Michael Zohary

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Michael Zohary (1898-1983) (Hebrew: מיכאל זהרי) was a pioneering Israeli botanist who published the monumental Geobotanical Foundations of the Middle East. He was responsible for introduction of the important principle of antiteleochory which adumbrated that seed germination of the desert plant is ensured by dispersal near the parent plant.

The standard author abbreviation Zohary is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

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  • Zohary, Michael. Geobotanical foundations of the Middle East. Stuttgart, G. Fischer, 1973. 2 v. (x, 738 p.) illus. 25 cm. ISBN 90-265-0157-9
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