Watanabe, Kuniaki   (1946 - )

Born in Hiroshima, Japan, in 1946;

1974: Graduate school of science, Hiroshima University, coursework completed without degree.
1978: Ph.D. Hiroshima University
2008: retired from Kobe University

in 1973 he appears in a photo by S. Smith-White taken on a field-trip north of Port Augusta, SA.

In 1974 he was involved in two papers and a demonstration at the Genetics Society of Australia 21st General Meeting at ANU, Canberra, Australia, 17-18 May, 1974, He is listed as: 'School of Biological Sciences, Univ. of Sydney.' NSW:

WATANABE, Kuniaki, C.R. CARTER and S. SMITH-WHITE
School of Biological Sciences, Univ. of Sydney, NSW
'Chromosome change and phylogeny in the races of Brachycome lineariloba A (n = 2)'.
A second paper, same authors, on B. l. races D, E, B and C was presented by Carter,
while a demonstration by them on the same topic was presented by Smith-White.

University Lecturer or Professor,
Biological Institute, Faculty of General Education,
Kobe University,
Kobe, 657, Japan.

"Honours Professor Kuniaki Watanabe, for his immense contributions to our knowledge of the cytology of the Australian Asteraceae. Much of his work has been focused on the evolutionary relationships of members of the B. lineariloba group and it is appropriate that a member of this group is named after him."

Source: Extracted from:
https://genetics.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/21st-General-Meeting-Canberra-1974.pdf ;
Short, P.S., 'A taxonomic review of Brachyscome Cass. s.lat. (Asteraceae: Astereae), including description of a new genus, Roebuckia, new species and new infraspecific taxa'. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, (2014);
"Kusadayori", No.19. 2008. Kobe University Science Alumni Association:
https://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/500000296348
https://www2.kobe-u.ac.jp/~kusaa/kusadayori/kusadayori19.pdf ;
Okabe, H., Ueda, K., & Okada, H. (Eds). 1994.
("The natural history of plants, the evolution of diversity" trans). Hokkaido University Press, Sapporo:

Pers. com. Taichi Ikematsu (2024)
Portrait Photo: 1973, Spencer Smith-White; in Barker & Greenslade (1982) 'Evolution of the Flora and Fauna of Arid Australia.

Collecting localities for 'Watanabe, K.' from AVH (2023)

Data from 1,376 specimens