Mikhail Grigorevich Popov
Mikhail Grigorevich Popov | |
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Born | 5(17) April 1893 Volsk, Saratov Oblast, Russia |
Died | 18 December 1955 (1955-12-19) (aged 62) Leningrad, Russia |
Nationality | Soviet |
Scientific career | |
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) (5(17) April, 1893 – 18 December, 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 person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]
Eponyms
- Popoviocodonia Fed. 1957 Campanulaceae
- Popoviolimon Lincz. Plumbaginaceae
References
- ^ "Popov, Mikhail Grigorevich".
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Popov.