Ludwik Franciszek Mlokosiewicz (August 25, 1831 - 1909) was a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 explorer, zoologist and botanist, who studied extensively in the Caucasus Mountains

Caucasus Mountains

The Caucasus Mountains is a mountain system in Eurasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in the Caucasus region .The Caucasus Mountains includes:* the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range and* the Lesser Caucasus Mountains....

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Life

Mlokosiewicz was born in Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

, into a wealthy and aristocratic family. At the age of twenty-two he joined the Caucasian Division of the Russian Army. He used his botanical talents to plant a regimental park, orchard and water garden at Lagodekhi

Lagodekhi

Lagodekhi is a small town and district in the Kakheti region of eastern Georgia. There is a border crossing there leading to Azerbaijan's Balakan Province.Lagodekhi Nature Reserve, established in 1911, is situated in this area.-External links:***...

, on the south-eastern slopes of the Caucasus, in Georgia. In 1861 he resigned from the army and travelled south to explore the deserts of Persia. On his return he was arrested and charged with inciting revolt amongst the Poles in the Caucasus. Despite his innocence of the charges, he was sentenced to six years' enforced residence in the province of Voronetz, and his botanical collections were confiscated.

In 1876 after restrictions had been lifted Mlokosiewicz explored the mountains of Dagestan

Dagestan

The Republic of Dagestan is a federal subject of Russia, located in the North Caucasus region. Its capital and the largest city is Makhachkala, located at the center of Dagestan on the Caspian Sea...

, and two years later returned to Persia, travelling as far as Balochistan. On his return he was appointed Inspector of Forests for the Signakhi District, remaining at Lagodekhi for the rest of his life. He supplied foreign museums with botanical and zoological specimens.

Species that he discovered and that were named after him include the Caucasian Black Grouse

Caucasian Black Grouse

The Caucasian Grouse is a large bird in the grouse family. It is closely related to the Black Grouse . It occurs in extreme southeastern Europe and adjacent regions...

 (Tetrao mlokosiewiczi) and the Golden Peony

Paeonia mlokosewitschii

Paeonia mlokosewitschii is a species of peony, native to the Caucasus Mountains in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Dagestan, where it grows on rocky slopes in oak, hornbeam, or beech forests....

(Paeonia mlokosewitschii).