Zinaida Petrovna Botschantzeva (10 August 1907 – 17 August 1973) was a Russian botanist and embryologist

Embryology

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, professor

Professor

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 of the Tashkent university

National University of Uzbekistan

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Great contribution in studies of Central Asia

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n tulips has been made by Z.P. Botschantzeva. She devoted all her life to studying of this genus of plants. In 1962 the book by Z.P. Botschantzeva was published and this book titled Tulips was rich in material on Central Asian and Caucasus

Caucasus

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 wild tulips. This remarkable work was reissued in 1981 in Holland. She has described 6 new tulip species from various regions of Central Asia.

Named for

• Tulipa zenaidae Vved.
• Tulipa botschantzevae S.N.Abramova & Zakalyabina.