Mikhail Grigorevich Popov

Mikhail Grigorevich Popov
Born April 5(17), 1893
Volsk, Saratov Oblast, Russia
Died December 18, 1955 (62 years)
Leningrad, Russia
Nationality Soviet
Fields Botany, Geobotany
Institutions Saratov University, Tashkent University, All-Union Institute of Horticulture, Kazakhstan branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Batumi Botanical Garden

Mikhail Grigorevich Popov (Russian: Михаил Григорьевич Попов) (April 5(17), 1893 – December 18, 1955) was a Soviet botanist. He is known for developing a theory on the role of hybridization in plant evolution, and studying the flora of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.[1] The standard author abbreviation Popov is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]

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