Zinaida Botschantzeva

Zinaida Petrovna Botschantzeva (10 October 1907 – 17 August 1973) was a Soviet and Russian botanist, cytologist, embryologist, and professor of the Tashkent university.

Botschantzeva came from a large Cossack family. In 1930 she graduated with a biology degree from the National University of Uzbekistan. In 1930-1933 she participated in expeditions to study the flora of Central Asia. Her research advisor was Alexei Ivanovich Vvedensky.

Botschantzeva conducted her own research the National University of Uzbekistan where she became a professor in 1966. She was the head of departments of biology and cytology of the Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan.

She has described 6 new tulip species from various regions of Central Asia:

Tulipa vvedenskyi Botschantz. Tulipa affinis Botschantz. Tulipa butkovii Botschantz. Tulipa anadroma Botschantz. Tulipa tschimganica Botschantz. Tulipa uzbekistanica Botschantz. & Sharipov The botanist Victor Botchantsev was a younger brother of Botschantzeva. She was awarded with the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. Buried at the Botkin Cemetery in Tashkent. Iris zenaidae (Vved.)