Feinbrunn, Naomi

Naomi Faynbrun ^[4] was born in Moscow in a family of adherents of Zionism ^[3] in 1900 ^{[2] [3]} . Her parents, dentist Aron Meerovich Faynbrun (1865, Chisinau -?) And Enta (later Rachel) Fainbrun, were activists of the Bessarabian branch of the youth movement Hovevei Zion .

Soon after her birth, the family returned to Chisinau , where she studied in elementary school (where she studied Hebrew for one hour every day), and then in a Jewish vocational school for girls (with mixed education in Yiddish and Russian ) ^[3] . Her family again went to Moscow in 1908 ^[5] and after graduating from high school (with honors) in 1918, Feinbrun began to study at the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Moscow University ^[3] .

When her family returned to Bessarabia in 1920 , Naomi continued her studies at the university in Cluj ( Transylvania ), where she received her first degree in botany in 1923 ^[6] ; then she taught natural sciences at the Chisinau Jewish vocational school for girls ^[3] .

In 1924, the whole Naomi family emigrated to Palestine ^[3] . In 1925, on a study tour for science teachers to Mount Tevor Feinbrun, she met Alexander Eyg (1894-1938), a botanist who led the tour; Eig instilled in her an enthusiasm for being a researcher and remained her mentor and colleague until his death in 1938 ; The warm feelings that Naomi had for Eig and the close working relationship between them partly explain the fact that she never married ^[3] . Feinbrun conducted pioneering studies of the flora of Israel and the Middle East until her death ^[3] . She described 100 plant species ^[7] . In 1991, Feinbrun received the Israeli State Prize.

Naomi Feinbrun died on March 8, 1995 ^[3] .

Naomi Feinbrun specialized in seed plants ^[2] .

Books

• Eig, A., M. Zohary, N. Feinbrun. Analytical Flora of Palestine (Hebrew). Jerusalem: 1931 .
• Zohary, M., N. Feinbrun. Analytical Flora of Palestine . Second edition. Jerusalem: 1948 .
• Zohary, M., N. Feinbrun. Flora of the Land of Israel: Iconography . Plates by Ruth Koppel. I. Pls. 1-50, 1949 ; 11. Pls. 51-100, 1952 ; III. Pls. 101-151 (Hebrew and English editions). Jerusalem: 1959 .
• N. Feinbrun. Wild Plants in the Land of Israel . Plates by Ruth Koppel. Tel Aviv: 1960 (Hebrew and English editions).
• N. Feinbrun. Flora Palaestina. Part 3: Ericaceae-Compositae. Part 4: Monocotyledoneae . Jerusalem (in preparation).

Hebrew Articles

• "Useful wild plants in Palestine." Ha-Sadeh 10 ( 1930 ): 298-301, 362-368; 433-477.
• "On the vegetation of Tel Aviv." Nature and Country 2 ( 1933 ): 124-128.
• "Alexander Eig: A Biography." Nature and Country 5 ( 1938 ): 412-418.
• "The genus Bellevalia in Palestine." The Magnes Volume ( 1938 ): 386-389; The Rose: Edited and revised from a manuscript by the late M. Schwartzman . Tel Aviv: 1948, 1-64.
• "The contribution of the late Tuvia Kushnir to the plant knowledge of Palestine." Nature and Country 7 ( 1948 ): 478-480.
• "In memory of a young botanist, Yitzhak Halevi." Ha-Sadeh 28 ( 1948 ): 453-455.
• "Cytology." In Encyclopedia of Agriculture , vol. 1 .: 1966 .
• "Species of Lycium in Palestine." Mada 13 ( 1968 ): 221-224.

German Articles

• "Beitraege zur Kenntnis der Variabilität von Aegilops ventricosa Tausch." Feede Repert. nov. Spec. Regni veg . 28 (1930): 65-66.
• "Beitraege zur Kenntnis der Umbelliferen Transjordaniens." Feede Repert. nov. Spec. Regni veg . 29 (1931): 133-136.
• "Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Flora des Amanus-Gebirges (Syrien)." Beih. Bot. Centralbl . 51 (1933): 374-388.
• "Ueber die Variabilität von Trigonella monspeliaca L. und die pflanzen-geographischen Verhältnisse ihrer Formen." Beih. Bot. Centrabl . 51 (1933): 389–396.

