Olga Knorring

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Olga Knorring
Born1887 (1887)
Died1978 (aged 9091)
NationalitySoviet Union
Known forCentral Asian plants
Scientific career
Fields Botany
Author abbrev. (botany) Knorring

Olga Evertovna Knorring (1887-1978) was a botanist from the Soviet Union known for studying the plants of Central Asia. [1] [2] [3]

The standard author abbreviation Knorring is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [4]

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References

  1. "Кнорринг-Неуструева, Ольга Эвертовна (Knorring, Olga Evertovna) | Известные ботаники | Ботаника". botany.taxon.pro. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. Valkova, Olga (2008). "The Conquest of Science: Women and Science in Russia, 1860-1940". Osiris (in Russian). 23: 136–165. doi:10.1086/591872. JSTOR   40207006. PMID   18831320.
  3. Gordin, Michael D.; Hall, Karl; Kozhevnikov, A. B. (2008). Intelligentsia Science: The Russian Century, 1860-1960. University of Chicago Press. ISBN   9780226304571 . Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  4. International Plant Names Index.  Knorring.