Ennafa Vasilevna Nikitina

Ennafa Vasilievna Nikitina (24 November 1893, Tomsk – 1 June 1975, Frunze) was a Soviet botanist, taxonomist of higher plants and specialist in the flora of Kyrgyzstan. She was an Honored Scientist of Kyrgyz SSR and an author of more than 80 scientific papers, including four monographs.

Early life and education Ennafa Nikitina was born on 24 November in Tomsk in a family of employees. In 1916, she graduated from the Higher Courses for Women in Tomsk, receiving a diploma from the Russian University. They laid the foundation for the systematic study of the country's vegetation cover. From the very first days of her stay in the republic, Nikitina took an active part in the development of botanical science, linking her interest in science with the needs of agriculture. During the World War II Nikitina headed the Frunze Botanical Garden and the biological department of the Science Committee under the Council of People's Commissars of the Kyrgyz SSR.

Awards Order of Lenin Two Diplomas of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Kyrgyz SSR Flora and vegetation of pastures and hayfields of the Kyrgyz Ala-Too ridge. Frunze, 1962. Wormwoods of Kyrgyzstan and their economic values. Frunze, 1964.

Plants named after Nikitina

Astragalus nikitinae B. Fedtsch ., 1946 Delphinium nikitinae PACHOM., 1972 Otostegia nikitinae SCHARASCH., 1958 Stipa nikitinae TZVELEV, 2012