List of botanists by author abbreviation
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This is an incomplete list of botanists by their author abbreviation
, which is designed for citation with the botanical name
s or works that they have published. This list follows that established by Brummitt & Powell (1992). Use of that list is recommended by Rec. 46A Note 1 of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. The list is kept up to date online at The International Plant Names Index and Index Fungorum.
Note that in some cases an "author abbreviation" consists of a full surname, while in other cases the surname is abbreviated and/or accompanied by one or more initials. There is no space between the initials and the surname (or its abbreviation).
The list here is maintained strictly in order of the alphabetic characters in the abbreviation; thus "A.B.Jacks." appears under "A" not "J", and is located as if the characters were "ABJACKS". Capitalization is ignored as are all non-alphabetic characters such as "." and a space. Diacritical marks are also ignored, so that, e.g., "ü" is treated as if it were "u".
See also the list of botanists, List of South African plant botanical authors and :Category:Botanists.
Author citation (botany)
In botanical nomenclature, author citation refers to citing the person who validly published a botanical name, i.e. who first published the name while fulfilling the formal requirements as specified by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature...
, which is designed for citation with the botanical name
Botanical name
A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar and/or Group epithets must conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants...
s or works that they have published. This list follows that established by Brummitt & Powell (1992). Use of that list is recommended by Rec. 46A Note 1 of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature. The list is kept up to date online at The International Plant Names Index and Index Fungorum.
Note that in some cases an "author abbreviation" consists of a full surname, while in other cases the surname is abbreviated and/or accompanied by one or more initials. There is no space between the initials and the surname (or its abbreviation).
The list here is maintained strictly in order of the alphabetic characters in the abbreviation; thus "A.B.Jacks." appears under "A" not "J", and is located as if the characters were "ABJACKS". Capitalization is ignored as are all non-alphabetic characters such as "." and a space. Diacritical marks are also ignored, so that, e.g., "ü" is treated as if it were "u".
See also the list of botanists, List of South African plant botanical authors and :Category:Botanists.
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- A.A.Eaton - Alvah Augustus Eaton (1865–1908)
- Aarons. - Aaron AaronsohnAaron AaronsohnAaron Aaronsohn was a Jewish agronomist, botanist, and Zionist activist. Aaronsohn was the discoverer of wild emmer , believed to be "the mother of wheat."-Biography:...
(1876–1919) - A.Bassi - Agostino BassiAgostino BassiAgostino Bassi, sometimes called de Lodi, was an Italian entomologist. He preceded Louis Pasteur in the discovery that microorganisms can be the cause of disease...
(1772–1856) - Abbayes - Henry Nicollon des Abbayes (1898–1974)
- Abbot - John Abbot (entomologist) (1751–c.1840)
- Abedin - Sultanul Abedin (fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1986) - A.Berger - Alwin BergerAlwin BergerAlwin Berger was a German botanist best known for his contribution to the nomenclature of succulent plants, particularly agaves and cacti. Born in Germany he worked at the botanical gardens in Dresden and Frankfurt...
(1871–1931) - A.B.Frank - Albert Bernhard FrankAlbert Bernhard FrankAlbert Bernhard Frank was a German biologist. He is credited with coining the term mycorrhiza.The bacterial genus Frankia and family Frankiaceae were named after him.-References:...
(1839–1900) - A.B.Jacks. - Albert Bruce JacksonAlbert Bruce JacksonAlbert Bruce Jackson was a British botanist and dendrologist. He worked as an assistant the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1907 to 1910 and later at the British Museum from 1932 to his death in 1947.- Partial bibliography :*Catalogue of Hardy Trees and Shurbs Growing in the Grounds of Syon House,...
(1876–1947) - A.Bloxam – Andrew BloxamAndrew BloxamAndrew Bloxam was an English clergyman and naturalist; in his later life he had a particular interest in botany. He was the naturalist on board during its voyage around South America and the Pacific in 1824–26, where he collected mainly birds...
(1801–1878) - A.Br. - Addison BrownAddison BrownAddison Brown was a United States federal judge.Brown was born in West Newbury, Massachusetts, and was educated at Amherst College. He received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1852, and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1854...
(1830–1913) - A.Braun - Alexander Karl Heinrich Braun (1805–1877)
- A.Camus - Aimée Antoinette CamusAimée Antoinette CamusAimée Antoinette Camus was a French botanist. She was best known for her study of orchids.Camus was the daughter of Edmond Gustave Camus, also a botanist and was born in L'Isle-Adam, about 50 kilometres north of Paris...
(1879–1965) - A.Cast. - Alberto Castellanos (1896–1968)
- Acerbi - Giuseppe AcerbiGiuseppe AcerbiGiuseppe Acerbi was an Italian naturalist, explorer and composer.-Biography:Acerbi was born in Castel Goffredo...
(1773–1846) - Ach. - Erik AchariusErik AchariusErik Acharius was a Swedish botanist who pioneered the taxonomy of lichens and is known as the "father of lichenology"....
(1757–1819) - A.Chev. - Auguste Jean Baptiste ChevalierAuguste Jean Baptiste ChevalierAuguste Jean Baptiste Chevalier was a French botanist, taxonomist, and explorer of tropical Africa, especially of French colonial empire Africa and Côte d'Ivoire. He also explored and collected plants in South America and tropical Asia...
(1873–1956) - A.C.Sm. - Albert Charles SmithAlbert Charles SmithAlbert Charles Smith was an American botanist.-Life:He was a director of the National Museum of Natural History, and chaired several important scientific societies, such as the American Society of Plant Taxonomists....
(1906–1999) - Acuña - Julián Acuña GaléJulián Acuña GaléAntonio Julián Baldomero Acuña Galé was a Cuban botanist who served as director of the Agricultural Experimental Station in Santiago de Las Vegas...
(1900–1973) - A.Cunn. - Allan CunninghamAllan Cunningham (botanist)Allan Cunningham was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his travels in New South Wales to collect plants.- Early life :...
(1791–1839) - Adams - Johann Friedrich AdamJohann Friedrich AdamJohann Friedrich Adam, later called Michael Friedrich Adams was a botanist from St. Petersburg, Russia....
(1780–1838) - Adans. - Michel AdansonMichel AdansonMichel Adanson was a French naturalist of Scottish descent.Adanson was born at Aix-en-Provence. His family moved to Paris on 1730. After leaving the College Sainte Barbe he was employed in the cabinets of R. A. F. Reaumur and Bernard de Jussieu, as well as in the Jardin des Plantes. At the end of...
(1727–1806) - A.DC. - Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyrame de CandolleAlphonse Louis Pierre Pyrame de CandolleAlphonse Louis Pierre Pyrame de Candolle , was a French-Swiss botanist, the son of the Swiss botanist A. P. de Candolle....
(1806–1893) - A.Dietr. - Albert Gottfried DietrichAlbert Gottfried DietrichAlbert Gottfried Dietrich was a German botanist who was a native of Danzig.Dietrich was curator at the Botanical Garden in Berlin and was an instructor at the institute of horticulture at Berlin-Schöneberg...
(1795–1856) - Aellen - Paul Aellen (1896–1973)
- A.E.van Wyk - Abraham Erasmus Braam van WykAbraham Erasmus Braam van WykAbraham Erasmus van Wyk, also known as Braam van Wyk is a South African plant taxonomist. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation A.E.van Wyk when citing a botanical name.-References:...
(born 1952) - Afzel. - Adam AfzeliusAdam AfzeliusAdam Afzelius was a Swedish botanist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. Afzelius was born at Larv in Västergötland in 1750. He was appointed teacher of oriental languages at Uppsala University in 1777, and in 1785 demonstrator of botany...
(1750–1837) - A.G.Floyd - Alexander G. Floyd (1926–)
- A.Gibson - Alexander GibsonAlexander Gibson (botanist)Alexander Gibson was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who worked in India.He was born in Kincardineshire and studied at Edinburgh. He went to India as a surgeon in the Honourable East India Company...
(1800–1867) - A.G.Jones - Almut Gitter Jones (born 1923)
- A.G.Lyon - Alexander Geoffrey Lyon (fl. 1950–1960)
- A.G.Mill. - Anthony G. Miller (born 1951)
- A.Gray - Asa GrayAsa Gray-References:*Asa Gray. Dictionary of American Biography. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928–1936.*Asa Gray. Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998.*Asa Gray. Plant Sciences. 4 vols. Macmillan Reference USA, 2001....
(1810–1888) - A.Ham. - Arthur Hamilton (fl. 1832)
- A.Hässl. - Arne Hässler (1904–1952)
- A.Heller - Amos Arthur HellerAmos Arthur HellerAmos Arthur Heller was an American botanist.He was one of the most prolific western collectors from 1892 until 1940. While living in Los Gatos, California, south of San Francisco from 1904 to 1908, Heller collected extensively in central California. He also obtained an impressive collection from...
(1867–1944) - A.Henry - Augustine HenryAugustine HenryAugustine Henry was an Irish plantsman and sinologist. He is best known for sending over 15,000 dry specimens and seeds and 500 plant samples to Kew Gardens in the United Kingdom. By 1930, he was a recognised authority and was honoured with society membership in Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Finland,...
(1857–1930) - A.H.Gentry - Alwyn Howard Gentry (1945–1993)
- A.H.Holmgren - Arthur Hermann Holmgren (born 1912)
- Ahmadjian - Vernon AhmadjianVernon AhmadjianDr. Vernon Ahmadjian is a professor emeritus at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. He is a specialist on lichen symbiosis and has written several books and numerous publications on this subject....
(born 1930) - Airy Shaw - Herbert Kenneth Airy ShawHerbert Kenneth Airy ShawHerbert Kenneth Airy Shaw was a notable English botanist and classicist.Airy Shaw was born at The Mount, Grange Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk to a father serving as Second Master at the Woodbridge Grammar School and a mother descended from George Biddell Airy, Astronomer Royal...
(1902–1985) - Aiton - William AitonWilliam AitonWilliam Aiton was a Scottish botanist.Aiton was born near Hamilton. Having been regularly trained to the profession of a gardener, he travelled to London in 1754, and became assistant to Philip Miller, then superintendent of the Chelsea Physic Garden...
(1731–1793) - A.J.Eames - Arthur Johnson Eames (1881–1969)
- A.J.Hill - Albert Joseph Hill (born 1940)
- A.Juss. - Adrien-Henri de JussieuAdrien-Henri de JussieuAdrien-Henri de Jussieu was a French botanist.Born in Paris as the son of botanist Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1824 with a treatise of the plant family Euphorbiaceae. When his father retired in 1826, he succeeded him at the Jardin des Plantes; in...
(1797–1853) - Akhani - Hossein Akhani (born 1950)
- A.K.Skvortsov - Alexey SkvortsovAlexey SkvortsovAlexey K. SkvortsovA Russian botanist and naturalist, a specialist on amentiferous plants—willows , poplars , and birches as well as plants of the evening primrose family , A.K...
(born 1920) - Alb. - Johannes Baptista von AlbertiniJohannes Baptista von AlbertiniJohannes Baptista von Albertini was a German botanist and clergyman of the Moravian Church. He was born in the town of Neuwied....
(1769–1831) - Alain - Bro. Alain, Alain Henri Liogier (1916–2009)
- Al.Brongn. - Alexandre BrongniartAlexandre BrongniartAlexandre Brongniart was a French chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist, who collaborated with Georges Cuvier on a study of the geology of the region around Paris...
(1770–1847) - Alef. - Friedrich Georg Christoph Alefeld (1820–1872)
- Alexander - Edward Johnston Alexander (1901–1985)
- All. - Carlo AllioniCarlo AllioniCarlo Allioni was an Italian physician and professor of botany at the University of Turin. His most important work was Flora Pedemontana, sive enumeratio methodica stirpium indigenarum Pedemontii 1755, a study of the plant world in Piedmont, in which he listed 2813 species of plants, of which 237...
(1728–1804) - Allemão - Francisco Freire Allemão e CysneiroFrancisco Freire Allemão e CysneiroFrancisco Freire Allemão e Cysneiro was a Brazilian botanist who collected in northeast Brazil and along the Rio de Janeiro. His association with the Brazilian National Museum in Rio de Janeiro took place at a time when Brazilian botany was dominated by foreigners.Among his many duties as...
(1797–1874) - Allred - Kelly Allred (born 1949)
- Á.Löve - Áskell LöveÁskell LöveÁskell Löve was an Icelandic systematic botanist, particularly active in the Arctic.Löve was born in Reykjavik. He studied botany at Lund University, Sweden, from 1937. He received his PhD in 1942 in botany and a D.Sc. degree in genetics the year after...
(1916–1994) - Alph.Wood - Alphonso Wood (1810–1881)
- Alpino - Prospero Alpino (1553–1617)
- Al-Shehbaz - Ihsan Ali Al-ShehbazIhsan Ali Al-ShehbazIhsan Ali Al-Shehbaz, Ph.D. is an Iraqi American botanist who works as Adjunct Professor at University of Missouri-St. Louis and Curator and Head of the Department of Asian Botany at that same university. Al-Shehbaz's primary area of interest is Brassicaceae and The Durango Herald called him"a...
(born 1939) - A.L.Sm. - Annie Lorrain SmithAnnie Lorrain SmithAnnie Lorrain Smith was a British lichenologist whose Lichens was an essential textbook for several decades...
(1854–1937) - Alston - Arthur Hugh Garfit AlstonArthur Hugh Garfit AlstonArthur Hugh Garfit Alston was an English botanist. His father was a vicar and amateur naturalist who first got him interested in the field. A.H.G. Alston later received his B.A. from the University of Oxford...
(1902–1958) - Alstr. - Clas AlströmerClas AlströmerBaron Clas Alströmer was a Swedish naturalist who was a student of Carl Linnaeus at Uppsala University. From 1760–1764 he traveled throughout Southern Europe, collecting plants for Linnaeus. He established a botanical garden and natural museum near Gothenburg which was managed by the notable...
(1736–1794) - Altam. - Fernando AltamiranoFernando AltamiranoFernando Altamirano was a Mexican physician, botanist and naturalist. He was born in Aculco, studied in Querétaro, and died in Mexico City...
(1848–1908) - Altschul - Siri von ReisSiri von ReisSiri Sylvia Patricia von Reis is an American botanist, author and poet. She has worked as an investigator at the New York Botanical Garden and is the mother of reporter/correspondent Serena Altschul.-Bibliography:...
(born 1931) - Ames - Oakes AmesOakes Ames (botanist)Oakes Ames was an American botanist specializing in orchids. His estate is now the Borderland State Park in Massachusetts....
(1874–1950) - Amman - Johann AmmanJohann AmmanJohann Amman, Johannes Amman or Иоганн Амман , was a Swiss-Russian botanist, a member of the Royal Society and professor of botany at the Russian Academy of Sciences at St Petersburg...
(1707–1741) - A.M.Sm. - Annie Morrill SmithAnnie Morrill SmithAnnie Morrill Smith was a botanist and bryologist from Brooklyn. She was a largely self-taught amateur who became important to the Sullivant Moss Society. From 1906 to 1911 she acted as the sole editor of The Bryologist...
(1856–1946) - Andersson - Nils Johan AnderssonNils Johan AnderssonNils Johan Andersson , was a Swedish botanist and traveller. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation N.J.Andersson when citing a botanical name....
(1821–1880) - Andrews - Henry Charles AndrewsHenry Charles AndrewsHenry Charles Andrews , was an English botanist, botanical artist and engraver.He lived in Knightsbridge and was married to the daughter of John Kennedy of Hammersmith, a nurseryman who assisted Andrews in the descriptions of the plants he illustrated.He was an accomplished and unusual botanical...
(1794–1830) - Andronov - Nicolai Matveevich Andronov (fl. 1955)
- Andrz. - Antoni Lukianowicz Andrzejowski (1785–1868)
- A.Nelson - Aven Nelson (1859–1952)
- Ant.Juss. - Antoine de JussieuAntoine de JussieuAntoine de Jussieu was a French naturalist.Jussieu was born in Lyon, the son of Christophe de Jussieu , an apothecary of some repute, who published a Nouveau traité de la theriaque . Antoine studied at the university of Montpellier, and travelled with his brother Bernard through Spain, Portugal...
(1686–1758) - Ant.Molina - José Antonio Molina RositoJosé Antonio Molina RositoJosé Antonio Molina Rosito , usually known as Antonio Molina, is a Honduran botanist and Professor emeritus at the Zamorano Pan-American School of Agriculture....
(born 1926) - Antoine - Franz AntoineFranz AntoineFranz Antoine was an Austrian horticulturalist and gardener who was a native of Vienna....
(1815–1886) - Arcang. - Giovanni ArcangeliGiovanni ArcangeliGiovanni Arcangeli was an Italian botanist from Florence.In 1862 he earned his degree in natural sciences from the University of Pisa, where he later became an instructor and professor...
(1840–1921) - A.R.Clapham - Arthur Roy ClaphamArthur Roy ClaphamArthur Roy Clapham, CBE FRS , was a British botanist.Born in Norwich and educated at Downing College, Cambridge, Clapham worked at Rothamsted Experimental Station as a crop physiologist , and then took a teaching post in the botany department at Oxford University. He was Professor of Botany at...
(1904–1990) - Ard. - Pietro ArduinoPietro ArduinoPietro Arduino was an Italian botanist. His official abbreviation is Ard....
(1728–1805) - Aresch. - Johan Erhard AreschougJohan Erhard AreschougJohan Erhard Areschoug was a Swedish botanist who was a native of Göteborg. He was a member of the Arreskow family ....
(1811–1887) - A.Rich. - Achille RichardAchille RichardAchille Richard was a French botanist and physician .He was son of a notable botanist, Louis-Claude Marie Richard .Pharmacist in the French fleet and member of several well-known societies of their time....
(1794–1852) - Arn. - George Arnott Walker Arnott (1799–1868)
- A.Robyns - Andre Georges Marie Walter Albert Robyns (1935–2003)
- Arráb. - D. Francisco Antonio de Arrábida (1771–1850)
- Arruda - Manoel Arruda da Cámara (1752–1810)
- Arthur - Joseph Charles ArthurJoseph Charles ArthurJoseph Charles Arthur was an American botanist known for his investigations into rusts . He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1923.- External links :*...
(1850–1942) - Art.Mey. - Arthur MeyerArthur Meyer (botanist)Arthur Meyer was a German botanist, cell biologist, and pharmacognosist. Meyer is known for his pioneering work describing the structure of chloroplasts and other plastids. He was the first to name and describe the chlorophyll-containing structures in chloroplasts known as grana.Meyer spent his...
(1850–1922) - Asch. - Paul Friedrich August AschersonPaul Friedrich August AschersonPaul Friedrich August Ascherson was a German botanist. His author citation is Asch., although Aschers. has been used in the past....
(1834–1913) - A.S.George - Alex GeorgeAlex GeorgeAlexander Segger George is a Western Australian botanist. He is the authority on the plant genera Banksia and Dryandra...
(born 1939) - Ashe - William Willard Ashe (1872–1932)
- A.Sinclair - Andrew SinclairAndrew Sinclair (botanist)Andrew Sinclair was a British surgeon who was notable for his botanical collections. He served as New Zealand's second Colonial Secretary.-Early life:...
(1796–1861) - A.Soriano - Alberto Soriano (1920–1998)
- A.Stahl - Agustín StahlAgustín StahlDr. Agustín Stahl , was a medical doctor and the first renowned Puerto Rican scientist, with diverse interests in the fields of ethnology, botany and zoology. He advocated Puerto Rico's independence from Spain....
(1842–1917) - A.St.-Hil. - Augustin Saint-HilaireAugustin Saint-HilaireAugustin François César Prouvençal de Saint-Hilaire , French botanist and traveler, was born at Orléans, France, on 4 October 1779. He began to publish memoirs on botanical subjects at an early age...
(1799–1853) - A.Thouars - Abel Aubert Dupetit ThouarsAbel Aubert Dupetit ThouarsAbel Aubert Dupetit Thouars was a French naval officer important in France's anexation of French Polynesia.He was born at the castle of La Fessardière, near Saumur. His uncle Aristide Aubert Dupetit-Thouars was of the heroes of the Battle of the Nile...
(1793–1864) - Aubl. - Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée AubletJean Baptiste Christophore Fusée AubletJean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet was a French pharmacist, botanist and explorer.Born in Salon-de-Provence, he joined the French East India Company and in 1752 was sent to Mauritius to establish a pharmacy and a botanical garden. He worked there for nine years...
(1720–1778) - Aubriet - Claude AubrietClaude AubrietClaude Aubriet was a French illustrator and botanical artist who was born in Châlons-sur-Marne.Aubriet was a botanical artist who worked at the Jardin du Roi in Paris. His work attracted the attention of botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort , who commissioned Aubriet as illustrator of Tournefort's...
(1651–1742) - Aucher - Pierre Martin Rémi Aucher-ÉloyPierre Martin Rémi Aucher-ÉloyPierre Martin Remi Aucher-Éloy was a French pharmacist and botanist who was a native of Blois.He received his education at Orléans and later Paris. In 1830 he relocated to Istanbul with aims of creating an Herbier d'Orient...
(1792–1838) - Audib. - Urbain Audibert (1791–1846)
- Austin - Coe Finch Austin (1831–1880)
- A.V.Duthie - Augusta Vera Duthie (1881–1963)
- Avé-Lall. - Julius Léopold Eduard Avé-LallemantJulius Léopold Eduard Avé-LallemantJulius Léopold Eduard Avé-Lallemant was a German botanist who was a native of Lübeck.From 1838 to 1855 he performed his scientific work in St. Petersburg. Botanists Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer and Carl Anton von Meyer named the plant genus Lallemantia from the family Lamiaceae in his honor...
(1803–1867) - A.W.Hill - Arthur William HillArthur William Hill (botanist)Sir Arthur William Hill FLS FRS , was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and a noted botanist and taxonomist....
(1875–1941) - A.W.Howitt - Alfred William HowittAlfred William HowittAlfred William Howitt was an Australian anthropologist and naturalist.-Background:Howitt was born in Nottingham, England, the son of authors William Howitt and Mary Botham. He came to the Victorian gold fields in 1852 with his father and brother to visit his uncle, Godfrey Howitt...
(1830–1908) - Axelrod - Daniel I. AxelrodDaniel I. AxelrodDaniel Isaac Axelrod was a leading twentieth-century paleoecologist specializing in Tertiary Cordilleran floras, in particular correlating fossil evidence of specific floras with climate change indicators.-Biography:...
(1910–1998)
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- Bab. - Charles Cardale BabingtonCardale BabingtonCharles Cardale Babington was an English botanist and archaeologist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1851....
(1808–1895) - Backeb. - Curt BackebergCurt BackebergCurt Backeberg was a German horticulturist especially known for the collection and classification of cacti.He travelled extensively through Central and South America, and published a number of books on cacti, including the six-volume, 4,000-page Die Cactaceae, 1958-1962, and the Kakteenlexikon,...
(1894–1966) - Bagn. - James Eustace BagnallJames Eustace BagnallJames Eustace Bagnall ALS was an English naturalist with a particular interest in botany, especially bryology. He was the author of the first Flora of Warwickshire in 1891. A noted bryologist, he wrote the Handbook of Mosses in the Young Collector Series, various editions of which were published...
(1830–1918) - Baill. - Henri Ernest BaillonHenri Ernest BaillonHenri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on November 30, 1827 and died in Paris on July 19, 1895.Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on botany...
(1827–1895) - Baillon - Louis Antoine Francois BaillonLouis Antoine François BaillonLouis Antoine François Baillon was a French naturalist and collector. He was born in Montreuil-sur-Mer and died in Abbeville....
(1778–1851) - Baker - John Gilbert BakerJohn Gilbert BakerJohn Gilbert Baker was an English botanist.Baker was born in Guisborough, the son of John and Mary Baker and educated at Quaker schools in Ackworth and York....
(1834–1920) - Baker f. - Edmund Gilbert Baker (1864–1949)
- Bakh. - Reinier Cornelis Bakhuizen van den Brink (1881–1945)
- Bakh.f. - Reinier Cornelis Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. (1911–1987)
- Balb. - Gioanni Battista Balbis (1765–1831)
- Baldwin - William BaldwinWilliam Baldwin (botanist)William Baldwin was an American physician and botanist who is today remembered for his significant contributions to botany. He lived in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Georgia, and served as a ship's surgeon on two voyages overseas...
(1779–1819) - Balf. - John Hutton BalfourJohn Hutton BalfourJohn Hutton Balfour was a Scottish botanist. Balfour became a Professor of Botany, first at the University of Glasgow in 1841, moving to Edinburgh University and also becoming Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Her Majesty's Botanist in Scotland in 1845...
(1808–1884) - Balf.f. - Isaac Bayley BalfourIsaac Bayley BalfourSir Isaac Bayley Balfour FRS FRSE was a Scottish botanist. He was the son of John Hutton Balfour who was also a botanist.-Biography:...
(1853–1922) - Bals.-Criv. - Giuseppe Gabriel Balsamo-CrivelliGiuseppe Gabriel Balsamo-CrivelliGiuseppe Gabriel Balsamo-Crivelli was an Italian naturalist, born 1800-09-01 in Milan, died 1874-11-15 in Pavia.He became professor of mineralogy and zoology at the University of Pavia in 1851, and was appointed professor of comparative anatomy in 1863...
(1800–1874) - Banks - Joseph BanksJoseph BanksSir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, GCB, PRS was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences. He took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage . Banks is credited with the introduction to the Western world of eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa and the genus named after him,...
(1743–1820) - Barb.Rodr. - João Barbosa RodriguesJoão Barbosa RodriguesJoão Barbosa Rodrigues was a Brazilian botanist and engineer.He was born in São Gonçalo do Sapucaí and raised in Campanha, in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. He returned to Rio de Janeiro with his family in 1858. He first dedicated to the commerce, but he was always interested in natural...
(1842–1909) - Bard.-Vauc. - Martine Bardot-Vaucoulon (born 1948)
- Bargh. - Elso Sterrenberg BarghoornElso Sterrenberg BarghoornElso Sterrenberg Barghoorn was an American paleobotanist, called by his student Andrew Knoll, the present Fisher Professor of Natural History at Harvard, "the father of Pre-Cambrian palaeontology."...
(1915–1984) - Barkworth - Mary Barkworth (born 1941)
- Barneby - Rupert Charles BarnebyRupert Charles BarnebyRupert Charles Barneby was a British-born self-taught botanist whose primary specialty was the Fabaceae , the pea family, but he also worked on Menispermaceae and numerous other groups...
(1911–2000) - Barnhart - John Hendley Barnhart (1871–1949)
- Barr - Peter Barr (1826–1909)
- Barrande - Joachim BarrandeJoachim BarrandeJoachim Barrande was a French geologist and palaeontologist.Barrande was born at Saugues, Haute Loire, and educated in the École Polytechnique at Paris...
(1799–1883) - Barratt - Joseph Barratt (1796–1882)
- Barroso - Liberato Joaquim Barroso (1900–1949)
- Bartal. - Biagio BartaliniBiagio BartaliniBiagio Bartalini was an Italian physician and botanist born in Torrita di Siena.From 1782 to 1822 he was director of the botanical garden in Siena, and in 1815-19 was president of the Accademia dei Fisiocritici...
(1746–1822) - Barthlott - Wilhelm A. Barthlott (born 1946)
- Bartl. - Friedrich Gottlieb BartlingFriedrich Gottlieb BartlingFriedrich Gottlieb Bartling was a German botanist who was a native of Hanover.He studied natural sciences at the University of Göttingen, and in 1818 took a botanical journey through Hungary and Croatia. In 1822 he became a lecturer at Göttingen, where he later became a professor, and in 1837 was...
(1798–1875) - Bartlett - Harley Harris Bartlett (1886–1960)
- Barton - Benjamin Smith Barton (1766–1815)
- Bartram - John BartramJohn Bartram*Hoffmann, Nancy E. and John C. Van Horne, eds., America’s Curious Botanist: A Tercentennial Reappraisal of John Bartram 1699-1777. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 243. ....
(1699–1777) - Batalin - Alexander Theodorowicz BatalinAlexander Theodorowicz BatalinAlexander Theodorowicz Batalin , alternatively known as Alexandr Fedorovich Batalin, was a Russian botanist. He was the Chief Botanist and Director of the Imperial Botanical Garden in St...
(1847–1896) - Bates - John Mallory Bates (1846–1930)
- Batsch - August Johann Georg Karl BatschAugust BatschDr August Johann Georg Karl Batsch was a German naturalist. He was a recognised authority on mushrooms, and also described new species of ferns, bryophytes, and seed plants.- Life and career :...
(1761–1802) - Batt. - Jules Aimé BattandierJules Aimé BattandierJules Aimé Battandier was a French botanist who was a native of Annonay, department of Ardèche. He was an authority on Algerian flora....
(1848–1922) - Baumg. - Johann Christian Gottlob BaumgartenJohann Christian Gottlob BaumgartenJohann Christian Gottlob Baumgarten was a German physician and botanist who was a native of Luckau.He studied in Dresden and Leipzig, and while at Leipzig performed field studies of its local flora, publishing the treatise Flora Lipsiensis in 1790. That same year he earned his philosophy degree,...
(1765–1843) - Baxter - William BaxterWilliam Baxter (Oxford Botanic Garden curator)William Baxter ALS, FHS , was a British botanist, author of British Phaenogamous Botany and appointed curator of the Oxford Botanic Garden in 1813....
(1787–1871) - B.Boivin - Joseph Robert Bernard Boivin (1916–1985)
- B.Bremer - Birgitta Bremer (born 1950)
- B.D.Jacks. - Benjamin Daydon JacksonBenjamin Daydon JacksonBenjamin Daydon Jackson was a pioneering botanist and taxonomer who wrote the first volume of Index Kewensis to include all the flowering plants.-Biography:...
(1846–1927) - Beadle - Chauncey Delos Beadle (1856–1950)
- Beal - William James Beal (1833–1924)
- Bean - William Jackson BeanWilliam Jackson BeanWilliam Jackson Bean was a British botanist and plantsman, who was curator of Kew Gardens from 1922 to 1929. He was responsible for some of the present collections of trees and woody plants there....
(1863–1947) - Beauvis. - Georges Beauvisage
- Bebb - Michael Schuck BebbMichael Schuck BebbMichael Schuck Bebb was an amateur systematic botanist in the nineteenth century with a reputation as the leading salicologist in both America and Europe...
(1833–1895) - Becc. - Odoardo BeccariOdoardo BeccariOdoardo Beccari was an Italian naturalist perhaps best known for discovering the titan arum, the plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world, in Sumatra in 1878...
(1843–1920) - Beck - Günther von Mannagetta und Lërchenau BeckGünther von Mannagetta und Lërchenau BeckGünther Ritter Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau was a prominent Austrian botanist.- Life :...
(1856–1931) - Becker - Johannes Becker (1769–1833)
- Bedd. - Richard Henry BeddomeRichard Henry BeddomeColonel Richard Henry Beddome was a British military officer in India, chief conservator of the Madras Forest Department and a naturalist...
(1830–1911) - Beentje - Henk Jaap BeentjeHenk Jaap BeentjeHenk Jaap Beentje is a Dutch botanist. In 1978 he obtained a masters in biology at the University of Amsterdam. He obtained his PhD at the Wageningen Agricultural University on the thesis A monograph on Strophanthus DC. , prepared under the direction of Hendrik de Wit and A.J.M. Leeuwenberg, in...
(born 1951) - Beetle - Alan Ackerman BeetleAlan Ackerman BeetleAlan Ackerman Beetle was an American botanist. He was a professor of the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture.He is best known for his work with Spermatophytes.-References:...
(born 1913) - Bég. - Augusto Béguinot (1875–1940)
- Beissn. - Ludwig BeissnerLudwig BeissnerLudwig Beissner was a German horticulturalist and dendrologist who was a native of Ludwigslust.From 1887 to 1913 Beissner was inspector of the Botanical Gardens of Bonn...
(1843–1927) - Beitel - Joseph M. Beitel (1952–1991)
- Bellair - Georges Adolphe Bellair (1860–1939)
- Bellardi - Carlo Antonio Lodovico (1741–1826)
- Belosersky - R. N. Belosersky (floruit 1966)
- Benj. - Ludwig BenjaminLudwig BenjaminLudwig Benjamin was a German botanist who contributed to Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius' Flora Brasiliensis. The standard author abbreviation Benj. is used to indicate him as the author when citing a botanical name. The genus Benjaminia is named in his honour....
(1825–1848) - Benn. - John Joseph BennettJohn Joseph BennettJohn Joseph Bennett was a British botanist.Bennett was assistant keeper of the Banksian herbarium and library at the British Museum from 1827 to 1858, when he succeeded Robert Brown as Keeper of the Botanical Department. He retired in 1870. He was secretary of the Linnean Society of London from...
(1801–1876) - Benth. - George BenthamGeorge BenthamGeorge Bentham CMG FRS was an English botanist, characterized by Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century".- Formative years :...
(1800–1884) - Bentley - Robert Bentley (1821–1893)
- Bercht. - Friedrich von BerchtoldFriedrich von BerchtoldBedřich Karel Eugen Všemír Berchtold hrabě z Uherčic, , was a Czech physician and botanist.-Biography:Berchtold was born in Stráž nad Nežárkou , District Jindřichův Hradec, in the Czech Republic....
(1781–1876) - Berg - Ernst von Berg (1782–1855)
- Berger - Ernst Friedrich Berger (1814–1853)
- Bergey - David Hendricks BergeyDavid Hendricks BergeyDavid Hendricks Bergey was an American bacteriologist, born December 27, 1860 in Skippack, Pennsylvania, died September 5, 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania....
(1860–1937) - Berggr. - Sven BerggrenSven BerggrenSven Berggren was a Swedish botanist, explorer and university professor. He was a professor at Lund University 1883-1902, later at Uppsala University. He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1880....
(1837–1917) - Berk. - Miles Joseph BerkeleyMiles Joseph BerkeleyMiles Joseph Berkeley was an English cryptogamist and clergyman, and one of the founders of the science of plant pathology....
(1803–1889) - Berkhout - Christine Marie BerkhoutChristine Marie BerkhoutChristine Marie Berkhout was a mycologist. She described the genus Candida in her doctoral thesis for the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands in 1923. This event was later described as marking "the beginning of the rational systematics of the anascosporogenous yeasts" .-References:...
(1893–1932) - Bernh. - Johann Jacob Bernhardi (1774–1850)
- Berthel. - Sabin BerthelotSabin BerthelotSabin Berthelot was a French naturalist and ethnologist. He was resident on the Canary Islands for part of his life, and co-authored L'Histoire Naturelle des Îles Canaries with Philip Barker Webb....
(1794–1880) - Bertol. - Antonio BertoloniAntonio BertoloniAntonio Bertoloni was an Italian botanist who made extensive studies of Italian plants. He also collected notable samples of Central American flora.- References :...
(1775–1869) - Besser - Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von BesserWilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von BesserWilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser was an Austrian-born botanist who worked most of his life within the territory of western Ukraine.The genus Bessera and species Aconitum besserianum are named after him....
(1784–1842) - Bessey - Charles Edwin BesseyCharles Edwin BesseyCharles Edwin Bessey was an American botanist.-Biography:He was born at Milton, Wayne County, Ohio. He graduated in 1869 at the Michigan Agricultural College. Bessey also studied at Harvard University under Asa Gray, in 1872 and in 1875–76. He was professor of botany at the Iowa Agricultural...
(1845–1915) - Bews - John William Bews (1884–1938)
- Beyr. - Heinrich Karl BeyrichHeinrich Karl BeyrichHeinrich Karl Beyrich was a German botanist who was a native of Wernigerode.He studied botany at the University of Göttingen, and in 1819 performed botanical excursions throughout northern and eastern Italy...
(1796–1834) - B.F.Holmgren - Bjorn Frithiofsson Holmgren (1872–1946)
- B.G.Schub. - Bernice Giduz Schubert (1913–2000)
- B.Heyne - Benjamin HeyneBenjamin HeyneBenjamin Heyne M.D. FLS was a Moravian-Scottish, surgeon, naturalist and botanist.In 1793, Benjamin Heyne joined the service of the British East India Company and in 1796 was assigned as the Madras Presidency Botanist to Samalkot....
(1770–1819) - Biehler - Johann Friedrich Theodor Biehler (born c. 1785, date of death unknown)
- Bierh. - David William Bierhorst (1924–1997)
- Bigelow - Jacob BigelowJacob BigelowJacob Bigelow was an American medical doctor, botanist, and architect of Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts.-Biography:...
(1787–1879) - Binn. - Simon BinnendijkSimon BinnendijkSimon Binnendijk was a Dutch gardener and botanist born in Leiden.He received botanical training under Willem Hendrik de Vriese in Leiden. From 1850 to 1869 he was assistant curator at the Botanical Garden of Buitenzorg in the Dutch East Indies, afterwards serving as curator of the gardens...
(1821–1883) - Bisse - Johannes BisseJohannes BisseJohannes Bisse was a Cuban botanist, born in Germany in 1935 and arrived in Cuba in 1966. He received his doctorate from the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena. He was the founder and first director of the Cuban National Botanic Garden in Havana.He died in an automobile accident near the...
(1935–1984) - Biv. - Antonius de Bivoni-Bernardi (1774–1837)
- B.Juss. - Bernard de JussieuBernard de JussieuBernard de Jussieu was a French naturalist, younger brother of Antoine de Jussieu.Bernard de Jussieu was born in Lyon...
(1699–1777) - Blake - Joseph Blake (1814–1888)
- Blakelock - Ralph Anthony BlakelockRalph Anthony Blakelock-External links:...
(1915–1963) - Blanch. - William Henry Blanchard (1850–1922)
- Blanco - Francisco Manuel BlancoFrancisco Manuel BlancoFrancisco Manuel Blanco was a Spanish friar and botanist.-Biography:He was a member of the Augustinian order. His first assignment was in Angat in the province of Bulacan in the Philippines. He subsequently had a variety different assignments...
(1778–1845) - Blasdell - Robert Ferris Blasdell (1929–1996)
- Blatt. - Ethelbert BlatterEthelbert BlatterEthelbert Blatter SJ was a Swiss Jesuit priest and pioneering botanist in British India. Author of five books and over sixty papers on the flora of the Indian subcontinent, he was Principal and Professor of Botany at St Xavier College, Bombay and Vice-President of the Bombay Natural History Society...
(1877–1934) - Blomq. - Hugo Leander Blomquist (1888–1964)
- B.L.Rob. - Benjamin Lincoln RobinsonBenjamin Lincoln RobinsonBenjamin Lincoln Robinson was an American botanist.-External links:*...
(1864–1935) - B.L.Turner - Billie Lee Turner Sr. (born 1925)
- Bluff - Mathias Joseph Bluff (1805–1837)
- Blume - Carl Ludwig BlumeCarl Ludwig BlumeCharles Ludwig de Blume or Karl Ludwig von Blume was a German-Dutch botanist.He was born at Braunschweig in Germany, but studied at Leiden University and spent his professional life working in the Dutch East Indies and in the Netherlands, where he was Director of the Rijksherbarium at Leiden...
(1789–1862) - B.Mathew - Brian Fredrick Mathew (born 1936)
- B.Nord. - Bertil NordenstamBertil NordenstamRune Bertil Nordenstam is a Swedish botanist and professor emeritus at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in the Department of Phanerogamic Botany.He has worked with Colchicaceae, Senecioneaeand Calenduleae,...
(born 1936) - Böcher - Tyge W. BöcherTyge W. BöcherTyge Wittrock Böcher was a Danish botanist, evolutionary biologist, plant ecologist and phytogeographer.He was born in Copenhagen to physician Einar Böcher and wife Cathinca née Andersen. Steen B. Böcher, professor of geography, was his brother.Tyge Böcher was professor of botany at the University...
(1909–1983) - Boeck - Johann Otto Boeckeler (1803–1899)
- Boehm. - Georg Rudolf BoehmerGeorg Rudolf BoehmerGeorg Rudolf Boehmer was a German botanist and physician who was born in Liegnitz.He studied botany at the University of Leipzig under Christian Gottlieb Ludwig . In 1752 he succeeded Abraham Vater as professor of botany and anatomy at the University of Wittenberg, where in 1782 became a...
(1723–1803) - Boiss. - Pierre Edmond BoissierPierre Edmond BoissierPierre Edmond Boissier was a Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician.He was the son of Jacques Boissier and Lucile Butini , daughter of Pierre Butini a well-known physician and naturalist from Geneva...
(1810–1885) - Boiteau - Pierre L. Boiteau (1911–1980)
- Bojer - Wenceslas BojerWenceslas BojerWenceslas Bojer was a notable naturalist and botanist.He was born to Simon Bojer and Barbara Staub....
