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Krasnov, Andrej Nikolaevich (1862-1914)

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)
Andrej Nikolaevich
Last name
Krasnov
Initials
A.N.
Life Dates
1862 - 1914
Collecting Dates
1885 - 1886
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
LE (main), B, BM, CW, E, P, WRSL
Countries
Chinese region: ChinaNorth Asia: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation
Associate(s)
Krassnov, A.N. (synonym)
Krassnow, A.N. (synonym)
Biography
Andrej Krasnov (also spelt Andrei Krasnow) was a Russian botanist and geographer at the University of Kharkov. He participated in many expeditions around the world.

Krasnov was born in St. Petersburg and graduated from the University of St. Petersburg in 1885. He went on to be appointed professor at Kharkov (Ukraine) in 1889, serving there until 1911.

Krasnov's most important work dealt with the flora of Central Asia, where he carried out much fieldwork. He also travelled to North America, China, Japan, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and the Mediterranean, as well as collecting in the Altai and Tien-Shan mountains, and the Caucasus region. He was a pioneering researcher on the cultivation of subtropical crops such as tea and citrus fruits in the Caucasus.

Krasnov died in Tbilisi on 31 December 1914 and was buried in the Batumi Botanical Garden, which he founded in 1912.

Sources:
I.G. Beilin and V.A. Parnes, 1968, Andrei Nikolaevich Krasnov.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 341; Chaudhri, M.N., Vegter, H.I. & de Bary, H.A., Index Herb. Coll. I-L (1972): 385;
Krasnov, Andrej Nikolaevich (1862-1914)
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