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Boris Fedtschenko

December 18, 2023

Boris Alexeevich Fedtschenko (27 December 1872 – 29 September 1947) was a Russian plant pathologist and botanist. He is primarily known for his work on various regions of Russia, especially the Caucasus, Siberia and Asiatic Russia. He was also head botanist at the Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden.

Boris Fedtschenko
Born
Boris Alexeevich Fedtschenko

(1872-12-27)27 December 1872
Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony
Died29 September 1947(1947-09-29) (aged 74)
Leningrad, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)Plant pathologist, botanist

Biography edit

Boris Fedtschenko was the son of botanists Olga Fedtschenko and Alexei Pavlovich Fedchenko.[1] He was born in Leipzig, while his parents were on an expedition in Western Europe.[2] In 1873, eight months after he was born, Alexei was killed in a climbing accident on Mont Blanc.

Olga studied natural sciences at the University of Moscow.[2] Between 1891 and 1892, she undertook the first of many trips with her son, going first to the Ural Mountains.[2] In the summer of 1893, they explored the Crimea twice, 17 to 28 June, then July 29 to August 1. They made a large circular botanical voyage around the Crimean Mountains and collected in the Sevastopol area.[3]

In 1894, they explored Transcaucasia. In 1897, they studied the flora of the western Tian Mountains.[2] Between 1898 and 1899, Fedtschenko became a botanist at the Imperial Botanic Garden in St Petersburg.[4] In 1901, Olga and Boris went on a botanical expedition in the Pamir Mountain range. Later they published Materiaux pour la flore du Caucase (1901), Flora of the Pamirs (1901) and Conspectus Florae Turkestanicae (1913),[1] which covered 4145 species.[4]

Between 1899 and 1904, their large collections (including 700+ specimens from SW Crimea) were carefully studied and completely reflected in a series of papers.[3] The plant collection was later given to the Botanic Garden, and is now one of its most notable collections.[5]

By 1902, he was the head of the botanic garden's herbarium. This also meant he was responsible for editing the garden's periodical (Bulletin of the Imperial Institute), which was started in 1919. It conducted fieldwork in Central Asia during the 1920s, which added species information to the Flora SSSR project.

He also published several works in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada (Proceedings of the St.Petersburg Botanical Garden), including Eritrichium pamiricum in 1903, based on the expeditions.[6]

In 1904, he published Novitae florae Turkestanciae,[7] which was also translated into German in 1914 - Übersicht sämtlicher bis jetzt für den Russischen Turkestan.[8]

In 1908, he stopped the publication of the botanic garden's journal Botanicheskij Zhurnal (Ботаническiй Журналъ), which had been published from 1906 to 1908. With the help of algologist and mycologist Alexandr Alexandrovich Elenkin and botanist Alexandr Fedorovich Flerow, Fedtschenko started a new independent journal called Journal Russe de Botanique (Русскій ботаническiй журналъ). It published issues eight times a year, until 1915 when World War 1 started and financial cutbacks had to be made.[9]

Between 1908 and 1910, Fedtschenko and Flerow published Flora Evropejskoj Rossii (Flora of the European Part of Russia), which contained 3,542 new species. This large piece of work also had contributions from other botanists.[10]

In 1907, 1908 and 1910, they also published the three-part volume Okskaya Flora (Flora of the Oka).[10]

After they published the Flora volumes, they were criticized by several botanists including, F.S. Nenyukov, N.I. Kusnezov and Eduard Regel, due to its very short descriptions. But this made the books very compact and portable, and therefore very widely used.[10]

In 1910 and 1915, Boris and his mother (now aged 70), returned to Turkestan for more plant hunting expeditions.[2]

In 1930, he attended the Fifth International Botanical Congress held at the Imperial Institute, in London. He attended the International Congress of Tropical Agriculture and Colonial Development (discussing cotton in Egypt).[11]

Boris collaborated with many institutions, including Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Garden of Geneva.[2]

Also in 1930, Fedtschenko started organising botanists around Russia to survey plants and report their findings to create a national plant survey.[1]

In 1931, the Imperial Botanic Garden and Imperial Botanical Museum were merged to create the Komarov Botanical Institute. Vladimir Komarov was head of the museum and, as such, outranked Fedtschenko. He then took over responsibility for the Flora SSSR project and became its editor-in-chief. Eventually the thirty-volume project was completed and published in 1964, after Fedtschenko had died in 1947. The volumes covered some 17,500 plant species, and represented a huge step forwards for Russian botany.[1]

Boris Fedtschenko died on 29 September 1947 in Leningrad (now called St Petersburg).[12]

The specific epithet fedtschenkoi honors botanist Boris Fedtschenko.[4][13][14] The epithet fedtschenkoanus also refers to him,[15] but fedtschenkoi refers to his father's and mother's work.

