Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov
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Vladimir Komarov
Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov (Russian: Влади́мир Лео́нтьевич Комаро́в; 13 October [O.S. 1 October] 1869 – 5 December 1945) was a Russian botanist.
Until his death in 1945, he was senior editor of the Flora SSSR (Flora of the U.S.S.R.), in full comprising 30 volumes published between 1934 and 1960.[1] He was elected a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1914 and its full member in 1920. He served as President of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1936–1945.
The Komarov Botanical Institute and its associated Komarov Botanical Garden in Saint Petersburg are named after him.
List of selected publications
- Coniferae of Manchuria. Trudy Imp. S.Peterburgsk. Obsc. 32: 230-241 (1902).
- De Gymnospermis nonnullis Asiaticis I, II. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada RSFSR 4: 177–181, 5: 25-32 (1923–1924).
- Florae peninsulae Kamtschatka (1927).
- Komarov, V. L., ed. (1934–1960). Flora of the U.S.S.R. 30 vols. Leningrad: Botanicheskii institut akademii nauk SSSR.
| Academic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Alexander Karpinsky | President of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR 1936–1945 | Succeeded by Sergey Vavilov |
References
- ^ Komarov 1934–1960.
- ^ IPNI. Kom.
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