(1795–1856) - Bolle - Carl BolleCarl BolleCarl August Bolle was a German naturalist and collector.Bolle was born at Berlin into a wealthy brewing family. He studied medicine and natural science at Berlin and Bonn...
(1821–1909) - Bong. - August Gustav Heinrich von BongardAugust Gustav Heinrich von BongardAugust Gustav Heinrich von Bongard was a German botanist, who worked at Saint Petersburg, Russia. He was among the first botanists to describe the new plants then being discovered in Alaska , including species now of major commercial importance like Sitka Spruce and Red Alder...
(1786–1839) - Bonpl. - Aimé Jacques Alexandre Bonpland (1773–1858)
- Boom - Boudewijn Karel Boom (1903–1980)
- Boott - Francis BoottFrancis BoottFrancis Boott was an American physician and botanist who was resident in Great Britain from 1820.- Biography :Boott was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the brother of Kirk Boott, one of the founders of Lowell, Massachusetts...
(1792–1863) - Borbás - Vinczé von Borbás (1844–1905)
- Boreau - Alexandre BoreauAlexandre BoreauAlexandre Boreau was a French pharmacist and botanist. He is the binomial authority of plants such as Polygonum arenastrum and Pulmonaria longifolia.-Biography:...
(1803–1875) - Borhidi - Atilla Borhidi (born 1932)
- Boriss. - Antonina Georgievna BorissovaAntonina Georgievna BorissovaAntonina Georgievna Borissova was a Russian botanist, specialising in the flora of the deserts and semi-desert of central Asia.-Plants:Among the plants she identified are:...
(1903–1970) - Borkh. - Moritz Balthasar BorkhausenMoritz Balthasar BorkhausenMoritz Balthasar Borkhausen was a German naturalist. He assisted in the production of "Teutsche Ornithologie oder Naturgeschichte aller Vögel Teutschlands in naturgetreuen Abbildungen und Beschreibungen" by Johann Conrad Susemihl.-Works:*Naturgeschichte der europäischen Schmetterlinge...
(1760–1806) - Börner - Carl Julius Bernhard BörnerCarl Julius Bernhard BörnerCarl Julius Bernhard Börner was a German entomologist.Börner was born in Bremen and died in Naumburg. His collections of Collembola are located in the Natural History Museum, London and the Deutsches Entomologisches Institut in Müncheberg.-References:...
(1880–1953) - Bornm. - Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus BornmüllerJoseph Friedrich Nicolaus BornmüllerJoseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller was a German botanist who was born in Hildburghausen, Thuringia.He studied horticulture in Potsdam, and in 1886 travelled to the Balkans and Greece on his first botanical expedition...
(1862–1948) - Borrer - William Borrer (1781–1862)
- Borsch - Thomas Borsch (born 1969)
- Borss.Waalk. - Jan van Borssum Waalkes (1922–1985)
- Bory - Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-VincentJean Baptiste Bory de Saint-VincentJean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent was a French naturalist. He was born at Agen...
(1780–1846) - Borzí - Antonino Borzí (1852–1921)
- Bos - Jan Just BosJan Just BosJan Justus Bos was a Dutch botanist, television presenter, and rower who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics....
(1939–2003) - Bosc - Louis Augustin Guillaume BoscLouis Augustin Guillaume BoscLouis Augustin Guillaume Bosc was a French botanist, invertebrate zoologist, and entomologist.-Biography:...
(1759–1828) - Bosch - Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch (1810–1862)
- Botschantz - Zinaida Petrovna Botschantzeva (1907–1973)
- Boucher - Jules Armand Guillaume Boucher de Crèvecœur (1757–1844)
- Boud. - Jean Louis Émile BoudierJean Louis Émile BoudierJean Louis Émile Boudier was a pharmacist who lived in Montmorency, France. He published a fair amount about the Discomycetes and other areas of mycology...
(1828–1920) - Boulger - George Edward Simmonds Boulger (1853–1922)
- Boulos - Loutfy Boulos (born 1932)
- Brack. - Willian Dunlop Brackenridge (1810–1893)
- Brade - Alexander Curt BradeAlexander Curt BradeAlexander Curt Brade was a German botanist who specialized in the study of the orchids and ferns of Brazil. Brade also realized an important and early series of collections of the flora of Costa Rica between 1908 and 1910 with his brother Alfred, who lived in San Jose and owned a horticultural...
(1881–1971) - Brainerd - Ezra BrainerdEzra BrainerdEzra Brainerd was president of Middlebury College from 1885 until 1908.Born in St. Albans, Vermont, Brainerd was a graduate of the college in 1864. Brainerd assumed the presidency at a time when the college was recovering from an extended period of hardship...
(1844–1924) - Brandão - Mitzi Brandão
- Brandbyge - John Brandbyge (born 1953)
- Brandegee - Townshend Stith Brandegee (1843–1925)
- Brandenburg - D. M. Brandenburg (floruit 1991)
- Brandis - Dietrich BrandisDietrich BrandisSir Dietrich Brandis, KCIE, FRS was a German forester who worked in India. He is considered the father of tropical forestry.-Early life:...
(1824–1907) - Branner - John C. Branner (floruit 1888)
- Brauer - David F. Brauer (fl. 1980)
- Braun-Blanq. - Josias Braun-BlanquetJosias Braun-BlanquetJosias Braun-Blanquet was an influential phytosociologist and botanist. Braun-Blanquet was born in Chur, Switzerland and died in Montpellier, France.-Phytosociology:...
, was Josias Braun until 1915 (1884–1980) - Bremek. - Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp (1888–1984)
- Brenan - John Patrick Micklethwait BrenanJohn Patrick Micklethwait BrenanJohn Patrick Micklethwait Brenan was a British botanist. He was born June 19, 1917 in Chislehurst and died September 26, 1985 at Kew. He is buried at St. Anne's Church, Kew....
(1917–1985) - Brenckle - Jacob Frederic Brenckle (1875–1958)
- Bridson - Diane Mary Bridson (born 1942)
- Bright - John Bright (1872–1952)
- Briq. - John Isaac BriquetJohn Isaac BriquetJohn Isaac Briquet was a Swiss plant collector.-References:...
(1870–1931) - Britten - James BrittenJames BrittenJames Britten was an English botanist.-Biography:Born in Chelsea, London, he moved to High Wycombe in 1865 to begin a medical career. However he became increasingly interested in botany, and began writing papers on the subject...
(1846–1924) - Britton - Nathaniel Lord BrittonNathaniel Lord BrittonNathaniel Lord Britton was an American botanist and taxonomist who founded the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, New York. Britton was born in New Dorp in Staten Island, New York...
(1859–1934) - Bromhead - Edward Ffrench Bromhead (1789–1855)
- Brongn. - Adolphe Theodore BrongniartAdolphe Theodore BrongniartAdolphe-Théodore Brongniart was a French botanist. He was the son of the geologist Alexandre Brongniart and grandson of the architect, Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart. Brongniart's pioneering work on the relationships between extinct and existing plants has earned him the title of father of...
(1801–1876) - Brooker - Ian BrookerIan BrookerMurray Ian Hill Brooker AM , better known as Ian Brooker, is an Australian botanist. He is widely recognised as the leading authority on the genus Eucalyptus....
(born 1934) - Brooks - Cecil Joslin Brooks (1875–1953)
- Broome - Christopher Edmund BroomeChristopher Edmund BroomeChristopher Edmund Broome was a British mycologist.-Background and education:C.E. Broome was born in Berkhamsted, the son of a solicitor. He was privately schooled in Kensington and in 1832 was sent to read for Holy Orders with the curate of Swaffham Prior in Cambridgeshire...
(1812–1886) - Brot. - Félix Avelar BroteroFélix Avelar BroteroFélix Avellar Brotero was a Portuguese botanist and professor. He fled to France in 1788 to escape persecution by the Inquisition, and there published his Compendio de Botanica in order to earn his living...
(1744–1828) - Brouillet - Luc Brouillet (born 1954)
- Brouss. - Pierre Marie Auguste BroussonetPierre Marie Auguste BroussonetPierre Marie Auguste Broussonet , French naturalist, was born at Montpellier, and was educated for the medical profession...
(1761–1807) - Browicz - Kasimierz Browicz (born 1925)
- Brug - Jean Guillaume BruguièreJean Guillaume BruguièreJean Guillaume Bruguière was a French physician, zoologist and diplomat.Bruguière was born in Montpellier.He was a doctor, connected to the University of Montpellier. His was interested in invertebrates, mostly snails ....
(1749/1750–1798) - Bruijn - Ary Johannes De Bruijn (1811–1896)
- Brummitt - Richard Kenneth Brummitt (born 1937)
- Brunet - Louis-Ovide BrunetLouis-Ovide BrunetLouis-Ovide Brunet was a French-Canadian botanist and Roman Catholic priest, and is considered one of the founding fathers of Canadian botany....
(1826–1876) - Brunfels - Otto BrunfelsOtto BrunfelsOtto Brunfels was a German theologian and botanist...
(1488–1534) - Brunsfeld - Steven John Brunsfeld (1953–2006)
- Bruyns - Peter Vincent Bruyns (born 1957)
- Bubani - Bubani, Pietro (1806–1888)
- Buchenau - Franz Georg Philipp BuchenauFranz Georg Philipp BuchenauFranz Georg Philipp Buchenau was a German botanist and phytogeographer who was a native of Kassel. He specialized in flora of northwestern Germany....
(1831–1906) - Buch.-Ham. - Francis Buchanan-HamiltonFrancis Buchanan-HamiltonDr Francis Buchanan, later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton was a Scottish physician who made significant contributions as a geographer, zoologist, and botanist while living in India.The standard botanical author abbreviation Buch.-Ham. is applied to...
(1762–1829) - Buckland - William BucklandWilliam BucklandThe Very Rev. Dr William Buckland DD FRS was an English geologist, palaeontologist and Dean of Westminster, who wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, which he named Megalosaurus...
(1784–1856) - Buckley - Samuel Botsford BuckleySamuel Botsford BuckleySamuel Botsford Buckley was an American botanist, geologist, and naturalist. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1836....
(1809–1884) - Buddle - Adam BuddleAdam BuddleAdam Buddle was an English cleric and botanist.Born at Deeping St James, a small village near Peterborough, Buddle was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he gained a BA in 1681, and an MA four years later. Buddle was eventually ordained into the Church of England, obtaining a...
(1662–1715) - Bullock - Arthur Allman Bullock (1906–1980)
- Bunge - Alexander Andrejewitsch von Bunge (1803–1890)
- Burb. - Frederick William BurbidgeFrederick William BurbidgeFrederick William Thomas Burbidge was a British explorer who collected many rare tropical plants for the famous Veitch Nurseries. Burbidge's first job was as a gardener at Kew Gardens...
(1847–1905) - Burbank - Luther BurbankLuther BurbankLuther Burbank was an American botanist, horticulturist and a pioneer in agricultural science.He developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 54-year career. Burbank's varied creations included fruits, flowers, grains, grasses, and vegetables...
(1849–1926) - Burch. - William John BurchellWilliam John BurchellWilliam John Burchell was an English explorer, naturalist, traveller, artist and author. He was the son of Matthew Burchell, botanist and owner of Fulham Nursery, nine and a half acres of land adjacent to the gardens of Fulham Palace. Burchell served a botanical apprenticeship at Kew and was...
(1781–1863) - Burdet - Hervé Maurice Burdet (born 1939)
- Bureau - Louis Édouard BureauLouis Édouard BureauLouis Édouard Bureau was a French physician and botanist.Bureau began his medical studies in Nantes in 1848, where he held the post of director of the Muséum de Nantes . He completed his medical degree in Paris in 1852...
(1830–1918) - Burgess - Henry W. Burgess (floruit 1827–1833)
- Burm. - Johannes BurmanJohannes BurmanJohannes Burman , was a Dutch botanist and physician. Burman specialized in plants from Ceylon, Amboina and Cape Colony. The name Pelargonium was introduced by Johannes Burman....
(1707–1779) - Burm.f. - Nicolaas Laurens BurmanNicolaas Laurens BurmanNicolaas Laurens Burman was a Dutch botanist.He was the son of Johannes Burman . He succeeded his father to the chair of botany at the University of Amsterdam., and at the Hortus Botanicus. He continued the correspondence with Carolus Linnaeus, joining him at the University of Uppsala in 1760...
(1734–1793) - Burnat - Émile BurnatÉmile BurnatÉmile Burnat was a Swiss botanist.He began herborizing while still in his teens, and later worked at the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques in Geneva. He is remembered for his studies of flora found in the Maritime Alps...
(1828–1920) - Burnett – Gilbert Thomas BurnettGilbert Thomas BurnettGilbert Thomas Burnett was a British botanist.Burnett was the first professor of botany at King's College London, from 1831 to 1835. He was the author of Outlines of Botany , and Illustrations of Useful Plants employed in the Arts and Medicine, published posthumously and illustrated by his sister...
(1800–1835) - Burret - Max BurretMax BurretKarl Ewald Maximilian Burret, commonly known as Max Burret was a German botanist.Burret was born in Saffig near Andernach in the Prussian Rhine Province. He originally studied law at Lausanne and Munich at the instigation of his father...
(1883–1964) - Burrill - Thomas Jonathan BurrillThomas Jonathan BurrillThomas Jonathan Burrill was an American botanist who first discovered bacterial causes for plant disease.Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, he graduated Illinois State Normal University in 1865...
(1839–1916) - Bush - Benjamin Franklin Bush (1858–1937)
- Buxb. - Franz BuxbaumFranz BuxbaumFranz Buxbaum was an Austrian botanist, specialising in cacti. Neobuxbaumia is named after him.- References :...
(1900–1979) - B.W.Phillips - Barry W. Phillips (fl. 2011)
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- C.Abel - Clarke AbelClarke AbelClarke Abel was a British surgeon and naturalist.He accompanied Lord Amherst on his mission to China in 1816-17 as the embassy's chief medical officer and naturalist, on the recommendation of Sir Joseph Banks...
(1789–1826) - Cabrera - Angel Lulio Cabrera (1908–1999)
- C.A.Clark - Carolyn A. Clark (fl. 1979)
- C.Agardh - Carl Adolph AgardhCarl Adolph AgardhCarl Adolph Agardh was a Swedish botanist specializing in algae, who was eventually appointed bishop of Karlstad.-Biography:...
(1785–1859) - C.A.Gardner - Charles Austin Gardner (1896–1970)
- Cajander - Aimo CajanderAimo CajanderAimo Kaarlo Cajander was, outside of botany, best known as Prime Minister of Finland up to the Winter War....
(1879–1943) - Calder - James Alexander Calder (1915–1990)
- Caley - George CaleyGeorge Caley-Early life:Caley was born in Craven, Yorkshire, England, the son of a horse-dealer. He was educated at the Free Grammar School at Manchester for around four years and was then taken into his father's stables. Coming across a volume on farriery, he became interested in the herbs mentioned in...
(1770–1829) - Calzada - Juan Ismael CalzadaJuan Ismael CalzadaJuan Ismael Calzada is a Mexican botanist and collector. Dr Calzada is credited with the discovery of the elm Ulmus ismaelis, named in his honour.- Partial works :...
(fl. 1997) - Cambage - Richard Hind CambageRichard Hind CambageRichard Hind Cambage was an Australian surveyor and botanist who made important contributions to the description of the genera Acacia and Eucalyptus.-Early life:...
(1859–1928) - Cambess. - Jacques CambessèdesJacques CambessèdesJacques Cambessèdes was a French botanist who was born in Montpellier.In March-June 1825, Cambessèdes performed investigations involving flora of the Balearic Islands...
(1799–1863) - C.A.Mey. - Carl Anton von MeyerCarl Anton von MeyerCarl Anton Andreevic von Meyer was a Russian botanist and explorer.Meyer took part in expeditions, including one to the Altay Mountains with Karl Friedrich von Ledebour and Alexander G. von Bunge in 1826-27. He was the director of the botanical gardens at Saint Petersburg from 1850 to 1855.-...
(1795–1855) - Camp - Wendell Holmes Camp (1904–1963)
- Campb. - Douglas Houghton CampbellDouglas Houghton CampbellDouglas Houghton Campbell was an American botanist.Campbell was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. He graduated from Detroit High School in 1878, going on to study at the University of Michigan. He studied botany, learning new microscopy techniques, and becoming interested in cryptogramic ferns...
(1859–1953) - Canby - William Marriott Canby (1831–1904)
- Cannon - J.F.M. CannonJ.F.M. CannonJohn Francis Michael Cannon was a British botanist. He was Keeper of Botany, Natural History Museum between 1978 and 1990.- References :...
(1930–2008) - Capuron - René Paul Raymond CapuronRené Paul Raymond CapuronRené Paul Raymond Capuron was a French botanist. Capuron was responsible for an extensive amount of work on the tree flora of Madagascar.- Works :Highlights of his work include:* M...
(1921–1971) - Card. - Jules CardotJules CardotJules Cardot was a French botanist and bryologist considered in his time one of the world's leading experts on the mosses of Antarctica. His collection of herbarium specimens at his laboratories in Charleville was heavily looted and damaged during World War I.-References:...
(1860–1934) - Carey - William Carey (1761–1834)
- Caro - José Aristide Caro (1919–1985)
- Carrière - Elie-Abel CarrièreÉlie-Abel CarrièreÉlie-Abel Carrière was a French botanist, based in Paris. He was a leading authority on conifers in the period 1850-1870, describing many new species, and the new genera Tsuga, Keteleeria and Pseudotsuga. His most important work was the Traité Général des Conifères, published in 1855, with a...
(1818–1896) - Carruth. - William CarruthersWilliam Carruthers (botanist)William C Carruthers was a Scottish botanist.Carruthers was keeper of the Botanical Department at the Natural History Museum from 1871 to 1895. He was consulting botanist to the Royal Agricultural Society ....
(1830–1922) - Carver - George Washington CarverGeorge Washington CarverGeorge Washington Carver , was an American scientist, botanist, educator, and inventor. The exact day and year of his birth are unknown; he is believed to have been born into slavery in Missouri in January 1864....
(1864–1943) - Casar. - Giovanni Casaretto (1812–1879)
- C.A.Sm. - Christo Albertyn SmithChristo Albertyn SmithChristo Albertyn Smith was a South African botanist.- References :...
(1898–1956) - Casp. - Johann Xaver Robert (1818–1887)
- Cass. - Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini (1781–1832)
- Cav. - Antonio José CavanillesAntonio José CavanillesAntonio José Cavanilles was a leading Spanish taxonomic botanist of the 18th century. He named many plants, particularly from Oceania, his name is abbreviated as Cav...
(1745–1804) - Cavara - Fridiano Cavara (1857–1929)
- C.Bab. - Churchill BabingtonChurchill BabingtonChurchill Babington was an English classical scholar, archaeologist and naturalist, born at Rothley Temple, in Leicestershire....
(1821–1889) - C.Bauhin - Gaspard BauhinGaspard BauhinGaspard Bauhin, or Caspar Bauhin , was a Swiss botanist who wrote Pinax theatri botanici , which described thousands of plants and classified them in a manner that draws comparisons to the later binomial nomenclature of Linnaeus...
(1560–1624) - C.B.Beck - Charles B. Beck (fl. 1958–1967)
- C.B.Clarke - Charles Baron ClarkeCharles Baron ClarkeCharles Baron Clarke was a British botanist.He was born at Andover, the eldest son of Turner Poulter Clarke. He was educated at King's College School, London, and at Trinity and Queens' Colleges, Cambridge....
(1832–1906) - C.B.Rob. - Charles Budd Robinson (1871–1913)
- C.C.Berg - Cornelis Christiaan Berg (born 1934)
- C.C.Gmel. - Carl Christian Gmelin (1762–1837)
- C.Chr. - Carl Frederick Albert Christensen (1872–1942)
- C.Clark - James Curtis Clark (born 1951)
- C.DC. - Anne Casimir Pyrame de CandolleAnne Casimir Pyrame de CandolleAnne Casimir Pyrame de Candolle was a Swiss botanist, the son of Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle....
(1836–1918) - C.E.Hubb. - Charles Edward HubbardCharles Edward HubbardCharles Edward Hubbard was a British botanist, specialising in agrostology – the study of grasses; he was considered "the world authority on the classification and recognition of grasses"...
(1900–1980) - Čelak. - Ladislav Josef ČelakovskýLadislav Josef CelakovskýLadislav Josef Čelakovský was a Czech botanist who was born in Prague. He was the son of writer František Ladislav Čelakovský, and father to mycologist Ladislav František Čelakovský ....
(1834–1902) - Cerv. - Vicente de Cervantes (1755–1829)
- Ces. - Vincenzo de CesatiVincenzo de CesatiVincenzo de Cesati was an Italian botanist who was a native of Milan.He studied natural history and law at the University of Vienna, and afterwards worked as a volunteer at the Collegium Nacionale de Vercelli. From 1868 to 1883 he was director of the botanical garden at Naples...
(1806–1883) - Cesalpino - Andrea CesalpinoAndrea CesalpinoAndrea Cesalpino was an Italian physician, philosopher and botanist....
(1519–1603) - C.F.Baker - Charles Fuller BakerCharles Fuller BakerCharles Fuller Baker was an American entomologist, botanist, agronomist and collector.-References:...
(1872–1927) - C.F.Gaertn. - Carl Friedrich von Gaertner (1772–1850)
- C.F.Reed - Clyde Franklin Reed (1918–1999)
- Chaix - Dominique Chaix (1730–1799)
- Cham. - Adelbert von ChamissoAdelbert von ChamissoAdelbert von Chamisso was a German poet and botanist.- Life :He was born Louis Charles Adélaïde de Chamissot at the château of Boncourt at Ante, in Champagne, France, the ancestral seat of his family...
(1781–1838) - Chapm. - Alvan Wentworth ChapmanAlvan Wentworth ChapmanAlvan Wentworth Chapman was an American physician and botanist who wrote Flora of the Southern United States, the first comprehensive description of US plants in any region beyond the northeastern states.-Education:...
(1809–1899) - Chase - Mary Agnes ChaseMary Agnes ChaseMary Agnes Meara Chase was an American botanist. She specialized in the study of grasses and conducted extensive field work in South America, often personally funding her research trips, as it was considered inappropriate for women to conduct such work...
(1869–1963) - Châtel. - Jean Jacques Châtelain (1736–1822)
- Chaub. - Louis Athanase Chaubard (1785–1854)
- Cheek - Martin CheekMartin CheekDr. Martin Roy Cheek is a taxonomist and botanist specialising in the carnivorous plant genus Nepenthes.-Research:Cheek has described several new Nepenthes species, mostly with Matthew Jebb, including: N. argentii, N. aristolochioides, N. danseri, N. diatas,...
(born 1960) - Chenault - Léon Chenault (1853–1930)
- Ching - Ren-Chang Ching (1898–1986)
- Chiov. - Emilio ChiovendaEmilio ChiovendaEmilio Chiovenda was an Italian botanist.He collected in Italy, Eritrea and Ethiopia, especially the he Ruwenzori Mountains, from 1893 to 1909....
(1871–1941) - Chodat - Robert Hippolyte ChodatRobert Hippolyte ChodatRobert Hippolyte Chodat was a Swiss botanist and phycologist who was a professor and director of the botanical institute at the University of Geneva....
(1865–1934) - Choisy - Jacques Denys Choisy (1799–1859)
- Chopinet - R.G. Chopinet (born 1914)
- Christ - Konrad H. ChristKonrad H. ChristKonrad Hermann Heinrich Christ , often known in citations as just "Christ" or "H. Christ", was a Swiss pteridologist botanist who specialized in ferns. He was a lecturer and professor of botany at Basel, Switzerland. The fern genus Christella is named in his honour.-Publications:*Christ, K. H. H....
(1833–1933) - Christian - Hugh Basil Christian (1871–1950)
- Christoph. - Erling ChristophersenErling ChristophersenErling Christophersen was a Norwegian botanist, geographer and diplomat. He participated in and led several notable scientific expeditions in the 20th century, including the fifth Tanager Expedition to Nihoa and Necker Island and the Norwegian Scientific Expedition to Tristan da Cunha .-Early...
(born 1898) - Chrtek- Jindřich Chrtek (born 1930)
- C.K.Schneid. - Camillo Karl SchneiderCamillo Karl SchneiderCamillo Karl Schneider was an Austrian botanist and landscape architect . A farmer's son, he was born at Gröppendorf, Saxony, and worked as a gardener at Zeitz, Dresden, Berlin and Greifswald...
(1876–1951) - Clairv. - Joseph Philippe de ClairvilleJoseph Philippe de ClairvilleJoseph Philippe de Clairville was a notable French botanist and entomologist, who was mainly active in Switzerland. De Clairville’s collection of Coleoptera, his chief interest, is in the Natural History Museum in Basel...
(1742–1830) - Clap. - Jean Louis René Antoine Éuard Claparède (1830–1871)
- Claus - Karl Ernst Claus (1796–1894)
- Cleghorn - Hugh Francis Clarke Cleghorn (1820–1895)
- C.L.Hitchc. - Charles Leo Hitchcock (1902–1986)
- Clifford - Harold Trevor Clifford (born 1927)
- Clus. - Charles de l'ÉcluseCharles de l'ÉcluseCharles de l'Écluse, L'Escluse, or Carolus Clusius , seigneur de Watènes, was a Flemish doctor and pioneering botanist, perhaps the most influential of all 16th century scientific horticulturists....
(1526–1609) - Clute - Willard Nelson CluteWillard Nelson CluteWillard N. Clute was an American author, naturalist and botanist. He was born in Steuben County, New York, the son of George N. and Ruth Wright Clute. He married Ida Martin , who illustrated some of his works....
(1869–1950) - C.L.Woodw. - Catherine L. Woodward (fl. 2007)
- C.Marquand - Cecil Victor Boley Marquand (1897–1943)
- C.Martin - Charles-Édouard Martin (1847–1937)
- C.Mohr - Charles Theodore Mohr (1824–1901)
- C.Morren - Charles François Antoine MorrenCharles François Antoine MorrenCharles François Antoine Morren , was a Belgian botanist and horticulturist, and Director of the Jardin botanique de l’Université de Liège....
(1807–1858) - C.Nelson - Cirilo Nelson (alternative name: Cyril Hardy Nelson Sutherland) (born 1938)
- C.N.Forbes - Charles Noyes ForbesCharles Noyes Forbes-Biography:Forbes was born in Boylston, Massachusetts on 24 September 1883. When he was at the University of California he worked as a cadet for the emergency service during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. From 1908 to 1920 he was curator of Botany at the Bernice P. Bishop Museum in Honolulu...
(1883–1920) - Cockerell - Theodore Dru Alison CockerellTheodore Dru Alison CockerellTheodore Dru Alison Cockerell was an American zoologist, born at Norwood, England, and brother of Sydney Cockerell. He was educated at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, and then studied botany in the field in Colorado in 1887-90...
(1866-1948) - Cogn. - Alfred CogniauxAlfred CogniauxAlfred Celestin Cogniaux was a Belgian botanist. Amongst other plants, the genus Neocogniauxia of orchids is named after him.In 1916 his enormous private herbarium was acquired by the National Botanic Garden of Belgium....
(1841–1916) - Colebr. - Henry Thomas ColebrookeHenry Thomas ColebrookeHenry Thomas Colebrooke was an English orientalist.-Biography:Henry Thomas Colebrooke, third son of Sir George Colebrooke, 2nd Baronet, was born in London. He was educated at home; and when only fifteen he had made considerable attainments in classics and mathematics...
(1765–1837) - Colla - Luigi Aloysius CollaLuigi Aloysius CollaLuigi Aloysius Colla was an Italian botanist of the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. He was a member of the Provisional Government of Savoy from December 12, 1798 to April 2, 1799, taking his turn as chairman of the government in rotation for a ten-day term...
(1766–1848) - Collad. - Louis Théodore Frederic Colladon (1792–1862)
- Collett - Henry CollettHenry CollettSir Henry Collett was an English soldier and botanist. He served as an army officer in the East India Company....
(1836–1901) - Collinson - Peter Collinson (1694–1768)
- Comm. - Philibert CommerçonPhilibert CommerçonDr. Philibert Commerçon was a French naturalist, best known for accompanying Louis Antoine de Bougainville on his voyage of circumnavigation in 1766–1769.- Background :...
(1727–1773) - Conrad - Solomon White Conrad (1779–1831)
- Conran - John Godfrey Conran (born 1960)
- Constance - Lincoln Constance (1909–2001)
- Cooke - Mordecai Cubitt CookeMordecai Cubitt CookeMordecai Cubitt Cooke was an English botanist and mycologist.Cooke came from a mercantile family in Horning, Norfolk, and worked as an apprentice to a fabric merchant before becoming a clerk in a law firm, but his chief interest was in botany. He founded the Society of Amateur Botanists in 1862...
(1825–1914) - Cookson - Isabel Clifton CooksonIsabel Clifton CooksonIsabel Clifton Cookson was an Australian botanist who specialised in palaeobotany and palynology.Cookson was born at Hawthorn, Victoria, and attended the Methodist Ladies' College at Kew where she gained honours in anatomy, physiology and botany in the senior public examination...
(1893–1973) - Cooperr. - Tom Smith Cooperrider (born 1927)
- Core - Earl Lemley CoreEarl Lemley CoreEarl Lemley Core was a botanist and botanical educator, researcher and author as well as a local West Virginia historian. He was founder of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club and editor of its journal, Castanea, for thirty-five years. He was a teacher and professor at West Virginia...
(1902–1984) - Corner - Edred John Henry CornerE. J. H. CornerEdred John Henry Corner FRS was a botanist who occupied the posts of assistant director at the Singapore Botanic Gardens and Professor of Tropical Botany at the University of Cambridge...
(1906–1996) - Correll - Donovan Stewart Correll (1908–1983)
- Cortesi - Fabrizio CortesiFabrizio CortesiFabrizio Cortesi was an Italian botanist. He collected in Italy and Ethiopia.He was the third Conservator of the Orto Botanico dell'Università di Catania, following Peter Romualdo Pirotta and Emilio Chiovenda....
(1879–1949) - Cory - Victor Louis Cory (1880–1964)
- Coss. - Ernest Saint-Charles Cosson (1819–1889)
- Cotton - Arthur Disbrowe CottonArthur Disbrowe CottonArthur Disbrowe Cotton was an English plant pathologist, mycologist, phycologist, and botanist.A.D. Cotton was born in London and educated at King's College School and the Royal College of Science, where he completed a degree in botany in 1901...
(1879–1962) - Coult. - Thomas CoulterThomas CoulterThomas Coulter , of Dundalk, was an Irish physician, botanist, and explorer. He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy, and a fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, where he founded the college's herbarium....
(1793–1843) - Courtec. - Régis Courtecuisse (born 1956)
- Coville - Frederick Vernon CovilleFrederick Vernon CovilleFrederick Vernon Coville was an American botanist who careered in the United States Department of Agriculture , where he became Chief Botanist, and was the first director of the United States National Arboretum...
(1867–1937) - Cowley - Elizabeth Jill CowleyElizabeth Jill CowleyElizabeth Jill Cowley is a British botanist, who has worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Her interests have included the tropical flora of East Africa and the genus Roscoea.-References:...
(born 1940) - C.Presl - Carl Borivoj Presl (1794–1852)
- C.P.Sm. - Charles Piper Smith (1877–1955)
- Cranfill - Raimond Cranfill (fl. 1981)
- Crantz - Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von CrantzHeinrich Johann Nepomuk von CrantzHeinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz was a botanist and a physician.He obtained his doctorate of medicine in Vienna in 1750...
(1722–1799) - C.R.Ball - Carleton Roy Ball (1873–1958)
- Crép. - Francois CrépinFrançois CrépinFrançois Crépin was an important botanist of the 19th century and director of the National Botanic Garden of Belgium....
(1830–1903) - Crins - William J. Crins (born 1955)
- C.Rivière - Charles Marie Rivière (born 1845, date of death unknown)
- Croizat - Léon Camille Marius CroizatLéon Camille Marius CroizatLeon Camille Marius Croizat was a French-Italian scholar and botanist who developed a synthesis of evolution of biological form over space, in time, which he named Panbiogeography.-Life:...
(1894–1982) - Cronquist - Arthur John Cronquist (1919–1992)
- C.R.Parks - Clifford R. Parks (fl. 1963)
- Crundw. - Alan CrundwellAlan CrundwellAlan Cyril Crundwell was a British bryologist, known for categorizing approximately 20 species of bryophytes, around six of which were previously unknown to science. He spent most of his professional life at the University of Glasgow.-References:...
(1923–2000) - C.S.Li - Cheng Sen Li (born 1948)
- C.Tul. - Charles TulasneCharles TulasneCharles Tulasne was a French physician and mycologist who was born in Langeais in the département of Indre-et-Loire. He received his medical doctorate in 1840 and practiced medicine in Paris until 1854. Afterwards he worked with his older brother Louis René Tulasne in the field of mycology...
(1816–1884) - C.T.White - Cyril Tenison WhiteCyril Tenison WhiteCyril Tenison White was an Australian botanist.White was born in Brisbane to Henry White, a trade broker, and Louisa nee Bailey...
(1890–1950) - Cuatrec. - José CuatrecasasJosé CuatrecasasJosé Cuatrecasas was a botanist. He was born on March 19, 1903 in Camprodon, Catalonia, Spain.His research focused on the high-elevation páramo and sub-páramo regions of the Andes Mountains in South America, especially the flowering plant families Asteraceae and Malpighiaceae.In 1997, the...
(1903–1996) - Cufod. - Georg Cufodontis (1896–1974)
- Curtis - William CurtisWilliam CurtisWilliam Curtis was an English botanist and entomologist, who was born at Alton, Hampshire.Curtis began as an apothecary, before turning his attention to botany and other natural history. The publications he prepared effectively reached a wider audience than early works on the subject had intended...
(1746–1799) - C.V.Morton - Conrad Vernon MortonConrad Vernon MortonConrad Vernon Morton was an American botanist who did notable writings on Ferns. He was also a specialist in Gesneriaceae and Solanaceae for the Smithsonian Institution from 1928.- Publications :...
(1905–1972) - C.Weber - Claude Weber (fl. 1968)
- C.Wright - Charles WrightCharles Wright (botanist)Charles Wright was an American botanist.Wright was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, the son of James Wright and Mary née Goodrich. He studied classics and mathematics at Yale, and in October 1835 moved to Natchez, Mississippi to tutor a plantation owner's family...
(1811–1885) - C.Y.Wang - Chang Yong Wang (fl. 1984)
- Czern. - Vassilii Matveievitch Czernajew (1796–1871)
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- Dahl - Anders DahlAnders DahlAnders Dahl was a Swedish botanist and student of Carolus Linnaeus. The dahlia flower is named after him.In 1770, Dahl entered Uppsala University as a freshman ....
(1751–1789) - Dahlst. - Gustav Adolf Hugo DahlstedtGustav Adolf Hugo DahlstedtGustav Adolf Hugo Dahlstedt was a Swedish botanist who worked at the Bergianska Trädgården and Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet in Stockholm. In 1907 he achieved his honorary doctorate....
(1856–1934) - Dallim. - William DallimoreWilliam DallimoreWilliam Dallimore was an English botanist who published a “Handbook of Coniferae” and who played an important role in the start and development of Bedgebury Pinetum.-Career:...
(1871–1959) - Dalzell - Nicol Alexander Dalzell (1817–1877)
- Dalziel - John McEwan Dalziel (1872–1948)
- Dandy - James Edgar DandyJames Edgar DandyJames Edgar Dandy was a British botanist, Keeper of Botany, at the British Museum between 1956 and 1966.- References :...
(1903–1976) - Danzé-Corsin - Paule Danzé-Corsin (fl. 1956)
- Darbysh. - S.J.Darbyshire (born 1953)
- Darl. - William DarlingtonWilliam DarlingtonWilliam Darlington was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.William Darlington was born in Birmingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He attended Friends School at Birmingham and spent his youth on a farm...
(1782–1863) - D.Arora - David AroraDavid AroraDavid Arora is an American mycologist, naturalist, and writer. He is the author of two popular books on mushroom identification, Mushrooms Demystified and All That the Rain Promises and More.......
(born 1957) - Darwin - Charles DarwinCharles DarwinCharles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
(1809–1882) - D.A.Sutton - David A. Sutton (born 1952)
- Daubs - Edwin Horace Daubs (fl. 1965)
- Daveau - Jules Alexandre Daveau (1852–1929)
- Davenp. - George Edward Davenport (1833–1907)
- Davey - Frederick Hamilton DaveyFrederick Hamilton DaveyFrederick Hamilton Davey was an amateur botanist who devoted most of his leisure time to the study of the flora of Cornwall. Born at Ponsanooth in the Kennall Vale, Cornwall to a large family of limited means, he left school aged 11 to work in the Kennall Powder Mills. Encouraged by his father and...
(1868–1915) - David - Armand DavidArmand DavidFather Armand David was a Lazarist missionary Catholic priest as well as a zoologist and a botanist.-General Biography:...
(1826–1900) - Dawson - John William DawsonJohn William DawsonSir John William Dawson, CMG, FRS, FRSC , was a Canadian geologist and university administrator.- Life and work :...
(1820–1899) - DC. - Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778–1841)
- D.C.Eaton - Daniel Cady EatonDaniel Cady EatonDaniel Cady Eaton was an American botanist and author. He gained his bachelor's degree at Yale University, then went on to Harvard University where he studied with Asa Gray...
(1834–1895) - D.C.Stuart - D.C. Stuart (born 1940)
- D.Dietr. - David Nathaniel Dietrich (1799–1888)
- D.D.Keck - David D. KeckDavid D. KeckDavid Daniel Keck was an American botanist who was notable for his work on angiosperm taxonomy and genetics....
(1903–1995) - D.Don - David DonDavid DonDavid Don was a Scottish botanist,David Don was born on December 21, 1799, at Doo Hillock, Forfar, Angus, Scotland. He was the younger brother of George Don, also a botanist, their father being George Don of Forfar and his wife Caroline Clementina Stuart...
(1799–1841) - de Bary - Anton de BaryAnton de BaryHeinrich Anton de Bary was a German surgeon, botanist, microbiologist, and mycologist ....
(1831–1888) - Decne. - Joseph DecaisneJoseph DecaisneJoseph Decaisne was a French botanist and agronomist.Although he was born in Brussels, Belgium, he exercised his activity exclusively in Paris...
(1807–1882) - D.Edwards - Dianne EdwardsDianne EdwardsDianne Edwards CBE ScD FRSE FLSW FRS is a palaeobotanist, who studies the colonisation of land by plants, and early land plant interactions.-Career:...
(born 1942) - Degen - Àrpàd von DegenÁrpád von DegenÁrpád von Degen born on 31 March 1866 in Pozsony , was a Hungarian biologist and botanist whose activities were rooted in theoretical principles and scientific botany...
(1866–1934) - Delahouss. - A. James Delahoussaye (fl. 1967)
- Delavay - Pierre Jean Marie DelavayPierre Jean Marie DelavayPère Jean Marie Delavay was a French missionary, explorer and botanist.He was sent to China in 1867, serving first in Guangdong, then moving to Kunming, Yunnan, where he remained until his death....
(1834–1895) - Deless. - Jules Paul Benjamin DelessertJules Paul Benjamin DelessertJules Paul Benjamin Delessert was a French banker and naturalist.He was born at Lyon, the son of Étienne Delessert , the founder of the first fire insurance company and the first discount bank in France...
(1773–1847) - Delile - Alire Raffeneau DelileAlire Raffeneau DelileAlire Raffeneau Delile was a French botanist.-Biography:He studied botany with Jean Lemonnier, and was in the Paris medical school in 1796.-Egypt:...
(1778–1850) - De M.Wang - De-Ming Wang (born 1970)
- Denis - Marcel DenisMarcel DenisMarcel Denis was a French-speaking Belgian comics creator. He was the creator of the series Hultrasson and Les Frères Clips in Spirou. He also made two episodes of Tif et Tondu. He was a part of the so-called Marcinelle School, influenced by Jijé and André Franquin.-Early life:Marcel Denis was...
(1897–1929) - De Puydt - Paul Émile de PuydtPaul Émile de PuydtPaul Émile de Puydt , a writer whose contributions included work in botany and economics, was born and died in Mons, Belgium.As a botanist, he notably wrote on orchids...
(1810–1891) - Desf. - René Louiche DesfontainesRené Louiche DesfontainesRené Louiche Desfontaines was a French botanist.Desfontaines was born near Tremblay in Brittany. He attended the Collège de Rennes and in 1773 went to Paris to study medicine. His interest in botany originated from lectures at the Jardin des Plantes given by Louis Guillaume Lemonnier...
