Genkei Masamune (正宗 厳敬, Masamune Genkei; 1899–1993) was a Japanese botanist.
Biography
Masamune Genkei worked on the island of Formosa and then, after World War II, at Kanazawa University. He was noted for his comprehensive botanical indexes of Borneo and Taiwan, as well as for the identification of large numbers of new species.
Selected publications
Flora Kainantensis
(1954) Flora Kainantensis: A List of Vascular Plants of Taiwan Plant Taxonomic Laboratory, Faculty of Sciences, Taipei National University, Taipei, Taiwan;
(1936) with Fukuyama, NoriakiShort flora of Formosa; or, An enumeration of higher cryptogamic and phanerogamic plants hitherto known from the island of Formosa and its adjacent islands "Kudoa", Taihoku, Formosa;
(1933) Phytogeographical position of Japan concerning indigenous genera of vascular cryptogamic plants Taihoku Imperial University, Taihoku, Formosa;
(1932) Contribution to our knowledge of the flora of the southern part of Japan Taihoku Imperial University, Formosa;
↑Satomi, Nobuo (1993). 植物地理・分類研究[Obituary of the Late Dr. Genkei Masamune]. The Journal of Phytogeography and Taxonomy (in Japanese). 41 (2): 84. Archived from the original on 31 August 2023.
