Maria Vorontsova (botanist)
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. |
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.
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]
Publications
Wikispecies has information related to Maria S. Vorontsova.
- Lundgren, Marjorie R.; Besnard, Guillaume; Ripley, Brad S.; Lehmann, Caroline E. R.; Chatelet, David S.; Kynast, Ralf G.; Namaganda, Mary; Vorontsova, Maria S.; Hall, Russell C.; Elia, John; Osborne, Colin P.; Christin, Pascal-Antoine (October 2015). "Photosynthetic innovation broadens the niche within a single species" (PDF). PMID 26248677.
- Vorontsova, Maria S.; Christenhusz, Maarten J. M.; Kirika, Paul; Muthoka, Patrick (1 December 2010). "Three New Species of Solanum from Kenya: Using Herbarium Specimens to Document Environmental Change". S2CID 85397166.
- Vorontsova, Maria A.; Clayton, Derek; Simon, Bryan K. (15 April 2015). "Grassroots e-floras in the Poaceae: growing GrassBase and GrassWorld". PMID 25941449.
- Trias-Blasi, Anna; Vorontsova, Maria (May 2015). "Plant identification is key to conservation". S2CID 4448411.
References
- ^ "Vorontsova, Maria Sergeevna". www.ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Solanum ruvu Voronts. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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