(1750–1833) - De Smet - Louis De Smet (1813–1887)
- Desr. - Louis Auguste Joseph Desrousseaux (1753–1838)
- Desv. - Nicaise Auguste DesvauxNicaise Auguste Desvaux-Works:*Journal de Botanique, appliquée à l'Agriculture, à la Pharmacie, à la Médecine et aux Arts .*Observations sur les plantes des environs d'Angers ....
(1784–1856) - De Vis - Charles Walter De VisCharles Walter De VisCharles Walter de Vis , known as Devis before about 1882, was an English zoologist and ornithologist...
(1829–1915) - de Vos - Cornelis de Vos (1806–1895)
- de Vries - Hugo de VriesHugo de VriesHugo Marie de Vries ForMemRS was a Dutch botanist and one of the first geneticists. He is known chiefly for suggesting the concept of genes, rediscovering the laws of heredity in the 1890s while unaware of Gregor Mendel's work, for introducing the term "mutation", and for developing a mutation...
(1848–1935) - de Vriese - Willem Hendrik de VrieseWillem Hendrik de VrieseWillem Hendrik de Vriese was a Dutch botanist and physician born in Oosterhout, North Brabant.He studied medicine at the University of Leiden, earning his doctorate in 1831. Afterwards he practiced medicine in Rotterdam, where he also gave classes in botany at the medical school...
(1806–1862) - de Wet - Johannes Martenis Jacob de Wet (born 1927)
- Dewey - Chester DeweyChester DeweyChester Dewey was an American botanist, clergyman and educator.- Early life :Dewey was born in Sheffield, Mass. October 25, 1784, and studied for the ministry at Williams College, graduating in 1806. He officiated at Tryingham, Massachusetts...
(1784–1867) - De Wild. - Émile Auguste Joseph De WildemanÉmile Auguste Joseph De WildemanÉmile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman was a Belgian botanist.His botanis author abbreviation is De Wild.-Works:* Les phanérogames des Terres Magellaniques., 1905.* Documents pour l'ètude de la geo-botanique congolaise, 1913....
(1866–1947) - de Wit - Hendrik de WitHendrik de WitHendrik Cornelis Dirk de Wit was a Dutch systematic botanist who contributed significantly to the knowledge of the Aroid genera Cryptocoryne and Lagenandra...
- D.Fairchild - David FairchildDavid FairchildDavid Grandison Fairchild was an American botanist and plant explorer. Fairchild was responsible for the introduction of more than 200,000 exotic plants and varieties of established crops into the United States, including soybeans, pistachios, mangos, nectarines, dates, bamboos, and flowering...
(1869–1954) - D.H.Scott - Dukinfield Henry ScottDukinfield Henry ScottDukinfield Henry Scott FRS was a British botanist.The architect Sir George Gilbert Scott was his father...
(1854–1934) - Dice - James C. Dice (fl. 1995)
- Didr. - Didrik Ferdinand Didrichsen (1814–1887)
- Dieck - Georg Dieck (1847–1925)
- Diels - Friedrich Ludwig Emil DielsLudwig DielsDr. Friedrich Ludwig Emil Diels , was a German botanist.Diels was born in Hamburg, the son of the classical scholar Hermann Alexander Diels. From 1900 to 1902 he traveled together with Ernst Pritzel through South Africa, Java, Australia and New Zealand. Shortly before the first world war he...
(1874–1945) - Dill. - Johann Jacob DilleniusJohann Jacob DilleniusJohann Jacob Dillen Dillenius was a German botanist.Dillen was born at Darmstadt and was educated at the University of Giessen, where he wrote several botanical papers for the Ephemerides naturae curiosorum, and printed, in 1719, his Catalogus plantarum sponte circa Gissam nascentium, illustrated...
(1684–1747) - Ding Hou - Ding Hou (1921–2008)
- Dinter - Moritz Kurt Dinter (1868–1945)
- Dippel - Leopold Dippel (1827–1914)
- D.Legrand - Carlos Maria Diego Enrique Legrand (1901–1986)
- D.L.Jones - David Lloyd Jones (born 1944)
- D.Löve - Doris LöveDoris LöveDoris Benta Maria Löve, née Wahlén was a Swedish systematic botanist, particularly active in the Arctic.Doris Löve was born in Kristianstad, Sweden. She studied botany at Lund University from 1937. She married her fellow student and colleague, the Icelander Áskell Löve. She received her PhD in...
(1918–2000) - D.Naras. - D. Narasimhan (born 1960)
- Dod - Donald Dungan DodDonald Dungan DodThe Reverend Donald D. Dod , was an American missionary and orchidologist.- Life :...
(1912–2008) - Dode - Louis-Albert Dode (1875–1943)
- Dodoens - Rembert DodoensRembert DodoensRembert Dodoens was a Flemish physician and botanist, also known under his Latinized name Rembertus Dodonaeus.-Biography:...
(1517–1585) - Döll - Johann Christoph Döll (1808–1885)
- Domin - Karel DominKarel DominKarel Domin was a Czech botanist and politician.After gymnasium school studies in Příbram, he studied botany at the Charles University in Prague, and graduated in 1906. In 1916 he was named as professor of botany. Domin specialised in phytogeography, geobotany and plant taxonomy...
(1882–1953) - Domke - Friedrich Walter Domke (1899–1988)
- Donn - James DonnJames DonnJames Donn was an English botanist. He was Curator of the Cambridge University Botanic Gardens, Cambridge, from 1790 until his death. His most important work was Hortus Cantabrigensis, first published in 1796 but with several later, much expanded, editions.A grandson was the English composer...
(1758–1813) - Donn.Sm. - John Donnell SmithJohn Donnell SmithCaptain John Donnell Smith of Baltimore, Maryland was a biologist and taxonomist. He was also an officer in the Confederate army.He was a graduate of Yale in 1847, where he was a member of Skull and Bones....
(1829–1928) - Door. - Simeon Gottfried Albert DoorenbosSimeon Gottfried Albert DoorenbosSimeon Doorenbos was a Dutch horticulturist best known for his work as Director of The Hague Parks Department from 1927 until his retirement in 1957, with a brief interruption during the Second World War when he was dismissed and evicted by the Nazis for refusing to remove trees and shrubs to...
(1891–1980) - Dop - Paul Louis Amans Dop (1876–1954)
- Dorf - Erling DorfErling DorfErling Dorf was an American Geologist. He was born July 19, 1905 and died in April, 1984. He was hired in 1928 as a professor of Geology at Princeton University. He retired from Princeton in 1974. He was a renowned paleobotanist working on the floras of the Late Cretaceous and early Tertiary. He...
(fl. 1930–1938) - Dorr - Laurence J. Dorr (born 1953)
- Dorsett - Palemon Howard DorsettPalemon Howard DorsettPalemon Howard Dorsett was an American horticulturalist employed by the USDA. Born April 21, 1862, in Carlinville, Macoupin County, Illinois, he gained a BA from the University of Missouri in 1884, and joined the USDA Section of Plant Pathology seven years later...
(1862–1943) - Douglas - David DouglasDavid DouglasDavid Douglas was a Scottish botanist. He worked as a gardener, and explored the Scottish Highlands, North America, and Hawaii, where he died.-Early life:...
(1798–1834) - Doweld - Alexander Borissovitch Doweld (born 1973)
- Dowell - Philip Dowell (1864–1936)
- Drake - Emmanuel Drake del CastilloEmmanuel Drake del CastilloEmmanuel Drake del Castillo was a French botanist.He was born at Paris and studied with Louis Édouard Bureau at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle...
(1855–1904) - Drège - Johann Franz DrègeJohann Franz DrègeJohann Franz Drège or or , commonly referred to by his standard botanical author abbreviation Drège, was a German horticulturalist, botanical collector and explorer of Huguenot descent.Drège received his first training in horticulture at...
(1794–1881) - D.R.Hunt - David Richard HuntDavid Hunt (botanist)David Richard Hunt is an English botanist and taxonomist. He is a specialist in cacti and notably compiled the 1999 CITES Cactaceae Checklist.- References :...
(born 1938) - Druce - George Claridge DruceGeorge Claridge DruceGeorge Claridge Druce, MA, LLD, JP, FRS, FLS was an English botanist and a Mayor of Oxford.G. Claridge Druce was born at Potterspury on Watling Street in Northamptonshire. He was the illegitimate son of Jane Druce, born 1815 in Buckinghamshire.He went to school in the village of Yardley Gobion....
(1850–1932) - Drude - Carl Georg Oscar DrudeCarl Georg Oscar DrudeCarl Georg Oscar Drude was a German botanist.- References :...
(1852–1933) - Dryand. - Jonas Carlsson DryanderJonas Carlsson DryanderJonas Carlsson Dryander was a Swedish botanist.Dryander was born in Gothenburg. He was a pupil of Carolus Linnaeus at Uppsala University. He arrived in London on 10 July 1777...
(1748–1810) - D.S.Edwards - David Sydney Edwards (born 1948)
- D.Thomas - David Thomas (1776–1859)
- Duby - Jean Étienne Duby (1798–1885)
- Duchass. - Édouard Placide Duchassaing de Fontbressin (1818–1873)
- Duchesne - Antoine Nicolas DuchesneAntoine Nicolas DuchesneAntoine Nicolas Duchesne was a French botanist known for his keen observation of variation within species, and for demonstrating that species are not immutable, because mutations can occur...
(1747–1827) - Ducke - Adolpho DuckeAdolpho DuckeAdolpho Ducke , also referred to as Adolfo Ducke and occasionally mis-spelled "Duque", was a notable entomologist, botanist and ethnographer of Amazonia....
(1876–1959) - Dufr. - Pierre Dufresne (1786–1836)
- Duggar - Benjamin Minge DuggarBenjamin Minge DuggarBenjamin Minge Duggar was an American plant physiologist, born at Gallion, Hale County, Alabama. He studied at several Southern schools, including Alabama Polytechnic Institute , and at Harvard, Cornell , and in Germany, Italy, and France...
(1872–1956) - Dulac - Joseph Dulac (1827–1897)
- Dum.Cours. - Georges Louis Marie Dumont de CoursetGeorges Louis Marie Dumont de CoursetGeorge Louis Marie Dumont de Courset was a French botanist and agronomist. Born near Boulogne, he studied in Paris and showed an aptitude for music and drawing....
(1746–1824) - Dümmer - Richard Arnold DümmerRichard Arnold DümmerRichard Arnold Dümmer was a South African botanist who collected in South Africa, Kenya and Uganda.Dümmer worked in the Cape Town municipal gardens before joining Kew as a gardener in 1910. In 1911 he became assistant to Prof...
(1887–1922) - Dumort. - Barthélemy Charles Joseph DumortierBarthélemy Charles Joseph DumortierBarthélemy Charles Joseph, Baron Dumortier was a Belgian politician and botanist. Some consider him to be the true discoverer of cell division, although he is rarely credited as such.-Works:...
(1797–1878) - Dunal - Michel Felix DunalMichel Félix DunalMichel Felix Dunal was a French botanist. He was professor of botany in Montpellier, France. He held the chair of Medical Natural History from 1816 to 1819...
(1789–1856) - Dunn - Stephen Troyte Dunn (1868–1938)
- Durand - Elias (Elie) Magloire DurandElias DurandElias Durand , born Élie Magloire Durand, was an eminent American pharmacist and botanist born in France....
(1794–1873) - Durazz. - Antonio Durazz (fl. 1772)
- Durieu - Michel Charles Durieu de MaisonneuveMichel Charles Durieu de MaisonneuveMichel Charles Durieu de Maisonneuve was a French soldier and botanist who was a native of Saint-Eutrope-de-Born in the department of Lot-et-Garonne....
(1796–1878) - Du Roi - Johann Philipp du Roi (1741–1785)
- Dusén - Per Karl Hjalmar DusénPer Karl Hjalmar DusénPer Karl Hjalmar Dusén was a Swedish civil engineer, botanist and explorer. As a botanist his interests included pteridology, bryology and paleobotany. He made botanical expeditions to Africa, Greenland and South America....
(1855–1926) - Duss - Antoine DussAntoine DussAntoine Düss was a Swiss botanist.Père Düss was born in Haslé, Switzerland, graduated from the Gymnasium in Luzern and entered the Congregation du Saint-Esprit et du Saint-Coeur de Marie in Paris...
(1840–1924) - Duthie - John Firminger DuthieJohn Firminger DuthieJohn Firminger Duthie was an English botanist and explorer. From 1875 to 1903 he was the Superintendent of Saharanpur Botanical Gardens....
(1845–1922) - Duval - Henri August Duval (1777–1814)
- Dyal - Sarah Creecie Dyal (born 1907)
- Dyer - William Turner Thiselton (Thistleton) Dyer (1843–1928)
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- E.A.Durand - Ernest Armand Durand (1872–1910)
- E.A.Mennega - Erik Albert Mennega (1923–1998)
- Eames - Edwin Hubert Eames (1865–1948)
- Earle - Franklin Sumner EarleFranklin Sumner EarleFranklin Sumner Earle was an American mycologist. He was the first mycologist to work at the New York Botanical Garden, and was the author of The Genera of North American Gill Fungi .-References:...
(1856–1929) - E.A.Sánchez - Evangelina A. Sánchez (born 1934)
- Eaton - Amos EatonAmos EatonAmos Eaton was a scientist and educator in the Troy, New York area.Eaton attended Williams College; after graduating in 1799 he studied law in New York City and was admitted to the state bar in 1802. He practiced law in Catskill, New York until 1810, when he was jailed on charges of forgery...
(1776–1842) - E.B.Alexeev - E. B. Alexeev (1946–1976)
- Eb.Fisch. - Eberhard FischerEberhard FischerEberhard Fischer is a West German sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid 1970s. He won two silver medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, earning them 1971 and 1973 ....
(born 1969) - Ebinger - John Edwin Ebinger (born 1933)
- E.B.Knox - Eric B. KnoxEric B. KnoxEric B. Knox is currently a Research Scientist at the Indiana University Biology Departmentand the Director of the Indiana University Herbariumwhere he optimizes laboratory protocols and studies the flora of Indiana....
(fl. 1993) - Eckl. - Christian Friedrich EcklonChristian Friedrich EcklonChristian Friedrich Ecklon was a Danish botanical collector and apothecary.Ecklon collected extensively in South Africa. His first visit was in 1823, as first an apothecary's apprentice and then pharmacist, looking for plants with medicinal value...
(1795–1868) - E.C.Nelson - Ernest Charles NelsonErnest Charles NelsonErnest Charles Nelson is a botanist who specialises in the Proteaceae family, especially the Adenanthos genus; and the Ericaceae, especially Erica. He is the author of over 20 books and more than 150 research papers...
(born 1951) - Eddy - Caspar Wistar Eddy (1790–1828)
- Edgew. - Michael Pakenham EdgeworthMichael Pakenham EdgeworthMichael Pakenham Edgeworth was an Irish botanist who specialized in seed plants and ferns, and spent most of his life and work in India.-Early life and family relations:...
(1812–1881) - E.Fisch. - Eduard FischerEduard Fischer (mycologist)Eduard Fischer was a Swiss botanist and mycologist.-Life:Fischer was the son of botanist Ludwig Fischer, a professor and director of the state botanic garden. Fischer studied at the University of Bern and graduated in 1883 with mushroom researcher Heinrich Anton de Bary in Strasbourg, with whom...
(1861–1939) - E.Fourn. - Eugène Pierre Nicolas FournierEugène Pierre Nicolas FournierEugène Pierre Nicolas Fournier was a French botanist.He was particularly interested in ferns. He was a member of the Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique.-Works:* Articles in Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France:...
(1834–1884) - E.G.Andrews - E. G. Andrews (floruit 1993)
- Eggl. - Willard Webster Eggleston (1863–1935)
- Egli - Bernhard Egli (fl. 1990)
- E.Hitchc. - Edward HitchcockEdward HitchcockEdward Hitchcock was a noted American geologist and the third President of Amherst College .-Life:...
(1793–1864) - E.H.L.Krause - Ernst Hans Ludwig KrauseErnst Hans Ludwig KrauseErnst Hans Ludwig Krause was a German botanist.-Works:* Flora von Rostock . 1879. Coauthor C.Fisch)* Mecklenburgische Flora . 1893. In J.Sturm Flora of Germany 2. Aufl....
(* 1859 - 1942) - Ehrenb. - Christian Gottfried EhrenbergChristian Gottfried EhrenbergChristian Gottfried Ehrenberg , German naturalist, zoologist, comparative anatomist, geologist, and microscopist, was one of the most famous and productive scientists of his time.- Early collections :...
(1795–1876) - Ehrend. - Friedrich Ehrendorfer (born 1927)
- Ehrh. - Jakob Friedrich EhrhartJakob Friedrich EhrhartJakob Friedrich Ehrhart was a German botanist, a pupil of Carolus Linnaeus at Uppsala University, and later Director of the Botanical Garden of Hannover, where he produced several major botanical works between 1780–1793...
(1742–1795) - Eichler - August Wilhelm EichlerAugust W. EichlerAugust Wilhelm Eichler, also known under his Latinized name, Augustus Guilielmus Eichler , was a German botanist who modified the classification system to better reflect the relationships between plants...
(1839–1887) - Eichw. - Karl EichwaldKarl EichwaldKarl Eduard von Eichwald was a Russian geologist and physician.Eichwald was a Baltic German born at Mitau in Courland...
(1795–1876) - Eig - Alexander EigAlexander EigAlexander Eig was a botanist, one of the first plant researchers in Israel, head of the department of Botany at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and co-founder of the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens on Mount Scopus.-Life:Born in Schedrin near Minsk, he used to wander in the forests and to join his...
(1894–1938) - E.J.Butler - Edwin John ButlerEdwin John ButlerSir Edwin John Butler FRS was a British mycologist and plant pathologist. He became the Imperial Mycologist in India and later the first director of the Imperial Bureau of Mycology in England. He was knighted in 1939....
(1874–1943) - E.J.Palmer - Ernest Jesse Palmer (1875–1962)
- E.L.Braun - Emma Lucy BraunEmma Lucy BraunE. Lucy Braun was a prominent botanist, ecologist, and expert on the forests of the eastern United States.- Life :...
(1889–1971) - Elliott - Stephen ElliottStephen Elliott (botanist)Stephen Elliott was an American legislator, banker, educator, and botanist who is today remembered for having written one of the most important works in American botany, A Sketch of the Botany of South-Carolina and Georgia.-Biography:Stephen Elliott was born in Beaufort, South Carolina on...
(1771–1830) - Elwes - Henry John ElwesHenry John ElwesHenry John Elwes, FRS was a British botanist, entomologist, author, lepidopterist, naturalist, collector and traveller who became renowned for collecting specimens of lilies during trips to the Himalayas and Korea. He was the first person to receive the Victoria Medal of the Royal Horticultural...
(1846–1922) - E.Mey. - Ernst Heinrich Friedrich MeyerErnst Heinrich Friedrich MeyerErnst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer was a German botanist and botanical historian. Born in Hanover, he lectured in Göttingen and in 1826 became a professor of botany at the University of Königsberg, as well as Director of the Botanical Garden. His botanical specialty was the Juncaceae, or family of...
(1791–1858) - E.M.McClint. - Elizabeth May McClintock (born 1912)
- E.M.Norman - Eliane Meyer Norman (born 1931)
- E.Morren - Charles Jacques Édouard MorrenCharles Jacques Édouard MorrenCharles Jacques Édouard Morren , was a Belgian botanist, professor of botany and director of the Jardin botanique de l'Université de Liège from 1857-1886. His special field of study was the Bromeliaceae on which family he was the recognised authority...
(1833–1886) - Emory - William Hemsley Emory (1811–1887)
- Endl. - Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher (1804–1849)
- Engel - Franz Engel (floruit 1865)
- Engelm. - Georg Engelmann (1809–1884)
- Engl. - Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (1844–1930)
- E.P.Bicknell - Eugene Pintard BicknellEugene Pintard BicknellEugene Pintard Bicknell was a US botanist and ornithologist.Bicknell's works include Review of the Summer Birds of Part of the Catskill Mountains and The Ferns and Flowering Plants of Nantucket ....
(1859–1925) - E.Peter - Elfriede Peter-Stibal (born 1905)
- E.Phillips - Edwin Percy PhillipsEdwin Percy PhillipsEdwin Percy Phillips , was a South African botanist and taxonomist, noted for his monumental work The Genera of South African Flowering Plants first published in 1926....
- Epling - Carl EplingCarl EplingCarl Clawson Epling was an American botanist who is best known for being the major authority on the Lamiaceae of the Americas from the 1920s to the 1960s. In his later years he also developed an interest in genetics. After obtaining his Ph.D...
(1894–1968) - E.P.Perrier - Eugène Pierre Perrier de la Bâthie (1825–1916)
- E.Pritz. - Ernst Georg Pritzel (1875–1948)
- Erdman - Kimball Stewart Erdman (born 1937)
- Ernst - Adolf ErnstAdolf ErnstAdolf Ernst was a Prussian born scientist. Ernst settled in Venezuela in 1861, where he taught at the Central University of Venezuela...
(1832–1899) - E.Salisb. - Edward James SalisburyEdward James SalisburySir Edward James Salisbury FRS was an English botanist and ecologist. He was born in Harpenden, Hertfordshire and graduated in botany from University College London in 1905. In 1913, he obtained a D.Sc. with a thesis on fossil seeds and was appointed a senior lecturer at East London College...
(1886–1978) - E.S.Anderson - Edgar Shannon Anderson (1897–1969)
- E.S.Burgess - Edward Sandford Burgess (1855–1928)
- Eschsch. - Johann Friedrich von EschscholtzJohann Friedrich von EschscholtzJohann Friedrich Eschscholtz was a Livonian physician, botanist, zoologist and entomologist.Eschscholtz was born in Dorpat , Governorate of Livonia in the Russian Empire...
(1793–1831) - E.Sheld. - Edmund Perry Sheldon (1869–1947)
- E.Small - Ernest Small (b. 1940)
- E.S.Steele - Edward Strieby Steele (1850–1942)
- Ettingsh. - Constantin von EttingshausenConstantin von EttingshausenConstantin Freiherr von Ettingshausen was an Austrian geologist and botanist....
(1826–1897) - Etl. - Andreas Ernst Etlinger (floruit 1777)
- Ewart - Alfred James EwartAlfred James EwartAlfred James Ewart, FRS, was an English-Australian botanist.Ewart was born in Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England, second son of Edmund Brown Ewart, B.A. and his wife, Martha née Williams. Alfred was educated at the Liverpool Institute and University College, Liverpool, Ewart graduated Ph.D. at...
(1872–1937) - E.W.Berry - Edward W. BerryEdward W. BerryEdward Wilber Berry was an American paleontologist and botanist, the principal focus of his research was paleobotany. Berry studied North and South American flora and published taxonomic studies with theoretical reconstructions of paleoecology and phytogeography. He started his scientific...
(1875–1945)
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- Fabr. - Philipp Conrad Fabricius (1714–1774)
- Fahn - Abraham Fahn (born 1916)
- Fairon-Dem. - Muriel Fairon-Demaret (fl. 1986)
- Falc. - Hugh FalconerHugh FalconerHugh Falconer MD FRS was a Scottish geologist, botanist, palaeontologist and paleoanthropologist. He studied the flora, fauna and geology of India, Assam and Burma, and was the first to suggest the modern evolutionary theory of punctuated equilibrium...
(1808–1865) - Falkenb. - Paul Falkenbergn (1848–1925)
- F.Allam. - Frédéric-Louis AllamandFrédéric-Louis AllamandFrédéric-Louis Allamand was a Swiss botanist. Born in Payerne, Switzerland, he moved to Leiden, Netherlands in 1749 to live with his uncle, Jean-Nicolas-Sébastien Allamand , a professor in philosophy and mathematics at Leiden University, well known naturalist, member of the Royal Society and...
(1735–1803) - Fanning - Una Fanning (fl. 1990)
- Farrer - Reginald John FarrerReginald FarrerReginald John Farrer , was a traveller and plant collector. He published a number of books, although is best known for My Rock Garden...
(1880–1920) - Farw. - Oliver Atkins Farwell (1867–1944)
- Fassett - Norman Carter Fassett (1900–1954)
- Fawc. - William FawcettWilliam Fawcett (botanist)William Fawcett was a British botanist and coauthor of the Flora of Jamaica.Fawcett was Director of Public Gardens and Plantations in Jamaica from 1887 to 1908...
(1851–1926) - F.Bolle - Friedrich Franz August Albrecht Bolle (1905-1999)
- Fée - Antoine Laurent Apollinaire FéeAntoine Laurent Apollinaire FéeAntoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée was a French botanist who was born in Ardentes, 7 November 1789, and died in Paris on 21 May 1874. He was the author of works on botany and mycology, practical and historical pharmacology, Darwinism, and his experiences in several regions of Europe.-Biography:Fée...
(1789–1874) - F.E.Lloyd - Francis Ernst Lloyd (1868–1947)
- Fenzl - Eduard FenzlEduard FenzlEduard Fenzl was an Austrian botanist.An obituary notes "[h]e was Professor of Botany and Director of the Imperial Botanical Cabinet, a member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences, and Vice-President of the Vienna Horticultural Society."...
(1808–1879) - Fernald - Merritt Lyndon FernaldMerritt Lyndon FernaldMerritt Lyndon Fernald was an American botanist. In his time he was regarded as the most respected scholar of the taxonomy and phytogeography of the vascular plant flora of temperate eastern North America. He published more than 850 scientific papers and wrote and edited the seventh and eighth...
(1873–1950) - Fern.-Vill. - Celestino Fernández-Villar (1838–1907)
- Ferry - René Joseph Justin Ferry (1845–1924)
- F.Heim - Frédéric Louis Heim (born 1869, date of death unknown)
- F.H.Lewis - Frank Harlan Lewis (born 1919)
- F.H.Wigg. - Friedrich Heinrich WiggersFriedrich Heinrich WiggersFriedrich Heinrich Wiggers was a German botanist who wrote a flora of Holstein in 1780. A number of variants of his name exist, including "Fridrich Hindrich" and the Latinisation "Fredericus Henricus" and the alternative surname "Wichers".Wiggers enrolled at the University of Kiel in 1774, and...
(1746–1811) - Fieber - Franz Xaver FieberFranz Xaver FieberFranz Xaver Fieber was a German botanist and entomologist.He was the son of Franz Anton Fieber and Maria Anna née Hantsehl. He studied economics, management science and modern languages at the Czech Technical University in Prague from 1824 to 1828...
(1807–1872) - Fielding - Henry Barron Fielding (1805-1851)
- Finl. - George FinlaysonGeorge FinlaysonGeorge Finlayson , was a Scottish naturalist and traveller. He was called one of the best naturalists of his day, and was noted for his pioneering studies of the plants, animals, and people of southern Thailand and the Malay peninsula....
(1790–1823) - Fiori - Adriano Fiori (1865–1950)
- Fisch. - Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von FischerFriedrich Ernst Ludwig von FischerFriedrich Ernst Ludwig Fischer was a Russian botanist, born in Germany. He was director of the St Petersburg botanical garden from 1823 to 1850....
(1782–1854) - F.J.A.Morris - F. John A. Morris (born 1869, date of death unknown)
- F.J.Herm. - Frederick Joseph Hermann (1906–1987)
- Flüggé - Johannes FlüggéJohannes FlüggéJohannes Flüggé was a German botanist and physician who was a native of Hamburg.He studied medicine and natural history at the Universities of Jena, Vienna and Göttingen, and in 1800 received his doctorate at the University of Erlangen...
(1775–1816) - F.M.Bailey - Frederick Manson BaileyFrederick Manson BaileyFrederick Manson Bailey CMG was a botanist active in Australia, who made valuable contributions to the characterisation of the flora of Queensland.-Early life:...
(1827–1915) - F.Michx. - François Andre MichauxFrançois André MichauxFrançois André Michaux was a French botanist, son of André Michaux. He accompanied his father to the United States, and his Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique septentrionale contains the results of his explorations and gives an account of the distribution and the scientific...
(1770–1855) - F.M.Knuth - Frederik Marcus KnuthFrederik Marcus KnuthFrederik Marcus Knuth was a Danish taxonomist especially known for the collection and classification of cactuses. He collected and described many new species.- References :...
(1904–1970) - F.Muell. - Ferdinand von MuellerFerdinand von MuellerBaron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist.-Early life:...
(1825–1896) - F.N.Meijer - Frans Nicholaas Meijer (Frank Meyer after 1908) (1875–1918)
- Focke - Wilhelm Olbers FockeWilhelm Olbers FockeWilhelm Olbers Focke was a medical doctor and botanist who in 1881 published a significant work on plant breeding entitled Die Pflanzen-Mischlinge, Ein Beitrag zur Biologie der Gewächse which briefly mentioned Gregor Mendel's discoveries on hybridization...
(1834–1922) - Font Quer - Pius Font i QuerPius Font i QuerPius Font i Quer was a Catalan botanist, pharmacist and chemist.He spent his childhood in Manresa . He got his doctorate in pharmacy with his thesis about the Flora of Bages...
(1888–1964) - Forbes - John ForbesJohn Forbes (botanist)John Forbes, M.D. was an English botanist.Forbes was born in 1799, and became a pupil of John Shepherd of the Liverpool botanic garden...
(1799–1823) - Forrest - George ForrestGeorge Forrest (botanist)George Forrest was a Scottish botanist, who was one of the first explorers of China's then remote southwestern province of Yunnan, generally regarded as the most biodiverse province in the country....
(1873–1932) - Forssk. - Peter ForsskålPeter ForsskålPeter Forsskål, sometimes spelled Pehr Forsskål, Peter Forskaol, Petrus Forskål or Pehr Forsskåhl, was a Swedish explorer, orientalist, naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.-Early life:...
(1732–1763) - Forsstr. - Johan Erik ForsströmJohan Erik ForsströmJohan Erik Forsström was a Swedish pastor and naturalist from the province of Dalarna. The plant genus Forsstroemia from the family Leptodontaceae is named after him....
(1775–1824) - Fortune - Robert FortuneRobert FortuneRobert Fortune was a Scottish botanist and traveller best known for introducing tea plants from China to India.-Travels and botanical introductions to Europe:Fortune was born in Kelloe, Berwickshire...
(1812–1880) - Fosberg - Francis Raymond FosbergFrancis Raymond FosbergFrancis Raymond "Ray" Fosberg was an American botanist. A prolific collector and author, he played a significant role in the development of coral reef and island studies.-History:...
(1908–1993) - Foug. - Auguste Denis Fougeroux de Bandaroy (1732–1789)
- Fourc. - Henry Georges Fourcade (1865–1948)
- Fourn. - Eugene Pierre Nicolas FournierEugène Pierre Nicolas FournierEugène Pierre Nicolas Fournier was a French botanist.He was particularly interested in ferns. He was a member of the Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique.-Works:* Articles in Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France:...
(1834–1884) - Fr. - Elias Magnus FriesElias Magnus Fries-External links:*, Authors of fungal names, Mushroom, the Journal of Wild Mushrooming.*...
(1794–1878) - Franch. - Adrien René FranchetAdrien René FranchetAdrien René Franchet was a French botanist, based at the Paris Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. He is noted for his extensive work describing the flora of China and Japan, based on the collections made by Armand David, Pierre Jean Marie Delavay, Paul Guillaume Farges and others.-References:...
(1834–1900) - Fraser - John FraserJohn Fraser (botanist)John Fraser was a Scottish botanist, born at Tomnacross, the Aird, Inverness-shire. He moved to London, where he started work as a draper working with linen, but then, together with his son, took up botanical collecting, sending his collections to his plant nursery in London and to other clients,...
(1750–1811) - Freckmann - Robert W. Freckmann (born 1939)
- Freire-Fierro - Alina Freire-Fierro (born 1964)
- Frém. - John C. FrémontJohn C. FrémontJohn Charles Frémont , was an American military officer, explorer, and the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States. During the 1840s, that era's penny press accorded Frémont the sobriquet The Pathfinder...
(1813–1890) - Fresen. - Johann Baptist Georg Wolfgang FreseniusGeorg FreseniusJohann Baptist Georg Wolfgang Fresenius was a German physician and botanist, known for his work in the field of phycology. He was a native of Frankfurt am Main....
(1808–1866) - Frič - Alberto Vojtěch FričAlberto Vojtech FricAlberto Vojtěch Frič was a famous Czech botanist, ethnographer, writer and explorer. He undertook 8 voyages to America, discovered, described and catalogued many species of cactus....
(1882–1944) - Friis - Ib Friis (born 1945)
- Fritsch - Karl FritschKarl Fritsch (botanist)Karl Fritsch was an Austrian botanist. He was born in Vienna and educated mainly at the University of Vienna, obtaining his PhD degree in 1886 and his Habilitation in 1890. In 1900 he moved to the University of Graz as professor of Systematic Botany, where he built up the botanical institute...
(1864–1934) - F.Ritter - Friedrich RitterFriedrich RitterFriedrich Ritter was a botanist who collected and described many species of cacti. Ritterocereus is named in his honour.- References :...
(1898–1989) - Friv. - Imre FrivaldszkyImre FrivaldszkyDr Emerich Frivaldszky von Frivald was a Hungarian botanist and entomologist.-Biography:...
(1799–1870) - Froel. - Joseph Aloys von Froelich (1766–1841)
- F.Rose - Francis RoseFrancis RoseFrancis Rose MBE was an English field botanist and conservationist. He was an author, researcher and teacher. His ecological interests in Britain and Europe included bryophytes, fungi, higher plants, plant communities and woodlands.Rose was born in south London...
(1921–2006) - F.Schmidt - Friedrich Carl Fedor Bogdanovich Schmidt (1832–1908)
- F.T.Hubb. - Frederic Tracy Hubbard (1875–1962)
- Fukuy. - Noriaki FukuyamaNoriaki Fukuyamawas a Japanese botanist and orchidologist. He died in TaiwanDuring his short life, Dr. Fukuyama described over a hundred new species of orchids from Micronesia, the Ryukyus and Taiwan. Most of the type specimens he collected were housed in his personal herbarium was a Japanese botanist and...
(1912–1946) - F.W.Schultz - Friedrich Wilhelm SchultzFriedrich Wilhelm SchultzFriedrich Wilhelm Schultz was a German pharmacist and botanist who was a native of Zweibrücken.He initially learned the pharmacy profession at his father's store in Zweibrücken. In 1827 be began studies in Munich, later performing post-doctoral work in Tübingen...
(1804–1876)
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- Gaertn. - Joseph GaertnerJoseph GaertnerJoseph Gaertner was a German botanist, best known for his work on seeds, De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum ....
(1732–1791) - Gagnep. - François GagnepainFrançois GagnepainFrançois Gagnepain was a French botanist. The standard botanical author abbreviation Gagnep. is applied to plants described by Gagnepain.-References:...
(1866–1952) - Gale - Shirley Gale (born 1915)
- Galeotti - Henri Guillaume GaleottiHenri Guillaume GaleottiHenri Guillaume Galeotti was a French-Belgian botanist and geologist of Italian parentage who was born in Paris. He specialized in the study of the family Cactaceae....
(1814–1858) - Galushko - Anatol I. Galushko (born 1926)
- Gamble - James Sykes GambleJames Sykes GambleJames Sykes Gamble FRS was an English botanist who specialized in the flora of the Indian sub-continent.He was born in London, the son of Harpur Gamble, M.D...
(1847–1925) - Gand. - Michel GandogerMichel GandogerAbbott Jean Michel Gandoger , was a French botanist and mycologist.. Gandoger was born in Arnas, the son of a wealthy vineyard owner in the Beaujolais region. Although he took holy orders at the age of 26, he devoted his life to the study of botany, specializing in the genus Rosa...
(1850–1926) - Gandhi - Kancheepuram N. Gandhi (born 1948)
- Garbari - Fabio GarbariFabio GarbariFabio Garbari is an Italian botanist. In 2000–2002 he was listed as a Professor in the Department of Botanical Science of the University of Pisa.-References:...
(born 1937) - Garcke - Christian August Friedrich GarckeChristian August Friedrich GarckeChristian August Friedrich Garcke was a German botanist who was a native of Bräunrode, Saxony-Anhalt.In 1865 he was appointed curator at the Royal Botanical Museum in Berlin, and in 1871 became an associate professor specializing in pharmacognosy...
(1819–1904) - Garden - Alexander GardenAlexander Garden (naturalist)Dr Alexander Garden is most famous as a botanist whose name lives on in the gardenia flower, though he was also a physician and zoologist...
(1730–1792) - Gardner - George GardnerGeorge Gardner (botanist)George Gardner was a Scottish naturalist mainly interested in botany.Gardner's father was a gardener first to to the Earl of Dunmore in Ardentinny, then from 1816 to the Earl of Eglinton at Ardrossan. In 1822, his parents moved to Glasgow where he attended the grammar-school and acquired a...
(1812–1849) - Gatt. - Augustin Gattinger (1825–1903)
- Gaudich. - Charles Gaudichaud-BeaupréCharles Gaudichaud-BeaupréCharles Gaudichaud-Beaupré was a French botanist.He was born in Angoulême, the son of J-J. Gaudichaud and Rose Gaudichaud. He studied pharmacology at Cognac and Angoulême. He also studied chemistry and herbology.His greatest claim to fame was serving as botanist on a circumglobal expedition from...
(1789–1854) - G.Bertol. - Giuseppe Bertoloni (1804–1879)
- G.C.Tucker - Gordon C. Tucker (born 1957)
- G.Dahlgren - Gertrud Dahlgren (born 1931)
- G.Don - George DonGeorge DonGeorge Don was a Scottish botanist.George Don was born at Doo Hillock, Forfar, Angus, Scotland on 29 April 1797. His father, also named George Don, was Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 1802 and his mother was Caroline Clementina Stuart. George was the elder brother of David...
(1798–1856) - Geh. - Adalbert GeheebAdalbert GeheebAdalbert Geheeb was a German botanist specializing in mosses. The son of a pharmacist, he studied natural history as a pastime, and published extensively.- External links :...
(1842–1909) - G.E.Haglund - Gustaf Emmanuel Haglund (1900–1955)
- Genev. - Léon Gaston Genevier (1830–1880)
- Gensel - Patricia G. Gensel (born 1944)
- Gentry - Howard Scott GentryHoward Scott GentryHoward Scott Gentry was an American botanist recognized as the world's leading authority on the agaves.He worked for the United States Department of Agriculture, and was a research botanist with the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona after 1971...
(1903–1993) - Gerrienne - Phillipe Gerrienne (fl. 2010)
- Gerstb. - Pedro Gerstberger (born 1951)
- Gesner - Conrad GessnerConrad GessnerConrad Gessner was a Swiss naturalist and bibliographer. His five-volume Historiae animalium is considered the beginning of modern zoology, and the flowering plant genus Gesneria is named after him...
(1516–1565) - Geyer - Karl Andreas GeyerKarl Andreas GeyerKarl Andreas Geyer was a German botanist who was a native of Dresden.As a teenager, Geyer worked as an apprentice-gardener in Zabeltitz, and in 1830 became an assistant at the botanical gardens in Dresden. From 1835 to 1844 he performed botanical studies on several expeditions within the United...
(1809–1853) - G.F.Atk. - George Francis Atkinson (1854–1918)
- G.Forst. - Georg ForsterGeorg ForsterJohann Georg Adam Forster was a German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary. At an early age, he accompanied his father on several scientific expeditions, including James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific...
(1754–1794) - G.Gaertn. - Gottfried Gaertner (1754–1825)
- Ghini - Luca GhiniLuca GhiniLuca Ghini was an Italian physician and botanist, notable as the creator of the first recorded herbarium, as well as the first botanical garden in Europe....
(1490–1556) - Gibbs - Lilian GibbsLilian GibbsLilian Suzette Gibbs was a British botanist who worked for the British Museum in London. She was the first woman and the first botanist to ascend Mount Kinabalu in February 1910. Gibbs collected many plants new to science, several of which are named in her honour .-References:* Vickery, R. ....
(1870–1925) - Gilg - Ernest Friedrich GilgErnest Friedrich GilgErnest Friedrich Gilg was a German botanist.- Life :Gilg was curator of the Botanical Museum in Berlin...
(1867–1933) - Gilib. - Jean-Emmanuel Gilibert (1741–1814)
- Gillek. - Léopold Guillaume Gillekens (1833–1905)
- Gilli - Alexander Gilli (1904–2007)
- Gillies - John Gillies (botanist)John Gillies (botanist)John Gillies, M.D. was a Scottish naval surgeon who later became an explorer and botanist, travelling extensively in South America. Educated at the University of Edinburgh, he served in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. Afflicted by tuberculosis, Gillies left the UK aged 28 for South...
