Mikhail Grigorevich Popov

Mikhail Grigorevich Popov
Born	April 5(17), 1893 Volsk, Saratov Oblast, Russia
Died	December 18, 1955 (62 years) 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

Mikhail Grigorevich Popov (Russian: Михаил Григорьевич Попов) (April 5(17), 1893 – December 18, 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. The standard author abbreviation Popov is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

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