Ljubov Nikolaevna Vassiljeva

Ljubov Nikolaevna Vassiljeva (Любовь Николаевна Васильева; 6 January 1901 – 7 July 1985) was a Soviet botanist, mycologist, and bryologist. The standard author abbreviation Lj.N.Vassiljeva is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]

Ljubov Nikolaevna Vassiljeva
Vassiljeva, 1970's
Born6 January 1901
Died7 July 1985 (1985-07-08) (aged 84)
NationalitySoviet
Alma materKazan Federal University
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsKazan Federal University
Russian Academy of Sciences
Author abbrev. (botany)Lj.N.Vassiljeva

Biography

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Vassiljeva was born in Saratov on 6 January 1901. She studied under Andrey Yakovlevich Gordyagin [ru] at Kazan Federal University, graduating in 1925. She returned to graduate school, specializing in bryology under Lidija Ivanovna Savic-Ljubickaja. She taught at Kazan as an assistant professor until 1940. During World War II, she worked at the Botanical Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.

In 1944, Vassiljeva moved to the Russian Far East, becoming an employee of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. She founded her own botanical laboratory at the academy in 1949, which she headed for 17 years.

Legacy

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Vassiljeva has several species named in her honor, including: Hysteronaevia vassiljevae, Leucoagaricus vassiljevae, Mycoleptodonoides vassiljevae, Russula vassilievae, and Sarcoscypha vassiljevae.

Selected publications

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  • Vassiljeva, L. N. (1973). Агариковые шляпочные грибы Приморского края [Agaric Hat Mushrooms of Primorsky Krai.] (in Russian). Leningrad. p. 329.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Vassiljeva, L. N.; Lyubarsky, L. V. (1975). Любарский Л. В. Дереворазрушающие грибы Дальнего Востока [Wood-destroying mushrooms of the Far East] (in Russian). Novosibirsk. p. 163.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Vassiljeva, L. N. (1978). Съедобные грибы Дальнего Востока [Edible mushrooms of the Far East] (in Russian). Vladivostok. p. 248.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

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  • Липшиц С. Ю. (1947). Русские ботаники [Russian Botany] (in Russian). Vol. 2. p. 61.
  • Калинин А.А. (2017). Восточное притяжение: наша история в биографиях и лицах [Eastern attraction: our history in biographies and faces.] (in Russian). Vladivostok: Dal'nauka. p. 335.