Significant other works of the 1900s include:

  • Plantea assiae mediea by Olga Fedtschenko and B. Fedtschenko (1906-1916)
  • Jakutskaja flora (1907) by B. Fedtschenko
  • Flora Evropejskoj Rossii (1908-1910) by B. Fedtschenko and Alexandr F. Flerow
  • Flora Asiatskoj Rossii (1912-1924) by B. Fedtschenko and Alexandr F. Flerow
  • Flora Rossiae Austro-orientalis (1927-1936, index in 1938) by B. Fedtschenko and Boris K. Schischkin[16]

He is the botanical author of many species of plant and tree, including Abies sibirica var. semenovii (1899),[17] Echinops tschimganicus(1911), Gypsophila bucharica(1911),[18] Nephrodium amurense (1918),[19] and Saussurea turgaiensis (1910).[20]

The standard author abbreviation B.Fedtsch. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[21]

He is mentioned in D.J. Mabberley's portable plant books of 1997.[22][23]

Other sources edit

  • S.G. Shetler, 1967, The Komarov Botanical Institute
  • Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): page196
  • Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): page22
  • Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. E-H (1957): page192

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Fedtschenko, Boris Alexejewitsch (Alexeevich) (1872-1947)". plants.jstor.org. JSTOR 000331113. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e f VL Komarov Комаров В. Л., Ольга Александровна Федченко. Некролог [Obituary for Olga Alexandrovna Fedchenko] // Изв. Росс. акад. наук, 6 серия. 1921 Т. 15 pages1-18
  3. ^ a b Seregin, Alexey P. (2008). "Contribution to the vascular flora of the Sevastopol area (the Crimea): A check list and new records" (PDF). p. 4. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b c D. Gledhill The Names of Plants , p. 164, at Google Books
  5. ^ "Shetler, Stanwyn G. The Komarov Botanical Institute, 250 Years of Russian Research. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1967". 1967. p. 30. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Eritrichium pamiricum". flora.huh.harvard.edu. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  7. ^ Boris Fedtschenko QRLtwAACAAJ at Google Books
  8. ^ Sennikov, Alexander N.; Lazkov, Georgy A.; Uotila, Pertti; Weber, Heinrich E. (2011). "Taxonomic corrections and new records in vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan" (PDF). Memoranda Soc. Fauna Flora Fennica. p. 61. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  9. ^ Doweld, Alexander (June 2010). "Taxonomic Literature Addenda. Dates of publication of the Journal Russe de Botanigue/Russkij Botanicheskij Zhurnal (Русский ботанический журнал)". academia.edu. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  10. ^ a b c Andrei Aleksandrovich, Fedorov, and Andrei Evgenevich Bobrov (Editors)of Russia, Volume 1&pg=PA2 VfkVAwAAQBAJ, p. 2, at Google Books
  11. ^ Seward, A.C., ed. (1910). "Fifth International Botanical Congress Vol 8". p. 134. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  12. ^ Dorr, L.J.; Nicolson, Dan H. (2008). Taxonomic literature A selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag K.G. p. 85. ISBN 978-3-906166-65-0.
  13. ^ Raymond-Hamet & H. Perrier de la Bathie. Troisième Contribution a l'Étude des Crassulacées Malagaches. (1915) Annales du Musée colonial de Marseille ser.3:3:63-121
  14. ^ [1] SM Growers
  15. ^ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names, p. 82, at Google Books
  16. ^ David G. Frodin Guide to Standard Floras of the World: An Annotated, Geographically Arranged , p. 38,661,, at Google Books
  17. ^ Henry John Elwes, Augustine Henry The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, p. 758, at Google Books
  18. ^ "Gypsophila bucharica Fedtschenko". collections.si.edu. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  19. ^ "Nephrodium amurense B.Fedtschenko". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  20. ^ "Saussurea turgaiensis B.Fedtsch". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  21. ^ International Plant Names Index.  B.Fedtsch.
  22. ^ D. J. Mabberley The Plant-book: A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants (2nd Edit), p. 822, at Google Books
  23. ^ D. J. Mabberley The Plant-book: A Portable Dictionary of Plants, their cultivation and uses, p. 980, at Google Books

