Nathalie A. Desjatova-Shostenko Explained

Nathalie A. Desjatova-Shostenko (Ukrainian:Наталія Олексіївна Десятова-Шостенко,^[1] Russian: Наталья Алексеевна Десятова-Шостенко^[2]), later Nathalie A. Roussine, (1889-1968) was a French botanist noted for identifying at least 70 species of plants, many in the genus Thymus.^{[3] [4] [5]} Between 1925 and 1930, Natalie Shostenko was a director of Botany Department at Askania-Nova, after 1930 she then directed the Department of Geography at the Ukrainian Institute of Applied Botany. In 1944 she emigrated to France, due to return of the Soviet regime to Ukraine.

In 1932, botanist B.Fedtsch. published Nathaliella, a monotypic genus of flowering plants from Central Asia, belonging to the family Scrophulariaceae in her honour.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Десятова-Шостенко Наталія Олексіївна . Шевера . М. В. . 2015 . Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine . 4 April 2022.
2. Шевера М. В., Федорончук Н. М., Кузьмичев А. И. Н. А. Десятова-Шостенко: возвращение из забвения (к 125-летию со дня рождения) // Самарская Лука: проблемы региональной и глобальной экологии. — 2015. — Т. 24, № 1. — С. 139—178.
3. Web site: Desjatova-Shostenko, Nathalie A. . kiki.huh.harvard.edu . Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries . en.
4. Book: Frodin . David G. . Guide to Standard Floras of the World: An Annotated, Geographically Arranged Systematic Bibliography of the Principal Floras, Enumerations, Checklists and Chorological Atlases of Different Areas . 2001 . Cambridge University Press . 9781139428651 . 678 . 25 September 2018 . en.
5. Book: Castroviejo . Santiago . (Spain) . Real Jardín Botánico . Flora Iberica: plantas vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Verbenaceae, Labiatae, Callitrichaceae . 1986 . Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press . 9788400090418 . 519 . 25 September 2018 . es.
6. Web site: Nathaliella B.Fedtsch. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 27 May 2021 . en.