What is Gennady Yakovlev?
'''Gennady Pavlovich Yakovlev''' ({{lang-ru|Геннадий Павлович Яковлев}}; 7 June 1938 – 12 January 2024) was a Russian [[botanist]], rector of the St. Petersburg Academy of Chemical Pharmaceutical and head of the department of pharmacognosy. He was a professor of the department of pharmacognosy, part-time leading scientist of the Botanical Institute. V.L. Komarov, taxonomist of higher plants. G.P. Yakovlev was one of the leading experts in the systematics of [[Legume|legumes]], as well as a specialist in the field of pharmacognosy. He took part in projects to study the [[flora]] of Cuba, Vietnam, Mongolia, Central Asia, the European part of the [[USSR]], etc. Yakovlev died on 12 January 2024, at the age of 85.<ref>{{cite web |title=Тяжёлая утрата института |url=https://www.binran.ru/news/17068/ |website=Binran |access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref> ==Some taxa named by GP Yakovlev== *Ammodendron bifolium ([[Peter Simon Pallas|Pall.]])Yakovlev <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2971159 | title=Ammodendron bifolium (Pall.) Yakovlev }}</ref> *Sophora tomentosa [[L.]] subsp.australis Yakovlev ==References== {{reflist}} {{wikispecies|Yakovlev}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yakovlev, Gennadi}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2024 deaths]] [[Category:Russian botanists]] [[Category:Russian academics]]