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Hu Xiansu

Chinese botanist

Died when: 74 years 53 days (889 months)
Star Sign: Gemini

 

Hu Xiansu

Hu Xiansu or Hu Hsien-Hsu (simplified Chinese: 胡先骕; traditional Chinese: 胡先驌; pinyin: Hú Xiānsù, 24 May 1894 – 16 July 1968), was a Chinese botanist and an influential traditional scholar of his time.

He was a founder of plant taxonomy in China and a pioneer of modern botany research in the country.


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