Today we go shopping through Tsukiji River Park.
With the canvas in the blue sky in winter in the background, the "metasequoia" called "living fossil" is called "living fossil".
It glows and towers in a bronze color.
Now, let's talk about why "metasequoia" was called "living fossils."
Shigeru Miki, who was born in Miki-cho, Kida-gun, Kagawa Prefecture in 1901, graduated from Kida Agriculture and Forestry School.
Although it was a trace of a farmer, he persuaded his father and entered Morioka High School of Agriculture and Forestry. Vegetation during the third year
We also conducted surveys and studied the strata of the mountains. Also, in order to study plant classification, Kyoto Imperial University
Department of Botanical Science, Faculty of Science. －--the story flew all the time
, 1939
Fossils that had previously been identified as the genus Numasgi and Sequoia in Europe, the United States and Japan have been extinct.
It was named the genus Methasequoia. In 1941, he published a paper on fossils as evidence.
By the way, "meta" (Meta-) is a prefix attached to the Sequoia genus "later ...").
In 1945, an unknown plant discovered in Hubei Province, China was found to be the same as the genus Metasequoia discovered by Dr. Miki in fossils. This is introduced in the book below.
It was on sale at a bookstore on the first floor of Inax Gallery. Please confirm by telephone 03-5250-6571.
There was such a discovery and story in the "Methasequoia" tree that I usually see.
