Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov
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Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov (Russian: Влади́мир Лео́нтьевич Комаро́в; 1869–1945) 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 1934–1960. He was also President of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR from 1936-1945.
The Komarov Botanical Institute and its associated Komarov Botanical Garden in Saint Petersburg are named after him.
- Selected bibliography
- 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).
| Preceded by Alexander Karpinsky |
President of the Russian Academy of Sciences 1936–1945 |
Succeeded by Sergey Vavilov |
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