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Boris Alexeevich Fedtschenko 27 December 1872 29 September 1947 was a Russian plant pathologist and botanist He is primarily known for his work on various regions of Russia especially the Caucasus Siberia and Asiatic Russia He was also head botanist at the Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden Boris FedtschenkoBornBoris Alexeevich Fedtschenko 1872 12 27 27 December 1872Leipzig Kingdom of SaxonyDied29 September 1947 1947 09 29 aged 74 Leningrad Soviet UnionOccupation s Plant pathologist botanist Contents 1 Biography 2 Other sources 3 References 4 External linksBiography editBoris Fedtschenko was the son of botanists Olga Fedtschenko and Alexei Pavlovich Fedchenko 1 He was born in Leipzig while his parents were on an expedition in Western Europe 2 In 1873 eight months after he was born Alexei was killed in a climbing accident on Mont Blanc Olga studied natural sciences at the University of Moscow 2 Between 1891 and 1892 she undertook the first of many trips with her son going first to the Ural Mountains 2 In the summer of 1893 they explored the Crimea twice 17 to 28 June then July 29 to August 1 They made a large circular botanical voyage around the Crimean Mountains and collected in the Sevastopol area 3 In 1894 they explored Transcaucasia In 1897 they studied the flora of the western Tian Mountains 2 Between 1898 and 1899 Fedtschenko became a botanist at the Imperial Botanic Garden in St Petersburg 4 In 1901 Olga and Boris went on a botanical expedition in the Pamir Mountain range Later they published Materiaux pour la flore du Caucase 1901 Flora of the Pamirs 1901 and Conspectus Florae Turkestanicae 1913 1 which covered 4145 species 4 Between 1899 and 1904 their large collections including 700 specimens from SW Crimea were carefully studied and completely reflected in a series of papers 3 The plant collection was later given to the Botanic Garden and is now one of its most notable collections 5 By 1902 he was the head of the botanic garden s herbarium This also meant he was responsible for editing the garden s periodical Bulletin of the Imperial Institute which was started in 1919 It conducted fieldwork in Central Asia during the 1920s which added species information to the Flora SSSR project He also published several works in Trudy Imp S Peterburgsk Bot Sada Proceedings of the St Petersburg Botanical Garden including Eritrichium pamiricum in 1903 based on the expeditions 6 In 1904 he published Novitae florae Turkestanciae 7 which was also translated into German in 1914 Ubersicht samtlicher bis jetzt fur den Russischen Turkestan 8 In 1908 he stopped the publication of the botanic garden s journal Botanicheskij Zhurnal Botanicheskij Zhurnal which had been published from 1906 to 1908 With the help of algologist and mycologist Alexandr Alexandrovich Elenkin and botanist Alexandr Fedorovich Flerow Fedtschenko started a new independent journal called Journal Russe de Botanique Russkij botanicheskij zhurnal It published issues eight times a year until 1915 when World War 1 started and financial cutbacks had to be made 9 Between 1908 and 1910 Fedtschenko and Flerow published Flora Evropejskoj Rossii Flora of the European Part of Russia which contained 3 542 new species This large piece of work also had contributions from other botanists 10 In 1907 1908 and 1910 they also published the three part volume Okskaya Flora Flora of the Oka 10 After they published the Flora volumes they were criticized by several botanists including F S Nenyukov N I Kusnezov and Eduard Regel due to its very short descriptions But this made the books very compact and portable and therefore very widely used 10 In 1910 and 1915 Boris and his mother now aged 70 returned to Turkestan for more plant hunting expeditions 2 In 1930 he attended the Fifth International Botanical Congress held at the Imperial Institute in London He attended the International Congress of Tropical Agriculture and Colonial Development discussing cotton in Egypt 11 Boris collaborated with many institutions including Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Garden of Geneva 2 Also in 1930 Fedtschenko started organising botanists around Russia to survey plants and report their findings to create a national plant survey 1 In 1931 the Imperial Botanic Garden and Imperial Botanical Museum were merged to create the Komarov Botanical Institute Vladimir Komarov was head of the museum and as such outranked Fedtschenko He then took over responsibility