Rolla Seshagiri Rao, Indian botanist (19 August 1921 – Delhi Noida 23 February 2015)
With V.H. Kapadia, Sukh Dev & M.Y. Ansari discovered that the alkaloid colchicine could be sourced from Iphigenia stellata for commercial purposes (patented in 1971)
DESCRIBED PLANTAE SPECIES
Blumea venkataramanii 1973 with Hemadri
Chonemorpha pedicellata 1953
Cyanotis arcotensis 1967
Cyanotis cerifolia 1966 with Kammathy
Glyphochloa goaensis 1968 with Hemadri
Iphigenia magnifica 1979 with Ansari
Iphigenia sahyadrica 1979 with Ansari
Pimpinella katrajensis 1976 with Hemadri
Pollia hasskarlii 1964
Rubus ghanakantae 1972 with Joseph
Tricarpelema glanduliferum with Joseph
HONORS
Seshagiria Ansari & Hemadri 1971 (Asclepiadaceae)