Minoru N. Tamura is a Japanese botanist at the Botanical Garden of the City University, Osaka.
Tamura is a specialist in the taxonomy of the family Liliaceae[1] who has significantly contributed to the "Flora of China"[2] and the "Flora of Thailand".
[3] Tamura's system of classification of the Liliaceae in 1998 was a significant step in the modern understanding of this family.