Yo Takenaka

{{Short description|Japanese botanist (1903–1966)}}

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Yo Takenaka (竹中 要 Takenaka Yō, 1903–1966) was a Japanese plant geneticist and a Professor of Department of Cell Genetics, National Institute of Genetics. He is notable for researching the phylogenetic classification of cherry blossom. He discovered that Prunus × yedoensis is a crossbreed of two wild species of Japanese cherry; Prunus spachiana forma ascendens (Edo higan) and Prunus speciosa (Oshima zakura) by crossing experiments. He was also known as a researcher on Japanese morning glory and Nicotiana.{{cite web |title=Yō Takenaka |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%AB%B9%E4%B8%AD%E8%A6%81-1088764 |publisher=Kodansha}}{{cite web |publisher=Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute |title=Dr. Takenaka and Cherries in the National Institute of Genetics |url=http://www.ffpri.affrc.go.jp/tmk/event/documents/2013021602.pdf |language=Japanese}}

{{cite web |title=国立遺伝学研究所六十周年 ミシマザクラと竹中博士 |trans-title=National Institute of Genetics 60th anniversary: Mishima zakura and Dr. Takenaka |date=July 1, 2009 |publisher=Mishima City |url=https://www.city.mishima.shizuoka.jp/ipn017299.html}}{{cite web |publisher=J-Stage |title=Search result Yo Takenaka |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/result?cdjournal=jjg&item1=4&word1=Yo+Takenaka}}