(1792–1834) - Gillis - William Thomas Gillis (1933–1979)
- Gilly - Charles Louis Gilly (1911–1970)
- Giseke - Paul Dietrich GisekePaul Dietrich GisekePaul Dietrich Giseke , was a German botanist, physician, teacher and librarian.Giseke started his studies at the Academic Gymnasium in Hamburg. He joined the University of Göttingen in 1764 and graduated in 1767...
(1741–1796) - G.J.Lewis - Gwendoline Joyce Lewis (1909–1967)
- G.Kirchn. - Georg Kirchner (1837–1885)
- G.Koch - Georg Friedrich Koch (1809–1874)
- G.Lawson - George LawsonGeorge Lawson (botanist)George Lawson was a Scottish-Canadian botanist who is considered the "father of Canadian botany".Born in Scotland, in 1858, he was appointed the Professor of Chemistry and Natural History at Queen's University...
(1827–1895) - Glaz. - Auguste François Marie GlaziouAuguste François Marie GlaziouAuguste François Marie Glaziou was a French landscape designer and botanist who was born in Lannion, Brittany.As a student in Paris he earned a degree in civil engineering and took classes at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle...
(1828–1906) - G.L.Church - George Lyle Church (born 1903)
- Gleason - Henry Allan Gleason (1882–1975)
- G.L.Nesom - Guy L. Nesom (born 1945)
- G.Lodd. - George Loddiges (1784–1846)
- Gloxin - Benjamin Peter GloxinBenjamin Peter GloxinBenjamin Peter Gloxin was a German physician and botanical writer who lived in Colmar. He is commemorated by the Brazilian genus Gloxinia and Sinningia speciosa, which is commonly called Gloxinia in the horticulture trade.- References :...
(1765–1794) - G.L.Webster - Grady Linder Webster (born 1927)
- G.M.Barroso - Graziela Maciel Barroso (1912–2003)
- G.Moore - George Thomas MooreGeorge Thomas MooreGeorge Thomas Moore was a U.S. botanist, who specialised in phycology, the study of algae. Moore was the director of the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, Missouri from 1912 to 1953....
(1871–1956) - G.Nicholson - George Nicholson (1847–1908)
- Goadby - Bede Theodoric Goadby (1863–1944)
- Godr. - Dominique Alexandre GodronDominique Alexandre GodronDominique Alexandre Godron was a French physician and botanist who was born in the town of Hayange, in the département Moselle....
(1807–1880) - Goeschke - Franz GoeschkeFranz GoeschkeFranz Goeschke ; was a German horticulturist who was a lecturer and director at the school of horticulture in Proskau.His father, Gottlieb Göschke was also a noted horticulturalist....
(1844–1912) - Goldberg - Aaron Goldberg (born 1917)
- Goldie - John GoldieJohn Goldie (botanist)John Goldie was a Scottish-born botanist and author. He is credited with recording the existence of fourteen plant species previously unknown to science....
(1793–1886) - Gonez - Paul Gonez (fl. 2010)
- Gooden. - Samuel GoodenoughSamuel GoodenoughSamuel Goodenough was the Bishop of Carlisle from 1808 until his death in 1827, and an amateur botanist and collector. He is honoured in the scientific names of the plant genus Goodenia and the Red-capped Robin .-Life:Born at Kimpton, near Weyhill, Hampshire, on 29 April 1743 , he was the third...
(1743–1827) - Goodsp. - Thomas Harper GoodspeedThomas Harper GoodspeedThomas Harper Goodspeed was a botanist specializing in the genetics of species Nicotiana. He was the director of the University of California Botanical Garden from 1919 to 1957...
(1887–1966) - Goodyer - John GoodyerJohn GoodyerJohn Goodyer was a 17th century botanist who lived in Hampshire, England. He was born in Alton, and evidently received a good education, although it is not known where...
(1592–1664) - Gopalan - Rangasamy Gopalan (born 1947)
- Göpp. - Johann Heinrich Robert Göppert (1800–1884)
- Gordon - George GordonGeorge Gordon (botanist)George Gordon was a British botanist. He worked for the London Horticultural Society as Foreman of the Horticultoral Society Gardens at Chiswick, near London....
(1801–1893) - Gould - Frank Walton Gould (1913–1981)
- G.Pearson - Gilbert Pearson
- Graebn. - Karl Otto Robert Peter Paul Graebner (1871–1933)
- Graham - Robert GrahamRobert Graham (botanist)Robert Graham was a Scottish physician and botanist. He was the inaugural chair of botany at the University of Edinburgh...
(1786–1845) - Grande - Loreto Grande (1878–1965)
- Gray - Samuel Frederick GraySamuel Frederick GraySamuel Frederick Gray was a British botanist, mycologist, and pharmacologist. He was the father of the zoologists John Edward Gray and George Robert Gray.-Background:...
(1766–1828) - Greene - Edward Lee GreeneEdward Lee GreeneEdward Lee Greene, Ph.D., was an American botanist known for his numerous publications including the two-part Landmarks of Botanical History and the naming or redescribing of over 4,400 species of plants in the American West.- Early Life :Edward Lee Greene was born on August 20, 1843 in...
(1843–1915) - Greenm. - Jesse More Greenman (1867–1951)
- Greenway - Percy James Greenway (1897–1980)
- Gren. - Jean Charles Marie GrenierJean Charles Marie GrenierJean Charles Marie Grenier was a French botanist who was a professor of botany to the Faculty of Sciences at Besançon.Grenier is credited with the description of hundreds of botanical species, many of them in collaboration with Dominique Alexandre Godron , a professor of natural history at Nancy....
(1808–1875) - Greuter - Werner Rodolfo Greuter (born 1938)
- Grev. - Robert Kaye GrevilleRobert Kaye GrevilleRobert Kaye Greville was a Scottish mycologist, bryologist, and botanist. He was an accomplished artist and illustrator of natural history. In addition to science he was interested in political causes like abolitionism, capital punishment, keeping Sunday special and the temperance movement...
(1794–1866) - Griff. - William GriffithWilliam Griffith (botanist)William Griffith was a British doctor, naturalist, and botanist.Griffith's botanical publications are from India and Burma. After a brief stay in Madras, he was assigned as a Civil Surgeon to Tenasserim, Burma, where he studied local plants and made collecting trips to the Barak River valley in...
(1810–1845) - Grimm - Johann Friedrich Carl Grimm (1737–1821)
- Gris - Jean Antoine Arthur GrisJean Antoine Arthur GrisJean Antoine Arthur Gris was a French botanist who was a native of Châtillon-sur-Seine, in the department of Côte-d'Or....
(1829–1872) - Griscom - Ludlow GriscomLudlow GriscomLudlow Griscom was an American ornithologist known as a pioneer in field ornithology.-Biography:Griscom was born in New York City, the son of Clement Acton Griscom and Genevieve Sprigg Ludlow. He was a protege of Frank Chapman, later working for Thomas Barbour at Harvard University's Museum of...
(1890–1959) - Griseb. - August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach (1814–1879)
- Grolle - Riclef Grolle (1934–2004)
- Grossh. - Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim (1888–1948)
- Grubov - Valery Ivanovitsch Grubov (1917–2009)
- Grudz. - Irina Aleksandrovna GrudzinskayaIrina Aleksandrovna GrudzinskayaIrina Aleksandrovna Grudzinskaya is a Russian botanist who specialized in phanerogams; she at one stage worked in Cuba. -Publications:*Grudzinskaja, I. A. The Ulmaceae of the Far East. CABI Bulletin, Wallingford, UK....
(born 1920) - Grüning - G.R. Grüning (1862–1926)
- G.Shaw - George ShawGeorge ShawGeorge Shaw was an English botanist and zoologist.Shaw was born at Bierton, Buckinghamshire and was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, receiving his M.A. in 1772. He took up the profession of medical practitioner. In 1786 he became the assistant lecturer in botany at Oxford University...
(1751–1813) - G.Singh - Gurcharan Singh (born 1945)
- G.S.Mill. - Gerrit Smith MillerGerrit Smith MillerGerrit Smith Miller, Jr. was an American zoologist.He was born in Peterboro, New York in 1869. He graduated from Harvard University in 1894 and worked under Clinton Hart Merriam at the United States Department of Agriculture...
(1869–1956) - G.S.Rawat - Gopal Singh Rawat (19xx-)
- G.S.West - George Stephen West (1876–1919)
- G.Taylor -Sir George TaylorGeorge Taylor (botanist)Sir George Taylor FRS FRSE FLS was a Scottish botanist.Taylor was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1956–71.- References :...
(1904–1993) - Gueldenst. - Johann Anton GüldenstädtJohann Anton GüldenstädtJohann Anton Güldenstädt was a Baltic German naturalist and explorer in Russian service....
(1745–1781) - Guill. - Jean Baptiste Antoine GuilleminJean Baptiste Antoine GuilleminJean Baptiste Antoine Guillemin was a French botanist.In 1812 he was apprenticed to a pharmacist in Dijon, and in 1814 moved to Geneva, where he studied with Jean Pierre Étienne Vaucher and Augustin Pyramus de Candolle...
(1796–1842) - Guillaumin - André GuillauminAndré GuillauminAndré Louis Joseph Edmond Armand Guillaumin is a French botanist who was born on 21 June 1885 in Arrou and died on 29 May 1974 in Athis-Mons. He obtained his license in natural sciences in 1906 and began work in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris in 1909 as a preparer...
(1885–1974) - Gunckel - Hugo Gunckel LűerHugo Gunckel LüerHugo Gunckel Lüer was a Chilean pharmacist, botanist, and university professor.Gunckel is the ICBN author citation corresponding to Hugo Gunckel.-Life:Gunckel was born in Valdivia...
(1901–1997) - Gunnerus - Johann Ernst Gunnerus (1718–1773)
- Guss. - Giovanni Gussone (1787–1866)
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- Hack. - Eduard HackelEduard HackelEduard Hackel was an Austrian botanist. His father was a veterinary in Haida. He was married and had one son....
(1850–1926) - Haeckel - Ernst HaeckelErnst HaeckelThe "European War" became known as "The Great War", and it was not until 1920, in the book "The First World War 1914-1918" by Charles à Court Repington, that the term "First World War" was used as the official name for the conflict.-Research:...
(1834–1919) - Häkkinen - Markku Häkkinen (born 1946)
- Halácsy - Eugen von HalácsyEugen von HalácsyEugen von Halácsy was an Austrian physician and botanist of Hungarian descent who was born in Vienna.In 1865 he obtained his medical doctorate in Vienna, and until 1896 was a general practitioner in Vienna. He is remembered for his three-volume synopsis on Greek flora called Conspectus florae...
(1842–1913) - H.A.Lorentz - Hendrikus Albertus LorentzHendrikus Albertus LorentzHendrikus Albertus Lorentz was a Dutch explorer in New Guinea and diplomat in South Africa....
(1871–1944) - Ham. - William Hamilton (1783–1856)
- Hance - Henry Fletcher HanceHenry Fletcher HanceHenry Fletcher Hance was a British diplomat who devoted his spare time to the study of Chinese plants. Born in London, his first appointment was to Hong Kong in 1844; he later became vice-consul to Whampoa, consul to Canton, and finally consul to Xiamen, where he died in 1886. In 1873, Hance...
(1827–1886) - Hand.-Mazz. - Heinrich R.E. Handel-Mazzetti (1882–1940)
- Hanst. - Johannes Ludwig Emil Robert von HansteinJohannes von HansteinJohannes Ludwig Emil Robert von Hanstein was a German botanist who was a native of Potsdam.He attended classes at the Gärtnerlehranstalt in Potsdam, and later studied sciences in Berlin, attaining his doctorate in 1848...
(1822–1880) - Hara - Kanesuke HaraKanesuke Harawas a Japanese botanist and mycologist.-Publications:* Miyake, I.; Hara, K. 1910. Fungi on Japanese bamboos. Botanical Magazine Tokyo 24: -, -* Shirai, M.; Hara, K. 1911. Some new parasitic fungi of Japan. Bot.Mag.Tokyo 25: 69-73...
(1885–1962) - Harb. - Thomas Grant Harbison (1862–1936)
- Hardin - James Walker Hardin (born 1929)
- Harkn. - H. W. HarknessH. W. HarknessHarvey Willson “H.W.” Harkness was an American mycologist and natural historian best known for his early descriptions of California fungal species. Born and raised in Massachusetts and trained as a physician, Harkness came to California during the Gold Rush in 1849...
(1821–1901) - Harms - Hermann HarmsHermann HarmsHermann August Theodor Harms was a German taxonomist and botanist. In 1938 he revised the pitcher plant genus Nepenthes, dividing it into three subgenera: Anurosperma, Eunepenthes and Mesonepenthes....
(1870–1942) - Hartm. - Carl Johan Hartman (1790–1849)
- Hartw. - Karl Theodor HartwegKarl Theodor HartwegKarl Theodor Hartweg was a German botanist. He collected numerous new species of plants in Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico and California in the United States, collecting for the London Horticultural Society...
(1812–1871) - Hartwig - August Karl Julius Hartwig (1823–1913)
- Harv. - William Henry HarveyWilliam Henry HarveyWilliam Henry Harvey was an Irish botanist who specialised in algae.- Biography :William Henry Harvey was born at Summerville near Limerick, Ireland, in 1811, the youngest of 11 children. His father Joseph Massey Harvey, was a Quaker and prominent merchant...
(1811–1866) - Harvill - Alton McCaleb Harvill, Jr (born 1916)
- Hass - Hagen Hass (fl. 1993)
- Hassk. - Justus Carl HasskarlJustus Carl HasskarlJustus Carl Hasskarl was a Dutch explorer and botanist specialising in Pteridophytes, Bryophytes and Spermatophytes.-Biography:He was cofounder of the Society of natural Curiosities of India, in Bavaria...
(1811–1894) - Hassl. - Emil HasslerEmil HasslerEmil Hassler was a swiss physician, naturalist and botanist well known for his collections and contributions to the flora of Paraguay....
(1864–1937) - Hatus. - Sumihiko HatusimaSumihiko Hatusimawas a Japanese botanist. In scholarly works using the Latin alphabet, his name is generally romanised as "Sumihiko Hatusima" following the "Kunrei" system.Hatsushima was born in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan in 1906....
(1906–2008) - Haufler - Christopher H. Haufler (born 1950)
- Hauke - Richard L. Hauke (born 1930)
- Hauman - Lucien Leon HaumanLucien Leon HaumanLucien Leon Hauman-Merck was a botanist and an author who studied and collected plants in Eastern Africa.-External links:*Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Asociación Latinoamericana de Fitotecnia, ....
(1880–1965) - Hauser - Margit Luise Hauser
- Hausskn. - Heinrich Carl HaussknechtHeinrich Carl HaussknechtHeinrich Carl Haussknecht was a German pharmacist and botanical collector who was a native of Bennungen, Sachsen-Anhalt.Trained as a pharmacist, Haussknecht is remembered for his extensive collection and description of plant species...
(1838–1903) - Haw. - Adrian Hardy HaworthAdrian Hardy HaworthAdrian Hardy Haworth was an English entomologist, botanist and carcinologist.He was the son of Benjamin Haworth of Haworth Hall...
(1768–1833) - Hayata - Bunzō HayataBunzo Hayatawas a Japanese botanist noted for his taxonomic work in Japan and Formosa . He was a professor at the Imperial University of Tokyo and third director of the Research Botanical Gardens....
(1874–1934) - Hayek - August von HayekAugust von HayekAugust von Hayek was an Austrian botanist who was a native of Vienna. He was born as a son of Gustav von Hayek, and August was the father of economist Friedrich August von Hayek ....
(1871–1928) - Hayne - Friedrich Gottlob Hayne (1763–1832)
- Hazsl. - Friedrich August Hazslinszky von HazslinFriedrich August Hazslinszky von HazslinFrigyes Ákos Hazslinszky or in German version of his name Friedrich August Hazslinszky von Hazslin was a Hungarian mycologist and botanist. Upon completing his lyceum studies in Késmark , he studied philosophy, law, theology and chemistry, working concurrently as a teacher...
(1818–1896) - H.Bock - Hieronymus BockHieronymus BockHieronymus Bock was a German botanist, physician, and Lutheran minister who began the transition from medieval botany to the modern scientific worldview by arranging plants by their relation or resemblance....
(1498–1554) - H.Deane - Henry DeaneHenry Deane (engineer)Henry Deane was an Australian engineer, responsible for electrifying the Sydney tramway system and for building the Wolgan Valley Railway and Trans-Australian Railway.- Biography :...
(1847–1924) - H.D.Wilson - Hugh WilsonHugh Wilson (botanist)Hugh Dale Wilson is a New Zealand botanist. He has written and illustrated a number of books about New Zealand plants. He manages Hinewai Reserve on Banks Peninsula.-Early life:...
(born 1945) - H.E.Ahles - Harry E. Ahles (1924–1981)
- Hedberg - Karl Olov HedbergKarl Olov HedbergProf. Karl Olov Hedberg of Västeråsa botanist, taxonomist, author, professor of systematic botany at Uppsala University from 1970 to 1989 and an Editor of the Flora of Ethiopia; was updating the Umbelliferae manuscript when he died in 2007...
(1923–2007) - Hedrick - Ulysses Prentiss HedrickUlysses Prentiss HedrickUlysses Prentiss Hedrick was an American botanistand horticulturistwho specialized in spermatophytes.His main interest was cultivated fruit trees and he published a number of volumes dealing with such fruits as cherries, grapes, plums, and peaches. Ulysses Prentiss Hedrick, A History of...
(1870–1951) - Hedw. - Johann HedwigJohann HedwigJohann Hedwig , also seen as Johannes Hedwig or Latinised as Joannis Hedwig, was a German botanist notable for his studies of mosses , in particular the observation of sexual reproduction in the cryptogams.He was born in Romania, and studied medicine at the University of Leipzig,...
(1730–1799) - Hegelm. - Christoph Friedrich HegelmaierChristoph Friedrich HegelmaierChristoph Friedrich Hegelmaier was a German physician and botanist who was a native of Sulzbach, Baden-Württemberg.In 1857 he earned his doctorate from the University of Tübingen, and later was a military doctor in Ulm...
(1833–1906) - Heim - Georg Christoph Heim (1743–1807)
- Heist. - Lorenz HeisterLorenz HeisterLorenz Heister was a German anatomist, surgeon and botanist born in Frankfurt am Main....
(1683–1758) - Heldr. - Theodor Heinrich Hermann von Heldreich (1822–1902)
- Hell. - Carl Niclas Hellenius (1745–1820)
- Hellq. - C. Barre Hellquist (born 1940)
- H.E.Moore - Harold Emery Moore (1917–1980)
- Hemsl. - William Botting HemsleyWilliam Hemsley (botanist)William Botting Hemsley was an English botanist and 1909 Victoria Medal of Honour recipient....
(1843–1924) - Henn. - Paul Christoph HenningsPaul Christoph HenningsPaul Christoph Hennings was a German mycologist and herbarium curator. He discovered the study of cryptogams and mushrooms as a volunteer at the botanical garden. Although circumstances initially prevented him to study in that area, he later returned to natural sciences and eventually rose to a...
(1841–1908) - Henrard - Johannes Theodoor Henrard (1881–1974)
- Hensl. - John Stevens HenslowJohn Stevens HenslowJohn Stevens Henslow was an English clergyman, botanist and geologist. He is best remembered as friend and mentor to his pupil Charles Darwin.- Early life :...
(1796–1861) - Hepper - Frank Nigel Hepper (born 1929)
- Herb. - William Herbert (1778–1847)
- Herder - Ferdinand Gottfried Theobald Herder (1828–1896)
- Heybroek - Hans M. HeybroekHans M. HeybroekHans M. Heybroek is a Dutch botanist best known for his researches into the genus Ulmus at the Dorschkamp Research Institute for Forestry & Landscape Planning. Until his retirement in 1992, he was responsible for the raising and release of numerous elm hybrid cultivars, notably 'Columella'...
(born 1927) - Heynh. - Gustav HeynholdGustav HeynholdGustav Heynhold was a German botanist.In 1841, he renamed Arabis thaliana as Arabidopsis thaliana Heynh. in honour of Johannes Thal.His author abbreviation is Heynh.-Works:...
(1800–1860) - Heywood - Vernon Hilton Heywood (born 1927)
- H.G.Sm. - Henry George SmithHenry George SmithHenry George Smith was an Australian chemist whose pioneering work on the chemistry of the essential oils of the Australian flora achieved worldwide recognition....
(1852–1924) - H.Hara - Hiroshi HaraHiroshi Hara (botanist)was a Japanese botanist.-References:...
(1911–1986) - H.H.Eaton - Hezekiah Hulbert Eaton (1809–1832)
- H.H.Lin - Hong Hui Lin (fl. 2007)
- Hiern - William Philip HiernWilliam Philip HiernWilliam Philip Hiern was a British mathematician and botanist.Hiern attended St. John's College, Cambridge, from 1857 to 1861 and attained a "first class degree" in mathematics...
(1839–1925) - Hieron. - Georg Hans Emmo Wolfgang HieronymusGeorg Hans Emmo Wolfgang HieronymusGeorg Hans Emmo Wolfgang Hieronymus was a European botanist of German extraction. He was born in Silesia and died in Berlin. He began his career as a medical student in Zürich and Bern from 1868 to 1870, but became interested in botany, instead. He then studied at the University of Halle where...
(1846–1921) - Hill - John Hill (1716–1775)
- Hirn - Karl Engelbrecht Hirn (1872–1907)
- Hitchc. - Albert Spear Hitchcock (1865–1935)
- H.Jaeger - Hermann JägerHermann JägerHermann Jäger was a German botanist who specialized in medical botany. His Brummitt & Powell abbreviation unfortunately causes confusion with his contemporary, the oenologist Hermann Jaeger.-Publications:*Jäger, H. & Beissner...
(1815–1890) - H.Karst. - Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann KarstenGustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann KarstenGustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten was a German botanist and geologist. Born in Stralsund, he followed the example of Alexander von Humboldt and traveled 1844-56 to the north of South America. He died 1908 in Berlin-Grunewald....
(1817–1908) - H.Lév. - Augustin Abel Hector Léveillé (1863–1918)
- H.Low - Hugh LowHugh LowSir Hugh Low, GCMG was a British colonial administrator and naturalist. After a long residence in various colonial roles in Labuan, he became the first successful British administrator in the Malay Peninsula. His methods became models for future administrators. He made the first documented ascent...
(1824–1905) - H.L.Späth - Hellmut Ludwig SpäthHellmut Ludwig SpäthHellmut Ludwig Späth , the son of Franz and Wilhelmine Späth, became the sixth and last manager of the Späth nursery on the death of his father in 1913. After studies at Cambridge, Hellmut returned to Berlin in 1910 and received his doctorate in 1912 from the Berlin Agricultural College...
(1885–1945) - H.L.Wendl. - Heinrich WendlandHeinrich WendlandHeinrich Ludolph Wendland was a botanist who authored a number of Acacia species....
(1825–1903) - H.Müll. - Heinrich Ludwig Hermann Müller (1829–1883)
- H.N.Andrews - Henry Nathaniel Andrews (1910–2002)
- Hnatiuk - Roger James HnatiukRoger HnatiukRoger James Hnatiuk is a Canadian-Australian botanist specialising in biogeography and plant ecology.- Background :Hnatiuk was awarded 1st class honours in botany from the University of Alberta, and went on to graduate with an MSc in plant ecology from the same institution. He was awarded a PhD in...
(born 1946) - Hochr. - Bénédict Pierre Georges HochreutinerBénédict Pierre Georges HochreutinerBénédict Pierre Georges Hochreutiner was a Swiss botanist and plant taxonomist.- References :...
(1873–1959) - Hochst. - Christian Ferdinand Friedrich HochstetterChristian Ferdinand Friedrich HochstetterChristian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter was a German botanist and Protestant minister who was a native of Stuttgart. He was the father of geologist Ferdinand Hochstetter ....
(1787–1860) - Høeg - Ove Arbo Høeg (1898–1993)
- Hoehne - Frederico Carlos Hoehne (1882–1959)
- Hoevel - Otto Hövel (fl. 1970)
- Hoeven - Jan van der HoevenJan van der HoevenJan van der Hoeven was a Dutch zoologist. His most famous book is "Handboek der Dierkunde" , translated into German and English . He wrote as readily about crocodiles as about butterflies, lancelets and lemurs.Jan van der Hoeven came from a wealthy family of merchants in Rotterdam. In 1819 he...
(1801–1868) - Hoffm. - George Franz Hoffmann (1761–1826)
- Hoffmanns. - Johann Centurius von Hoffmannsegg (1766–1849)
- Hogg - Thomas Hogg (1777–1855)
- H.Ohashi - Hiroyoshi OhashiHiroyoshi Ohashiis a botanist formerly at the University of Tokyo and Tohoku University. He began publishing on Japanese Arisaema in the early 1960s. He published a couple of miscellaneous notes on Arisaema in 1963 and 1964 and these were followed by a revision of the genus for Japan jointly published in 1980 with J...
(born 1936 ) - Hohen. - Rudolph Friedrich HohenackerRudolph Friedrich HohenackerRudolph Friedrich Hohenacker was a Swiss-German missionary and botanist who was a native Zürich.In the 1820s he was assigned to the Swabian colony of Helenendorf in the Transcaucasus, where he served as a doctor and missionary. Eventually, his main focus involved collecting plants from the region....
(1798–1874) - Hollick - Charles Arthur Hollick (1857–1933)
- Holmgren - Hjalmar Josef Holmgren (1822–1885)
- Holm-Niels. - Lauritz Broder Holm-Nielsen (1946–)
- Holub - Josef Ludwig HolubJosef Ludwig HolubThe Professor Josef Ludwig Holub was a Czech botanist who described a number of new species, worked on systematic reorganization of botanical groups, and contributed greatly to the study of European flora.- Biography :Josef Holub studied at Charles University in Prague, becoming a lecturer in...
(1930–1999) - Hook. - William Jackson HookerWilliam Jackson HookerSir William Jackson Hooker, FRS was an English systematic botanist and organiser. He held the post of Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and was the first Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He enjoyed the friendship and support of Sir Joseph Banks for his exploring,...
(1785–1865) - Hook.f. - Joseph Dalton HookerJoseph Dalton HookerSir Joseph Dalton Hooker OM, GCSI, CB, MD, FRS was one of the greatest British botanists and explorers of the 19th century. Hooker was a founder of geographical botany, and Charles Darwin's closest friend...
(1817–1911) - Hopper - Stephen HopperStephen HopperStephen Donald Hopper is a Western Australian botanist, specialising in conservation biology and vascular plants. He has written eight books, and has over 200 publications to his name. He was Director of Kings Park in Perth for seven years, and CEO of the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority for five...
(born 1951) - Horik. - Horikawa Yoshiwo (1902–1976)
- Hornem. - Jens Wilken HornemannJens Wilken HornemannJens Wilken Hornemann was a Danish botanist.-Biography:He was a lecturer at the University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden from 1801. After the death of Martin Vahl in 1804, the task of publishing the Flora Danica was given to Hornemann, who subsequently issued fasc. 22-39 with a total of 1080...
(1770–1841) - Horobin - John F. Horobin (fl. 1990)
- Horsf. - Thomas HorsfieldThomas HorsfieldThomas Horsfield M. D. was an American physician and naturalist.Horsfield was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He was the grandson of Timothy Horsfield, Sr., a colonel and justice of the peace in Bethlehem, and a friend mentioned in Benjamin...
(1773–1859) - Hosseus - Carl Curt HosseusCarl Curt HosseusDr Carl Curt Hosseus was a German botanist born in Stromberg im Thale, Rhineland. He gained his doctorate in 1903, and sailed Genoa in 1904 for Thailand where he found Viola hossei, which was named for him. He was the first botanist to collect in northern Thailand. A complete set of his Thai...
(1878–1950) - Host - Nicolaus Thomas HostNicolaus Thomas HostNicolaus Thomas Host was an Austrian botanist, and the personal physician of Holy Roman Emperor Francis II. His botanical works include Synopsis plantarum in Austria and the four-volume Austriacorum Icones et descriptions graminum; he was also the first director of the botanical garden at the...
(1761–1834) - House - Homer Doliver House (1878–1949)
- Houtt. - Maarten HouttuynMartinus HouttuynMaarten Houttuyn or Houttuijn , Latinised as Martinus Houttuyn, was a Dutch naturalist.Houttuyn was born in Hoorn, studied medicine in Leiden and moved to Amsterdam in 1753. He published many books on natural history. His areas of interest encompassed Pteridophytes, Bryophytes and Spermatophytes...
(1720–1798) - Houtz. - Gysbertus HoutzagersGysbertus HoutzagersGysbertus Houtzagers was a Dutch botanist employed as Professor of Sylviculture at the De Dorschkamp Research Institute :nl:Dorschkamp and best known for his work on the taxonomy of Poplar, the subject of his PhD.- Works :...
(1888–1957) - Howe - Eliot Calvin Howe (1828–1899)
- Howell - Thomas Jefferson HowellThomas J. Howell (botanist)Thomas Jefferson Howell was an American botanist from Oregon.-Personal life:Howell was born in Cooper County, Missouri on October 8, 1842.Ornduff, Robert, , Kalmiopsis , Native Plant Society of Oregon, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, pp. 32–41, 2008. He came west with his parents,...
(1842–1912) - H.O.Yates - Harris Oliver Yates (born 1934)
- H.P.Banks - Harlan Parker Banks (1913–1998)
- H.Perrier - Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la BâthieJoseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la BâthieJoseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie was a French botanist who specialized in the plants of Madagascar. He delineated the two chief floristic provinces of Madagascar...
(1873–1958) - H.P.Fuchs - Hans Peter Fuchs (1928–1999)
- H.Rob. - Harold E. RobinsonHarold E. RobinsonHarold Ernest Robinson is an eminent botanist and an entomologist.-Career:Dr. Robinson's systematic knowledge encompasses many groups of plants and even some insects. But his real specialty is the sunflower family and the bryophytes...
(born 1932) - H.Rock - Howard Francis Leonard Rock (1925–1964)
- H.Sharsm. - Helen Katherine SharsmithHelen SharsmithHelen Katherine Myers Sharsmith was an American biologist.- Biography :Helen Sharsmith was born 1905 in Oakland, California. She received an AB and MA from University of California, Berkeley in 1927 and 1928, then worked as a high school and junior college teacher...
(1905–1982) - H.S.Irwin - Howard Samuel Irwin (born 1928)
- H.St.John - Harold St. JohnHarold St. JohnHarold St. John was a professor of botany at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa from 1929 to 1958. A prolific specialist in field botany and systematics, he is credited with discovering about 500 new species of Pandanus, along with many other species, especially in the Pacific Islands.Born in...
(1892–1991) - Hu - Hsen Hsu Hu (1894–1968)
- Huds. - William HudsonWilliam Hudson (botanist)William Hudson FRS was a British botanist and apothecary based in London. His main work was Flora Anglica, published in 1762. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1761.- Life and work :...
(1730–1793) - Hueber - Francis Maurice Hueber (born 1929)
- Hügel - Karl Alexander Anselm von Hügel (1794–1870)
- Hultén - Oskar Eric Gunnar HulténEric HulténOskar Eric Gunnar Hultén was a Swedish botanist, plant geographer and 20th century explorer of The Arctic. He was born in Halla in Södermanland. He took his licentiate exam 1931 at Stockholm University and obtained his doctorate degree in botany at Lund University in 1937...
(1894–1981) - Humb. - Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859)
- Hurus. - Isao Hurusawa (born 1916)
- Husn. - Pierre Tranquille Husnot (1840–1929)
- Hutch. - John HutchinsonJohn Hutchinson (botanist)John Hutchinson, OBE, FRS was a renowned English botanist, taxonomist and author.-Life and career:...
(1884–1972) - H.Vilm. - Charles Philippe Henry Lévêque de Vilmorin (1843–1899)
- H.Wendl. - Hermann WendlandHermann WendlandHermann Wendland was a German botanist and gardener.He was a noted authority on the family Arecaceae , on which he published a major monograph which formed the basis for the modern classification of the family, including many of the generic names currently in use.The South American palm genus...
(1825–1903)
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- I.G.Stone - Ilma Grace StoneIlma Grace StoneIlma Grace Stone , née Balfe, was an Australian botanist who specialised in bryology. She was an author, collector, and researcher of Australian mosses, a subject on which she lectured and wrote....
(1913–2001) - Imbach - Emil J. Imbach (1897–1970)
- I.M.Johnst. - Ivan Murray JohnstonIvan Murray JohnstonI. M. Johnston , was a United States botanist. He studied at Pomona College in Claremont, California and at Harvard University...
(1898–1960) - Inoue - Inoue HiroshiInoue Hiroshiwas a Japanese botanist specializing in bryology. The standard botanical author abbreviation Inoue is applied to species he described.Inoue's botanical publications are from Japan. He described or recognized many species of liverworts....
(1932–1989) - Irwin - James Bruce Irwin (born 1921)
- Isaac - Frances Margaret Leighton (later Isaac) (born 1909)
- Ives - Joseph Christmas IvesJoseph Christmas IvesJoseph Christmas Ives , soldier, botanist, explorer of the Colorado River in 1858.Ives was born in New York City in 1828 and was a graduate of the United States Military Academy in 1852. As a Lieutenant from 1853 to 1854 he was appointed by the U.S. Army to the Topographical Engineers as assistant...
(1828–1868)
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- Jackson - Raymond Carl Jackson (1928–2008)
- Jacobi - Georg Albano von Jacobi (1805-1874)
- Jacq. - Nikolaus Joseph von JacquinNikolaus Joseph von JacquinNikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin or Baron Nikolaus von Jacquin. was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany....
(1727–1817) - Jacques - Henri Antoine Jacques (1782–1866)
- J.Agardh - Jacob Georg AgardhJacob Georg AgardhJacob Georg Agardh was a Swedish botanist, phycologist, and taxonomist.-Biography:He was the son of Carl Adolph Agardh, and in 1854 was appointed professor of botany at Lund University...
(1813–1901) - Jalal - Jeewan Singh Jalal (1979–)
- Jameson - William JamesonWilliam JamesonWilliam Jameson was a Scottish-Ecuadorian botanist. He was born in Edinburgh and studied at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He made several voyages as a ship's surgeon, first to Baffin Bay, then to South America. In 1826 he settled in Quito, Ecuador. He was then appointed professor of...
(1796–1873) - Janch. - Erwin Emil Alfred Janchen (1882–1970)
- Jancz. - Edward JanczewskiEdward JanczewskiEdward Janczewski was a Polish biologist , rector of the Jagiellonian University, and member of the Academy of Learning. He married Jadwiga Szetkiewicz .In 1862, Janczewski obtained a degree at Vilna...
(1846–1918) - Janse - Johannes Albertus Janse (1911–1977)
- J.A.Schmidt - Johan Anton Schmidt (1823–1905)
- Játiva - Carlos D. Játiva (fl. 1963)
- J.Bauhin - Johann BauhinJohann BauhinJohann Bauhin was a Swiss botanist.He studied botany at Tübingen under Leonhart Fuchs . He then travelled with Conrad Gessner, after which he started a practise of medicine at Basel, where he was elected Professor of Rhetoric in 1566...
(1541–1613) - J.B.Nelson - John B. NelsonJohn B. NelsonJohn B. Nelson is an American Republican politician, former mayor of Phoenix, Arizona former member of the Arizona House of Representatives and a current member of the Arizona Senate....
(born 1951) - J.B.Rohr - Julius Bernard von Röhr (1686–1742)
- J.Buchholz - John Theodore BuchholzJohn Theodore BuchholzJohn Theodore Buchholz was an American botanist, specialising in gymnosperms.Selected bibliography*Polyembryony among Abietineae. Bot. Gaz. 69: 153-167 ....
(1888–1951) - J.Carey - John Carey (1797–1880)
- J.C.Gomes - José Corrêa Gomes, Jr. (1919–1965)
- J.C.Siqueira - Josafá Carlos de Siqueira (born 1953)
- J.C.Vogel - Johannes VogelJohannes VogelJohannes Christian Vogel FLS FAAAS is a German botanist, who has been Keeper of Botany at the Natural History Museum in the United Kingdom since 2004. He will soon become General Director of the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin....
(born 1963) - J.C.Wendl. - Johann Christoph WendlandJohann Christoph WendlandJohann Christoph Wendland was a German botanist and gardener who was a native of Petit-Landau, Alsace. His son- Heinrich Ludolph Wendland and his grandson- Hermann Wendland were also gardeners and botanists.As a young man he received an education in horticulture at the nursery of Karlsruhe Palace...
(1755–1828) - J.D.Arm. - James D. Armitage (fl. 2011)
- J.D.Ray - James Davis Ray, Jr. (born 1918)
- J.Drumm. - James DrummondJames Drummond (botanist)James Drummond was a botanist and naturalist who was an early settler in Western Australia.-Early life:...
(1784–1863) - J.D.Sauer - Jonathan Deininger Sauer (born 1918)
- Jefferies - R.L.Jefferies (fl. 1987)
- J.E.Lange - Jakob Emanuel LangeJakob Emanuel LangeJakob Emanuel Lange , was a Danish mycologist who studied the systematics of gilled mushrooms.His most well-known work is Flora Agaricina Danica, a five-volume plate work on the Agaricales of Denmark....
(1864–1941) - J.Ellis - John EllisJohn Ellis (naturalist)John Ellis FRS was a British linen merchant and naturalist.Ellis specialised in the study of corals. He was elected a member of the Royal Society in 1754 and in the following year published An essay towards the Natural History of the Corallines. He was awarded the Copley Medal in 1767...
(1710–1776) - Jeps. - Willis Linn JepsonWillis Linn JepsonWillis Linn Jepson is known as California's most distinguished early botanist. He became interested in botany as a boy and explored adjacent regions. He had come in contact with various botanists before he entered college...
(1867–1946) - Jess. - Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Jessen (1821–1889)
- J.F.Bailey - John Frederick Bailey (1866–1938)
- J.F.Gmel. - Johann Friedrich GmelinJohann Friedrich GmelinJohann Friedrich Gmelin was a German naturalist, botanist, entomologist, herpetologist and malacologist.- Education :Johann Friedrich Gmelin was born as the eldest son of Philipp Friedrich Gmelin in 1748 in Tübingen...
(1748–1804) - J.-F.Leroy - Jean-François Leroy (botanist) (1915–1999)
- J.F.Macbr. - James Francis Macbride (1892–1976)
- J.Gay - Jacques Etienne GayJacques Etienne GayJaques Étienne Gay, French botanist, civil servant, collector and taxonomist . His name is associated with plants in standardised botanical nomenclature, e.g. Crocus sieberi J.Gay. He was the most famous of the students of botanist Jean François Aimée Gaudin with whom he began collecting plants at...
(1786–1864) - J.Gerard - John GerardJohn GerardJohn Gerard aka John Gerarde was an English herbalist notable for his herbal garden and botany writing. In 1597 he published a large and heavily illustrated "Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes", which went on to be the most widely circulated botany book in English in the 17th century...
(1545–1612) - J.G.Gmel. - Johann Georg GmelinJohann Georg GmelinJohann Georg Gmelin was a German naturalist, botanist and geographer.- Early life and education :Gmelin was born in Tübingen, the son of an professor at the University of Tübingen. He was a gifted child and begun attending university lectures at the age of 14. In 1727, he graduated with a medical...
(1709–1755) - J.G.Sm. - Jared Gage Smith (1866–1925)
- J.H.Adam - J. H. AdamJ. H. AdamJumaat Haji Adam is a botanist and taxonomist specialising in the carnivorous pitcher plant genus Nepenthes.Adam has described numerous Nepenthes taxa, mostly with C. C. Wilcock, including the species N. faizaliana and N. mapuluensis, as well as the natural hybrids N. × alisaputrana, N. ×...
(born 1956) - J.Houz. - Jean Houzeau de Lehaie (1867–1959)
- J.J.Sm. - Johannes Jacobus SmithJohannes Jacobus SmithJohannes Jacobus Smith was a Dutch botanist who, between years 1905 to 1924, crossed the islands of the Dutch East Indies , collecting specimens of plants and describing and cataloguing the flora of these islands...
(1867–1947) - J.K.Morton - John Kenneth Morton (1928–2011)
- J.Koenig - Johann Gerhard Koenig (1728–1785)
- J.Lachm. - Johannes Lachmann (1832–1860)
- J.Léonard - Jean Joseph Gustave Léonard (born 1920)
- J.L.Gentry - Johnnie Lee Gentry (born 1939)
- J.MacGill. - John MacGillivrayJohn MacGillivrayJohn MacGillivray was a Scottish-naturalist, active in Australia between 1842 and 1867.MacGillivray was born in Aberdeen, the son of ornithologist William MacGillivray. He took part in three of the Royal Navy's surveying voyages in the Pacific...
