Eizi Matuda

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Eizi Matuda
Bust of Eizi Matuda in the botanical garden of the Cosmovitral.
Born1894 (1894)
Nagasaki Prefecture, Empire of Japan
Died12 February 1978(1978-02-12) (aged 83–84)
Lima, Peru
CitizenshipJapan
Mexico
Alma mater
Taihoku Imperial University
SpouseMiduho Kaneko de Matuda
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Institutions

Eiji Matsuda (松田英二, Matsuda Eiji) (1894–1978) was a Mexican botanist of Japanese origin. In scholarly works, his name is generally romanised as "Eizi Matuda" following the "Kunrei" system.

Personal life

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Matuda and his wife, Miduho Kaneko de Matuda, were naturalized Mexican citizens and had five children.[1]

Legacy

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In 1956, a cactus species native to Mexico was named in his honor, the Mammillaria matudae. The genus Matudina in the sunflower family is also named in his honor.[2]

Two species and one subspecies of reptiles are named in his honor: Abronia matudai (Matuda's arboreal alligator lizard), Anolis matudai (Matuda's anole), and Pseudelaphe flavirufa matudai (Matuda's ratsnake).[3] Two frogs are named after him: Craugastor matudai (Matuda's robber frog) and Plectrohyla matudai (Matuda's spikethumb frog).[4]

The standard author abbreviation Matuda is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

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  1. ^ García, Jerry (2014). Looking Like the Enemy: Japanese Mexicans, the Mexican State, and US Hegemony, 1897-1945. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. p. 155. ISBN 978-0816530250.
  2. ^ King, Robert Merrill; Robinson, Harold Ernest (1973). "Studies in the Eupatorieae (Asteraceae). CXIII. A New Genus, Matudina". Phytologia 26 (3): 170-173, figures 1–2. Vol. 26. biodiversitylibrary.org. 1973. Retrieved 2015-10-24.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Matuda, p. 171).
  4. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (22 April 2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907807-44-2. xiii + 244 pp. (Matuda, p. 138).
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index. Matuda.