Mikhail Grigorevich Popov

Mikhail Grigorevich Popov (Russian: Михаил Григорьевич Попов) (5(17) April, 1893 – 18 December, 1955) was a Soviet botanist. He is known for developing a theory on the role of hybridization in plant evolution, and studying the flora of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.^[1] The standard author abbreviation Popov is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

Mikhail Grigorevich Popov
Born	5(17) April 1893 Volsk, Saratov Oblast, Russia
Died	18 December 1955 (1955-12-19) (aged 62) Leningrad, Russia
Nationality	Soviet
Scientific career
Fields	Botany, Geobotany
Institutions	Saratov University, Tashkent University, All-Union Institute of Horticulture, Kazakhstan branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Batumi Botanical Garden
Author abbrev. (botany)	Popov

Eponyms

• Popoviocodonia Fed. 1957 Campanulaceae
• Popoviolimon Lincz. Plumbaginaceae