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.