Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov

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

Vladimir Komarov

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 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.

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).

References

↑ "Author Query for 'Kom.'". International Plant Names Index.

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

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 66549671 LCCN: n85278258 ISNI: 0000 0001 0910 7021 GND: 126508887 SUDOC: 060910178 BNF: cb12393460h (data) Botanist: Kom.

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