(1822–1867) - J.Martyn - John MartynJohn Martyn (botanist)John Martyn or Joannis Martyn was an English botanist.Martyn's is best known for his Historia Plantarum Rariorum , and his translation, with valuable agricultural and botanical notes, of the Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil...
(1699–1768) - J.M.Black - John McConnell BlackJohn McConnell BlackJohn McConnell Black was a Scottish botanist who emigrated to Australia in 1877 and eventually documented and illustrated thousands of flora in South Australia in the early 20th century. His publications assisted many botanists and scientists in the decades that followed...
(1855–1951) - J.M.Coult. - John Merle CoulterJohn Merle CoulterJohn Merle Coulter, Ph. D. was an American botanist and educator, brother of Stanley Coulter, born at Ningpo, China. He received his education at Hanover College in Indiana. He served in the Rocky Mountains for two years as botanist to the United States Geological Survey...
(1851–1928) - J.M.C.Rich. - Jean Michel Claude RichardJean Michel Claude RichardJean Michel Claude Richard was a noted French botanist and plant collector active in Senegal, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Réunion, and a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.Richard was born in Volon, Haute-Saône...
(1787–1868) - J.M.MacDougal - John M. MacDougalJohn M. MacDougalJohn Mochrie MacDougal is an American botanist, noted for his work on the taxonomy of passion flowers, having discovered several varieties.He earned his Bachelor of Science in 1975 at College of Charleston...
- J.M.Schopf - James Morton Schopf (1911–1978)
- J.M.Webber - John Milton Webber (born 1897, date of death unknown)
- Jongkind - Carel Christiaan Hugo Jongkind (born 1954)
- Jord. - Claude Thomas Alexis Jordan (1814–1897)
- J.Presl - Jan Svatopluk PreslJan Svatopluk PreslJan Svatopluk Presl was a Bohemian natural scientist.He was the brother of botanist Karel Bořivoj Presl . The Czech Botanical Society commemorated the two brothers by naming its principal publication Preslia...
(1791–1849) - J.Rémy - Jules RémyJules RémyJules Achille Rémy was a French naturalist and traveller.He was born in Louvercy September 2, 1826 and died there in December 1893...
(Ezechiel Jules Rémy, 1826–1893) - J.R.Forst. - Johann Reinhold ForsterJohann Reinhold ForsterJohann Reinhold Forster was a German Lutheran pastor and naturalist of partial Scottish descent who made contributions to the early ornithology of Europe and North America...
(1729–1798) - J.Sm. - John SmithJohn Smith (botanist)John Smith was an English botanist who was the first curator at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , starting in 1841. He had first been employed at the gardens as a stove boy in 1822...
(1798–1888) - J.S.Pringle - James Scott Pringle (born 1937)
- J.St.-Hil. - Jean Henri Jaume Saint-HilaireJean Henri Jaume Saint-HilaireJean Henri Jaume Saint-Hilaire was a French naturalist and artist, born in Grasse, France.-Biography:Born as Jaume, he added Saint-Hilaire later. Some biographers indicate that this addition was to distinguish himself from a family member, Henri-Honore Jaume, a Jacobin who had been involved in...
(1772–1845) - Jum. - Henri Lucien Jumelle (1886–1935)
- Juss. - Antoine Laurent de JussieuAntoine Laurent de JussieuAntoine Laurent de Jussieu was a French botanist, notable as the first to propose a natural classification of flowering plants; much of his system remains in use today.-Life:...
(1748–1836) - J.W.Mast. - John William Masters (1792–1873)
- J.Woods - Joseph Woods Jr.Joseph WoodsJoseph Woods FLS FGS 24 August 1776-1864 was an English Quaker architect, botanist and geologist born in the village of Stoke Newington, a few miles north of the City of London...
(1776–1864) - J.W.Robbins - James Watson Robbins (1801–1879)
- J.W.Weinm. - Johann Wilhelm WeinmannJohann Wilhelm WeinmannJohann Wilhelm Weinmann , apothecary and botanist, is noted for his creation of the florilegium Phytanthoza iconographia between 1737 and 1745, an ambitious project which resulted in eight folio volumes with more than 1 000 hand-coloured engravings of several thousand plants.He was born in...
(1683–1741) - J.Zahlbr. - Johann Baptist Zahlbruckner (1782–1851)
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- Kalchbr. - Károly KalchbrennerKároly KalchbrennerKároly Kalchbrenner was a Hungarian mycologist. He trained in theology early in life and became a priest in Spišské Vlachy in Northeastern Slovakia. His contributions include the publishing of 60 papers and description of more than 400 fungi from Europe, Asia, Australia and South America...
(1807–1886) - Kalkman - Cornelis Kalkman (1928–1998)
- Kalm - Pehr KalmPehr KalmPehr Kalm was a Swedish-Finnish explorer, botanist, naturalist, and agricultural economist. He was one of most important apostles of Carl Linnaeus...
(1716–1779) - Kartesz - John T. Kartesz (fl. 1990)
- Kasper - Andrew Edward Kasper (born 1942)
- K.Bremer - Kåre Bremer (born 1948)
- Kearney - Thomas Henry Kearney (1874–1956)
- Keck - Karl KeckKarl KeckKarl Keck was a Sturmbannführer in the Waffen SS during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.Karl Keck was born on the 20 January...
(1825–1894) - Keener - Carl Samuel Keener (born 1931)
- Kellerm. - William Ashbrook KellermanWilliam Ashbrook KellermanWilliam Ashbrook Kellerman was an American botanist, mycologist and photographer, born in Ohio.He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in 1874. After graduation, Kellerman was hired as Professor of Natural Sciences at the Wisconsin State Normal School, a position he...
(May 1, 1850–1908) - Kellogg - Albert KelloggAlbert KelloggDr. Albert Kellogg , was an American physician, northern California botanist, and one of seven founders in 1853 of the California Academy of Sciences.-California Academy of Sciences:...
(1813–1887) - Kenrick - Paul Kenrick (fl. 1999)
- Ker Gawl. - John Bellenden Ker GawlerJohn Bellenden Ker GawlerJohn Bellenden Ker, originally John Gawler was an English botanist born about 1764 in Ramridge, Andover, Hampshire and died in June 1842 in the same town. On 5 November 1804 he changed his name to Ker Bellenden, but continued to sign his name as Bellenden Ker until his death...
(1764–1842) - Kerguélen - Michel François-Jacques Kerguélen (born 1928)
- K.Hoffm. - Käthe HoffmannKäthe HoffmannKäthe Hoffmann was a German botanist who discovered and catalogued many plant species in New Guinea and South East Asia including Annesijoa novoguineensis.-References:...
(1883–1931) - Kidst. - Robert KidstonRobert KidstonRobert Kidston FRS was a Scottish palaeobotanist. He studied botany at the University of Edinburgh and later studied the Rhynie chert and worked for the British Geological Survey....
(1852–1924) - K.I.Goebel - Karl Ritter von Goebel (1855-1932) (also known as Karl Immanuel Eberhard Goebel)
- Killip - Ellsworth Paine KillipEllsworth Paine KillipEllsworth Paine Killip was a U.S. botanist. His name is linked to over 600 species names. And around 150 species are named for him. .- External links :...
(1890–1968) - King - George KingGeorge King (botanist)Sir George King , was a British botanist appointed superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta in 1871, and the first Director of the Botanical Survey of India from 1890. King was awarded the Linnean Medal in 1901....
(1840–1909) - Kingdon-Ward - Frank Kingdon-WardFrank Kingdon-WardFrancis Kingdon-Ward, born Francis Kingdon Ward was an English botanist, explorer, plant collector and author. He published most of his books as Frank Kingdon-Ward and this hyphenated form of his name stuck, becoming the surname of his wives and two daughters...
(1885–1958) - Kirchn. - Emil Otto Oskar von Kirchner (1851–1925)
- Kirk - Thomas Kirk (1828–1898)
- Kit. - Pál KitaibelPál KitaibelPál Kitaibel was a Hungarian botanist and chemist.He was born at Mattersburg and studied botany and chemistry at the undersity of Buda. He became professor taught these subjects at Pest in 1794...
(1757–1817) - Kitt. - Martin Baldwin KittelMartin Baldwin KittelMartin Baldwin Kittel known as Martin Balduin, and Baldwin Martin, was born in Aschaffenburg on the 6 January, the year given variously as 1796/7/8, in "humble circumstances". He passed his baccalaureate in 1816, and enrolled to study philosophy at the University of Würzburg...
(1798–1885) - Kit Tan - Kit Tan (born 1953)
- Kjellm. - Frans Reinhold KjellmanFrans Reinhold KjellmanFrans Reinhold Kjellman was a Swedish botanist who specialized in marine phycology and is known in particular for his work on Arctic algae....
(1846–1907) - K.Koch - Karl Heinrich Emil Koch (1809–1879)
- K.Krause - Kurt Krause (1883–1963)
- K.Larsen - Kai LarsenKai LarsenKai Larsen is a Danish botanist.Kai Larsen is Professor of botany at Århus University, Denmark. He is Danish editor of Flora Nordica, Editor Flora of Thailand, Advisor to Flora of China and Executive member of Flora Malesiana.He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters...
(born 1926) - Klatt - Friedrich Wilhelm KlattFriedrich Wilhelm KlattFriedrich Wilhelm Klatt 13 February 1825 Hamburg - 3 March 1897 Hamburg, was a German botanist who specialised in the study of African plants.As a child he showed artistic talent, but for financial reasons training and a career in art could not be followed. In 1854 he and his brother took over the...
(1825–1897) - Klotzsch - Johann Friedrich KlotzschJohann Friedrich KlotzschJohann Friedrich Klotzsch was a German pharmacist and botanist.His principal work was in the field of mycology, with the study and description of many species of mushroom.-Selected works:...
(1805–1860) - K.Müll.bis - Kai Müller (born 1975)
- Knebel - Gottfried KnebelGottfried KnebelGottfried Knebel was a German botanist. He was the author of the cactus genus Opuntiopsis, an invalid name according to the current rules of botanical nomenclature; it is now a synonym of Schlumbergera. The species Mammillaria knebeliana Boedeker is said to have been named in his honour.-...
(born 1908) - Kneuck. - Johann Andreas KneuckerJohann Andreas KneuckerJohann Andreas Kneucker was a German botanical collector who was a native of Wenkheim, a village that today is part of the community of Werbach, Baden-Württemberg....
(1862–1946) - Koch - Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Koch (1759–1831)
- Koehne - Bernhard Adalbert Emil KoehneBernhard Adalbert Emil KoehneBernhard Adalbert Emil Koehne was a German botanist and dendrologist who was born near the town of Striegau, which today is known as Strzegom, Poland....
(1848–1918) - Koeler - Georg Ludwig Koeler (1765–1807)
- Koelle - Johann Ludwig Christian Koelle (1763–1797)
- Koidz. - Gen-ichi KoidzumiGen-ichi Koidzumiwas a Japanese botanist, author of several papers and monographs on phytogeography including work on roses and Prunoideae , maples , mulberries , and many other plants. His name is sometimes transliterated as Gen’ichi or Gen-Iti, or as Koizumi.-Published works:* 1956. Plants of Jaluit Island was a...
(1883–1953) - Kom. - Vladimir Leontyevich KomarovVladimir Leontyevich KomarovVladimir Leontyevich Komarov was a Russian botanist.Until his death in 1945, he was senior editor of the Flora SSSR , in full comprising 30 volumes published between 1934–1960...
(1869–1945) - Koopmann - Karl Koopmann (fl. 1879–1900)
- Korth. - Pieter Willem KorthalsPieter Willem KorthalsPieter Willem Korthals was a Dutch botanist. Korthals was the official botanist with the Dutch East India Service from 1831 to 1836....
(1807–1892) - Kosterm. - André Joseph Guillaume Henri KostermansAndré Joseph Guillaume Henri KostermansDr. André Joseph Guillaume Henri 'Doc' Kostermans was a botanist. He was born in Purworejo, Java, Dutch East Indies, and educated at Utrecht University, taking his doctoral degree in 1936 with a paper on Surinamese Lauraceae.He spent most of his professional life studying the plants of...
(1907–1994) - Kotov - Mikhail Ivanovich Kotov (1896–1978)
- Kotschy - Carl Georg Theodor KotschyTheodor KotschyKarl Georg Theodor Kotschy was an Austrian botanist and explorer who was a native of Ustroń, in Austrian Silesia. He was the son of theologian Carl Friedrich Kotschy .-Biography:...
(1813–1866) - Kotyk - Michele E. Kotyk (fl. 2002)
- Kraenzl. - Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig KraenzlinFriedrich Wilhelm Ludwig KraenzlinFriedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kränzlin In the history of the European study of South African orchids, Fritz Kränzlin appears after Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach describing many new orchids in the region, and revising some of the genera...
(1847–1934) - Krajina - Vladimir Joseph Krajina (1905–1993)
- Kral - Robert Kral (born 1926)
- Krapov. - Antonio KrapovickasAntonio KrapovickasAntonio Krapovickas is an Argentine agronomist.Krapovickas received a degree in 1948 in agronomic engineering from the University of Buenos Aires and began teaching in 1949 as Professor of Genetics and Systems Botany at the University of Córdoba...
(born 1921) - Krause - Johann Wilhelm Krause (1764–1842)
- Kräusel - Richard Oswald Karl Kräusel (1890–1966)
- Kreutz. - Kurt KreuzingerKurt KreuzingerKurt Kreuzinger was a German botanist, best known for his work with Cacti.According to IPNI , he died in 1989 .- References :...
(1905–1989 or 1990) - Krock. - Anton Johann Krocker (1744–1823)
- Krombh. - Julius Vincenz von KrombholzJulius Vincenz von KrombholzJulius Vincenz von Krombholz was a physician and mycologist born in Oberpolitz , northern Bohemia....
(1782–1843) - Krüssm. - Johann Gerd Krüssmann (1910–1980)
- K.Schum. - Karl Moritz SchumannKarl Moritz SchumannKarl Moritz Schumann was a German botanist.Dr. Schumann was the curator of the Botanisches Museumin Berlin-Dahlem from 1880 until 1894...
(1851–1904) - Kubitzki - Klaus Kubitzki (born 1933)
- Kudô - Yûshun Kudô (1887–1932)
- Kuhlm. - João Geraldo KuhlmannJoão Geraldo KuhlmannJoão Geraldo Kuhlmann was aBrazilian botanist.Kuhlmann was a specialist on Taxonomy of Angiosperms...
(1882–1958) - Kuhn - Friedrich Adalbert Maximilian KuhnFriedrich Adalbert Maximilian KuhnFriedrich Adalbert Maximilian Kuhn was a German botanist. He went by the name "Max," and his name was often written "Maximilian Friedrich Adalbert Kuhn." He worked with Konrad H. Christ and Georg Heinrich Mettenius.- References :*...
(1842–1894) - Kük. - Georg KükenthalGeorg KükenthalGeorg Kükenthal was a German pastor and botanist who specialized in the field of caricology.He worked as a pastor in Grub am Forst, and later in Coburg. In 1913 he received an honorary degree from the University of Breslau....
(1864–1955) - Kumar - Pankaj Kumar (1975 - )
- Kunth - Carl Sigismund KunthCarl Sigismund KunthCarl Sigismund Kunth , also Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth, was a German botanist...
(1788–1850) - Kuntze - Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze (1843–1907)
- Kunze - Gustav KunzeGustav KunzeGustav Kunze Gustav Kunze Gustav Kunze (4 October 1793, Leipzig -30 April 1851, Leipzigwas a German professor of zoology, an entomologist and botanist with an interest mainly in ferns and orchids....
(1793–1851) - Kuprian. - Ludmila KuprianovaLudmila KuprianovaLudmila Andreyevna Kuprianova was a Soviet palynologist and Chairman of the Palynological Section of the All-Union Botanical Society . Her scientific career spanned more than 50 years, most of it associated with the Komarov Botanical Institute in Leningrad...
(1914–1987) - Kurz - Wilhelm Sulpiz KurzWilhelm Sulpiz KurzWilhelm Sulpiz Kurz was a German botanist and garden director in Bogor, West Java and Kolkatta.He worked in India, Indonesia, Burma, Malaysia and Singapore. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Kurz when citing a botanical name.-References:...
(1834–1878) - Kze. - Gustav KunzeGustav KunzeGustav Kunze Gustav Kunze Gustav Kunze (4 October 1793, Leipzig -30 April 1851, Leipzigwas a German professor of zoology, an entomologist and botanist with an interest mainly in ferns and orchids....
(1793–1851)
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- L. - Carolus LinnaeusCarolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
(1707–1778) - Labill. - Jacques LabillardièreJacques LabillardièreJacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière was a French naturalist noted for his descriptions of the flora of Australia. Labillardière was a member of a voyage in search of the La Pérouse expedition...
(1755–1834) - La Duke - John C. La Duke (born 1950)
- Laest. - Lars Levi Laestadius (1800–1861)
- Lag. - Mariano Lagasca y Segura (1776–1839)
- Lagerh. - Nils Gustaf von Lagerheim (1860–1926)
- Lakela - Olga Korhoven Lakela (1890–1980)
- La Llave - Pablo de La LlavePablo de la LlaveDr. Pablo de La Llave was a Mexican Catholic priest, politician, and naturalist.He was born to a wealthy family and grew up in Córdoba, Veracruz. After a brilliant university career, he became a teacher in the national college of St. John Lateran and doctor of theology at what was then the...
(1773–1833) - Lam. - Jean-Baptiste LamarckJean-Baptiste LamarckJean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de la Marck , often known simply as Lamarck, was a French naturalist...
(1744–1829) - Lamb. - Aylmer Bourke LambertAylmer Bourke LambertAylmer Bourke Lambert was a British botanist, one of the first fellows of the Linnean Society.He is best known for his work A description of the genus Pinus, issued in several parts 1803-1824, a sumptuously illustrated folio volume detailing all of the conifers then known...
(1761–1842) - Lancaster - Roy LancasterRoy LancasterRoy Lancaster, OBE is a British gardener and broadcaster.Charles Roy Lancaster was born in Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire and best known for his work on the long running BBC TV programme, Gardeners' World...
(born 1937) - Landolt - Elias Landolt (born 1926)
- Landrum - Leslie R. LandrumLeslie R. LandrumLeslie Roger Landrum is an American botanist, currently serving as Senior Research Scientist at Arizona State University School of Life Sciences, and curator of the ASU Vascular Plant Herbarium. He attained M.S. and Ph.D...
(born 1946) - Lange - Johan Martin Christian LangeJohan Martin Christian LangeJohan Martin Christian Lange was a prominent Danish botanist.He held the post of Librarian at the Botanical library of the University of Copenhagen from 1851 to 1858...
(1818–1898) - Latourr. - Marc Antoine Louis Claret de Latourrette (1729–1823)
- Lauterb. - Carl Adolf Georg Lauterbach (1864-1937)
- Lavallée - Pierre Alphonse Martin Lavallée (1836–1884)
- Lavrent. - Georgios Lavrentiades (born 1920)
- Lawson - George Lawson (botanist)George Lawson (botanist)George Lawson was a Scottish-Canadian botanist who is considered the "father of Canadian botany".Born in Scotland, in 1858, he was appointed the Professor of Chemistry and Natural History at Queen's University...
(1827–1895) - Laxm. - Erich G. Laxmann (1737–1796)
- Layens - Georges de LayensGeorges de LayensGeorges de Layens was a French botanist and apiculturalist. He was the creator of a popular mobile beehive called the "Layens hive".He published numerous works on beekeeping and botany...
(1834–1897) - L.Borgen - Liv Borgen (born 1943)
- L.B.Sm. - Lyman Bradford SmithLyman Bradford SmithLyman Bradford Smith was an American botanist. His formal botanical author abbreviation is L.B.Sm....
(1904–1997) - L.C.Wheeler - Louis Cutter Wheeler (1910–1980)
- L.D.Pryor - Lindsay PryorLindsay PryorLindsay Dixon Pryor AO was an Australian botanist noted for his work on Eucalyptus taxonomy and his role in the landscape design of Canberra, including the foundation of the Australian National Botanic Gardens....
(1915–1998) - Leandri - Jacques Désiré LeandriJacques Désiré LeandriJacques Désiré Leandri, born 1903 in Corsica, died 1982, was a French botanist and mycologist.Leandri is remembered for botanical excursions in North Africa and Madagascar. He collected plants for scientific study from the years 1922 to 1980...
(1903–1982) - Leavenw. - Melines Conklin Leavenworth (1796–1832)
- Lecomte - Paul Henri LecomtePaul Henri LecomtePaul Henri Lecomte was a French botanist.In 1884, after attaining a number of degrees, Lecomte became a professor at Lycée Saint-Louis in Paris...
(1856–1934) - Leconte - John (Eatton) Leconte (1784–1860)
- Lecoq - Henri Lecoq (1802–1871)
- Ledeb. - Carl Friedrich von LedebourCarl Friedrich von LedebourCarl Friedrich von Ledebour was a German-Estonian botanist.Between 1811 and 1836, he was professor of science in the University of Tartu, Estonia....
(1785–1851) - Leenh. - Pieter Willem Leenhouts (1926–2004)
- Leeuwenb. - Anthonius Josephus Maria Leeuwenberg (1930–2010)
- Lehm. - Johann Georg Christian LehmannJohann Georg Christian LehmannJohann Georg Christian Lehmann was a German botanist.Born at Haselau, near Uetersen, Holstein, Lehmann studied medicine in Copenhagen and Göttingen, obtained a doctorate in medicine in 1813 and a doctorate in philosophy from he University of Jena in 1814...
(1792–1860) - Lej. - Alexandre Louis Simon Lejeune (1779–1858)
- Lellinger - David B. LellingerDavid B. LellingerDavid Bruce Lellinger is an American botanist, specializing in ferns, working at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. He began work as a student assistant in 1960 and 1961. He was hired as full-time staff in 1963. He has for some years been the curator of pteridology at the...
(born 1937) - Lelong - Michel G. Lelong (born 1932)
- Lem. - Charles Antoine LemaireCharles Antoine LemaireCharles Antoine Lemaire , was a French botanist and botanical author, noted for his publications on Cactaceae....
(1800–1871) - Le Maout - Jean Emmanuel Maurice Le Maout (1799–1877)
- Lemoine - (Pierre Louis) Victor Lemoine (1823–1911)
- L.E.Navas - Luisa Eugenia NavasLuisa Eugenia NavasLuisa Eugenia Navas Bustamante Chilean pharmacist and botanist.- Life :On 9 of May 1951 she got a degree in Chemistry and pharmacy, in that same year the became assistant of the chair of Botany in the School of Chemistry and Pharmacy of the University of Chile...
(born 1918) - León - Frère León (1871–1955)
- Leroy - Andre Leroy (1801–1875)
- Les - Donald H. Les (born 1954)
- Lesch. - Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la TourJean Baptiste Leschenault de la TourJean Baptiste Louis Claude Theodore Leschenault de la Tour was a French botanist and ornithologist.Leschenault de la Tour was chief botanist on Nicolas Baudin's expedition to Australia between 1800 and 1803...
(1773–1826) - Less. - Christian Friedrich LessingChristian Friedrich LessingChristian Friedrich Lessing was a German botanist who was a native of Groß Wartenberg, Niederschlesien. He was a brother to painter Carl Friedrich Lessing , and a grandnephew of poet Gotthold Ephraim Lessing ....
(1809–1862) - Levyns - Margaret Rutherford Bryan LevynsMargaret LevynsMargaret Rutherford Bryan Levyns was an eminent South African phytogeographer, botanist and taxonomist....
(1890–1975) - Lewin - Ralph A. LewinRalph A. LewinRalph Arnold Lewin was an Anglo-American biologist, known as "the father of green algae genetics". He was born in London and later moved to America. He also was known as a poetry author.-Education:...
(1921–2008) - Lewis - Meriwether LewisMeriwether LewisMeriwether Lewis was an American explorer, soldier, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition also known as the Corps of Discovery, with William Clark...
(1774–1809) - Leyss. - Friedrich Wilhelm von LeysserFriedrich Wilhelm von LeysserFriedrich Wilhelm von Leysser ; was a German botanist who was a native of Magdeburg...
(1731–1815) - L.f. - Carolus Linnaeus the YoungerCarolus Linnaeus the YoungerCarl Linnaeus the Younger, Carl von Linné or Carolus Linnaeus the Younger was a Swedish naturalist...
(1741–1783) - L.Fuchs - Leonhart FuchsLeonhart FuchsLeonhart Fuchs , sometimes spelled Leonhard Fuchs, was a German physician and one of the three founding fathers of botany, along with Otto Brunfels and Hieronymus Bock .-Biography:...
(1501–1566) - L.H.Bailey - Liberty Hyde BaileyLiberty Hyde BaileyLiberty Hyde Bailey was an American horticulturist, botanist and cofounder of the American Society for Horticultural Science.-Biography:...
(1858–1954) - L.H.Dewey - Lyster Hoxie DeweyLyster Hoxie DeweyLyster Hoxie Dewey was an American botanist, born in Cambridge, Michigan In 1888, he graduated from Michigan Agricultural College where, for the next two years, he taught botany. He was an assistant botanist of the United States Department of Agriculture from 1890 to 1902 and thereafter botanist...
(1865–1944) - L.Henry - Louis HenryLouis HenryLouis Henry was a French historian. Founder of the historical demography and one-place study fields. His 1956 book co-written with Michel Fleury, Des registres paroissiaux à l'histoire de la population...
(1853–1903) - L'Hér. - Charles Louis L'Héritier de BrutelleCharles Louis L'Héritier de BrutelleCharles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle was an 18th century French botanist and magistrate. Born into an affluent upper-class Parisian family, connections with the French Royal Court secured him the position of Superindent of Parisian Waters and Forests at the age of twenty-six...
(1746–1800) - Liais - Emmanuel LiaisEmmanuel LiaisEmmanuel Liais was a French astronomer, botanist and explorer who spent many years in Brazil.He was born in Cherbourg, the son of a wealthy family in the shipbuilding industry....
(1826–1900) - Liebl. - Franz Kaspar (or Caspar) Lieblein (1744–1810)
- Liebm. - Frederik Michael LiebmannFrederik Michael LiebmannFrederik Michael Liebmann was a Danish botanist. Liebmann studied botany at the University of Copenhagen, although he never obtained a formal qualification. He went on study tours of Germany and Norway before becoming lecturer at the Danish Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College in 1837...
(1813–1856) - Lightf. - John Lightfoot FRSJohn Lightfoot FRSThe Reverend John Lightfoot was an English conchologist and botanist.He was born in Newent, Gloucestershire and educated at Pembroke College, Oxford. He gained a BA in 1756 and an MA in 1766....
(1735–1788) - Lindau - Gustav LindauGustav LindauGustav Lindau , was a German mycologist and botanist.- Biography :Gustav Lindau studied natural history in Heidelberg and Berlin, where he studied under Simon Schwendener . He completed his doctoral thesis on the apothecia of lichens in1888...
(1866–1923) - Linden - Jean Jules LindenJean Jules LindenJean Jules Linden , was a Belgian botanist and explorer, horticulturist and businessman, specialising in orchids, on which subject he wrote a number of books....
(1817–1898) - Lindl. - John LindleyJohn LindleyJohn Lindley FRS was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist.-Early years:Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley was a nurseryman and pomologist and ran a commercial nursery garden...
(1799–1865) - Lindm. - Carl Axel Magnus LindmanCarl Axel Magnus LindmanCarl Axel Magnus Lindman 6 April 1856 in Halmstad - 21 June 1928, was a Swedish botanist and botanical artist, the son of Carl Christian Lindman and Sophie Fredrique Löhr. He is best known for his work "Bilder ur Nordens Flora" published 1901-1905....
(1856–1928) - Lindq. - Sven Bertil Gunvald Lindquist (1904–1963)
- Link - Johann Heinrich Friedrich LinkJohann Heinrich Friedrich LinkJohann Heinrich Friedrich Link was a German naturalist and botanist.Link was born at Hildesheim as a son of the minister August Heinrich Link , who taught him the love for nature through collection of 'natural objects'...
(1767–1851) - Lipsky - Vladimir Ippolitovich LipskyVladimir Ippolitovich LipskyVladimir Ippolitovich Lipsky was a Ukrainian scientist, botanist; a member of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, and the Director of the Botanical Gardens of the Odessa University.- Birth and education :Vladimir was born on the 11th...
(1863–1937) - Litv. - Dmitrij Ivanovitsch Litvinov (1854–1929)
- Livingst. - C. Livingstone (born 1949)
- L.K.Fu - Li-kuo FuLi-kuo FuProfessor Li-kuo Fu worked for the Institute of Botany at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. The author of innumerable treatises on Chinese plants, notably the China Red Data Book of rare and endangered species in the 1990s....
(born 1934) - L.M.Perry - Lily May Perry (1895–1992)
- Lodd. - Joachim Conrad LoddigesLoddigesThe Loddiges family managed one of the most notable of the eighteenth and nineteenth century plant nurseries that traded in and introduced exotic plants, trees, shrubs, ferns, palms and orchids into European gardens....
(1738–1826) - Loefl. - Pehr Loefling (1729–1756)
- Loes. - Ludwig Eduard Theodor LoesenerLudwig Eduard Theodor LoesenerLudwig Eduard Theodor Loesener was a German botanist.Collection of specimens in Europe: Amrum Islands , Alps, Black Forest, Bavaria, Tyrol, Rugen. Herbarium 14 Aquifoliaceae & cult. Ilex spp.-Abbreviation:...
(1865–1941) - Loisel. - Jean Louis August Loiseleur-Deslongchamps (1774–1849)
- Lombardi - Julio Antonio Lombardi (born 1961)
- Lönnrot - Elias LönnrotElias LönnrotElias Lönnrot was a Finnish philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. He is best known for compiling the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic compiled from national folklore.-Education and early life:...
(1802–1884) - Lorentz - Paul Gunther Lorentz (1835–1881)
- Losinsk. - A.S. Losina-Losinskaja (1903–1958)
- Lotsy - Johannes Paulus LotsyJohannes Paulus LotsyJohannes Paulus Lotsy was a Dutch botanist, specializing in evolution and heredity.Lotsy was born in Dordrecht.Lotsy died in Voorburg.- Publications :...
(1867–1931) - Lott - Henry J. Lott (fl. 1938)
- Loudon - John Claudius LoudonJohn Claudius LoudonJohn Claudius Loudon was a Scottish botanist, garden and cemetery designer, author and garden magazine editor.-Background:...
(1783–1843) - Lounsb. - Alice LounsberryAlice LounsberryAlice Lounsberry was an American botanist and author active in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
(1872–1949) - Lour. - João de LoureiroJoão de LoureiroJoão de Loureiro was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary, paleontologist, physician and botanist.In 1742 he travelled to Cochinchina, remaining there for 30 years. He became a specialist in Asian flora and on his return published Flora Cochinchinensis .- References :...
(1717–1791) - L.Späth - Louis Späth (fl. 1880–1930)
- L.T.Lu - Ling Ti Lu (born 1930)
- Luer - Carlyle A. LuerCarlyle A. LuerCarlyle A. Luer is a botanist specializing in the Orchidaceae. His specialty interest is the Pleurothalidinae and allied species.-References:...
(born 1922) - Lundell - Cyrus Longworth Lundell (1907–1994)
- Lunell - Joël Lunell (1851–1920)
- Lye - Kaare Arnstein Lye (born 1940)
- Lyons - Israel LyonsIsrael LyonsIsrael Lyons the younger mathematician and botanist, was born at Cambridge, the son of Israel Lyons the elder . He was regarded as a prodigy, especially in mathematics, and Robert Smith, master of Trinity College, took him under his wing and paid for his attendance...
(1739–1775)
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- Ma - Yu Chuan Ma (born 1916)
- Maack - Richard Karlovich Maack (1825–1886)
- Maas - Paulus Johannes Maria MaasPaulus Johannes Maria MaasPaulus Johannes Maria Maas is a botanist from the Netherlands and a specialist in the flora of the neotropics. Maas has identified and named about two hundred fifty plants from the Burmanniaceae, the Costus Family , the Gentian Family , the Bloodwort Family , the Banana Family , the Olacaceae, the...
(born 1939) - Mabb. - David MabberleyDavid MabberleyProfessor Dr. David John Mabberley, , is a botanist, educator and writer. Among his varied interests is the taxonomy of tropical plants, especially trees of the families Labiatae, Meliaceae and Rutaceae. He is perhaps best known for his plant dictionary The plant-book. A portable dictionary of the...
(born 1948) - Macfarl. - John Muirhead MacfarlaneJohn Muirhead MacfarlaneJohn Muirhead Macfarlane was a Scottish botanist. He was born and educated in Scotland, where he occupied several different academic positions at the University of Edinburgh before emigrating to the United States to assume a professorial chair at the University of Pennsylvania in 1893. He held...
(1855–1943) - Mack. - Kenneth Kent MackenzieKenneth Kent MackenzieKenneth Kent Mackenzie was a lawyer and amateur botanist who wrote extensively on the genus Carex in North America. The standard abbreviation Mack. is used for Mackenzie when citing a botanical name.-Cyperaceae:...
(1877–1934) - M.A.Clem. - Mark Alwin Clements (born 1949)
- MacMill. - Conway MacMillan (1867–1929)
- Macoun - John MacounJohn MacounJohn Macoun was an Irish-born Canadian naturalist.- Early life :Macoun was born in Magheralin, County Down, Ireland in 1831, the third child of James Macoun and Anne Jane Nevin. In 1850 the worsening economic situation in Ireland led his family to emigrate to Canada, where he settled in Seymour...
(1831–1920) - M.A.Curtis - Moses Ashley CurtisMoses Ashley CurtisMoses Ashley Curtis was a noted American botanist.Curtis was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts and educated at Williams College in Massachusetts. After graduating, he became a tutor for the children of former Governor Edward Bishop Dudley in Wilmington, North Carolina, returning to Massachusetts...
(1808–1872) - Mägd. - Karl Mägdefrau (1907–1999)
- Magnol - Pierre MagnolPierre MagnolPierre Magnol was a French botanist. He was born in the city of Montpellier, where he lived and worked for the biggest part of his life. He eventually became Professor of Botany and Director of the Royal Botanic Garden of Montpellier and even held a seat in the Académie Royale des Sciences de...
(1638–1715) - Magnus - Paul Wilhelm Magnus (1844–1914)
- Maiden - Joseph MaidenJoseph MaidenJoseph Henry Maiden was a botanist who made a major contribution to knowledge of the Australian flora, especially the Eucalyptus genus. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Maiden when citing a botanical name.Joseph Maiden was born in St John's Wood, London...
(1859–1925) - Makino - Tomitaro MakinoTomitaro Makinothumb|200px|Tomitaro Makino was a pioneer Japanese botanist noted for his taxonomic work. He has been called "Father of Japanese Botany", as he was one of the first Japanese botanists to work extensively on classifying Japanese plants using the system developed by Linnaeus...
(1862–1957) - M.Allemão - Manoel Allemão (died 1863)
- Malme - Gustaf Oskar Andersson Malme (1864–1937)
- Maranta - Bartolomeo MarantaBartolomeo MarantaBartolomeo Maranta, also Bartholomaeus Marantha was an Italian physician, botanist, and literary theorist.The Marantaceae, a family of herbaceous perennials related to the gingers, are named after him...
(died 1571) - Marchal - Élie Marchal (1839–1923)
- Marchand - Nestor Léon MarchandNestor Léon MarchandNestor Léon Marchand was a French medical doctor, pharmacist, and botanist who studied the flowering plant family the Anacardiaceae and mycology. He was mayor of Thiais, France from 1881 to 1887.-References:...
(1833–1911) - Marcks - Brian Marcks (fl. 1974)
- Marloth - Hermann Wilhelm Rudolf Marloth (1855–1931)
- Marshall - Humphry MarshallHumphry MarshallHumphry Marshall was an American botanist and plant dealer.-Biography:Humphry Marshall was born in the village of Marshallton, Pennsylvania on October 10, 1722. He was the cousin of botanist John Bartram and William Bartram...
(1722–1801) - Mart. - Carl Friedrich Philipp von MartiusCarl Friedrich Philipp von MartiusCarl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer.Martius was born at Erlangen, where he graduated M.D. in 1814, publishing as his thesis a critical catalogue of plants in the botanic garden of the university...
(1794–1868) - Martinov - Ivan Ivanovich Martynov (1771–1833?)
- Mart.-Laborde - Jaun B. Martinez-Laborde (fl. 1980–1999)
- Masam. - Genkei MasamuneGenkei Masamunewas a Japanese botanist, who worked in Formosa and then, after World War II, Taiwan. He was noted for his comprehensive botanical indexes of Borneo and Taiwan, as well as for the identification of large numbers of new species.-Selected publications:...
(1899–1993) - Masson - Francis MassonFrancis MassonFrancis Masson was a Scottish botanist and gardener, and Kew Gardens’ first plant hunter.Masson was born in Aberdeen. In the 1760s he went to work at Kew Gardens as an under-gardener. Masson was the first plant collector to be sent from Kew by the newly-appointed director Sir Joseph Banks...
(1741–1805) - Mast. - Maxwell T. MastersMaxwell T. MastersMaxwell Tylden Masters was an English botanist and taxonomist. He was educated at King's College London and the University of St Andrews...
(1833–1907) - Mathias - Mildred Esther Mathias (1906–1995)
- Mathieu - Charles Marie Joseph Mathieu (1791–1873)
- Matsum. - Jinzô MatsumuraNinzo Matsumurawas a Japanese botanist, born in Ibaraki Prefecture, of a samurai family. He took a great interest in botany as a young man and after he was 30 studied in Würzburg and Heidelberg . In 1883 he had been made assistant professor of botany in the University of Tokyo, and in 1890 became professor and in...
(1856–1928) - Matt. - Heinrich Gottfried von MattuschkaHeinrich Gottfried von MattuschkaHeinrich Gottfried von Mattuschka was a German botanist, born at Jauer , on 22 February 1734. He wrote Flora silesiaca, and named many plants, notably Quercus petraea. He died at Pitschen on 9 November 1779.- References :...
(1734–1779) - Mattf. - Johannes Mattfeld (1895–1951)
- Matthew - George Frederick MatthewGeorge Frederick MatthewGeorge Frederick Matthew was a Canadian botanist and geologist. Described as an amateur geologist, he is nevertheless recognized for his work in the then-nascent field of ichnology. His work grew from study of Cambro-Ordovician rocks near his birthplace, leading to the description of new genera...
(1837–1923) - Mattox - Karl R. Mattox (born 1936)
- Maxim. - Carl MaximowiczCarl MaximowiczCarl Johann Maximowicz was a Russian botanist. Maximowicz spent most of his life studying the flora of the countries he had visited in the Far East, and naming many new species...
(1827–1891) - Maxon - William Ralph MaxonWilliam Ralph MaxonWilliam Ralph Maxon, was an American botanist and pteridologist. He graduated from Syracuse University with a Ph.B. in 1898, and spent about one year at Columbia University doing post-graduate work on ferns with Lucien Marcus Underwood...
(1877–1948) - Maxwell - T.C.Maxwell (1822–1908)
- M.Backlund - Maria Backlund
- M.Bieb. - Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein (1768–1826)
- M.Broun - Maurice Broun (born 1906)
- M.B.Schwarz - Marie Beatrice Schol-SchwarzMarie Beatrice Schol-SchwarzDr Marie Beatrice Schol-Schwarz was the Dutch phytopathologist, better known simply as Bea Schwarz, who discovered the causal fungus of Dutch elm disease whilst studying for her doctorate at the University of Utrecht in 1922, where she was Johanna Westerdijk's first PhD student.Born in Batavia,...
(1898–1969) - McCoy - Frederick McCoyFrederick McCoySir Frederick McCoy, KCMG, FRS was an Irish palaeontologist and museum administrator, active in Australia.-Early life:McCoy was the son of Dr Simon McCoy, M.D. and was born in Dublin; some sources have his year of birth as 1823, but 1817 is the most likely...
(1817–1899) - McGill. - Donald McGillivrayDonald McGillivrayDonald John McGillivray in New South Wales, Australia, and is usually known as D.J. McGillivray. He is an Australian botanical taxonomist...
(born 1935) - McGregor - Ronald Leighton McGregor (born 1919)
- McIlv. - Charles McIlvaine (1840–1909)
- M.C.Johnst. - Marshall Conring Johnston (born 1930)
- McKinney - Harold Hall McKinney (born 1889)
- McMillan - A.J.S. McMillan (fl. 1990)
- McVaugh - Rogers McVaughRogers McVaughRogers McVaugh was a research professor of botany and the UNC Herbarium's curator of Mexican plants. He was also Adjunct Research Scientist of the Hunt Institute in Carnegie Mellon University and a Professor Emeritus of botany in the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.-Biography:Born in New York...
