Nikolai Turczaninow | |
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Born | May 1796 Nikitovka, Voronezh Viceroyalty, Russian Empire (now Krasnogvardeysky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia) |
Died | 7 January 1864 Kharkov, Russian Empire (now Kharkiv, Ukraine) | (aged 67)
Alma mater | Kharkov University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Turcz. |
Nikolai Stepanovich Turczaninow (Russian: Николай Степанович Турчанинов; 1796 – 7 January 1864 [O.S. 26 December 1863]) was a Russian botanist and plant collector who first identified several genera, and many species, of plants.[1]