Gennadi Pavlovich Yakovlev (Генна́дий Па́влович Я́ковлев, born June 7, 1938 in Sestroretsk.) is a Russian botanist, former rector of the St. Petersburg Academy of Chemical Pharmaceuticals, former head of the department of pharmacognosy, now a professor of the department of pharmacognosy, part-time leading scientist of the Botanical Institute. V.L. Komarov, taxonomist of higher plants. G.P. Yakovlev is one of the leading experts in the systematics of legumes, as well as a specialist in the field of pharmacognosy.
He took part in projects to study the flora of Cuba, Vietnam, Mongolia, Central Asia, the European part of the USSR, etc.
Works
1967 Заметки по систематике и географии рода Sophora L. и близких родов. // Труды Ленинградского химико-фармацевтического института. Т. 21. — С. 42-62