(born 1909) - Medik. - Friedrich Kasimir MedikusFriedrich Kasimir MedikusFriedrich Kasimir Medikus was a German physician and botanist.He was born at Grambach and became director of the University of Heidelberg and curator of the botanical garden at Mannheim...
(1736–1808) - Meerb. - Nicolaas Meerburgh (1734–1814)
- Meerow - Alan W. MeerowAlan W. MeerowAlan W. Meerow is an American botanist, born in New York in 1952. He specializes in the taxonomy of the family Amaryllidaceae and the horticulture of palms and tropical ornamental plants....
(born 1952) - Meijer - Willem MeijerWillem MeijerWillem 'Wim' Meijer was a Dutch botanist and plant collector.-Background and education:Meijer was born in 1923 in The Hague, Netherlands. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Amsterdam in 1951...
(1923–2003) - Meikle - Robert Desmond MeikleRobert Desmond MeikleRobert Desmond Meikle is a Northern Irish botanist from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He became most notable for his two-volume work Flora of Cyprus , the first comprehensive contribution about the almost 1750 plant taxa from Cyprus...
(born 1923) - Meinecke - Johann Ludwig Georg Meinecke (1721–1823)
- Meisn. - Carl Daniel Friedrich MeissnerCarl MeissnerCarl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Swiss botanist.Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 year career he was Professor of Botany at University of Basel...
(1800–1874) - M.E.Jones - Marcus Eugene Jones (1852–1934)
- Melch. - Hans MelchiorHans MelchiorHans Melchior was a German botanist.He studied botany at Berlin University, became assistant to G...
(1894–1984) - Melville - Ronald MelvilleRonald MelvilleRonald Melville was an English botanist, based at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. He is chiefly remembered for his wartime research into rosehips as a source of vitamin C, prompted by the epidemic of scurvy amongst children owing to the reduced importation of fresh fruit...
(1903–1985) - Melvin - Norman C. Melvin, III (fl. 1975)
- Mendel - Gregor MendelGregor MendelGregor Johann Mendel was an Austrian scientist and Augustinian friar who gained posthumous fame as the founder of the new science of genetics. Mendel demonstrated that the inheritance of certain traits in pea plants follows particular patterns, now referred to as the laws of Mendelian inheritance...
(1822–1884) - Menezes - Carlos Azevedo de Menezes (1863–1928)
- Mennega - Alberta Maria Wilhelmina Mennega (born 1912)
- Menzies - Archibald MenziesArchibald MenziesArchibald Menzies was a Scottish surgeon, botanist and naturalist.- Life and career :Menzies was born at Easter Stix in the parish of Weem, in Perthshire. While working with his elder brother William at the Royal Botanic Gardens, he drew the attention of Dr John Hope, professor of botany at...
(1754–1842) - Mérat - François Victor Mérat de Vaumartoise (1780–1851)
- Mereschk. - Konstantin Mereshkovski (1855–1921)
- Merr. - Elmer Drew MerrillElmer Drew MerrillElmer Drew Merrill was an American botanist, specializing in the flora of the Asia-Pacific region.He was born in East Auburn, Maine, and attended the University of Maine where he received a B.S. in 1898...
(1876–1956) - Mert. - Franz Carl MertensFranz Carl MertensFranz Carl Mertens was a German botanist who was a native of Bielefeld. He specialized in the field of phycology....
(1764–1831) - Mett. - Georg Heinrich MetteniusGeorg Heinrich MetteniusGeorg Heinrich Mettenius was a German botanist who was a native of Frankfurt am Main. He was son-in-law to botanist Alexander Braun ....
(1823–1866) - Mey.-Berth. - Brigitte Meyer-Berthaud (fl. 2001)
- Meyen - Franz Julius Ferdinand MeyenFranz MeyenFranz Julius Ferdinand Meyen was a German physician and botanist.Meyen was born in Tilsit. In 1830 he wrote Phytotomie, the first review of plant anatomy...
(1804–1840) - Mez - Carl Christian MezCarl Christian MezCarl Christian Mez was a German botanist and university professor. He is denoted by the author abbreviation Mez when citing a botanical name.-Life and work:...
(1866–1944) - M.F.Fay - Michael Francis Fay (born 1960)
- M.Gómez - Manuel Gómez de la Maya y Jiménez (1867–1916)
- M.Hopkins - Milton Hopkins (born 1906)
- Micevski - Kiril Micevski or Mitzevski (1926–2002)
- Micheli - Marc Micheli (1844–1902)
- Michx. - André MichauxAndré MichauxAndré Michaux was a French botanist and explorer.-Biography:Michaux was born in Satory, now part of Versailles, Yvelines. After the death of his wife within a year of their marriage he took up the study of botany and was a student of Bernard de Jussieu...
(1746–1803) - Miers - John MiersJohn Miers (botanist)John Miers, FRS FLS, knight grand cross of the Order of the Rose, was a British botanist and engineer, best known for his work on the flora of Chile and Argentina....
(1789–1879) - Milde - Carl August Julius MildeCarl August Julius MildeCarl August Julius Milde was a German bryologist and pteridologist who was a native of Breslau.In 1850 he obtained his medical doctorate from the University of Breslau, where he was a student of Heinrich Göppert...
(1824–1871) - Mill. - Philip MillerPhilip MillerPhilip Miller FRS was a Scottish botanist.Miller was chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1722 until he was pressured to retire shortly before his death...
(1691–1771) - Millais - John Guille MillaisJohn Guille MillaisJohn Guille Millais , known as "Johnny" Millais, was an English artist, naturalist, gardener and travel writer who specialised in wildlife and flower portraiture. He travelled extensively around the world in the late Victorian period detailing wildlife often for the first time...
(1865–1931) - Millsp. - Charles Frederick MillspaughCharles Frederick MillspaughCharles Frederick Millspaugh was an American botanist, born at Ithaca, N.Y., and educated at Cornell and the New York Homeopathic Medical College. For several years he practiced medicine and from 1891 to 1893 taught botany at West Virginia University...
(1854–1923) - Milne-Redh. - Edgar Wolston Bertram Handsley Milne-Redhead (1906–1996)
- Miq. - Friedrich Anton Wilhelm MiquelFriedrich Anton Wilhelm MiquelFriedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel was a Dutch botanist.He was head of the botanical gardens at Rotterdam , Amsterdam and Utrecht . He directed the Rijksherbarium at Leiden from 1862...
(1811–1871) - Mirb. - Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel (1776–1854)
- Mitch. - John MitchellJohn Mitchell (geographer)John Mitchell was a colonial American doctor and botanist. He created the most comprehensive and perhaps largest 18th-century map of eastern North America, known today as the Mitchell Map...
(1711–1768) - M.Kato - Masahiro Kato (born 1946)
- M.Martens - Martin MartensMartin MartensMartin Martens was a Belgian botanist who was born in Maastricht, Netherlands.Martens was a professor of chemistry and botany at the Catholic University of Louvain who specialized in the study and classification of Pteridophyta...
(1797–1863) - Moc. - José Mariano MociñoJosé Mariano MociñoJosé Mariano Mociño Suárez Lozano , or simply José Mariano Mociño, was a naturalist from New Spain.After having studied philosophy and medicine, he conducted early research on the ecology , geology, and anthropology of his country and other parts of North America.- Biography :He was born in...
(1757–1820) - Moench - Conrad MoenchConrad MoenchConrad Moench was a German botanist, sometimes written Konrad Mönch, was Professor of Botany at the Marburg University from 1786 until his death....
(1744–1805) - Moestrup - Øjvind MoestrupØjvind MoestrupØjvind Moestrup is a Danish aquatic botanist, working particularly with the classification of algae. He works at the Botanical Institute at the University of Copenhagen and is a professor in the Department of Biology...
(born 1941) - Mohl - Hugo von MohlHugo von MohlHugo von Mohl was a German botanist from Stuttgart.He was a son of the Württemberg statesman Benjamin Ferdinand von Mohl , the family being connected on both sides with the higher class of state officials of Württemberg...
(1805–1872) - Mohlenbr. - Robert H. Mohlenbrock (born 1931)
- Möhring - Paul Heinrich Gerhard MöhringPaul MöhringPaul Heinrich Gerhard Möhring , aka Paul Mohr, was a German physician, botanist and zoologist.Möhring was physician to the Prince of Anhalt. In 1752 he published Avium Genera, an early attempt to classify bird species, which divided birds into four classes and shows the beginnings of the modern...
(1710–1792) - Moldenke - Harold Norman MoldenkeHarold Norman MoldenkeHarold Norman Moldenke, also known as simply Moldenke was an American botanist/taxonomist. His expertise is largely in the study of Verbenaceae, Avicenniaceae, Stilbaceae, Dicrastylidaceae, Symphoremaceae, Nyctanthaceae and Eriocaulaceae....
(born 1909) - Molina - Juan Ignacio MolinaJuan Ignacio MolinaFr. Juan Ignacio Molina was a Chilean Jesuit priest, naturalist, historian, botanist, ornithologist and geographer...
(1737–1829) - Monnard - Jean Pierre Monnard (born 1791, date of death unknown)
- Mont. - Jean Pierre François Camille Montagne (1784–1866)
- Montrouz. - Jean Xavier Hyacinthe MontrouzierJean Xavier Hyacinthe MontrouzierReverendus Pater Jean Xavier Hyacinthe Montrouzier was a French Marist priest, explorer, botanist, zoologist and entomologist.Abbé Montrouzier studied the flora and fauna of Melanesia especially New Caledonia.-Works:...
(1820–1897) - Moore - David Moore (1808–1879)
- Moq. - Christian Horace Bénédict Alfred Moquin-Tandon (1804–1863)
- Moran - Reid Venable MoranReid Venable MoranReid Venable Moran was an American botanist and museum curator. He was curator at the San Diego Museum of Natural History.-References:...
(1916–2010) - Moretti - Giuseppi L. Moretti (1782–1853)
- Moris - Giuseppe Giacinto Moris (1796–1869)
- Morison - Robert MorisonRobert MorisonRobert Morison was a Scottish botanist and taxonomist. A forerunner of John Ray, he elucidated and developed the first systematic classification of plants.-Life:...
(1620–1683) - Morong - Thomas Morong (1827–1894)
- Moss - Charles Edward Moss (1872–1930)
- Mottet - Seraphin Joseph Mottet (1861–1930)
- M.R.Davis - M. R. Davis (fl. 1969)
- M.Roem. - Max Joseph RoemerMax Joseph RoemerMax Joseph Roemer was a German botanist who worked in Weimar....
(1791–1849) - M.R.Schomb. - Moritz Richard SchomburgkMoritz Richard SchomburgkMoritz Richard Schomburgk was a German botanist.In 1844 he went on the Prussian-British expedition to Guyana and Brazil, led by his brother Robert. He collected for the Museum of the University of Berlin. After the political turmoil in Europe in 1848, he emigrated to Gawler, South Australia...
(1811–1891) - M.S.Baker - Milo Samuel Baker (1868–1961)
- M.T.Strong - Mark Tuthill Strong (born 1954)
- Muhl. - Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst MuhlenbergGotthilf Heinrich Ernst MuhlenbergGotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg was an American clergyman and botanist.-Biography:The son of Heinrich Melchior Muhlenberg, he was born in Trappe, Pennsylvania. He was educated at in Halle starting in 1763 and in 1769 at the University of Halle. He returned to Pennsylvania in September 1770...
(1753–1815) - Müll.Arg. - Johannes Müller ArgoviensisJohannes Müller ArgoviensisJohannes Müller Argoviensis was the name used by the Swiss botanist Johann Müller . He was the monographer of Resedaceae, Apocynaceae and Euphorbiaceae in A. P. de Candolle's Prodromus and Martius's Flora Brasiliensis. He was also an authority on lichens.-References:...
(1828–1896) - Müll.-Thurg. - Hermann MüllerHermann Müller (Thurgau)Hermann Müller, born October 21, 1850 in Tägerwilen in the canton of Thurgau, died January 18, 1927 in Wädenswil, was a Swiss botanist, plant physiologist, oenologist and grape breeder. He called himself Müller-Thurgau, taking the name of his home canton....
(1850–1927) - Münchh. - Otto von MünchhausenOtto von MünchhausenOtto von Münchhausen was a German botanist. He was Chancellor of University of Göttingen and a correspondent of Linnaeus. He named several species of oaks by the Linnean system, as well as other plants....
(1716–1774) - Munz - Philip Alexander Munz (1892–1974)
- Murb. - Svante Samuel MurbeckSvante Samuel MurbeckSvante Samuel Murbeck was a Swedish professor, botanist, pteridologist and explorer.He made important contributions to knowledge of the flora of North Africa , writing several articles and books, including Contributions a la connaissance de la flore du nord-ouest de I'Afrique et plus...
(1859–1946) - Murdock - Andrew G. Murdock
- Murray - Johan Andreas Murray (1740–1791)
- Mutis - José Celestino Bruno Mutis (1732–1808)
- M.W.Chase - Mark Wayne ChaseMark Wayne ChaseMark Wayne Chase is a US born British botanist. He is noted for work in plant classification and evolution, and one of the instigators of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group-classification for flowering plants which is partly based on DNA studies. In particular he has researched orchids, and currently...
(born 1951)
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- Naczi - Robert Francis Cox Naczi (born 1963)
- Nägeli - Karl Wilhelm von NägeliKarl Wilhelm von NägeliKarl Wilhelm von Nägeli was a Swiss botanist. He studied cell division and pollination, but became known as the man who discouraged Gregor Mendel from further work on genetics.-Birth and education:...
(1817–1891) - Nakai - Takenoshin NakaiTakenoshin Nakaiwas a Japanese botanist.-External links:* * * by Yong Shik Kim and Mike Maunder from CURTIS'S Botanical Magazine, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK. Vol. 15: 141-146, 1998....
(1882–1952) - Nash - George Valentine NashGeorge Valentine NashGeorge Valentine Nash was an American botanist. Employeed by the New York Botanical Garden, Nash did field work in the Bahamas, South Florida and Haiti.He published Costa Rican Orchids North American Flora...
(1864–1921) - Naudin - Charles Victor NaudinCharles Victor NaudinCharles Victor Naudin was a French naturalist and botanist.-Biography:He studied at Bailleul-sur-Thérain in 1825, then to Limoux, a graduate of the University of Montpellier in 1837, he was preceptor in 1838 and obtained his doctorate in 1842...
(1815–1899) - N.E.Br. - Nicholas Edward Brown (1849–1934)
- Neck. - Noel Martin Joseph de Necker (1730–1793)
- Née - Luis NéeLuis NéeLuis Née was a Franco-Spanish botanist, who accompanied the Malaspina expedition to the Pacific Ocean coasts of North America and Australia.He described many new plants, including the Coast Live Oak, which he discovered in California....
(floruit 1734–1801) - Nees - Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von EsenbeckChristian Gottfried Daniel Nees von EsenbeckChristian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck was a prolific German botanist, physician, zoologist, and natural philosopher. He was a contemporary of Goethe and was born within the lifetime of Linnaeus. He described approximately 7,000 plant species...
(1776–1858) - Neger - Franz Wilhelm Neger (1868–1923)
- N.E.Gray - Netta Elizabeth Gray (1913–1970)
- Ness - Helge NessHelge NessHelge Ness was a Norwegian botanist. He was born in Rosendal, Norway.In 1889, he became the first international student to graduate from Texas A&M University, and began to work at that university...
(1861–1928) - Neubert - Wilhelm Neubert (1808–1905)
- Nevski - Sergei Arsenjevic Nevski (1908–1938)
- Newman - Edward Newman (1801–1876)
- Ngamr. - Chatchai Ngamriabsakul (fl. 2000)
- N.H.F.Desp. - Narcisse Henri François DesportesNarcisse Henri François DesportesNarcisse Henri François Desportes was a French botanist and bibliographer who was a native of Champrond.He worked as an auditor to Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris, and became curator of the Musée d'histoire naturelle in Le Mans...
(1776–1856) - N.H.Holmgren - Noel Herman Holmgren (born 1937)
- Nichols - George Elwood Nichols (1882–1939)
- Nicolson - Dan Henry Nicolson (born 1933)
- Nied. - Franz Josef NiedenzuFranz Josef NiedenzuFranz Josef Niedenzu was a German botanist born in Köppernig. For most of his career he was a professor and subsequently rector at the Lyceum Hosianum in Braunsberg, East Prussia...
(1857–1937) - Nieuwl. - Julius Aloysius Arthur Nieuwland (1878–1936)
- Nikitin - Sergei Nikolaevic Nikitin (1850–1909)
- Nob.Tanaka - Nobuyuki TanakaNobuyuki TanakaNobuyuki Tanaka is an economic botanist at the Tokyo Metropolitan University, the Makino Botanical Garden in Kōchi prefecture, Japan and the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute , Japan....
(floruit 2000) - Nodder - Frederick Polydore NodderFrederick Polydore NodderFrederick Polydore Nodder was an English flora and fauna illustrator.Nodder illustrated George Shaw's periodical The Naturalist's Miscellany. He also helped Joseph Banks prepare the Banks' Florilegium and converted most of Sydney Parkinson's Australian plant drawings into paintings and helped...
(floruit 1770–1800) - Noot. - Hans Peter Nooteboom (born 1934)
- Nordm. - Alexander von NordmannAlexander von NordmannAlexander Davidovič von Nordmann was a Finnish biologist.-Biography:Alexander von Nordmann was born in Ruotensalmi on May 24, 1803. Nordmann was a professor at Odessa, and collected natural history specimens in southern Russia. He became professor of Zoology at the university of Helsinki in 1849...
(1803–1866) - Noronha - Francisco NoronhaFrancisco NoronhaFather Francisco Noronha was a Spanish physician and botanist who resided for some time at Manila, Luzon, Philippines, where he took much effort to organize the Royal Botanic Garden and stock it with valuable plants...
(1748–1788) - Norton - John Bitting Smith Norton (1872–1966)
- N.P.Taylor - Nigel Paul Taylor (born 1956)
- N.Robson - Norman Keith Bonner Robson (born 1928)
- N.T.Burb. - Nancy Tyson BurbidgeNancy Tyson BurbidgeNancy Tyson Burbidge AO was an Australian systemic botanist, conservationist and herbarium curator.Burbidge was born in Cleckheaton, Yorkshire; her father, William Burbidge, was an Anglican clergyman and immigrated to Australia in 1913 when he was appointed to a parish in Western Australia...
(1912–1977) - Nutt. - Thomas NuttallThomas NuttallThomas Nuttall was an English botanist and zoologist, who lived and worked in America from 1808 until 1841....
(1786–1859) - Nyár. - Erasmus Julius Nyárády (1881–1966)
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- Oakes - William Oakes (1799–1848)
- O.Berg - Otto Karl BergOtto Karl BergOtto Karl Berg was a German botanist and pharmacist. The official abbreviation of his name, in botany, is O. Berg....
(1815–1866) - O.Deg. - Otto DegenerOtto DegenerOtto Degener was a botanist and conservationist who specialized in identifying plants of the Hawaiian Islands.-Life:Otto Degener was born May 13, 1899 in East Orange, New Jersey. Degener graduated from the Massachusetts Agricultural College...
(1899–1988) - Oeder - Georg Christian OederGeorg Christian OederGeorg Christian Edler von Oldenburg Oeder was a German-Danish botanist, medical doctor, economist and social reformer. His name is particularly associated with the initiation of the plate work Flora Danica.-Life and work:Oeder was the son of a Bavarian parish minister, Georg Ludwig Oeder...
(1728–1791) - Oerst. - Anders Sandoe Ørsted (1816–1872)
- O.E.Schulz - Otto Eugen SchulzOtto Eugen SchulzOtto Eugen Schulz was a German botanist, born in Berlin. He published important systematic treatments of the families Brassicaceae and Erythroxylaceae, and he is the authority for many species in these families. The standard abbreviation used for species for which he is the authority is O. E....
(1874–1936) - O.F.Cook - Orator F. CookOrator F. CookOrator Fuller Cook was an American botanist, entomologist, and agronomist. Cook, born in Clyde, New York in 1867, graduated from Syracuse University in 1890. He worked for one year as an instructor at Syracuse. In 1891 Cook became a special agent of the New York State Colonization Society. He...
(1867–1949) - O.F.Müll. - Otto Friedrich MüllerOtto Friedrich MüllerOtto Friedrich Müller, also Mueller was a Danish naturalist.-Biography:Müller was born in Copenhagen. He was educated for the church, became tutor to a young nobleman, and after several years' travel with him settled in Copenhagen in 1767, and married a lady of wealth.His first important works,...
(1730–1784) - O.Hoffm. - Karl August Otto HoffmannKarl August Otto HoffmannKarl August Otto Hoffmann was a German botanist and a high school teacher in Berlin. Author of Sertum plantarum madagascariensium, the genus Hoffmanniella in the Asteraceae family was named after him.-External links:...
(1853–1909) - Ohwi - Jisaburo OhwiJisaburo Ohwiwas Japanese botanist. He was a distinguished member of the Faculty of Science of Kyoto Imperial University. He is perhaps best known for his 1953 .- Species names after Ohwi :* Carex ohwii Masam.* Cyperus ohwii Kük....
(1905–1977) - Oldenl. - Henrik Bernard Oldenland (c.1663–1699)
- Oliv. - Daniel OliverDaniel OliverDaniel Oliver, FRS was a British botanist.He was Librarian of the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1860–1890 and Keeper there from 1864–1890, and Professor of Botany at University College, London from 1861–1888....
(1830–1916) - Olney - Stephen Thayer Olney (1812–1878)
- Opiz - Philipp Maximilian Opiz (1787–1858)
- Ortega - Casimiro Gómez OrtegaCasimiro Gómez OrtegaCasimiro Gómez de Ortega was a Spanish physician, and botanist who was the First Professor of the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid...
(1740–1818) - Ortgies - Karl Eduard Ortgies (1829–1916)
- Ostenf. - Carl Hansen OstenfeldCarl Hansen OstenfeldCarl Emil Hansen Ostenfeld was a Danish systematic botanist. He graduated from the University of Copenhagen under professor Eugenius Warming. He was a keeper at the Botanical Museum 1900-1918, when he became professor of botany at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College...
(1873–1931) - Otth - Carl Adolf OtthCarl Adolf OtthCarl Adolf Otth was a Swiss physician and naturalist who was a native of Bern.In 1822 he studied medicine in Bern, and afterwards attended classes on natural history in Geneva, where he had as instructors- Augustin Pyramus de Candolle and Nicolas Charles Seringe...
(1803–1839) - Otto - Christoph Friedrich OttoChristoph Friedrich OttoChristoph Friedrich Otto was a German gardener and botanist. He was born in Schneeberg, Saxony. From 1805 to 1843 he was inspector of the Botanical Garden in Berlin. Together with Albert Gottfried Dietrich he edited the Allgemeinen Gartenzeitung from 1833 until his death in 1856 in Berlin.The...
(1783–1856) - Oudejans - Robertus Cornelis Hilarius Maria Oudejans (born 1943)
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- P.A.Dang. - Pierre Augustin Dangeard (1862–1947)
- Paine - John Alsop Paine (1840–1912)
- Pall. - Peter Simon von Pallas (1741–1811)
- Palla - Eduard Palla (1864–1922)
- Palmer - Edward Palmer (1829–1911)
- Pančić - Josif PančićJosif PancicJosif Pančić OSS was a Serbian botanist. He was a famous lecturer at the Great School in Belgrade and the first president of the Serbian Royal Academy. Pančić is credited for discovering the new species of coniferthe Serbian Spruce.-Biography:...
(1814–1888) - Panero - José L. Panero (born 1959)
- Panz. - Georg Wolfgang Franz PanzerGeorg Wolfgang Franz PanzerGeorg Wolfgang Franz Panzer was a German botanist and entomologist.He was born at Etzelwang in the Palatinate and died at Hersbruck, near Nuremberg.A physician, he practised at Hersbruck...
(1755–1829) - Papan. - Konstantinos Papanicolaou (born 1947)
- Parl. - Filippo ParlatoreFilippo ParlatoreFilippo Parlatore was an Italian botanist.Italian botanist, b. at Palermo, 8 Aug., 1816; d. at Florence, 9 Sept., 1877, a devout and faithful Catholic. He studied medicine at Palermo, but practiced only for a short time, his chief activity being during the cholera epidemic of 1837...
(1816–1877) - Parry - Charles Christopher ParryCharles Christopher Parrythumb|150px|Parry circa 1875Charles Christopher Parry was a British-American botanist and mountaineer....
(1823–1890) - Pascher - Adolf Pascher (1881–1945)
- Pat. - Narcisse Théophile PatouillardNarcisse Théophile PatouillardNarcisse Théophile Patouillard was a French pharmacist and mycologist.He was born in Macornay, a town in the department of Jura...
(1854–1926) - Paterson - William Paterson (1755–1810)
- Patrin - Eugène Louis Melchior Patrin (1742–1815)
- Pau - Carlos Pau (1857–1937)
- Paulsen - Ove PaulsenOve PaulsenOve Vilhelm Paulsen was a Danish botanist. He studeied at the University of Copenhagen under professor Eugen Warming. He was a keeper at the Botanical Museum of the University of Copenhagen from 1905 to 1920, when he became professor of botany at the Pharmaceutical College in Copenhagen, a...
(1874–1947) - Paunero - Elena Paunero RuizElena Paunero RuizElena Paunero Ruiz was a Spanish botanist who specialised in agricultural botany. She worked for many years at the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid ....
(1906–2009) - Pav. - José Antonio Pavón JiménezJosé Antonio Pavón JiménezJosé Antonio Pavón Jiménez or José Antonio Pavón was a Spanish botanist known for researching the flora of Peru and Chile during an expedition under Carlos III from 1777 to 1788...
(1754–1844) - Pavol. - Angiolo Ferdinando Pavolini
- Pax - Ferdinand Albin PaxFerdinand Albin PaxFerdinand Albin Pax was a German botanist and entomologist. He specialised in Lepidoptera, Diptera, as well as in spermatophytes, describing several species....
(1858–1942) - Paxton - Joseph PaxtonJoseph PaxtonSir Joseph Paxton was an English gardener and architect, best known for designing The Crystal Palace.-Early life:...
(1803–1865) - P.B.Adams - P. B. Adams (fl. 1978)
- P.Beauv. - Ambroise Marie François Joseph Palisot de Beauvois (1752–1820)
- P.Browne - Patrick BrownePatrick BrownePatrick Browne was an Irish physician and botanist.-Career:Browne was born in Woodstock, County Mayo, sent to relatives on Antigua in 1737 and returned to Europe due to ill health after two years. He studied medicine, natural history and especially botany at Reims, Paris and Leyden, qualifying...
(1720–1790) - Peattie - Donald C. PeattieDonald C. PeattieDonald Culross Peattie was a U.S. botanist, naturalist and author. He was described by Joseph Wood Krutch as "perhaps the most widely read of all contemporary American nature writers" during his heyday.-Biography:...
(1898–1964) - P.E.Berry - Paul Edward Berry (born 1952)
- Peck - Charles Horton PeckCharles Horton PeckCharles Horton Peck, born March 30, 1833 in Sand Lake, New York, died 1917 in Albany, New York, was an American mycologist of the 19th and early 20th centuries...
(1833–1917) - Pedersen - Troels Myndel Pedersen (1916–2000)
- Pedley - Leslie PedleyLeslie PedleyLeslie Pedley is an Australian botanist who specialised in the genus Acacia. He is notable for bringing into use the generic name Racosperma, foreshadowing a split in the genus with the Australian species requiring to be renamed....
(born 1930) - Pellegr. - François Pellegrin (1881–1965)
- Pelser - Pieter B. PelserPieter B. PelserPieter Pelser is a Lecturer in Plant Systematics and the director of the herbarium at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. One research interest is the evolutionary history of the tribe Senecioneae, one of the largest tribes in the largest family of flowering plants...
(fl. 2005) - Penh. - Davis Pearce Penhallow (1854–1910)
- Penn. - Leigh Humboldt Pennington (1877–1929)
- Pennant - Thomas PennantThomas PennantThomas Pennant was a Welsh naturalist and antiquary.The Pennants were a Welsh gentry family from the parish of Whitford, Flintshire, who had built up a modest estate at Bychton by the seventeenth century...
(1726–1798) - Pennell - Francis Whittier Pennell (1886–1952)
- Pépin - Pierre Denis Pépin (c. 1802–1876)
- Perkins - Janet Russell Perkins (1853–1933)
- Perleb - Karl Julius PerlebKarl Julius PerlebKarl Julius Perleb was a German botanist and natural scientist.From 1809 to 1811, he studied at the University of Freiburg and attained a doctorate first in philosophy and 1815 in medicine. A stay in Vienna followed. In 1818, he returned to the University of Freiburg, and started post-doctoral...
(1794–1845) - Perr. - George Samuel PerrottetGeorge Samuel PerrottetGeorge Samuel Perrottet was a Swiss-born, French botanist and horticulturalist who was a native of Vully, canton Vaud....
(1793–1870) - Perrine - Henry PerrineHenry PerrineHenry Perrine was a physician, horticulturist, United States Consul in Campeche, Campeche, Mexico, and an enthusiast for introducing tropical plants into cultivation in the United States....
(1797–1840) - Pers. - Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1761–1836)
- Peter - (Gustav) Albert Peter (1853–1937)
- Petr. - Franz Petrak (1886–1973)
- Petrov - Vsevolod Alexeevič Petrov (1896–1955)
- Petz. - Carl Edward Adolph Petzold (1815–1891)
- Peyr. - Johann Joseph PeyritschJohann Joseph PeyritschJohann Joseph Peyritsch was an Austrian physician and botanist who was a native of Völkermarkt.In 1864 he earned his medical doctorate from Vienna, and from 1878 to 1889 was a professor of botany at the University of Innsbruck...
(1835–1889) - Pfeff. - Wilhelm PfefferWilhelm PfefferWilhelm Friedrich Philipp Pfeffer was a German botanist and plant physiologist who was born in Grebenstein.- Academic career :...
(1845–1920) - Pfeiff. - Louis (Ludwig) Karl Georg Pfeiffer (1805–1877)
- P.Gaertn. - Philipp Gottfried Gaertner (1754–1825)
- P.H.Allen - Paul H. AllenPaul H. AllenPaul Hamilton Allen was an American botanist noted for his work on the ecology of Central America, orchid systematics and economically important species including bananas. He was married to the former Dorothy Osdieck of Kirkwood, Missouri....
(1911–1963) - Phil. - Rodolfo Amando PhilippiRodolfo Amando PhilippiRodolfo Amando Philippi was a German-Chilean paleontologist and zoologist....
(1808–1904) - Philcox - David Philcox (born 1926)
- Phillippe - Loy R. Phillippe (fl. 1989)
- P.H.Raven - Peter Hamilton Raven (born 1936)
- Pichon - Marcel PichonMarcel Pichon- Publications :* 1948. Classification des apocynacées. 1. Carissées et ambelaniées* 1948. Classification des apocynacées : . IX. Rauvolfiées, alstoniées, allamandées et tabernémontanoïdées...
(1921–1954) - Pickett - Fermen Layton Pickett (1881–1940)
- Pic.Serm. - Rodolfo Emilio Giuseppe Pichi Sermolli (1912–2005)
- Pilg. - Robert Knud Friedrich PilgerRobert Knud Friedrich PilgerRobert Knud Friedrich Pilger was a German botanist, who specialised in the study of conifers.The genera Pilgerodendron Florin and Pilgerochloa Eig are named in his honour.Selected bibliography...
(1876–1953) - Piper - Charles Vancouver Piper (1867–1926)
- Piré - Louis Alexandre Henri Joseph PiréLouis Alexandre Henri Joseph PiréLouis Alexandre Henri Joseph Piré was a Belgian botanist. He held the position of Professor of Botany at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.-Works:...
(1827–1887) - Pires - João Murça Pires (1916–1994)
- Pires-O'Brien - Maria Joaquina Pires-O'Brien (fl. 1992)
- Pirotta - Pietro Romualdo Pirotta (1853–1936)
- Pittier - Henri François PittierHenri François PittierHenri François Pittier was a Swiss-born geographer and botanist, who moved to Costa Rica in 1887, where he founded the Physical Geographic Institute and an herbarium. Henri Pittier National Park in Venezuela is named after him.-References:...
(1857–1950) - P.J.Bergius - Peter Jonias Bergius (1730–1790)
- P.J.L.Dang. - Pierre Jean Louis Dangeard (1895–1970)
- P.J.Müll. - Philipp Jakob Müller (1832–1889)
- P.Karst. - Petter Adolf KarstenPetter Adolf KarstenPetter Adolf Karsten was a Finnish mycologist, the foremost expert on the fungi of Finland in his day, and known in consequence as the "father of Finnish mycology"....
(1834–1917) - P.K.Endress - Peter Karl Endress (born 1942)
- P.K.Holmgren - Patricia Kern Holmgren (born 1940)
- P.Kumm. - Paul KummerPaul KummerPaul Kummer was a priest, teacher, and scientist in Zerbst, Germany, known chiefly for his contribution to mycological nomenclature. Earlier classification of agarics by pioneering fungal taxonomist Elias Magnus Fries designated only a very small number of genera, with most species falling into...
(1834–1912) - Planch. - Jules Émile PlanchonJules Émile PlanchonJules Émile Planchon was a French botanist born in Ganges, Hérault.-Biography:After receiving his Doctorate of Science at the University of Montpellier in 1844, he worked for a while at the Royal Botanical Gardens in London, and for a few years was a teacher in Nancy and Ghent...
(1823–1888) - Pluk. - Leonard PlukenetLeonard PlukenetLeonard Plukenet was an English botanist, Royal Professor of Botany and gardener to Queen Mary. Plukenet published Phytographia in four parts in which he described and illustrated rare exotic plants. It is a copiously illustrated work of more than 2 700 figures and is frequently cited in books...
(1642–1706) - Plum. - Charles PlumierCharles PlumierCharles Plumier was a French botanist, after whom the Frangipani genus Plumeria is named. Plumier is considered one of the most important of the botanical explorers of his time...
(1646–1704) - Pocock - Mary Agard Pocock (1886–1977)
- Podp. - Josef Podpera (1878–1954)
- Poederlé - Eugene Josef Charles Gilain Hubert d'Olmen Poederlé (1742–1813)
- Poepp. - Eduard Friedrich PoeppigEduard Friedrich PoeppigEduard Friedrich Poeppig was a German botanist, zoologist and explorer.-Biography:He was born in Plauen, Saxony. He studied medicine and natural history at the University of Leipzig, graduating with a medical degree. On graduation, the rector of the university gave him a botanical mission to North...
(1798–1868) - Poggenb. - Justus Ferdinand Poggenburg I (1840–1893)
- Pohl - Johann Baptist Emanuel PohlJohann Baptist Emanuel PohlJohann Baptist Emanuel Pohl was an Austrian botanist, entomologist, geologist, and physician.Johan Emanuel Pohl grew up in , studied in Prague and graduated as Doctor of Medicine in 1808....
(1782–1834) - Poir. - Jean Louis Marie PoiretJean Louis Marie PoiretJean Louis Marie Poiret was a French clergyman, botanist and explorer.From 1785 to 1786 he was sent by Louis XVI to Algeria to study the flora...
(1755–1834) - Poit. - Pierre Antoine PoiteauPierre Antoine Poiteau-Biography:He was born in Ambleny, France. After having worked in kitchen gardens and for the Parisian market gardeners, he was appointed by André Thouin garçon jardinier in 1790 at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle of Paris...
(1766–1854) - Pojark. - Antonina Ivanovna Pojarkova (1897–1980)
- Polatschek - Adolf Polatschek (born 1932)
- Pollard - Charles Louis Pollard (1872–1945)
- Pollich - Johan Adam PollichJohan Adam PollichJohan Adam Pollich or Johann was a German doctor, botanist and entomologist.-Works:...
(1740–1780) - Pollock - James Barklay Pollock (1863–1934)
- Porter - Thomas Conrad Porter (1822–1901)
- Porto - Paulo Campos Porto (1889–1968)
- Posp. - Eduard PospichalEduard PospichalEduard Ludvik Pospichal was an Austrian botanist of Czech parentage who was born in Litomyšl in Bohemia .Pospichal was a teacher at a secondary school in Trieste...
(1838–1905) - Post - George Edward Post (1838–1909)
- Pourr - Pierre André PourretPierre André PourretPierre André Pourret was a French abbot and botanist who did work in France and Spain. He described and collected large amounts of plant species, especially from the Mediterranean. He amassed many species in his botanical garden and herbarium for his research...
(1754-1818) - Prain - David PrainDavid PrainSir David Prain FRS was a Scottish botanist.-Biography:Prain was born to a saddler in Fettercairn, Kincardineshire, Scotland and studied at the local Parish Schhool and the University of Aberdeen. He taught for two years at Ramsgate College and then returned to Scotland to enter the University of...
(1857–1943) - Prantl - Karl Anton Eugen PrantlKarl Anton Eugen PrantlKarl Anton Eugen Prantl , also known as Carl Anton Eugen Prantl, was a German botanist.Prantl was born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, and studied in Munich. In 1870 he graduated with the dissertation Das Inulin. Ein Beitrag zur Pflanzenphysiologie...
(1849–1893) - Pringsh. - Nathanael PringsheimNathanael PringsheimNathanael Pringsheim was a German botanist.-Biography:Nathanael Pringsheim was born at Landsberg, Prussian Silesia, and studied at the universities of Breslau, Leipzig, and Berlin successively...
(1823–1894) - Pritz. - George August Pritzel (1815–1874)
- P.R.O.Bally - Peter René Oscar Bally (1895–1980)
- Profice - Sheila Regina Profice (born 1948)
- Prokh. - Jaroslav Ivanovic Prokhanov (1902–1964)
- Prosk. - Johannes Max ProskauerJohannes Max ProskauerJohannes Max Proskauer was born in Göttingen, Germany. He attended the University of London, which awarded him a B.Sc. in 1944, a Ph.D. in 1947, and a D.Sc. in 1964, all in the field of botany....
(1923–1970) - P.Royen - Pieter van Royen (1923–2002)
- Pryer - Kathleen M. Pryer (fl. 1989)
- P.S.Ashton - Peter Shaw AshtonPeter Shaw AshtonPeter Shaw Ashton is a British botanist. He is Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry at Harvard University, and director of the Arnold Arboretum there from 1978 to 1987....
(born 1934) - P.Selby - Prideaux John SelbyPrideaux John SelbyPrideaux John Selby was an English ornithologist, botanist and artist and landowner.Selby is best known for his Illustrations of British Ornithology , the first set of life-sized illustrations of British birds...
(1788–1867) - P.S.Green - Peter Shaw Green (born 1920)
- P.S.Wyse Jacks. - Peter Wyse JacksonPeter Wyse JacksonDr. Peter Sherlock Wyse Jackson was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, and is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, with whose botanic gardens he is associated. In 2005 he was appointed Director of the Irish National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin, Dublin. His father was Robert Wyse Jackson, Bishop of...
(born 1955) - P.Taylor - Peter TaylorPeter Taylor (botanist)Peter Geoffrey Taylor was a British botanist who worked at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew throughout his career in botany. Taylor was born in 1926 and joined the staff of the herbarium at Kew in 1948. He published his first new species, Utricularia pentadactyla, in 1954...
(born 1926) - P.T.Li - Ping Tao Li (born 1936)
- Pulle - August Adriaan PulleAugust Adriaan PulleAugust Adrian Pulle was a Dutch professor and botanist. He made important contributions to knowledge of the Flora of Suriname and the island of New Guinea.-Education:...
(1878–1955) - Pult. - Richard PulteneyRichard PulteneyRichard Pulteney was an English physician and botanist. He was a promoter of Linnaean taxonomy, and authored the first English language biography of Carl Linnaeus, entitled A General View of the Writings of Linnaeus. He was educated at Loughborough Grammar School, and a school house was named...
(1730–1801) - Purdom - William PurdomWilliam PurdomWilliam Purdom was a British plant explorer sent by Veitch and the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University to the northern provinces of China in 1909. He collected and photographed plants for the Arboretum along China’s Yellow River for three years, 1909–1911. He was appointed Inspector of Forests...
(1880–1921) - Pursh - Frederick Traugott PurshFrederick Traugott PurshFrederick Traugott Pursh was a German-American botanist.Born in Grossenhain, Saxony, to the name Friedrich Traugott Pursh, he was educated at Dresden Botanical Gardens, and emigrated to the United States in 1799...
