Maria Vorontsova (botanist)
Russian-born botanist (born 1979) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the pediatric endocrinologist, see Maria Vorontsova.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Sergeevna and the family name is Vorontsova.
Maria Sergeevna Vorontsova (Russian: Мария Сергеевна Воронцова; born 1979) is a Russian-born botanist, specializing in the taxonomy of Poaceae (grasses).[1] She was responsible for authoring the taxon for Solanum agnewiorum and Solanum umtuma. She is a member of the Accelerated Taxonomy department at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. She is one of the co-authors and maintainers of GrassBase, and is an editor of the journal, Phytotaxa.
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Maria Vorontsova | |
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Born | 1979 (age 44–45) |
Nationality | Russian |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge Open University |
Known for | Poaceae |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Botany |
Thesis | (2008) |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Voronts. |
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In 2010, she identified a new species of Africa spiny aubergine, Solanum ruvu, which had been collected only once in the wild ten years earlier. A subsequent expedition failed to locate it, and it is now believed to be extinct due to deforestation.[2]