Minoru N. Tamura is a Japanese botanist at the Botanical Garden of the City University, Osaka. Tamura is a specialist in the taxonomy of the family Liliaceaeefloras who has significantly contributed to the "Flora of China"Flora of China: Liliaceae and the "Flora of Thailand".12th Flora of Thailand Meeting
Tamura's system of classification of the Liliaceae in 1998 was a significant step in the modern understanding of this family.
Publications Minoru N. Tamura, Shingchi Chen, Nicholas J. Turland. A New Combination in Heteropolygonatum (Convallariaceae, Polygonateae) NOVON 10(2): 156-157. 2000. Minoru N. Tamura, Liang Songyun (Liang Song-jun) and Nicholas J. Turland. New Combinations in Campylandra (Convallariaceae, Convallarieae). Novon Vol. 10, No. 2 (Summer, 2000), pp. 158-160 Jun Yamashita, Art Vogel, Minoru N. Tamura. 2007. Molecular Phylogeny and Taxonomic Reconsideration of the Genus Peliosanthes (Convallariaceae)». 12th Flora of Thailand Meeting Minoru N. Tamura. Phylogenetic analyses and chromosome evolution in Convallarieae (Ruscaceae sensu lato), with some taxonomic treatments J. Plant Res. 117 (5): 363—370 2004 Chen Xinqi, Liang Songyun, Xu Jiemei, Minoru N. Tamura. Liliaceae Flora of China 24: 73–263 2000
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External links Harvard University: Index of Botanists Wikigenes ISPN: List of species described by author "Tamura, Minoru N. (fl. 1993)" at ISPN