P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Mamatqulov, Usmon

Tajik botanist Usmon Kobulovich Mamatqulov was born in the vil-

lage of Khishrav in Samarqand on September 10, 1933. He joined the

CPSU in 1973.

Mamatqulov graduated from the Faculty of Biology of Uzbekistan

State University in 1956. From 1956 to 1961, he was a teacher and a

post-graduate student at the Samarqand Cooperative Pedagogical

School. In 1973 and 1974, he was the Director of Scientific Affairs. In

1975, he became the Director of Division of Flora and Plants with

Spore at the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. He received his doctor-

ate degree in biology in 1983. Mamatqulov's research deals with the

flora, plant systems, geography, and the culture of the Tajik moss. He

was a member of the commission organizing the Soviet "Red Book"

containing vital data on the endangered plants of the USSR.

Mamatqulov's contributions include Listvennie mkhi Darvazskogo

khrebta (Leaf Mosses in the Darvoz Range of Mountains, Dushanbe,

1975). Flora sporovikh rastenii Tadzhikskoi SSR (Flora and Spore

Plants of Tajik SSR, 1985).