English Articles

• "New data on some cultivated plants and weeds of the Early Bronze Age in Palestine." Palest. J. Bot. Jerusalem ser. 1 (1938): 238-240.
• "A monographic study on the genus Beb levalia Lapeyr. (Caryology, Taxonomy, Geography). " Palest. J. Bot. Jerusalem ser. 1 (1938-1940): 42-54; 131-142; 336-409.
• "Poa series Roshev. of Palestine and Syria. " Bull. of misc. Inf. R. Bot. Gdns. Kew , 7 (1940): 277–285.
• "The genus Ornithogalum in Palestine and neighbors countries." Palest. J. Bot. Jerusalem ser. 2 (1941): 132-150.
• "On the occurrence of Drosera rotundifolia L. in Lebanon." Palest. J. Bot. Jerusalem ser. 2 (1942): 251-252.
• "Allium section Porrum of Palestine and the neighboring countries." Palest. J. Bot. Jerusalem ser. 3 (1943): 1-21.
• "A new Rheum species from Palestine." Palest. J. Dot. Jerusalem ser. 3 (1944): 117-118.
• “Materials for a revised Flora of Palestine I.” Proc. Linn. Soc. London 157 (1944-1945): 46-54.
• "The genus Rhamnus in Palestine." Palest. J. Bot. Jerusalem ser. 3 (1946): 167-169.
• "A new nettle from Huleh." Palest. J. Bot. Jerusalem ser. 4 (1947): 114-115.
• "Further studies on Allium of Palestine and the neighboring countries." Palest. J. Bot. Jerusalem ser. 4 (1948): 144-157.
• "Plants new for Palestine III." Palest. J. Bot. Jerusalem ser. 4 (1949): 237-238.
• "Chromosome counts in Palestinian Allium species." Palest. J. Bot. Jerusalem ser. 5 (1949): 13-16.
• "The genus Colchicum of Palestine and neighboring countries." Palest. J. Bot. Jerusalem ser. 6 (1953): 71-95.
• "Chromosomes and taxonomic groups in Allium ." Caryologia 6 (1954), suppl., 1036-1041, Proc. 9th Int. Cong. Genetics.
• "Chromosome numbers in the genus Colchicum ." Bull. Res. Council. Israel 6B (1957): 283.
• "Chromosome numbers in Crocus ." Genetica 29 (1958): 172-192.
• "Chromosome numbers and evolution in the genus Colchicum ." Evolution 12 (1958): 173-188.
• "Spontaneous Pineta in the Lebanon." Bull. Res. Council. Israel 7D (1959): 132-153.
• “Materials for a revised Flora of Palestine II.” Bull. Res. Council. Israel 8D (1960): 169-172.
• "Revision of the genus Hyacinthella Schur." Bull. Res. Council. Israel IOD (1961): 324—347.
• "Taxonomic studies on Papaver Sect. Orthorhoeades of Palestine and of some other Mediterranean countries. " Israel J. Bot. 12 (1963): 74-96.
• "Chromosomes of some East-Mediterranean Papaver species." Caryologia 16 (1963): 649-652.
• "The genus Iphiona in Palestine." Israel J. Bot. 15 (1966): 22-24.
• "The genus Lycium in the Flora Orientalis region." Collnea bot. 7 (1968): 359-379.
• "A taxonomic review of European Cuscutae ." Israel J. Bot. 19 (1970): 19-29.
• " Cuscuta ." In Flora Europaea , vol. 3 (manuscript).

The following plant species were named after her: Astragalus feinbruniae ( 1970 ), Bellevalia feinbruniae ( 1970 ) and Colchicum feinbruniae ( 1992 ) ^[3] .

• IK. Dates from Taxon, 48 (4): 786 ( 1999 ). Biogr. info. incl. portr. in Englera, 26: 293-294 (2005).

• Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia: Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan