Zinaida Botschantzeva facts for kids
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Zinaida Botschantzeva
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Zinaida Petrovna Botschantzeva
10 October 1907 |
| Died | 17 August 1973 (aged 65) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Citizenship |  Soviet Union |
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| Fields | botanist embryologist |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Botschantz |
Zinaida Petrovna Botschantzeva (born October 10, 1907 – died August 17, 1973) was an important scientist from the Soviet Union. She was a botanist, which means she studied plants. She also studied plant cells (a cytologist) and how plants develop from seeds (an embryologist). She was a professor at the Tashkent University.
Zinaida came from a big family. In 1930, she finished her biology degree at the National University of Uzbekistan. From 1930 to 1933, she went on trips to study the plants of Central Asia. Her main teacher and guide was Alexei Ivanovich Vvedensky.
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Studying Plants and Tulips
Zinaida Botschantzeva did her own research at the National University of Uzbekistan. She became a professor there in 1966. Her main interest was studying wild plants. She looked at how they were shaped, how their cells worked, and how they lived.
She was especially interested in tulips. This made her a leader in studying these beautiful flowers. She led the biology and cytology departments at the Botanical Garden of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan.
Her Big Book on Tulips
Zinaida wrote more than 50 science papers. In 1960, she earned her highest degree, a doctorate. Her special project was about the shape, cells, and life of tulips.
This important work became a big book published in 1962. The book had lots of information about wild tulips from Central Asia and the Caucasus region. It was such a great book that it was printed again in 1981 in the Netherlands. It was also translated into English in 1982.
Discovering New Tulips
Zinaida Botschantzeva discovered and described six new types of tulips. She found these new species in different parts of Central Asia.
- Tulipa vvedenskyi Botschantz.
- Tulipa affinis Botschantz.
- Tulipa butkovii Botschantz.
- Tulipa anadroma Botschantz.
- Tulipa tschimganica Botschantz.
- Tulipa uzbekistanica Botschantz. & Sharipov
Zinaida's younger brother, Victor Botchantsev, was also a botanist. Zinaida Botschantzeva received two important awards: the Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. She was buried in the Botkin Cemetery in Tashkent.
Plants Named After Her
Other scientists named some plants after Zinaida Botschantzeva to honor her work.
- Tulipa zenaidae Vved.
- Tulipa botschantzevae S.N.Abramova & Zakalyabina.
- Iris zenaidae (Vved.)
See also
In Spanish: Zinaída Bochántseva para niños
