Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov

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

Vladimir Komarov

Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov (Russian: Влади́мир Лео́нтьевич Комаро́в; 13 October [O.S. 1 October] 1869 – 5 December 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

↑ IPNI. Kom.

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) NDL: 00523341 Botanist: Kom.

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