Gennady Yakovlev
Russian botanist (1938–2024)
Gennady Pavlovich Yakovlev (Russian: Геннадий Павлович Яковлев; 7 June 1938 – 12 January 2024) was a Russian botanist, rector of the St. Petersburg Academy of Chemical Pharmaceutical and head of the department of pharmacognosy. He was a professor of the department of pharmacognosy, part-time leading scientist of the Botanical Institute. V.L. Komarov, taxonomist of higher plants. G.P. Yakovlev was one of the leading experts in the systematics of legumes, as well as a specialist in the field of pharmacognosy.
He took part in projects to study the flora of Cuba, Vietnam, Mongolia, Central Asia, the European part of the USSR, etc.
Yakovlev died on 12 January 2024, at the age of 85.[1]
Some taxa named by GP Yakovlev
change- Sophora tomentosa L. subsp.australis Yakovlev
References
change- ↑ "Тяжёлая утрата института". Binran. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ↑ "Ammodendron bifolium (Pall.) Yakovlev".
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