(1774–1820) - Putz. - Jules Putzeys (1809–1882)
- P.W.Ball - Peter William Ball (born 1932)
- Pynaert - Edouard-Christophe PynaertEdouard-Christophe PynaertEdouard-Christophe Pynaert was a Belgian botanist and horticulturalist who was a native of Ghent. He was a specialist in the field of pomology....
(1835–1900)
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- Rach - Louis Theodor Rach (1821–1859)
- Radcl.-Sm. - Alan Radcliffe-Smith (1938–2007)
- Raddi - Giuseppe RaddiGiuseppe RaddiGiuseppe Raddi was an Italian botanist.-Biography:He was apprenticed to a druggist, but obtained employment in the Museum of Natural History of Florence. Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, afterward became his protector, and in 1817 sent him to Brazil to study the cryptogams of the country...
(1770–1829) - Raderm. - Jacob Cornelis Matthieu RadermacherJacob Cornelis Matthieu RadermacherJacob Cornelis Matthieu Radermacher was a Dutch botanist and author.Radermacher was born in The Hague, Holland. He was an officer of the Dutch East India Company in Batavia as well as a talented naturalist...
(1741–1783) - Radford - Albert Ernest RadfordAlbert Ernest RadfordAlbert Ernest Radford was an American botanist active in the Southeastern United States. He was best known for his work as senior author of Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas, the definitive flora for North Carolina and South Carolina.-Biography:Radford was born in Augusta, Georgia to...
(1918–2006) - Radlk. - Ludwig Adolph Timotheus RadlkoferLudwig Adolph Timotheus RadlkoferLudwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer , was a noted Bavarian taxonomist and botanist, who was Professor of Botany at the University of Munich....
(1829–1927) - R.A.Dyer - Robert Allen DyerRobert Allen DyerRobert Allen Dyer was a South African botanist and taxonomist, working particularly on Amaryllidaceae and succulent plants, contributing to and editing of Bothalia and Flowering Plants of Africa and holding the office of Director of the Botanical Research Institute in Pretoria from 1944 to...
(1900–1987) - Raeusch. - Ernst Adolf Raeuschel (fl. 1772–1797)
- Raf. - Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-SchmaltzConstantine Samuel Rafinesque-SchmaltzConstantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, as he is known in Europe, was a nineteenth-century polymath who made notable contributions to botany, zoology, the study of prehistoric earthworks in North America and Mesoamerican ancient linguistics.Rafinesque was eccentric, and is often portrayed as an...
(1783–1840) - Rafn - Carl Gottlob RafnCarl Gottlob RafnCarl Gottlob Rafn was a Danish Enlightenment scientist and civil servant. He wrote influential papers on a broad array of basic and applied sciences.- Life :...
(1769–1808) - R.A.Howard - Richard Alden Howard (1917–2003)
- Raim. - Rudolph Raimann (1863–1896)
- Ralfs - John RalfsJohn RalfsJohn Ralfs was an English botanist. Born in Millbrook, near Southampton, he was the second son of Samuel Ralfs, a yeoman of an old family in Hampshire...
(1807–1890) - Ramond - Louis Ramond de CarbonnièresLouis Ramond de CarbonnièresLouis François Élisabeth Ramond, baron de Carbonnières , was a French politician, geologist and botanist...
(1755–1827) - Rands - Robert Delafield RandsRobert Delafield RandsRobert Delafield Rands was an American agronomist and mycologist. He served as Chief Director of Agriculture Office of Rubber Plant Investigations in the United States Department of Agriculture.-Biography:Rands was born in 1890...
(1890–1970) - Raoul - Etienne Fiacre Louis RaoulÉtienne Fiacre Louis RaoulÉtienne Fiacre Louis Raoul was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.He was born in Brest, the son of a captain in the French Navy, and studied at the medical school in Brest. He was appointed surgeon, third class, in 1836. He took part in an expedition on the ship L'Aube under the command of...
(1815–1852) - Rattan - Volney Rattan (1840–1915)
- Rauh - Werner RauhWerner RauhWerner Rauh was an internationally renowned German botanist and author.-Biography:Born in the town of Niemegk in Brandenburg, Rauh studied at the University of Halle under the famous morphologist Wilhelm Troll and received his doctorate in 1937 before coming to the University of Heidelberg two...
(1913–2000) - Raunk. - Christen C. RaunkiærChristen C. RaunkiærChristen Christensen Raunkiær was a Danish botanist, who was a pioneer of plant ecology. He is mainly remembered for his scheme of plant strategies to survive an unfavourable season and his demonstration that the relative abundance of strategies in floras largely corresponded to the Earth's...
(1860–1938) - Rauschert - Stephan Rauschert (1931–1986)
- Rauwolff - Leonhard RauwolfLeonhard RauwolfLeonhard Rauwolff was a German physician, botanist, and traveller. His main notability arises from a trip he made through the Levant and Mesopotamia in 1573-75. The motive of the trip was to search for herbal medicine supplies...
(1535–1596) - Raven - John Earle RavenJohn RavenJohn Earle Raven , who published as J. E. Raven, was an English classical scholar, notable for his work on presocratic philosophy, and amateur botanist.-Early life and education:...
(1914–1980) - Ravenna - Pierfelice Ravenna (born 1938)
- R.A.W.Herrm. - Rudolf Albert Wolfgang Herrmann (born 1885, date of death unknown)
- Ray - John RayJohn RayJohn Ray was an English naturalist, sometimes referred to as the father of English natural history. Until 1670, he wrote his name as John Wray. From then on, he used 'Ray', after "having ascertained that such had been the practice of his family before him".He published important works on botany,...
(1627–1705) - Raymond - Louis-Florent-Marcel Raymond (1915–1972)
- Razaf. - A. Razafindratsira fl. (born 1987)
- R.Bernal - Rodrigo BernalRodrigo BernalRodrigo Bernal González is a Colombian botanist who specialises in the palm family. Bernal is a faculty member at the Institute of Natural Sciences, National University of Colombia. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Aarhus in 1996.Bernal has published over sixty works on palm...
(born 1959) - R.Br. - Robert BrownRobert Brown (botanist)Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist and palaeobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope...
(1773–1858) - Rchb. - Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (1793–1879)
- Rchb.f. - Heinrich Gustav ReichenbachHeinrich Gustav ReichenbachHeinrich Gustav Reichenbach was an ornithologist, botanist and the foremost German orchidologist of the 19th century...
(1824–1889) - R.C.Jacks. - Raymond Carl Jackson (born 1928)
- R.C.Moran - Robbin C. Moran (fl. 1986)
- R.Dahlgren - Rolf Martin Theodor Dahlgren (1932–1987)
- R.D.Spencer - Roger David SpencerRoger David SpencerRoger David Spencer is an Australia horticultural botanist. was born at Alfreton, Derbyshire. He has an honours degree in botany from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, a Masters and Doctorate degrees from the University of Melbourne and a technical certificate in Gardening and Turf...
(1945–) - R.E.Brooks - Ralph Edward Brooks (born 1950)
- Rech. - Karl RechingerKarl RechingerKarl Rechinger was an Austrian botanist born in Vienna. He was the father of botanist Karl Heinz Rechinger .He studied at the University of Vienna, and from 1902 to 1922 was a museum curator at the botanical division of the Vienna Naturhistorisches Museum...
(1867–1952) - Rech.f. - Karl Heinz RechingerKarl Heinz RechingerKarl Rechinger was an Austrian botanist born in Vienna. He was the son of botanist Karl Rechinger .Rechinger was professor of botany at the University of Vienna. He was in 1971 elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences....
(1906–1998) - Redouté - Pierre-Joseph RedoutéPierre-Joseph RedoutéPierre-Joseph Redouté , was a Belgian painter and botanist, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at Malmaison. He was nicknamed "The Raphael of flowers"....
(1759–1840) - R.E.Fr. - Robert Elias FriesRobert Elias FriesRobert Elias Fries , the youngest son of Thore M. Fries and grandson of Elias Magnus Friesand an expert on mushrooms...
(1876–1966) - Regel - Eduard August von RegelEduard August von RegelEduard August von Regel was a German horticulturalist and botanist. He ended his career serving as the Director of the Russian Imperial Botanical Garden of St. Petersburg...
(1815–1892) - Rehder - Alfred RehderAlfred RehderAlfred Rehder was a horticulturist and taxonomist who worked at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Rehder was a newspaper writer from Germany who was originally hired as a laborer at the Arnold Arboretum. His talents for horticultural plant taxonomy were soon recognized, however...
(1863–1949) - Reichard - Johann Jacob Reichard (1743–1782)
- Reiche - Karl Friedrich ReicheKarl Friedrich ReicheKarl Friedrich Reiche was a German botanist who worked as a university professor in Chile and Mexico.-Life:Reiche was born in Dresden and earned his doctorate in 1885 in Leipzig. He worked as a professor in Dresden and Constitución, Chile...
(1860–1929) - Reinw. - Caspar Georg Carl ReinwardtCaspar Georg Carl ReinwardtCaspar Georg Carl Reinwardt was a Prussian-born Dutch botanist.Reinwardt was the founder and first director of agriculture of the botanic garden at Bogor in Java...
(1773–1854) - Reissek - Siegfried ReisseckSiegfried ReisseckSiegfried Reisseck was an Austrian naturalist and botanist who specialized in spermatophytes and fungi.Reisseck was assistant keeper at the Royal Botanical Collection in Vienna between 1845 and 1867, when he was appointed head keeper; and from 1848 was a member of the Vienna Academy of Sciences.-...
(1819–1871) - Rendle - Alfred Barton RendleAlfred Barton RendleAlfred Barton Rendle FRS was an English botanist.Rendle was born in Lewisham and studied at St John's College, Cambridge...
(1865–1938) - Req. - Esprit Requien (1788–1851)
- Resv.-Holms. - Hanna Resvoll-HolmsenHanna Resvoll-HolmsenHanna Maria Resvoll-Holmsen was a Norwegian botanist – a female pioneer in Norwegian natural history education and nature conservation together with her sister, Thekla Resvoll...
(1873–1943) - Resvoll - Thekla ResvollThekla ResvollThekla Susanne Ragnhild Resvoll was a Norwegian botanist – a female pioneer in Norwegian natural history education and nature conservation together with her sister, Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen. She was married to mining engineer Andreas Holmsen .Resvoll was born in Vågå...
(1871–1948) - Retz. - Anders Johan Retzius (1742–1821)
- Reut. - George François ReuterGeorge François ReuterGeorge François Reuter was a French botanist and plant collector. He was born in Paris, and died in Geneve.-References:...
(1805–1872) - Reveal - James Lauritz RevealJ.L. RevealJames Lauritz Reveal is a botanist, professor emeritus at the Norton Brown Herbarium, Maryland .He is perhaps best known for his work on suprageneric names, presented in an extensive , which also presents material on , including several systems of plant taxonomy...
(born 1941) - Rhode - Johann Gottlieb Rhode (1762–1827)
- Rich. - Louis Claude Marie RichardLouis Claude RichardLouis Claude Marie Richard was a French botanist.Richard was born at Versailles. Between 1781 and 1789 he collected botanical specimens in Central America and the West Indies...
(1754–1821) - Richardson - John RichardsonJohn Richardson (naturalist)Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
(1787–1865) - Richens - Richard Hook RichensRichard Hook RichensRichard Hook Richens was a former Director of the Commonwealth Bureau of Plant Breeding and Genetics at Cambridge University, and became best known for his studies of elm...
(1919–1984) - Ricken - Adalbert RickenAdalbert RickenAdalbert Ricken was a German Roman Catholic priest and mycologist who was a native of Fulda.He attended the seminary for Roman Catholic priests in Fulda, and afterwards was a priest and chaplain in several locations in the Fulda diocese...
(1851–1921) - Ricker - Percy Leroy Ricker (1878–1973)
- Riddell - John Leonard RiddellJohn Leonard RiddellJohn Leonard Riddell was a science lecturer, botanist, geologist, medical doctor, chemist, microscopist, numismatician, politician, and science fiction author in the United States. He was born in Leyden, Massachusetts, the son of John Riddell and Lephe Gates. He received his B.A. and M.A...
(1807–1865) - Ridl. - Henry Nicholas RidleyHenry Nicholas RidleyHenry Nicholas Ridley CMG , MA , FRS, FLS, F.R.H.S. was an English botanist and geologist.Born at West Harling Hall, Norfolk, England...
(1855–1956) - Ridsdale - Colin Ernest Ridsdale (born 1944)
- Riedl - Harald Udo von RiedlHarald Udo von RiedlHarald Udo von Riedl is an Austrian botanist and mycologist. A species in the Borrage family, Heliotropium riedlii, is named in his honour.-References:...
(born 1936) - Rivière - Marie Auguste Rivière (1821–1877)
- Rizzini - Carlos Toledo Rizzini (born 1921)
- R.J.Bayer - Randall James BayerRandall James BayerRandall James Bayer is an American systematic botanist, published mostly as "R.J. Bayer", who was born in Buffalo, New York, U.S.A....
(born 1955) - R.Keller - Robert KellerRobert KellerRobert Keller was a German music editor.Keller was born on January 6, 1828 in Harpersdorf in Lower Silesia. He moved to Berlin where he became a musical editor for the music publishing company N. Simrock. Keller edited and arranged a substantial amount of works by Johannes Brahms and Antonín...
(1854–1939) - R.K.Godfrey - Robert Kenneth Godfrey (1911–2000)
- R.Knuth - Reinhard Gustav Paul Knuth (1874–1957)
- R.M.Harper - Roland McMillan Harper (1878–1966)
- R.M.King - Robert Merrill King (born 1930)
- R.Morales - Ramón Morales Valverde (born 1950)
- R.M.Patrick - Ruth PatrickRuth PatrickDr. Ruth Myrtle Patrick is a botanist and limnologist specializing in diatoms and freshwater ecology, who developed ways to measure the health of freshwater ecosystems and established a number of research facilities. She attended the Sunset Hill School in Kansas City, Missouri, graduating in 1925....
(born 1907) - R.M.Schust. - Rudolf M. Schuster (born 1921)
- Robbr. - Elmar Robbrecht (born 1946)
- Robyns - Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter RobynsFrans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns, known as Walter Robyns, was a Belgian botanist.After two long stays in Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, travels in central Africa and taxonomic work on many groups of tropical African plants, amongst others Rubiaceae, grasses and legumes, he became director of...
(1901–1986) - Rock - Joseph RockJoseph RockJoseph Francis Charles Rock was an Austrian-American explorer, geographer, linguist and botanist.-Life:He was born in Vienna, Austria, but emigrated to the United States in 1905 and moved to Honolulu, Hawaii in 1907, where he eventually became an authority on the flora there...
(1884–1962) - Rodr. - José Demetrio Rodrígues (1780–1846)
- Roem. - Johann Jakob Roemer (1763–1819)
- Roezl - Benedikt RoezlBenedikt RoezlBenedikt Roezl Czech traveller, gardener and botanist...
(1823–1885) - Rogow. - Athanasi Semenovich Rogowicz (1812–1878)
- Röhl. - Johann Christoph RöhlingJohann Christoph RöhlingJohann Christoph Röhling was a German botanist and clergyman who was a native of Gundernhausen, a town near Darmstadt.He studied theology in Giessen, and later taught school in Frankfurt am Main...
(1757–1813) - Rohr - Julius Philip Benjamin von RöhrJulius von RöhrJulius Philip Benjamin von Röhr was a Prussian-born botanist and plant collector, naturalist, medical doctor and watercolourist, in Danish service who sent many plants to Europe from South America and the West Indies...
(1737–1793) - Rohrb. - Paul RohrbachPaul Rohrbach (botanist)Paul Rohrbach was a German botanist born in Berlin. He wrote on orchids before dying in his 20s.-Background:Rohrbach studied the sciences at the University of Göttingen, where one of his instructors was August Grisebach. He later studied botany under Alexander Braun at the University of Berlin...
(1846–1871) - Rollins - Reed Clark RollinsReed C. RollinsReed Clark Rollins was an American botanist, professor at Harvard University and one of the founders of both the International Association for Plant Taxonomy and the Organization for Tropical Studies. He was also the second president of each of them.- Sources :* Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A...
(1911–1998) - Romagn. - Henri RomagnesiHenri RomagnesiHenri Charles Louis Romagnesi was a French mycologist who was notable for a thorough review and monograph of the agaric genus Entoloma , as well as extensive work on the large genus Russula, of which he described several new species.-References:...
(1912–1999) - Romans - Bernard RomansBernard RomansBernard Romans was a Dutch-born American navigator, surveyor, cartographer, naturalist, engineer, soldier, promoter and writer. His best known work, A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida, published in 1775, is a valuable source of information about the Floridas during the period of...
(c. 1720–1784) - Rose - Joseph Nelson RoseJoseph Nelson RoseJoseph Nelson Rose was an American botanist. He was born in Union County, Indiana. His father died serving during the Civil War when Joseph Rose was a young boy. He later graduated from high school in Liberty, Indiana....
(1862–1928) - Rostk. - Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Theophil Rostkovius (1770–1848)
- Rota - Lorenzo Rota (1819–1855)
- Roth - Albrecht Wilhelm RothAlbrecht Wilhelm RothAlbrecht Wilhelm Roth was a physician and botanist who was a native of Dötlingen, Germany.He studied medicine at the Universities of Halle and Erlangen, where he received his doctorate in 1778....
(1757–1834) - Rothm. - Werner Hugo Paul Rothmaler (1908–1962)
- Rottb. - Christen Friis RottbøllChristen Friis RottbøllChristen Friis Rottbøll was a Danish physician and botanist and pupil of Carolus Linnaeus....
(1727–1797) - Roxb. - William RoxburghWilliam RoxburghWilliam Roxburgh was a Scottish surgeon and botanist. He has been called the Father of Indian Botany.-Early life:Roxburgh was born at Underwood in the parish of Craigie, Ayrshire. He studied medicine in Edinburgh...
(1751–1815) - Royen - Adriaan van RoyenAdriaan van RoyenAdriaan van Royen was a Dutch botanist. He was a professor at Leiden University and is associated with Carl Linnaeus....
(1704–1779) - Royle - John Forbes RoyleJohn Forbes RoyleJohn Forbes Royle , British botanist and teacher of materia medica, was born in Kanpur in 1799. Entering the service of the East India Company as assistant surgeon, he devoted himself to studying botany and geology, and made large collections among the Himalaya Mountains...
(1798–1858) - Roy L.Taylor - Roy L. Taylor (fl. 1965)
- Rozier - François Rozier (Jean-François) (1734–1793)
- R.R.Haynes - Robert Ralph Haynes (born 1945)
- R.Ross Robert RossRobert Ross (botanist)Robert Ross a Fellow of the Linnean Society was an English botanist. He was Keeper of Botany at the British Natural History Museum.- References :*...
(1912–2005) - R.R.Scott - Robert Robinson Scott (1827–1877)
- R.S.Cowan - Richard Sumner Cowan (1921–1997)
- R.T.Clausen - Robert Theodore Clausen (1911–1981)
- Rudall - Paula J. Rudall (born 1954)
- Rudge - Edward RudgeEdward Rudge-Life:Born on 27 June 1763, he was son of Edward Rudge, a merchant and alderman of Salisbury, who possessed a large portion of the abbey estate at Evesham....
(1763–1846) - Ruiz - Hipólito Ruiz LópezHipólito Ruiz LópezHipólito Ruiz López , or Hipólito Ruiz, was a Spanish botanist known for researching the floras of Peru and Chile during an expedition under Carlos III from 1777 to 1788...
(1754–1815) - Rumph. - Georg Eberhard RumphiusGeorg Eberhard RumphiusGeorg Eberhard Rumphius or originally Rumpf was a German-born botanist employed by the Dutch East India Company in what is now eastern Indonesia, and is best known for his work, Herbarium Amboinense....
(1628–1702) - Rümpler - Karl Theodor Rümpler (1817–1891)
- Rupr. - Franz Josef RuprechtFranz Josef RuprechtFranz Josef Ruprecht was an Austrian-born physician and botanist active in Russia, where he was known as Frants Ivanovič Ruprekt . He grew up, studied, and graduated as Doctor of Medicine in 1836 in Prague...
(1814–1870) - Rusby - Henry Hurd Rusby (1855–1940)
- Rustan - Ovind H. Rustan (born 1954)
- R.Vig. - René Viguier (1880–1931)
- R.W.Darwin - Robert Waring Darwin of ElstonRobert Waring Darwin of ElstonRobert Waring Darwin of Elston Hall was an English botanist.He was the son of Robert Darwin of Elston , a lawyer, and his wife Elizabeth Hill . His youngest brother was Erasmus Darwin , the poet, philosopher, and physician...
(1724–1816) - Rydb. - Per Axel RydbergPer Axel RydbergPer Axel Rydberg was a Swedish-born, American botanist who was the first curator of the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium. -Biography:...
(1860–1931)
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- Sabine - Joseph SabineJoseph SabineJoseph Sabine was an English lawyer, naturalist and writer on horticulture.He was born into a prominent Anglo-Irish family in Tewin, Hertfordshire, the eldest son of Joseph Sabine. His younger brother was Sir Edward Sabine....
(1770–1837) - Sacc. - Pier Andrea SaccardoPier Andrea SaccardoPier Andrea Saccardo was an Italian botanist and mycologist.- Life :...
(1845–1920) - Sachs - Julius von SachsJulius von SachsJulius von Sachs was a German botanist from Breslau, Prussian Silesia.At an early age he showed a taste for natural history, becoming acquainted with the Breslau physiologist Jan Evangelista Purkyně. In 1851 he began studying at Charles University in Prague...
(1832–1897) - Saff. - William Edwin SaffordWilliam Edwin SaffordWilliam Edwin Safford was an American botanist, ethnologist, and educator employed by the U.S. Navy and federal government....
(1859–1926) - Salisb. - Richard Anthony SalisburyRichard Anthony SalisburyRichard Anthony Salisbury FRS was a British botanist. While he is remembered as a valuable worker in horticultural and botanical sciences, several bitter disputes caused him to be ostracised by his contemporaries.-Life:...
(1761–1829) - Salm-Dyck - Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck (1773–1861)
- Sandwith - Noel Yvri Sandwith (1901–1965)
- S.A.Nikitin - S. A. Nikitin (fl. 1937)
- Santin - Dionete Aparecida Santin (fl. 1991)
- Sarg. - Charles Sprague SargentCharles Sprague SargentCharles Sprague Sargent was an American botanist. He was the first director of the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts and the standard botanical author abbreviation Sarg. is applied to plants he described.-Biography:Sargent was the second son of Henrietta and...
(1841–1927) - Sart. - Giovanni Battista Sartorelli (1780–1853)
- Sartwell - Henry Parker Sartwell (1792–1867)
- Sauss. - Horace-Bénédict de SaussureHorace-Bénédict de Saussure200px|thumb|Portrait of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure Horace-Bénédict de Saussure was a Genevan aristocrat, physicist and Alpine traveller, often considered the founder of alpinism, and considered to be the first person to build a successful solar oven.-Life and work:Saussure was born in Conches,...
(1740–1799) - Savi - Gaetano SaviGaetano SaviGaetano Savi was an Italian naturalist.He was born in Florence and studied with Giorgio Santi and Adolfo Targioni Tozzetti...
(1769–1844) - Savigny - Marie Jules César Lélorgne de SavignyMarie Jules Cesar Lelorgne de SavignyMarie Jules César Lelorgne de Savigny , born on 5 April 1777 at Provins and died on 5 October 1851 at Galès in Yvelines, was a French zoologist. In 1805 he published Natural and Mythological History of the Ibis and between 1816 and 1820 the important Mémoires on the animals without vertebrae...
(1777–1851) - S.Carter - Susan Carter HolmesSusan Carter HolmesSusan Carter Holmes is a botanist and taxonomist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. She discovered and catalogued more than 200 plants of the family Euphorbiaceae, particularly of the succulent East African members of the genera Euphorbia and Monadenium, as well as about 20 Aloe species...
(born 1933) - S.C.Darwin - Sarah DarwinSarah DarwinSarah Catherine Vogel FLS is a British botanist.She is the daughter of George Erasmus Darwin, a metallurgist, and his wife Shuna . She has two older brothers; Robert George Darwin and the conservationist Chris Darwin...
(born 1964) - Scharf - Uwe Scharf (born 1965)
- Schauer - Johannes Conrad SchauerJohannes Conrad SchauerJohannes Conrad Schauer was a botanist interested in Spermatophytes. He was a professor of botany at the University of Greifswald. Amongst his published works are descriptions of the myrtles of Western Australia.-References:...
(1813–1848) - Sch.Bip. - Carl Heinrich 'Bipontinus' Schultz (1805–1867)
- Scheele - George Heinrich Adolf Scheele (1808–1864)
- Schelle - Ernst SchelleErnst SchelleErnst Schelle was a German botanist who specialized in cacti. He was employed as Inspector of the Botanical Gardens in Tübingen. The grass species Helictotrichon schellianum Kitag.is named for him.-Publications:...
(1864–1945) - Schenk - Joseph August Schenk (1815–1891)
- Scherb. - Johannes Scherbius (1769–1813)
- Schiede - Christian Julius Wilhelm SchiedeChristian Julius Wilhelm SchiedeChristian Julius Wilhelm Schiede was a German physician and botanist who was born in Kassel. He studied natural sciences and medicine in Berlin and Göttingen, where he earned his doctorate in 1825...
(1798–1836) - Schindl. - Anton Karl Schindler (1879–1964)
- Schinz - Hans SchinzHans SchinzHans Schinz was a Swiss explorer and botanist who was a native of Zürich.In 1884 he participated in an exploratory expedition to German Southwest Africa that was organized by German merchant Adolf Lüderitz . For the next few years Schinz undertook extensive scientific studies of the northern parts...
(1858–1941) - Schleid. - Matthias Jakob SchleidenMatthias Jakob SchleidenMatthias Jakob Schleiden was a German botanist and co-founder of the cell theory, along with Theodor Schwann and Rudolf Virchow....
(1804–1881) - Schltdl. - Diederich Franz Leonhard von SchlechtendalDiederich Franz Leonhard von SchlechtendalDiederich von Schlechtendal was a German botanist born in Xanten. He was Professor of Botany and Director of the Botanical Gardens at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg from 1833 until his death in 1866, and Editor of the botanical journal Linnaea.His most important work was in...
(1794–1866) - Schltr. - Rudolf Schlechter (1872–1925)
- Schmalh. - Johannes Theodor SchmalhausenJohannes Theodor SchmalhausenJohannes Theodor Schmalhausen was a botanist, known for his studies of East-European plants - External links :...
(1849–1894) - Schnizl. - Adalbert Carl Friedrich Hellwig Conrad Schnizlein (1814–1868)
- Schoepff - Johann David Schoepff (1752–1800)
- Schönl. - Johann Lucas Schönlein (1793–1864)
- Schott - Heinrich Wilhelm SchottHeinrich Wilhelm SchottHeinrich Wilhelm Schott was an Austrian botanist well known for his extensive work on the aroids ....
(1794–1865) - Schottky - Ernst Max Schottky (1888–1915)
- Schousb. - Peder Kofod Anker Schousboe (1766–1832)
- Schrad. - Heinrich Adolph Schrader (1767–1836)
- Schrank - Franz Paula von SchrankFranz Paula von SchrankFranz von Paula Schrank was a German botanist and entomologist.Schrank was the first director of the botanical gardens in Munich from 1809 to 1832.Shrank was the first author to use the genus name Triops...
(1747–1810) - Schreb. - Johann Christian Daniel von SchreberJohann Christian Daniel von SchreberJohann Christian Daniel von Schreber , often styled I.C.D. von Schreber, was a German naturalist.-Career:He was elected Professor of Materia medica at the University of Erlangen in 1769....
(1739–1810) - Schub. - Gotthilf Heinrich von SchubertGotthilf Heinrich von SchubertGotthilf Heinrich von Schubert was a German physician and naturalist....
(1780–1860) - Schübl. - Gustav SchüblerGustav SchüblerGustav Schübler was a German naturalist, and the founder of applied meteorology in Germany.In 1817 Schübler became professor of botany, natural history and agricultural chemistry at the University of Tübingen, Germany...
(1787–1834) - Schult. - Josef August SchultesJosef August SchultesJosef August Schultes 1773-1831 was an Austrian botanist and professor in Vienna. Together with Johann Jacob Roemer, he published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' Systema Vegetabilium. In 1821, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.Father of Julius Hermann...
(1773–1831) - Schult.f. - Julius Hermann SchultesJulius Hermann SchultesJulius Hermann Schultes was an Austrian botanist in Vienna. He co-authored volume 7 of the Roemer & Schultes edition of the Systema Vegetabilium with his father Josef August Schultes.-Notes:...
(1804–1840) - Schultz Sch. - Carl Heinrich 'Schultzenstein' SchultzCarl Heinrich 'Schultzenstein' SchultzCarl Heinrich Schultz , known as Carl Heinrich 'Schultzenstein' Schultz, was a German botanist. He was a proponent of Goethe's mystical "nature-philosophy" view of the natural world....
(1798–1871) - Schumach. - Heinrich Christian Friedrich SchumacherHeinrich Christian Friedrich SchumacherHeinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher , was a Danish surgeon, botanist and professor of anatomy at the University of Copenhagen...
(1757–1830) - Schur - Philipp Johann Ferdinand SchurPhilipp Johann Ferdinand SchurPhilipp Johann Ferdinand Schur was a German-Austrian pharmacist and botanist who was a native of Königsberg....
(1799–1878) - Schwartz - Ernest Justus Schwartz (1869–1939)
- Schweick. - Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes Schweickerdt (1903–1977)
- Schwein. - Lewis David von SchweinitzLewis David von SchweinitzLewis David de Schweinitz was a German-American botanist and mycologist. He is considered by some the "Father of North American Mycology", but also made significant contributions to botany.-Education:...
(1780–1834) - Schweinf. - Georg August SchweinfurthGeorg August SchweinfurthGeorg August Schweinfurth was a Baltic German botanist, traveller in East Central Africa and ethnologist....
(1836–1925) - Schwer. - Fritz Kurt Alexander von Schwerin (1847–1925)
- Scop. - Giovanni Antonio ScopoliGiovanni Antonio ScopoliGiovanni Antonio Scopoli was an Italian physician and naturalist.-Biography:...
(1723–1788) - Scribn. - Frank Lamson-Scribner (1851–1938)
- S.D.Jones - Stanley D. Jones (fl. 1992)
- Secr. - Louis SecretanLouis SecretanLouis Secretan , was a Swiss lawyer and mycologist. He published Mycologie Suisse in 1833, though the names are not regarded as valid unless republished by other authors.-References:...
(1758–1839) - Seem. - Berthold Carl SeemannBerthold Carl SeemannBerthold Carl Seemann 25 February 1825 Hanover, Germany - 10 October 1871 Nicaragua, Central America, was a German botanist. He travelled widely and collected and described plants from the Pacific and South America....
(1825–1871) - Seigler - David Stanley Seigler (born 1940)
- Selander - Nils Sten Edvard Selander (1891–1957)
- Semple - John Cameron Semple (born 1947)
- Sendtn. - Otto SendtnerOtto SendtnerOtto Sendtner was a German botanist and phytogeographer born in Munich.He received his education at the University of Munich, where he was a student of Karl Friedrich Schimper...
(1813–1859) - Seneb. - Jean Senebier (1742–1809)
- Ser. - Nicolas Charles SeringeNicolas Charles SeringeNicolas Charles Seringe was a French physician and botanist who was a native of Longjumeau.He studied medicine in Paris, and subsequently served as a military surgeon. In this role he was involved in the German campaign under General Jean Victor Marie Moreau...
(1776–1858) - Sessé - Martín Sessé y LacastaMartín Sessé y LacastaMartín Sessé y Lacasta was a Spanish botanist, who relocated to New Spain during the 18th century to study and classify the flora of the territory.-Background:...
(1751–1808) - Seub. - Moritz August SeubertMoritz August SeubertMoritz August Seubert was a German botanist.- Life :Seubert was the son of a medical officer of health. He first attended the Lyzeum in Karlsruhe and already at that time had contact with the botanist, Alexander Braun, who interested him in this subject...
(1818–1878) - Seward - Albert Charles SewardAlbert Charles SewardAlbert Charles Seward FRS was a British botanist and geologist.-Life:His first education was at Lancaster Grammar School and then on to St. John's College at Cambridge following his parents' wish to dedicate his life to the Church...
(1863–1941 ) - S.F.Blake - Sidney Fay Blake (1892–1959)
- S.G.Gmel. - Samuel Gottlieb GmelinSamuel Gottlieb GmelinSamuel Gottlieb Gmelin was a German physician, botanist and explorer.- Background :Gmelin was born at Tübingen in a well known family of naturalists. His father was Johann Conrad Gmelin, an apothecary and surgeon. His uncle was Johann Georg Gmelin...
(c. 1744–1774) - S.G.Hao - Shu-Gang Hao (born 1942)
- Shafer - John Adolph ShaferJohn Adolph ShaferJohn Adolph Shafer was an American botanist.- Life :Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Shafer graduated from the Pittsburgh School, of Pharmacy in 1881 and worked as a pharmacist until after his marriage to Martha Tischer in 1888.In 1897 Shafer was appointed Custodian in the Section of Botany at...
(1863–1918) - Sharsm. - Carl William SharsmithCarl SharsmithCarl W. Sharsmith was an American naturalist and Yosemite park ranger, notable for his knowledge and interpretation of the natural history of the Sierra Nevada. He taught botany at various universities, and discovered a species of flower in the Sierra.-Biography:Born Karl Wilhelm Schaarschmidt II...
(1903–1994) - Shaver - Jesse Milton Shaver (1888–1961)
- Shear - Cornelius Lott ShearCornelius Lott ShearCornelius Lott Shear was an American mycologist and plant pathologist. In 1908 he created the American Phytopathological Society. He was the first to describe the grass Bromus arizonicus.-References:...
(1865–1956) - Shinners - Lloyd Herbert Shinners (1918–1971)
- Shipunov - Alexey B. Shipunov (born 1965)
- Shiras. - Yasuyoshi (Miho or Homi) Shirasawa (1868–1947)
- Sh.Kurata - Shigeo KurataShigeo Kuratais a Japanese botanist and Nepenthes taxonomist whose work in the 1960s and 1970s contributed much to the current popularity of these plants. Of particular note is his 1976 guide, Nepenthes of Mount Kinabalu....
(fl. 1965–2008) - Short - Charles Wilkins Short (1794–1863)
- Shute - Cedric H. Shute (fl. 1989)
- Shuttlew. - Robert James Shuttleworth (1810–1874)
- Sibth. - John SibthorpJohn SibthorpJohn Sibthorp was an English botanist.He was born in Oxford, the youngest son of Dr Humphry Sibthorp , who from 1747 to 1784 was Sherardian professor of botany at the University of Oxford....
(1758–1796) - Sieber - Franz SieberFranz SieberFranz Wilhelm Sieber , was a botanist and collector who travelled to Europe, the Middle East, Southern Africa and Australia.-Early Life:Franz Sieber was born in Prague, on 30 March 1789....
(1789–1844) - Siebold - Philipp Franz von SieboldPhilipp Franz von SieboldPhilipp Franz Balthasar von Siebold was a German physician and traveller. He was the first European to teach Western medicine in Japan...
(1796–1866) - Sim - Thomas Robertson SimThomas Robertson SimThomas Robertson Sim 25 June 1858 Northfield, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - 23 July 1938 Durban, Natal was a botanist, bryologist, botanical artist and Conservator of Forests in Natal, best known for his extremely detailed book The Forests and Forest Flora of The Colony of the Cape of Good Hope which...
(1856–1938) - Simon-Louis - Leon L. Simon-Louis (1834–1913)
- Sims - John Sims (1749–1831)
- Singer - Rolf SingerRolf SingerRolf Singer was a German-born mycologist and one of the most important taxonomists of gilled mushrooms in the 20th century....
(1906–1994) - Skeels - Homer Collar Skeels (1873–1934)
- Slavin - Berhard Henry Slavin (born 1873, date of death unknown)
- Sleumer - Hermann Otto SleumerHermann Otto SleumerHermann Otto Sleumer was a Dutch botanist of German birth. The plant genera Sleumerodendron Virot and Sleumeria Utteridge, Nagam. & Teo , are named for him....
(1906–1993) - Sm. - James Edward SmithJames Edward SmithSir James Edward Smith was an English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society.Smith was born in Norwich in 1759, the son of a wealthy wool merchant. He displayed a precocious interest in the natural world...
(1759–1828) - Small - John Kunkel SmallJohn Kunkel SmallJohn Kunkel Small was an American botanist.He was the first Curator of Museums at The New York Botanical Garden, a post in which he served from 1898 until 1906. From 1906 to 1934 he was Head Curator and then from 1934 until his death he was Chief Research Associate and Curator...
(1869–1938) - Smalley - Eugene Byron SmalleyEugene Byron SmalleyProfessor Eugene Byron Smalley was an American plant pathologist. Smalley joined the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1957 with the specific aim of finding a way to control Dutch elm disease Assembling seeds from around the northern hemisphere, Smalley developed resistant strains of elms which...
(1926–2002) - S.Moore - Spencer Le Marchant MooreSpencer Le Marchant MooreSpencer Le Marchant Moore was an English botanist.Moore was born in Hampstead. He worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from about 1870 to 1879, wrote a number of botanical papers, and then worked in an unofficial capacity at the Natural History Museum from 1896 until his death.Moore is...
(1850–1931) - Smyth - Bernard Bryan Smyth (1843–1913)
- Sobol. - Gregor Fedorovitch Sobolewsky (1741–1807)
- Soderstr. - Thomas Robert Soderstrom (1936–1987)
- Soegeng - Wertit Soegeng-Reksodihardjo (born 1935)
- Soják - Jirí Soják (born 1936)
- Sol. - Daniel SolanderDaniel SolanderDaniel Carlsson Solander or Daniel Charles Solander was a Swedish naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. Solander was the first university educated scientist to set foot on Australian soil.-Biography:...
(1733–1782) - Sole - William SoleWilliam SoleWilliam Sole was a British botanist.Born in Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire, Sole studied at the King's School, Ely, then served an apprenticeship as an apothecary in Cambridge...
(1741–1802) - Soler. - Hans SolerederHans SolerederHans Solereder , was a German botanist and university professor.Solereder studied biology from 1880 at the University of Munich, under Radlkofer, and was awarded a PhD in 1885. From 1886 to 1890 he was Assistant, and from 1888 tutor in the botany department's laboratory. In 1890 he became curator...
(1860–1920) - Sond. - Otto Wilhelm SonderOtto Wilhelm SonderOtto Wilhelm Sonder was a German botanist and pharmacist who was a native of Holstein. From 1841 to 1878 he was the proprietor of a pharmacy in Hamburg. In 1846 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Königsberg.He was the author, with William Henry Harvey , of the Flora Capensis...
(1812–1881) - Sonn. - Pierre SonneratPierre SonneratPierre Sonnerat was a French naturalist and explorer.Sonnerat was the nephew of the botanist Pierre Poivre. He made several voyages to southeast Asia, visiting the Philippines and Moluccas between 1769 and 1772, and India and China from 1774 to 1781. He was the first person to give a scientific...
(1748–1814) - Soó - Soó Rezső (1903–1980):hu:Soó Rezső
- Spach - Édouard SpachÉdouard SpachÉdouard Spach was a French botanist.The son of a merchant in Strasbourg, he went to Paris in 1824 where he studied botany with René Desfontaines and Antoine Laurent de Jussieu . He became the secretary of Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel...
(1801–1879) - Späth - Franz Ludwig SpäthFranz Ludwig SpäthFranz Ludwig Späth , was a German botanist and fifth manager of the Späth nursery from 1863, when his father Ludwig retired, until his death, when the nursery passed to his own son Hellmut Ludwig Späth . With his father, Franz was a co-founder of the German Pomologists Association in 1860, and was...
(1838–1913) - Spellenb. - Richard Spellenberg (born 1940)
- S.Pierce - Simon Pierce (born 1974)
- Sprague - Thomas Archibald Sprague (1877–1958)
- Spreng. - Curt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1766–1833)
- Spring - Antoine Frédéric SpringAntoine Frédéric SpringAntoine Frédéric Spring was a German-born, Belgian physician and botanist.Trained as a physician, he was a professor of physiology and pathology at the University of Liège. As a botanist he specialized in research of Lycopodiaceae and Selaginellaceae...
(1814–1872) - Spruce - Richard SpruceRichard SpruceRichard Spruce was an English botanist. One of the great Victorian botanical explorers, Spruce spent approximately 15 years exploring the Amazon from the Andes to the mouth, and was one of the first Europeans to visit many of the places where he collected specimens.The plants and objects collected...
