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Albov, Nikolai Michailovich (1866-1897)

Date Updated: 19 April 2013

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Nikolai Michailovich
Last name
Albov
Initials
N.M.
Life Dates
1866 - 1897
Collecting Dates
1888 - 1897
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Pteridophytes Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
B, BP, CORD, JE, K, LE, LP, NY, P, SI
Countries
Temperate South America: ArgentinaWestern Asia: GeorgiaNorth Asia: Russian Federation
Associate(s)
Alboff, Nikolai Michailovich (synonym)
Albow, Nikolai Michailovich (synonym)
Biography
Russian botanist. Nicholas Albov, son of an orthodox priest attached to the military, was educated in Moscow and St Petersburg. 1895 saw the appearance of his Prodromus Florae Colchicae, which was based on his trans-Caucasus collections between 1889 and 1894. In the same year he moved to Argentina as director of the botanical section of the Museo de la Plata in Buenos Aires. Between then and his death in 1897 he made an important collection of plants from the provinces of Buenos Aires, Corrientes, Misiones, and especially Tierra del Fuego. His writings on Tierra del Fuego include 'La naturaleza en la Tierra de Fuego' (1896), 'Observations sur la végétation du Canal de Beagle' (1896), 'Enumeration des plantes du Canal de Beagle' (1896), and the posthumous 'Essai de la flore raisonée de la Terre de Feu' (1902). The genus Albovia Schischk. in the Apacieae was dedicated to him.

Sources:
E. Autran, 1898, "Nicolas Alboff", Bulletin de l'Herbier Boissier, 6(1): 81-84.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 22; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 2; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 30;
Albov, Nikolai Michailovich (1866-1897)
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