Indian botanist (1916–1999).
Basheer Ahmed Razi ( 1916 - 1998) was an Indian botanist. His parents were K. Abdul Qadir Khan and Roqia bi. He was one of the early phytogeographers. Prof. B A Razi's classic work is on plant geography of south Indian hill top flora for which he received the coveted D. Sc degree. He divided the Indian sub-continent into 23 botonical provinces based on the climate and floristic pattern. As a plant geographer, Prof. B A Razi had to deal with hundreds of plant species, the identification of which posed problems in early 1950s. This problem gradually drew him to area of plant Taxonomy with which