Tatiana Borisovna Sendulsky, Russian-born Brazilian agrostologist (Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China 15 July 1922 – São Paulo 06 October 2004)

Daughter of phycologist Boris V. Skvortzov

World authority on Merostachys genus

First to report ballistochory in Poaceae (1993)

DESCRIBED POACEAE SPECIES

Apochloa cipoensis 1980 with Renvoize

Merostachys abadiana 1995

Merostachys annulifera 1997

Merostachys argentea 1997

Merostachys bifurcata 1997

Merostachys brevigluma 2001

Merostachys burmanii 1992

Merostachys calderoniana  1997

Merostachys caucaiana 1995

Merostachys filgueirasii 1995

Merostachys fimbriata 1997

Merostachys kleinii 1995

Merostachys lanata 1997

Merostachys leptophylla 1997

Merostachys magellanica 1995

Merostachys magnispicula 1995

Merostachys medullosa 1997

Merostachys pilifera 1995

Merostachys procerrima 1997

Merostachys ramosissima 1997

Merostachys rondoniensis  1997

Merostachys scandens 1995

Merostachys skvortzovii 1995

Ocellochloa soderstromii 1988 with Zuloaga

Otachyrium aquaticum 1984 with Soderstrom

Otachyrium grandiflorum 1984 with Soderstrom

Otachyrium piligerum 1984 with Soderstrom

HONORS

Tatianyx Zuloaga & Soderstrom 1985 (Poaceae)

Her father, Boris Vassilievich Skvortzov, Russian botanist and phycologist (Warsaw 27 January 1896 – São Paulo 25 June 1980)

Gained international recognition  for his studies on Bacillariophyceae (Diatoms) algae

Lived his 18 last years in São Paulo, Brazil 

Described 95 valid genera and more than 1,000 species of Algae and protozoan

HONORS

Skvortzovia Bononi & Hjortstam 1987 (Fungi)

Skvortzoviothrix Bourrelly 1973 (Chlorophyta)

Skvortzoviella Bourrelly 1970 (Cryptophyta)