Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov

For other people of the same name, see Komarov (disambiguation).

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).

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

References

^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do.

Academic offices
Preceded by Alexander Karpinsky	President of the Russian Academy of Sciences 1936–1945	Succeeded by Sergey Vavilov

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Name	Komarov, Vladimir Leontyevich
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Date of birth	1869
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Date of death	1945
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