Hodgson, RW

Japanese: Hodgson,R.W.(英語表記)HodgsonRW
Hodgson, RW

...The classification is confusing. Swingle classified the genus Citrus into 16 species and 8 varieties, but Chozaburo Tanaka recognized the garden species that had differentiated in various regions as species, classifying them into 159 species, about 10 times as many. R.W. Hodgson took a middle ground between the two, adding 25 species to Swingle's species, for a total of 41 species. Tanaka's classification is widely used in the Japanese horticultural world, but Swingle's classification is more commonly used abroad.

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Japanese:

…分類は混乱しており,スウィングルはミカン属を16種8変種にまとめているが,田中長三郎は各地に分化している園生種を種として認め,約10倍の159種に分類している。ホジソンR.W.Hodgsonは2者の中間をとり,スウィングルの種に25種を加え41種とした。日本の園芸界では田中による分類が多く用いられているが,外国ではスウィングルの分類を用いることが多い。…

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