| Intro | Russian botanist |
| A.K.A. | Kom. |
| Was |
Scientist Botanist Geographer Pteridologist |
| From |
Germany Russia |
| Type |
Biology Science |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 13 October 1869, Saint Petersburg |
| Death |
5 December 1945, Moscow (aged 76 years) |
Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov (Russian: Влади́мир Лео́нтьевич Комаро́в; 13 October [O.S. 1 October] 1869 – 5 December 1945) was a Russian botanist.
Until his death in 1945, he was senior editor of the Flora SSSR (Flora of the U.S.S.R.), in full comprising 30 volumes published between 1934–1960. He was elected a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1914 and its full member in 1920. He served as President of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1936-1945.
The Komarov Botanical Institute and its associated Komarov Botanical Garden in Saint Petersburg are named after him.
Selected bibliography
Coniferae of Manchuria. Trudy Imp. S.Peterburgsk. Obsc. 32: 230-241 (1902).
De Gymnospermis nonnullis Asiaticis I, II. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada RSFSR 4: 177-181, 5: 25-32 (1923–1924).
Florae peninsulae Kamtschatka (1927).