Liivia Laasimer

Liivia-Maria Laasimer (21 June 1918 – 26 February 1988) was an Estonian botanist, geobotanist, bryologist and plant systematist.

Life and work Laasimer was born in Tartu, Estonia, and in 1941 she graduated from Tartu University. From 1941 to 1947 she worked in Tartu University's Department of Plant Systematics and Geobotany at the Institute of Botany. From 1947 to 1988 she worked at the Estonian Institute of Zoology and Botany and was head of its botanical section from 1952 to 1986 and chief scientist from 1986 to 1988. There she researched geobotany and plant geography and ecology. She also prepared Estonian vegetation maps. and they had a son Ingmar Laasimer (born 7 February 1950) Liivia Laasimer, A. Lillema, Silvia Talts and Richard Toomre, Types of natural grasslands of the Estonian SSR, Estonian Riiklik Kirjastus, 1957. Laasimer, L. M. (1979). Flora of the hepatics. Estonian contributions to the International Biological Programme; progress report.