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Shamil Shetekauri ( ka">შამილ შეთეკაური">links=no; born July 10, 1955) is a Georgian scientist, botanist, and botanical geography specialist in the study of flora, biodiversity, taxonomy of plants and plant ecology.
Member of the Georgian Botanical Society () (1980), Member of the International Organisation for the Phytotaxonomic Investigation Mediterranean Area (OPTIMA) (2002), Member
International Geographical Union
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(IGU) (2002), Head of the NGO ''"TEBULO"'' (2002), Fellow of the London Linnean Society (
FLS), regional expert in
Caucasus
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of the
International Union for Conservation of Nature
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(IUCN) (2008), Member of scientific chamber of
Botanical Institute of Ketskhoveli
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() (2008).
Biography
Shamil Shetekauri was born July 10, 1955, in
Khone, Dusheti District
Khonischala ( ka, ხონისჭალა) are two villages settled by the Shetekauri’s family (Khone for winter, and Khonischala for summer period). Villages are located in Dusheti District on the northern slope of Tushet-Khevsusreti part of ...
, Georgia. In 1973–1978 he successfully finished Faculty of Gardening and Viticulture in
Georgian State Institute of Agriculture () and received Master of Sciences in
Agronomy. In 1982–1985 he studied in Postgraduate school of the Institute of Botany of the Georgian Academy of Sciences. In 1986 he made Candidate of Biological of Sciences (equivalent to
PhD,
flora
Flora is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous (ecology), indigenous) native plant, native plants. Sometimes bacteria and fungi are also referred to as flora, as in the terms '' ...
,
botany
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 w ...
). In 1999 he was made Doctor of Biological of Sciences (equivalent to
ScD, Flora, Botany).
Since 2010, he has served as a chief researcher and head of Department Plant Systematic and Geography
Tbilisi
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Botanical Garden and Institute of Botany. From 2006 he has been a professor at
Tbilisi State University
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University ( ka, ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტი ''Ivane Javaxishvi ...
. He has worked as a leading researcher, at the Institute of Botany of Academy of Sciences of Georgia since 2001.
An endemic spider species of the Caucasus has been named after him: ''Incestophantes shetekaurii'' (Linyphiidae),.
Works
*Ш.К. Шетекаури, Л.А. Цискараули. 2004. Cистематическая и географическая структура высокогорных лугов Большого Kавказа (в пределах Грузии). Кавк. геогр. журнал, Тбилиси, 4, с. 68–74.
*Ш.К. Шетекаури. 2004. Анализ высокогорной дендрофлоры Сванети, Рача-Лечхуми, Шига Картли (южные склоны Центрального Кавказа). Зам. сист. геогр. раст. Тбилиси, вып. 44–45, 165–171.
*Р.И. Гагнидзе, К.Р. Кимеридзе, Н.А. Маргалитадзе, Ш.К. Шетекаури, Д.К.Челидзе, Д.Г. Кикодзе. 2004. Стратегия охраны флороценотипов Кавказа. Зам. сист. геогр. раст. Тбилиси, вып. 44–45, 172–176.
*R. Gagnidze, Sh. Shetekauri, N. Margalitadze, A.Kikodze. 2006. Svaneti. Tbilisi, 53 p.
*Sh. Shetekauri, L. Tsiskarauli, T. Zangurashvili. 2006. "High mountain flora of Pirikitio Khevsureti and Tusheti (northeastern part of the Caucasus)". ''Flora Mediterranea'', vol. 16. pp. 355–378
*Ш. К. Шетекаури, Л. А. Цискеараули, Н. Г. Барнавели. 2007 Вотанико- географическое разнообразие дендрофлоры высокогорий Большого Кавказа. Кавказск. геогр. журн. 7, pp. 170–176
*S. SeTekauri, m. pavliaSvili. 2009. მდინარე ქსნის ხეობის წყალშემკრები აუზის მდელოების ტაქსონომიურ-გეოგრაფიული სტრუქტურა და ფლორეცენოზური ეტიუდები.
*Sh. Shetekauri, Jacoby M. 2009. ''Mountain Flowers & Trees of Caucasia''. Istanbul. Bunebaprint, 320p.
*Sh. Shetekauri, Jacoby M. 2009. ''Gebirgsflora & Baume des Kaukasus''. Istanbul. Bunebaprint, 315s.
*Th. Gregor, Lmeierott & Sh. Shetekauri, 2010. "Fruhling im Lagodekhi-Urwald". ''Natur und Museum''. Band 140, Heft 3 /4. Senkenberg
See also
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List of Georgians
This is a list of notable Georgians.
Leaders and politicians
* Pharnavaz I, King of Iberia from 302 to 237 BC
* Vakhtang I Gorgasali, King of Iberia from 447/449–502/522
* David the Builder (1073–1125), King of Georgia from 1089 to 1125
* ...
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List of botanists
This is a list of botanists who have Wikipedia articles, in alphabetical order by surname. The List of botanists by author abbreviation is mostly a list of plant taxonomists because an author receives a standard abbreviation only when that auth ...
References
External links
Short biography
1955 births
Botanists from Georgia (country)
Scientists from Georgia (country)
Living people
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