Sofya Georgiyevna Tamamshyan

Sofya Georgiyevna Tamamshyan
Born18 June 1901
Tiflis, Russian Empire
Died1981
Moscow
NationalityRussian
Known forTaxonomy
Botany
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Biology
Zoology
InstitutionsUSSR Academy of Sciences
Author abbrev. (botany)Tamamsch.

Sofya Georgiyevna Tamamshyan (1901–1981) was a Russian-Soviet botanist and plant taxonomist noted for describing 7 genera and more than 50 species, and for authoring over 120 works.[1][2][3][4][5] The standard author abbreviation Tamamsch. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

  1. ^ "Тамамшян, Софья Георгиевна (Tamamshyan, Sophia Georgievna) | Известные ботаники | Ботаника". botany.taxon.pro. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Tropicos | Person - Tamamschjan, Sophia G." www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries". kiki.huh.harvard.edu. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  4. ^ Wettstein, Fritz von (2013). Fortschritte der Botanik: Fünfter Band (in German). Springer-Verlag. ISBN 9783642924309. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  5. ^ Mabberley, D. J. (1997). The Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants. Cambridge University Press. p. 852. ISBN 9780521414210. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  6. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Tamamsch.