He was a Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Sciences and scientifically listed a number of valuable plants in Malaysia.
He lived in the Russian city of Tambov for much of his life.
His son Konstantin Arnoldi became a prominent entomologist.
He is honoured in the name of Arnoldiella, which is a genus of green algae in the family Pithophoraceae.
You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This article about a Russian botanist is a stub.