(1817–1893) - S.Q.Tong - Shao Quan Tong (born 1935)
- S.S.Chang - Siu Shih Chang (born 1918)
- Stace - Clive Anthony StaceClive A. StaceClive Anthony Stace is a British botanist and botanical author. His academic career was based at the University of Leicester, where he held the post of Professor of Plant taxonomy...
(born 1938) - Stackh. - John StackhouseJohn Stackhouse (botanist)John Stackhouse was an English botanist, primarily interested in Spermatophytes, algae and mycology. He was born in Probus, Cornwall and built Acton Castle, above Stackhouse Cove, Cornwall in order to further his studies in the propagation of algae from their spores...
(1742–1819) - Stafleu - Frans Antonie Stafleu (1921–1997)
- Standl. - Paul Carpenter StandleyPaul Carpenter StandleyPaul Carpenter Standley was an American botanist.Standley was born in Avalon, Missouri...
(1884–1963) - Stapf - Otto StapfOtto StapfOtto Stapf FRS was an Austrian born botanist and taxonomist.Stapf trained in Vienna, moving to Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1890. He was keeper of the Herbarium from 1909 to 1920...
(1857–1933) - Staudt - Günther Staudt (born 1926)
- S.T.Blake - Stanley Thatcher BlakeStanley Thatcher BlakeStanley Thatcher Blake was an Australian botanist who served as president of the Royal Society of Queensland who was associated with the Queensland Herbarium beginning in 1945 until his death.- Background :...
(1910–1973) - Stearn - William Thomas Stearn (1911–2001)
- Stebbins - George Ledyard Stebbins (1906–2000)
- Steenis - Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan van Steenis (1901–1986)
- Stein - Berthold Stein (1847–1926)
- Steller - Georg Wilhelm StellerGeorg Wilhelm StellerGeorg Wilhelm Steller was a German botanist, zoologist, physician and explorer, who worked in Russia and is considered the discoverer of Alaska and a pioneer of Alaskan natural history.-Biography:...
(1709–1746) - Steph. - Franz StephaniFranz StephaniFranz Stephani was a German bryologist specializing in liverworts. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Steph. when citing a botanical name....
(1842–1927) - Stephan - Christian Friedrich Stephan (1757–1814)
- Sternb. - Kaspar Maria von SternbergKaspar Maria von SternbergKaspar Maria von Sternberg , 1761, Prague – 1838, Březina Castle, was a Bohemian theologian, mineralogist, geognost, entomologist and botanist. He is known as the Father of Paleobotany....
(1761–1838) - Sterns - Emerson Ellick Sterns (1846–1926)
- Steud. - Ernst Gottlieb von SteudelErnst Gottlieb von SteudelErnst Gottlieb von Steudel was a German physician and an authority on grasses.Steudel lived in Esslingen where with Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter he organized Unio Itineraria.- References :...
(1783–1856) - Steward - Albert Newton Steward (1897–1959)
- Steyerm. - Julian Alfred SteyermarkJulian Alfred SteyermarkJulian Alfred Steyermark was an American botanist. His focus was on New World vegetation, and he specialized in the family Rubiaceae.- Life and work :...
(1909–1988) - Stocks - John Ellerton StocksJohn Ellerton StocksJohn Ellerton Stocks M.D., F.L.S , was a native of Cottingham in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, who distinguished himself as a botanist in India.-India:...
(1822–1854) - Stokes - Jonathan S. Stokes (1755–1831)
- Strasb. - Eduard StrasburgerEduard StrasburgerEduard Adolf Strasburger was a German professor who was one of the most famous botanists of the 19th century....
(1844–1912) - Stritch - L.R.Stritch (fl. 1982)
- Stuchlík - Jaroslav Stuchlík (1890–1967)
- Stuntz - Stephen Conrad Stuntz (1875–1918)
- Stur - Dionys Rudolf Josef Stur (1827–1893)
- Sturm - Jacob W. Sturm (1771–1848)
- Sudw. - George Bishop SudworthGeorge Bishop SudworthGeorge Bishop Sudworth was an American botanist. At the time of his death, he was the Chief Dendrologist of the US Forest Service.During his life, Sudworth published several books, but his most famous is A Check List of the Forest Trees of the United States.Sudworth discovered many new species and...
(1864–1927) - Suess. - Karl Suessenguth (1893–1955)
- Suksd. - Wilhelm Nikolaus Suksdorf (1850–1932)
- Sull. - William Starling SullivantWilliam Starling SullivantWilliam Starling Sullivant was a US bryologist.He was the son of Lucas Sullivant and Sarah Starling. He studied at Ohio University at Athens, Ohio. He made Bachelor of Arts in 1823 at Yale.Sullivant became the leading expert on mosses and liverworts of his time...
(1803–1873) - Summberb. - Richard SummerbellRichard SummerbellRichard C. Summerbell is a Canadian mycologist, author and award-winning songwriter. He was editor in chief of an international scientific journal in mycology from 2000 to 2004...
(born 1956) - Suter - Johann Rudolf Suter (1766–1827)
- Svenson - Henry Knute Svenson (1897–1986)
- Svent. - Eric R. Svensson Sventenius (1910–1973)
- Sw. - Olof Peter Swartz (1760–1818)
- Swainson - William John Swainson (1789–1855)
- S.Watson - Sereno WatsonSereno WatsonSereno Watson was an American botanist.Graduating from Yale in 1847, he drifted through various occupations until, in California, he joined the Clarence King Expedition and eventually became its expedition botanist...
(1812–1883) - Sweet - Robert SweetRobert Sweet (botanist)Robert Sweet was an English botanist, horticulturist and ornithologist.Born at Cockington near Torquay, Devonshire, England in 1783, Sweet worked as a gardener from the age of sixteen, and became foreman or partner in a series of nurseries. He was associated with nurseries at Stockwell, Fulham...
(1783–1835) - Swezey - Goodwin Deloss Swezey (1851–1934)
- Swingle - Walter Tennyson SwingleWalter Tennyson SwingleWalter Tennyson Swingle was an American agricultural botanist who was born in Canaan, Pennsylvania and moved with his family to Kansas two years later. He graduated from the Kansas State Agricultural College in 1890, and studied in Bonn in 1895-96 and 1898...
(1871–1952) - Syme - John Thomas Irvine Boswell Syme (1822–1888)
- Symons - Jelinger Symons (1778–1851)
- S.Y.Wang - Sui-Yi Wang (born 1934)
- Szyszył. - Ignaz von Szyszyłowicz (1857–1910)
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- T.A.Chr. - Tyge Ahrengot Christensen (1918–1996)
- Takht. - Armen TakhtajanArmen TakhtajanArmen Leonovich Takhtajan or Takhtajian , was a Soviet-Armenian botanist, one of the most important figures in 20th century plant evolution and systematics and biogeography. His other interests included morphology of flowering plants, paleobotany, and the flora of the Caucasus...
(1910–2009) - T.Anderson - Thomas AndersonThomas Anderson (botanist)Thomas Anderson , was a Scottish botanist.Anderson was born in Edinburgh 26 February 1832, and was educated for the medical profession, graduating as M.D. at Edinburgh University in 1853...
(1832–1870) - Tansley - Arthur TansleyArthur TansleySir Arthur George Tansley FRS was an English botanist who was a pioneer in the science of ecology. He obtained his degree in Biological Science in 1896, with specialization in botany and zoology. From the start, he was much influenced by the Danish plant ecologist Eugenius Warming. He championed...
(1871–1955) - Tat. - Alexander Alexejevitch Tatarinow (1817–1886)
- Taton - Auguste TatonAuguste TatonAuguste Simon Taton is a Belgian botanist who worked primarily in the Belgian Congo in Africa .- Biography :...
(1914–1989) - Taub. - Paul Hermann Wilhelm Taubert (1862–1897)
- Tausch - Ignaz Friedrich Tausch (1793–1848)
- T.Baskerv. - Thomas Baskerville (1812–1840)
- T.Bastard - Thomas Bastard (d. 1815)
- T.C.E.Fr. - Thore Christian Elias FriesThore Christian Elias FriesThore Christian Elias Fries was Professor of Systematic Botany at Lund University. He specialized in lichenology and plant geography. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation T.C.E.Fr. when citing a botanical name...
(1886–1930) - T.Durand - Théophile Alexis Durand (1855–1912)
- Teijsm. - Johannes Elias TeijsmannJohannes Elias TeijsmannJohannes Elias Teijsmann was a botanist and plant collector. He was born in Arnhem, Netherlands.Teijsmann travelled to Java in 1830 as Gardener of Governor General van den Bosch. He was appointed the Curator of the Buitenzorg Botanic Gardens the following year, a post he held until 1869...
(1808–1882) - Ten. - Michele TenoreMichele TenoreMichele Tenore was an Italian botanist active in Naples, Italy.Tenore studied at the University of Naples, receiving his medical degree in 1800...
(1780–1861) - T.E.Raven - Tamra Engelhorn Raven (born 1945)
- T.F.Forst. - Thomas Furley Forster (1761–1825)
- Thell. - Albert ThellungAlbert Thellung-Works:*Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa 1906*Die Gattung Lepidium R. Br. : eine monographische Studie 1906 *Die Entstehung der Kulturpflanzen 1930 *Flora der Schweiz - Exkursionsflora, 1923...
(1881–1928) - Thieret - John William Thieret (born 1926)
- Thomson - Thomas Thomson (1817–1878)
- Thonn. - Peter ThonningPeter ThonningPeter Thonning was a Danish physician and botanist.He was sent to Ghana by the Danish government to supervise the plantations of that colony, and he lived there from 1799 to 1803. His herbarium was destroyed during the shelling of Copenhagen by the British in 1807...
(1775–1848) - Thorne - Robert Folger ThorneRobert Folger ThorneDr. Robert F. Thorne is an American botanist and currently Taxonomist and Curator Emeritus at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden and Professor Emeritus at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. His research has contributed to the understanding of the evolution of flowering...
(born 1920) - Thouars - Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-ThouarsLouis-Marie Aubert du Petit-ThouarsLouis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars was an eminent French botanist.-Introduction:He was from an aristocrat family of the region of Anjou, where he grew up in the castle of Boumois, near Saumur...
(1758–1831) - Thuill. - Jean Louis Thuillier (1757–1822)
- Thulin - Mats Thulin (born 1948)
- Thunb. - Carl Peter ThunbergCarl Peter ThunbergCarl Peter Thunberg aka Carl Pehr Thunberg aka Carl Per Thunberg was a Swedish naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. He has been called "the father of South African botany" and the "Japanese Linnaeus"....
(1743–1828) - Thur. - Gustave Adolphe Thuret (1817–1875)
- Thwaites - George Henry Kendrik Thwaites (1811–1882)
- Tidestr. - Ivar Frederick Tidestrøm (1864–1956)
- Tiegh. - Phillippe Édouard Léon van TieghemPhillippe Édouard Léon van TieghemPhilippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem was a French botanist who was a native of Baillleul in the département of Nord....
(1839–1914) - Tiling - Heinrich Sylvester Theodor TilingHeinrich Sylvester Theodor TilingHeinrich Sylvester Theodor Tiling was a German–Russian physician and naturalist. During his later years he became an American citizen.- Early years :...
(1818–1871) - Tineo - Vincenzo TineoVincenzo TineoVincenzo Tineo was an Italian Botanist. From 1814 to 1856 he was the director of the Palermo Botanical Garden. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Tineo when citing a botanical name.-Works:...
(1791–1856) - Tjaden - William Louis Tjaden (born 1913)
- T.Lestib. - Thémistocle Gaspard Lestiboudois (1797–1876)
- T.Moore - Thomas MooreThomas Moore (botanist)Thomas Moore was a gardener and botanist from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. An expert on ferns and fern allies from the British Isles, he served as Curator of the Society of Apothecaries Garden from 1848 to 1887...
(1821–1887) - T.N.McCoy - Thomas Nevil McCoy (born 1905)
- Tod. - Agostino TodaroAgostino TodaroAgostino Todaro was an Italian botanist.He was born in Palermo, Italy, where he died. He was a professor of botany and became the director of the botanical gardens in Palermo. He published the Hortus Botanicus Panormitanus in 1876-1878....
(1818–1892) - Todzia - Carol Ann Todzia (fl. 1986)
- Tolm. - Alexandr Innokentevich TolmatchewAlexandr Innokentevich TolmatchewAlexandr Innokentevich Tolmatchew was a twentieth century Russian and Soviet botanist and phytogeographer who was a leading expert in the flora of Russia's Arctic. He is the editor of an important multi-volume set, Flora Of The Russian Arctic - A Critical Review Of The Vascular Plants Occurring...
(1903–1979), also spelled Tolmachew, Tolmachev - Torr. - John Torrey (1796–1873)
- Tourn. - Joseph Pitton de TournefortJoseph Pitton de TournefortJoseph Pitton de Tournefort was a French botanist, notable as the first to make a clear definition of the concept of genus for plants.- Biography :...
(1656–1708) - T.Q.Nguyen - To Quyen Nguyen (fl. 1965)
- Trad. - John Tradescant the youngerJohn Tradescant the youngerJohn Tradescant the Younger , son of John Tradescant the elder, was a botanist and gardener, born in Meopham, Kent and educated at The King's School, Canterbury...
(1608–1662) - Tratt. - Leopold Trattinnick (1764–1889)
- Trautv. - Ernst Rudolf von TrautvetterErnst Rudolf von TrautvetterErnst Rudolf von Trautvetter , was a Baltic German botanist, specialising in the flora of the Caucasus and central Asia.He was the son of Friedrich Wilhelm Trautvetter, Royal Saxon privy and agent at St...
(1809–1889) - Trel. - William TreleaseWilliam TreleaseWilliam Trelease was an American botanist, entomologist, explorer, writer and educator. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Trel. when citing a botanical name....
(1857–1945) - Trevis. - Vittore Benedetto Antonio Trevisan de Saint-Léon (1818–1897)
- Triana - José Jerónimo TrianaJosé Jéronimo TrianaJosé Jerónimo Triana Silva was a Colombian botanist who catalogued 60,000 specimens representing 8,000 species.For example:* Acisanthera alsinaefolia Triana* Miconia albicans Triana...
(1834–1890) - Trimen - Henry TrimenHenry TrimenHenry Trimen was a British botanist. He named several plants in the Dipterocarpaceae family.He was born in Paddington, London, England, the son of Richard and Marinne Trimen and the younger brother of entomologist Roland Trimen...
(1843–1896) - Trin. - Carl Bernhard von TriniusCarl Bernhard von TriniusCarl Bernhard von Trinius was a German-born botanist.Trinius was a specialist in grasses and described many species in his career including Agrostis pallens, Cenchrus agrimonioides and Festuca subulata....
(1778–1844) - Trotter - Alessandro TrotterAlessandro TrotterAlessandro Trotter was an Italian botanist and entomologist who pioneered in cecidology, the study of plant galls.Alessandro Trotter was the son-in-law of Pier Andrea Saccardo ....
(1874–1967) - Tswett - Mikhail TsvetMikhail Tsvet-External links:* * Berichte der Deutschen botanischen Gesellschaft 24, 316–323...
(1872–1919) - T. Taylor - Thomas Taylor (botanist)Thomas Taylor (botanist)- Life :Thomas Taylor, born in the East Indies, was the eldest son of Joseph Irwin Taylor, colonel in the East Indian army. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, graduating B.A. in 1807, and M.B. and M.D. in 1814...
(d. 1848) - Tuck. - Edward TuckermanEdward TuckermanEdward Tuckerman was an American botanist and professor who made significant contributions to the study of lichens and other alpine plants. He was a founding member of the Natural History Society of Boston and most of his career was spent at Amherst College...
(1817–1886) - Turcz. - Nicolai Stepanovitch TurczaninowNicolai Stepanovitch TurczaninowPorphir Kiril Nicolai Stepanowitsch Turczaninow was a Ukrainian-Russian botanist who first identified several genera, and many species of plants...
(1796–1863) - Turner - Dawson TurnerDawson TurnerDawson Turner was an English banker, botanist and antiquary.-Life:Turner was the son of James Turner, head of the Gurney and Turner's Yarmouth Bank and Elizabeth Cotman, the only daughter of the mayor of Yarmouth, John Cotman. He was educated at North Walsham Grammar School, Norfolk and at Barton...
(1775–1858) - Turpin - Pierre Jean François TurpinPierre Jean François TurpinPierre Jean François Turpin was a French botanist and illustrator. He is considered one of the greatest floral and botanical illustrators during the Napoleonic Era and afterwards. As an artist, Turpin was largely self-taught....
(1775–1840) - T. Yamaz. - Takasi Yamazaki (1921–2007)
- Tzvelev - Nikolai Nikolaievich Tzvelev (born 1925)
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- Ucria - Bernardino da UcriaBernardino da UcriaPlacido Michele Aurifici, better known as Bernardino da Ucria was a Sicilian friar and botanist.-Life:...
(1739–1796) - Ueki - Robert Ueki (fl. 1973)
- Ulbr. - Oskar Eberhard Ulbrich (1879–1952)
- Ule - Ernst Heinrich Georg Ule (1854–1915)
- Uline - Edwin Burton Uline (1867–1933)
- Ulmer - Torsten Ulmer (born 1970)
- Underw. - Lucien Marcus UnderwoodLucien Marcus UnderwoodLucien Marcus Underwood was an American botanist and mycologist of the 19th and early 20th centuries.-Biography:He was born in New Woodstock, New York, and graduated from Syracuse University...
(1853–1907) - Urb. - Ignatz UrbanIgnatz UrbanIgnatz Urban was a German botanist. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the Caribbean and Brazil, and for his work as curator of the Berlin Botanical Garden. Born the son of a brewer, Urban showed an interest in botany as an undergraduate...
(1848–1931) - Ursch - Eugène Ursch (1882–1962)
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- Vahl - Martin VahlMartin Vahl (botanist)Martin Henrichsen Vahl was a Danish-Norwegian botanist and zoologist.He studied botany in Copenhagen and in Uppsala under Carolus Linnaeus. He edited Flora Danica fasc. XVI-XXI , Symbolæ Botanicæ I-III , Eclogæ Americanæ I-IV and Enumeratio Plantarum I-II...
(1749–1804) - Vail - Anna Murray Vail (1863–1955)
- Vaill. - Sébastien VaillantSébastien VaillantSébastien Vaillant was a French botanist.Vaillant was born at Vigny, Val d'Oise. He studied medicine at Pontoise, and then moved to Paris to practice as a surgeon, where he studied botany at the Jardin des Plantes under Joseph Pitton de Tournefort.Vaillant was appointed to the staff of the Jardin...
(1669–1722) - Valeton - Theodoric Valeton (1855–1929)
- Vand. - Domenico VandelliDomenico VandelliDomenico Agostino Vandelli was an Italian naturalist, who did most of his scientific work in Portugal....
(1735–1816) - Van Houtte - Louis Benoit Van Houtte (1810–1876)
- V.A.Nikitin - Vladimir Alekseevich Nikitin (1906–1974)
- Vaniot - Eugene Vaniot (died 1913)
- van Jaarsv. - Ernst van Jaarsveld (born 1953)
- Vasey - George VaseyGeorge Vasey (botanist)George S. Vasey was an English-born American botanist who collected a lot in Illinois before integrating the United States Department of Agriculture , where he became Chief Botanist and curator of the greatly expanded National Herbarium.-Biography:George Vasey was born in 1822 in Snainton near...
(1822–1893) - Vassilcz. - I. T. Vassilczenko (Иван Т. Васильченко) (b. 1903)
- Vaupel - Friedrich Karl Johann Vaupel (1876–1927)
- Vavilov - Nikolai VavilovNikolai VavilovNikolai Ivanovich Vavilov was a prominent Russian and Soviet botanist and geneticist best known for having identified the centres of origin of cultivated plants...
(1887–1943) - Veitch - John Gould VeitchJohn Gould VeitchJohn Gould Veitch was a horticulturist and traveller, one of the first Victorian plant hunters to visit Japan. A great-grandson of John Veitch, the founder of the Veitch horticulture dynasty, he also visited the Philippines, Australia, Fiji, and other Polynesian islands.He brought back a number of...
(1839–1870) - Veldk. - Jan Frederik Veldkamp, (born 1941)
- Vell. - José Mariano da Conceição Vellozo (1742–1811)
- Velloso - Joaquim Velloso de Miranda (1733–1815)
- Vent. - Étienne Pierre VentenatÉtienne Pierre VentenatÉtienne Pierre Ventenat was a French botanist born in Limoges. He was the brother of naturalist Louis Ventenat ....
(1757–1808) - Verdc. - Bernard VerdcourtBernard VerdcourtBernard Verdcourt was a biologist and taxonomist, most widely known as a botanist and latterly an Honorary Research Fellow at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in London. Prior to coming to Kew in 1964, he was associated with the East African Herbarium for 15 years...
(born 1925) - V.Gibbs - Vicary Gibbs (1853–1932)
- Vickery - Joyce Winifred VickeryJoyce Winifred VickeryJoyce Winifred Vickery was an Australian botanist who specialised in taxonomy and became well known in Australian for forensic botany....
(1908–1979) - Vict. - Conrad Kirouac, Brother Marie-VictorinMarie-VictorinBrother Marie-Victorin was a De La Salle Christian Brother and botanist in Quebec, Canada, best known as the father of the Jardin botanique de Montréal....
(1885–1944) - Vierh. - Friedrich VierhapperFriedrich VierhapperFriedrich Vierhapper, 1876-1932, was an Austrian plant collector and botanist.- External links :...
- Vignolo - Ferdinando Vignolo-Lutati (1878–1965)
- Vill. - Dominique VillarsDominique VillarsDominique Villars or Villar is a French botanist. His main work is Histoire des plantes du Dauphiné published between 1786 to 1789, in which about 2,700 species are described, after over twenty years of observation...
(1745–1814) - Vilm. - Pierre Louis François Lévêque de Vilmorin (1816–1860)
- Virot - Robert Virot (1915-2002)
- Vitman - Fulgenzio VitmanFulgenzio VitmanFulgenzio Vitman was an Italian clergyman and botanist. In 1774, he developed the Brera Botanical Garden in Milan out of a former Jesuit garden, under the direction of Maria Theresa of Austria.-Publications:* * * *...
(1728–1806) - Vittad. - Carlo VittadiniCarlo VittadiniCarlo Vittadini was an Italian doctor and mycologist.- Life :He studied in Milan and at the University of Pavia, where he attended the classes given by Giuseppe L. Moretti...
(1800–1865) - Viv. - Domenico Viviani (1772–1840)
- Vl.V.Nikitin - Vladimir V. Nikitin (fl. 1996)
- V.M.Bates - Vernon M. Bates (fl. 1984)
- Vogel - Julius Rudolph Theodor VogelJulius Rudolph Theodor VogelJulius Rudolph Theodor Vogel was a botanist. His author abbreviation is Vogel.-References:...
(1812–1841) - Volkart - Albert Volkart (1873–1951)
- Vural - Mecit Vural (fl. 1983)
- V.V.Nikitin - Vasilii Vasilevich Nikitin (1906–1988)
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- Wahlenb. - Göran WahlenbergGöran WahlenbergGeorg Wahlenberg was a Swedish naturalist. He was born in Kroppa, Värmland County.Wahlenberg matriculated at Uppsala University in 1792, received his doctorate in Medicine in 1806, was appointed botanices demonstrator in 1814, and professor of medicine and botany in 1829, succeeding Carl Peter...
(1780–1851) - Waisb. - Anton Waisbecker (1835–1916)
- Wall. - Nathaniel WallichNathaniel WallichNathaniel Wallich was a surgeon and botanist of Danish origin who worked in India initially in the Danish settlement near Calcutta and later joined the East India Company...
(1786–1854) - Wallr. - Karl Friedrich Wilhelm WallrothKarl Friedrich Wilhelm WallrothKarl Friedrich Wilhelm Wallroth was a German botanist. His name is abbreviated Wallr. as a taxon authority.-References:...
(1792–1857) - Walp. - Wilhelm Gerhard WalpersWilhelm Gerhard WalpersWilhelm Gerhard Walpers was a German botanist. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Walp. when citing a botanical name.-Works:*Repertorium botanices systematicæ...
(1816–1853) - Walter - Thomas Walter (botanist)Thomas Walter (botanist)Thomas Walter was a British-born American botanist. He is best known for his book Flora Caroliniana , an early yet fairly complete catalog of the flowering plants of South Carolina.-References:...
(1740–1789) - Wangenh. - Friedrich Adam Julius von WangenheimFriedrich Adam Julius von WangenheimFriedrich Adam Julius von Wangenheim was a German botanist specializing in forestry, and was the citing authority for a number of described eastern North American plant species. He was also a Hessian soldier, and during his service in the thirteen colonies devoted his leisure time to botanical...
(1749–1800) - Warb. - Otto WarburgOtto Warburg (botanist)Otto Warburg , was a German botanist and industrial agriculture expert, as well as an active member of the Zionist Organization...
(1859–1938) - Ward - Lester Frank WardLester Frank WardLester F. Ward was an American botanist, paleontologist, and sociologist. He served as the first president of the American Sociological Association.-Biography:...
(1841–1913) - Warder - John Aston WarderJohn Aston WarderJohn Aston Warder was a physician, influential leader in the fields of horticulture and forestry, and founder of the American Forestry Association. He was among the first to propose the planting of belts of trees on the great western plains.-External resources: *. Peeling Back the Bark, the...
(1812–1883) - Warm. - Johannes Eugenius Bülow Warming (1841–1924)
- Warnock - Barton Holland Warnock (1911–1998)
- Warsz. - Józef Warszewicz Ritter von RawiczJozef WarszewiczJózef Warszewicz Ritter von Rawicz was a Polish botanist, plant and animal collector, and gardener.- Life :...
(1812–1866) - Watson - William Watson (1715–1787)
- Watt - David Allan Poe Watt (1830–1917)
- Wawra - Heinrich Wawra von FernseeHeinrich Wawra von FernseeHeinrich Wawra Ritter von Fernsee, born Jindřich Blažej Vávra, was a Czech-Austrian ship surgeon, botanist and explorer....
(1831–1887) - W.Bartram - William BartramWilliam BartramWilliam Bartram was an American naturalist. The son of Ann and John Bartram, William Bartram and his twin sister Elizabeth were born in Kingsessing, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. As a boy, he accompanied his father on many of his travels, to the Catskill Mountains, the New Jersey Pine Barrens,...
(1739–1823) - W.C.Cheng - Wan Chun ChengWan Chun ChengProfessor Wan Chun Cheng was one of the most eminent Chinese botanists of the 20th century. Initially one of the Chinese plant collectors who followed in the wake of the Europeans after 1920, he became one of the world's leading authorities on the taxonomy of gymnosperms...
(1904–1983) - W.D.J.Koch - Wilhelm Daniel Joseph KochWilhelm Daniel Joseph KochWilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch was a German physician and botanist from Kusel, a town in the Rhineland-Palatinate....
(1771–1849) - Weath. - Charles Alfred WeatherbyCharles Alfred WeatherbyCharles Alfred Weatherby was a botanist.Weatherby was born in Hartford, Connecticut to Charles Nathaniel Weatherby and his wife the former Grace Weld. Not long after Charles Alfred's birth the family moved to Colorado...
(1875–1949) - Webb - Philip Barker WebbPhilip Barker WebbPhilip Barker Webb was an English botanist.Webb, who was born to a wealthy aristocratic family studied languages, botany, and geology at Harrow and Oxford. He collected plants in Italy, Spain and Portugal, and was the first person to collect in the Tetuan Mountains of Morocco...
(1793–1854) - Weber - George Heinrich Weber (1752–1828)
- Wedd. - Hugh Algernon WeddellHugh Algernon WeddellHugh Algernon Weddell was a physician and botanist, specialising in South American flora.Weddell was born at Birches House, Painswick near Gloucester, England but was raised in France and educated at the Lycée Henri IV, where he received a medical degree in 1841...
(1819–1877) - Wedem. - Wedemeyer (fl. bef. 1803)
- Wege - Juliet WegeJuliet WegeJuliet Ann Wege is an Australian botanist. She graduated in 1992 and gained a PhD at the University of Western Australia in 1999. She currently works as a researcher at the Western Australian Herbarium run by Western Australia's Department of Environment and Conservation...
(born 1971) - Weigel - Christian Ehrenfried von Weigel (1748–1831)
- Weihe - Carl Ernst August WeiheCarl Ernst August WeiheCarl Ernst August Weihe was a German botanist and physician.Weihe was born on 30 January 1779 at Mennighüffen, the second of 12 children born to KarlJustus Weihe , a pastor, and his wife Anna . As he later described himself as "Mindensis", it is probable that he received his schooling at the...
(1779–1834) - Weinm. - Johann Anton WeinmannJohann Anton WeinmannJohann Anton Weinmann was a German botanist who served as Inspector of the Gardens in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He published a Flora that is the basis of some binomial species identifications using the author abbreviation Weinm.....
(1782–1858) - Wells - Bertram Whittier WellsBertram Whittier WellsBertram Whittier Wells was an American botanist and ecologist active in North Carolina. His most influential work was Natural Gardens of North Carolina ....
(1884–1978) - Welw. - Friedrich WelwitschFriedrich WelwitschFriedrich Martin Josef Welwitsch was an Austrian explorer and botanist who in Angola discovered the plant Welwitschia mirabilis...
(1806–1872) - Wender. - Georg Wilhelm Franz Wenderoth (1774–1861)
- Werderm. - Erich WerdermannErich WerdermannErich Werdermann was a German botanist.Born in Berlin, Erich Werdermann was the son of the landowner Carl Werdermann. He first studied in Jena, but then switched to Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin...
(1892–1959) - Wesm. - Alfred WesmaelAlfred WesmaelAlfred Wesmael was a Belgian professor of botany. His outstanding work in taxonomy saw him invited to become Visiting Professor at the University of Washington.-Publications:...
(1832–1905) - Wess.Boer - Jan Gerard Wessels BoerJan Gerard Wessels BoerJan Gerard Wessels Boer is a Dutch plant taxonomist best known for his work on palms. He has described 37 species, subspecies and varieties of plants, especially in the palm family-References:...
(born 1936) - West - William WestWilliam West (botanist)William West Sr. FLS was a British botanist, particularly noted for his studies of freshwater algae. He had sons named William and George Stephen , both also botanists....
(1848–1914) - Westerd. - Johanna Westerdijk (1883–1961)
- Weston - Richard WestonRichard WestonRichard Weston was an English botanist.Weston was originally a thread-hosier of Leicester, but in some of his anonymous works describes himself as "a country gentleman". In 1773 he was living at Kensington Gore, but later was living at Leicester where he was secretary of the local agricultural...
(c. 1733–1806) - Wettst. - Richard WettsteinRichard WettsteinRichard Wettstein was an Austrian botanist.Wettstein introduced the phylogenetic system into botany. He was a Professor at the University of Prague from 1892, and at the University of Vienna from 1899. He newly laid out the Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna.- Notes :...
(1863–1931) - Weyland - Hermann Gerhard Weyland (1888–1974)
- W.Fitzg. - William Vincent Fitzgerald (1867–1929)
- W.H.Brewer - William Henry BrewerWilliam Henry BrewerWilliam Henry Brewer was an American botanist. He worked on the first California Geological Survey and was the first Chair of Agriculture at Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School....
(1828–1910) - Wherry - Edgar Theodore Wherry (1885–1982)
- W.H.Lang - William Henry LangWilliam Henry LangWilliam Henry Lang FRS was a British botanist. The son of Thomas Lang, a medical practitioner, Lang was educated at Dennistoun public school in Glasgow before being accepted into the University of Glasgow, where he graduated with a Bsc in botany and zoology in 1894...
(born 1874) - W.Hook. - William HookerWilliam Hooker (botanical artist)William Hooker was a British illustrator of natural history.Hooker studied under Franz Bauer , becoming the official artist of the Royal Horticultural Society, whose publications he illustrated. He also worked on the "Oriental Memoirs" of James Forbes and the of Richard Anthony Salisbury .-...
(1779–1832) - W.H.Wagner - Warren Herbert Wagner (1920–2000)
- Wibel - August Wilhelm Eberhard Christoph Wibel (1775–1814)
- Widder - Felix Joseph Widder (1892–1974)
- Wiegand - Karl McKay Wiegand (1873–1942)
- Wiersema - John H. Wiersema (born 1950)
- Wierzb. - Piotr Pawlus (Peter (Petrus) Paulus) Wierzbicki, (1794–1847)
- Wight - Robert WightRobert WightRobert Wight was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who spent 30 years in India. He studied botany in Edinburgh under John Hope. He was the director of the Botanic Garden in Madras. He made use of local artists to make illustrations of the plants around him...
(1796–1872) - Willd. - Carl Ludwig von Willdenow (1765–1812)
- Wille - Johan Nordal Fischer Wille (1858–1924)
- Willk. - Heinrich Moritz Willkomm (1821–1895)
- Windham - Michael D. Windham (born 1954)
- Wipff - J.K.Wipff (born 1962)
- With. - William WitheringWilliam WitheringWilliam Withering was an English botanist, geologist, chemist, physician and the discoverer of digitalis.-Introduction:...
(1741–1799) - W.J.Zinger - Vasily Jakovlevich ZingerVasily Jakovlevich ZingerVasili Yakovlevich Zinger was a prominent Russian mathematician, botanist and philosopher.-Biography:Zinger was born in Moscow . His father was a teacher of mathematics. Zinger graduated in 1859 from Moscow University, where he majored in mathematics. He earned his doctoral degree in 1867...
(1836–1907) - W.L.E.Schmidt - Wilhelm Ludwig Ewald SchmidtWilhelm Ludwig Ewald SchmidtWilhelm Ludwig Ewald Schmidt was a German physician, botanist, and entomologist.He was the first President of the Entomological Society of Stettin.-Works:...
(1804–1843) - W.Mast. - William Masters (botanist) (1796–1874)
- W.M.Curtis - Winifred Mary Curtis (1905–2005)
- Wollenw. - Hans Wilhelm Wollenweber (1879–1949)
- Wolley-Dod - Anthony Hurt Wolley-DodAnthony Hurt Wolley-DodAnthony Hurt Wolley-Dod was a British soldier and botanist . The fourth son of the Rev...
(1861–1948) - Wood - William WoodWilliam Wood (botanist)William Wood was an English Unitarian minister and botanist who was involved in efforts to remedy the political and educational disabilities of Nonconformists under the Test Acts.-Life:...
(1745–1808) - Woodson - Robert Everard Woodson Jr. (1904–1963)
- Woodv. - William Woodville (1752–1805)
- Woolls - William WoollsWilliam WoollsWilliam Woolls was an Australian botanist, clergyman and schoolmaster.Woolls, the nineteenth child of merchant Edward Woolls, was born at Winchester, England and educated at the grammar school, Bishop's Waltham, and at 16 years of age endeavoured unsuccessfully to obtain a cadetship in the British...
(1814–1893) - Wooton - Elmer Otis WootonE. O. WootonElmer Otis Wooton , was an American botanist, professor of chemistry and botany at New Mexico State College from 1890 to 1911, assistant curator at the National Herbarium in 1910, and employed by the US Department of Agriculture from 1911 to 1935....
(1865–1945) - Woronow - Georg Jurij Nikolaewitch Woronow (1874–1931)
- Woyn. - Heinrich Karl Woynar (1865–1917)
- W.Palmer - William Palmer (1856–1921)
- W.P.C.Barton - William Paul Crillon Barton (1786–1856)
- W.Petz. - Karl Wilhelm Petzold (1848–1897)
- W.Q.Zhu - Wei-Qing Zhu (fl. 1999)
- Wraber - Tone Wraber (1938–2010)
- W.R.Buck - William Russell Buck (born 1950)
- W.Remy - Winfried Remy (1924–1995)
- W.Rich - William RichWilliam RichMajor William Rich was an American botanist and explorer who was part of the United States Exploring Expedition of 1838–1842.William Rich was the youngest son of Captain Obadiah Rich who commanded the brig Intrepid in the American Revolutionary War, and his first wife Salome Lombard...
(1800–1864) - W.Saunders - William Saunders (1822–1900)
- W.Stone - Witmer StoneWitmer StoneWitmer Stone was an American ornithologist, botanist, and mammalogist, and was considered one of the last of the “great naturalists.” Stone is remembered principally as an ornithologist. He was president of the American Ornithologists’ Union 1920–23, and was editor of the AOU’s periodical The...
(1866–1939) - W.T.Aiton - William Townsend AitonWilliam Townsend AitonWilliam Townsend Aiton was a Scottish botanist.He brought out a second and enlarged edition of the Hortus Kewensis in 1810–1813, a catalogue of the plants at Kew Gardens, the first edition of which was written by his father William Aiton...
(1766–1849) - Wullschl. - Heinrich WullschlägelHeinrich WullschlägelHeinrich Rudolf Wullschlägel was a Russia-born Dutch-German bishop, botanist and translator....
(1805–1864) - W.Watson - William Watson (1858–1925)
- W.West - William West Jr. (botanist) (1875–1901)
- W.Wight - William Franklin Wight (1874–1954)
- W.Wolf - Wolfgang Wolf (1875–1950)
- W.W.Sm. - William Wright SmithWilliam Wright SmithSir William Wright Smith FRS FRSE DèsSc FLS VMH was a Scottish botanist and horticulturalist....
(1875–1956) - Wydler - Heinrich WydlerHeinrich WydlerHeinrich Wydler was a Swiss botanist He spent the years 1826-27 on a collecting expedition to the West Indies; worked at the St. Petersburg botanical garden in 1828-30; was curator of the de Candolle botanical collections at the University of Geneva , 1830–4...
(1800–1883) - W.Zimm. - Walter Max ZimmermanWalter Max ZimmermanWalter Max Zimmerman was a German botanist. The standard botanical author abbreviation W.Zimm. is applied to species he described....
(1892–1980)
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- Yakovlev - Gennady Pavlovic YakovlevGennady YakovlevGennady Pavlovich Yakovlev Russian botanist.Director of Leningrad chemical-pharmaceutical Institute. Expert in Leguminosae taxonomy.-Plants authored by G. P. Yakovlev:* Acosmium panamense Yakovlev...
(born 1934) - Yeo - Peter Frederick Yeo (born 1929)
- Y.Schouten - Y. Schouten (fl. 1985)
- Yunck. - Truman George Yuncker (1891–1964)
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- Zabel - Hermann Zabel (1832–1912)
- Zahlbr. - Alexander ZahlbrucknerAlexander ZahlbrucknerAlexander Zahlbruckner was an Austrian botanist who specialized in the study of lichens -Works:Catalogus lichenum universalis. -Sources:...
(1860–1938) - Zämelis - Aleksander Zämelis (1897–1943)
- Zanted. - Giovanni ZantedeschiGiovanni ZantedeschiGiovanni Zantedeschi was an Italian physician and an important Italian botanist.He studied in Verona and later in Padua, where he graduated with honors, in medicine and surgery...
(1773–1846) - Zapał. - Hugo Zapałowicz (1852–1917)
- Zaw. - Aleksander ZawadzkiAleksander Zawadzki (naturalist)Aleksander Zawadzki, born Józef Antoni Zawadzki, was a Polish naturalist, author of flora and fauna lists of the Galicia region and the neighbourhood of Lviv...
(1798–1868) - Zeyh. - Karl Ludwig Philipp ZeyherKarl Ludwig Philipp ZeyherKarl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher , was a botanical and insect collector who collected extensively in South Africa...
(1799–1858) - Ziel. - Jerzy Zielinski (1943–)
- Zinn - Johann Gottfried ZinnJohann Gottfried ZinnJohann Gottfried Zinn was a German anatomist and botanist member of the Berlin Academy.- Biography :Johann Gottfried Zinn was born in Schwabach....
(1727–1759) - Ziz - Johann Baptist ZizJohann Baptist ZizJohann Baptist Ziz was a German botanist from the Rhineland. The genus Zizia was named in his honor.-Bibliography:*...
(1779–1829) - Zizka - Georg Zizka (fl. 1987)
- Zohary - Michael ZoharyMichael ZoharyMichael Zohary was a pioneering Israeli botanist.-Biography:...
(1898–1983) - Zoll. - Heinrich Zollinger (1818–1859)
- Zucc. - Joseph Gerhard ZuccariniJoseph Gerhard ZuccariniJoseph Gerhard Zuccarini was a German botanist, Professor of Botany at the University of München. He worked extensively with Philipp Franz von Siebold, assisting in describing his collections from Japan, but also described plants discovered in other areas, including Mexico.-References:...
(1790–1848)
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