Sofya Georgiyevna Tamamshyan

Sofya Georgiyevna Tamamshyan
Born18 June 1901
Tiflis, Russian Empire
Died1981
NationalityRussian
Known forTaxonomy
Botany
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Biology
Zoology
InstitutionsUSSR Academy of Sciences
Author abbrev. (botany)Tamamsch.

Sofya Georgiyevna Tamamshyan (1901–1981) was a Russian-Soviet botanist and plant taxonomist noted for describing 7 genera and more than 50 species, and for authoring over 120 works. The standard author abbreviation Tamamsch. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.