Vassilii Czernajew
Vasiliǐ Czernajew | |
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Василий Черняев | |
Portrait of the botanist V. M. Czernajew | |
| Born | 2 April 1794 Zemlyansky Uyezd, Russian Empire |
| Died | 6 March 1871 (aged 76) Kharkiv, Russian Empire |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Alma mater | National University of Kharkiv |
| Children | 1 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
| Institutions | National University of Kharkiv |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Czern. |
Vasiliǐ Matveievitch Czernajew (Russian: Василий Матвеевич Черняев; April 2, 1794 – March 6, 1871) was a Russian botanist responsible for collecting and describing at least 5 new genera and 9 new species of fungi between 1822 and 1839. His name is written in the Cyrillic alphabet and has appeared in scientific documentation with a number of different romanizations, including V. Czernajev, Basil Matveievich Czerniaiev, B.M. Czernaiev, B.M. Czernjaëv, B.M. Czernjaëw, V.M. Tschernaiew, V. Tschernajef, and V. Czerniaier, although the official abbreviation seems to be consistently written as Czern.