Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov was a Russia

Russia

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n 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 also President of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR from 1936-1945.

The Komarov Botanical Institute

Komarov Botanical Institute

The Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is a leading botanical institution in Russia, It is located on Aptekarsky Island in St. Petersburg, and is named after the Russian botanist Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov...

 and its associated Komarov Botanical Garden in Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

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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).