Antonina Pojarkova
Russian botanist, botanical collector and expert on caucasian flora
About Antonina Pojarkova
Lived 1897 – 1980 (aged 82–83). Antonina Pojarkova was a Russian botanist, paleobotanist, botanical collector and scientific collector.
Antonina Ivanovna Pojarkova (1897–1980) was a Russian expert on the flora of the Caucasus, with a particular interest in ferns and seed plants. Pojarkova authored 230 land plant species names, the eighth-highest number of such names authored by any female scientist.
Work Pojarkova was a principal editor with B. N. Gorodkov and author of many components of the 5-volume series Flora of the Murmansk region (Flora Murmanskoj oblasti) which was published by the USSR Academy of Sciences, and with Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov of the 30-volume series Flora SSSR, which was translated into English as Flora of the USSR.
As well as discovering new species, her work is notable for creating infrageneric groups, such as Acer section Trilobata and Crataegus series Orientales.
Her specimen collection has been published for scientific study.
The genus Pojarkovia in the daisy family Asteraceae is named in her honour.
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Who was Antonina Pojarkova?
Russian botanist, botanical collector and expert on caucasian flora (1897-1980)
When was Antonina Pojarkova born?
Antonina Pojarkova was born in 1897 in Saint Petersburg.
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Antonina Pojarkova died in 1980 in Saint Petersburg.
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Antonina Pojarkova was a botanist, paleobotanist, botanical collector and scientific collector.
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Antonina Pojarkova was Russian.
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