Alexander Theodorowicz Batalin (russian: Алекса́ндр Фёдорович Бата́лин; 13 August 1847 – 13 October 1896), alternatively known as Alexandr Fedorovich Batalin, was a Russian
botanist
Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...
. He was the Chief Botanist and Director of the
Imperial Botanical Garden in St. Petersburg.
Legacy
The epithet ''batalinii'' is used to refer to Alexander Theodorowicz Batalin in a species name (e.g., ''
Tulipa batalinii
''Tulipa linifolia'', the flax-leaved tulip or Bokhara tulip, is a species of flowering plant in the tulip genus ''Tulipa'' (Clusiana group), family Liliaceae, native to Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, northern Iran and Afghanistan. Growing to tall, it ...
'', ''Cattleya Batalinii''
).
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1847 births
1896 deaths
19th-century botanists from the Russian Empire
Scientists from Saint Petersburg
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