Nikolai Turczaninow

Nikolai Turczaninow
Nikolai Turczaninow
Pronunciation
  • Russian pronunciation: [tʊrt͡ɕɐˈnʲinəf]
BornMay 1796 (1796)
Nikitovka, Voronezh Viceroyalty, Russian Empire (now Krasnogvardeysky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia)
Died7 January 1864(1864-01-07) (aged 67)
Kharkov, Russian Empire (now Kharkiv, Ukraine)
Alma materKharkov University
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
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.