arika Kimura
Born1 March 1900
Died1 September 1996
NationalityJapanese
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Author abbrev. (botany)Kimura

Arika Kimura (木村 有香, Kimura Arika, 1 March 1900 – 1 September 1996)[1][2] was a Japanese botanist and specialist in the Salicaceae, or willow family.[3] He was a professor of botany at the University of Tokyo[1] and at Tohoku University.[3] Kimura was also the first director of the Botanical Garden of Tohoku University.[2] A species of spider, Heptathela kimurai, was named in his honour.

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  1. ^ a b Bo Beolens; Michael Watkins & Michael Grayson (22 April 2013), The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians, ISBN 9781907807442, retrieved 2015-03-26.
  2. ^ a b "木村有香", Wikipedia (in Japanese), 2019-01-01, retrieved 2019-01-25
  3. ^ a b "Professor Dr. Arika Kimura (1900 -1996)" (PDF). Journal of Japanese Botany. 72: 126–127. 1997.
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Kimura.