Victor Zotov

Victor Dmitrievich Zotov
Born(1908-09-16)16 September 1908
Vladivostok, Russian Empire
Died26 May 1977(1977-05-26) (aged 68)
Christchurch, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealand
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Poaceae
InstitutionsDepartment of Scientific and Industrial Research
Author abbrev. (botany)Zotov

Victor Dmitrievich Zotov (16 September 1908 – 26 May 1977) was a New Zealand botanist.

Zotov was born in Vladivostok, Russian Empire and in 1924, together with his parents, immigrated to New Zealand, after the Russian Revolution. He attended Feilding Agricultural High School from 1925 to 1927, where he was taught by H.H.Allan, with whom he went to work in 1928 (having written his first scientific paper)[1][2] at the Plant Research Station in Palmerston North. In 1936 this became the Plant Research Bureau within the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, and he continued working in the Botany Division of this organisation until his retirement in 1968.[3][2]

Zotov's primary research interest was in New Zealand grasses, writing papers on canary grasses, Arundinoideae and especially Gramineae. He was also interested in the vegetation of the Tararua Ranges where he enjoyed tramping, and additionally published on soil erosion.[3][2] Zotov was one of the botanists on the 1949 New Zealand American Fiordland Expedition.[4]

The standard author abbreviation Zotov is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

Selected publications

  • (1928) Observations and experiments on the suckling clover content of the pastures on the school farm. Feilding Agricultural College Bulletin 7: 9-11
  • Zotov, V.D. (1940). "Certain types of soil erosion and resultant relief features on the higher mountains of New Zealand". New Zealand of Science and Technology. 21B: 256–262.
  • Zotov, V.D. (1971). "Simplicia T. Kirk (Gramineae)". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 9 (3): 539–544. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1971.10430200. ISSN 0028-825X. pdf
  • Zotov, V.D. (1971). "Zoysia Willd. (Gramineae) in New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 9 (4): 639–644. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1971.10430226. ISSN 0028-825X. pdf
  • Zotov, V.D. (1973). "Hierochloe R. Br. (Gramineae) in New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 11 (3): 561–580. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1973.10430299. ISSN 0028-825X. pdf

Some published names

References

  1. ^ Zotov, V.D. (1928) Observations and experiments on the suckling clover content of the pastures on the school farm. Feilding Agricultural College Bulletin 7: 9-11
  2. ^ a b c Thomson, A. D. (1977). "Victor Dmitrievich Zotov (1908–1977)". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 15 (4): 781–784. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1977.10429649. ISSN 0028-825X. pdf
  3. ^ a b Dell, R. K (2000). "Zotov, Victor Dmitrievich 1908 - 1977". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  4. ^ Alick Lindsay Poole, ed. (1951). "Preliminary reports of The New Zealand - American Fiordland Expedition". Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 103. Wellington: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 1–99. ISSN 0077-961X. Wikidata Q125475906.
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Zotov.