for the Flora SSSR project and became its editor in chief Eventually the thirty volume project was completed and published in 1964 after Fedtschenko had died in 1947 The volumes covered some 17 500 plant species and represented a huge step forwards for Russian botany 1 Boris Fedtschenko died on 29 September 1947 in Leningrad now called St Petersburg 12 The specific epithet fedtschenkoi honors botanist Boris Fedtschenko 4 13 14 The epithet fedtschenkoanus also refers to him 15 but fedtschenkoi refers to his father s and mother s work Significant other works of the 1900s include Plantea assiae mediea by Olga Fedtschenko and B Fedtschenko 1906 1916 Jakutskaja flora 1907 by B Fedtschenko Flora Evropejskoj Rossii 1908 1910 by B Fedtschenko and Alexandr F Flerow Flora Asiatskoj Rossii 1912 1924 by B Fedtschenko and Alexandr F Flerow Flora Rossiae Austro orientalis 1927 1936 index in 1938 by B Fedtschenko and Boris K Schischkin 16 He is the botanical author of many species of plant and tree including Abies sibirica var semenovii 1899 17 Echinops tschimganicus 1911 Gypsophila bucharica 1911 18 Nephrodium amurense 1918 19 and Saussurea turgaiensis 1910 20 The standard author abbreviation B Fedtsch is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name 21 He is mentioned in D J Mabberley s portable plant books of 1997 22 23 Other sources editS G Shetler 1967 The Komarov Botanical Institute Brummitt R K amp Powell C E Authors Pl Names 1992 page196 Jackson B D Bull Misc Inform Kew 1901 page22 Lanjouw J amp Stafleu F A Index Herb Coll E H 1957 page192References edit a b c d Fedtschenko Boris Alexejewitsch Alexeevich 1872 1947 plants jstor org JSTOR 000331113 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help a b c d e f VL Komarov Komarov V L Olga Aleksandrovna Fedchenko Nekrolog Obituary for Olga Alexandrovna Fedchenko Izv Ross akad nauk 6 seriya 1921 T 15 pages1 18 a b Seregin Alexey P 2008 Contribution to the vascular flora of the Sevastopol area the Crimea A check list and new records PDF p 4 Retrieved 1 October 2014 a b c D Gledhill The Names of Plants p 164 at Google Books Shetler Stanwyn G The Komarov Botanical Institute 250 Years of Russian Research Washington D C Smithsonian Institution Press 1967 1967 p 30 Retrieved 29 September 2014 Eritrichium pamiricum flora huh harvard edu Retrieved 3 October 2014 Boris Fedtschenko QRLtwAACAAJ at Google Books Sennikov Alexander N Lazkov Georgy A Uotila Pertti Weber Heinrich E 2011 Taxonomic corrections and new records in vascular plants of Kyrgyzstan PDF Memoranda Soc Fauna Flora Fennica p 61 Retrieved 2 October 2014 Doweld Alexander June 2010 Taxonomic Literature Addenda Dates of publication of the Journal Russe de Botanigue Russkij Botanicheskij Zhurnal Russkij botanicheskij zhurnal academia edu Retrieved 2 October 2014 a b c Andrei Aleksandrovich Fedorov and Andrei Evgenevich Bobrov Editors of Russia Volume 1 amp pg PA2 VfkVAwAAQBAJ p 2 at Google Books Seward A C ed 1910 Fifth International Botanical Congress Vol 8 p 134 Retrieved 3 October 2014 Dorr L J Nicolson Dan H 2008 Taxonomic literature A selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates commentaries and types A R G Gantner Verlag K G p 85 ISBN 978 3 906166 65 0 Raymond Hamet amp H Perrier de la Bathie Troisieme Contribution a l Etude des Crassulacees Malagaches 1915 Annales du Musee colonial de Marseille ser 3 3 63 121 1 SM Growers Urs Eggli Leonard E Newton Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names p 82 at Google Books David G Frodin Guide to Standard Floras of the World An Annotated Geographically Arranged p 38 661 at Google Books Henry John Elwes Augustine Henry The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland p 758 at Google Books Gypsophila bucharica Fedtschenko collections si edu Retrieved 3 October 2014 Nephrodium amurense B Fedtschenko theplantlist org Retrieved 3 October 2014 Saussurea turgaiensis B Fedtsch theplantlist org Retrieved 3 October 2014 International Plant Names Index B Fedtsch D J Mabberley The Plant book A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants 2nd Edit p 822 at Google Books D J Mabberley The Plant book A Portable Dictionary of Plants their cultivation and uses p 980 at Google BooksExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Boris Fedtschenko Works by Boris Fedtschenko at Biodiversity Heritage Library nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Boris Fedtschenko amp oldid 1183716644, wikipedia, wiki, 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