| Authorities |
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | |
A A. Dietr. Albert Gottfried Dietrich, 1795-1856. Curator of the Berlin botanical garden. |
| A. Gray Asa Gray, 1810-1888. Professor of botany at Harvard University and prominent American systematist and botanical author. Wrote the Manual of the Botany of the Northern States. |
| Á. Löve Askell Löve, 1916-. Icelandic botanist who worked at Swedish, Canadian, and U.S. universities. |
| A. Nels. Aven Nelson, 1859-1952. United States of America. |
| Aiton William Aiton, 1731-1793. |
| All. Carlo Allioni, 1725-1804. Italian botanist. |
| Allred Kelly Allred, 1949-. Grass specialist at New Mexico State University. |
| Anders. Edgar Shannon Anderson, 1897-1969. Experimental taxonomist at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis. |
| Andrz. Antoni Lukianowicz Andrzejowski, 1785-1868. Lithuania. |
B B. L. Robinson & Fernald |
| B.L. Robinson Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, 1864-1935. American botanist; curator of the Gray Herbarium at Harvard University from 1892-1935; co-author of Gray's Manual of Botany. |
| B.L. Turner Billie Lee Turner, 1925-. Professor of botany at the University of Texas in Austin. |
| B.S.P. |
| Bailey Liberty Hyde Bailey, 1858-1954. Horticulturist at Cornell University in New York. |
| Baill. Henri Ernest Baillon, 1827-1895. France. |
| Barkworth Mary Elizabeth Barkworth, 1941-. United States of America |
| Barnhart John Hendley Barnhart, 1871-1949. New York Botanical Garden bibliographer. |
| Beauv. Ambroise Marie Francois Joseph Palisot de Beauvois, 1752-1820. French naturalist. |
| Beck Günther Beck, 1856-1931. Austria. |
| Benth. George Bentham, 1800-1884. English taxonomist, author and long-time president of the Linnaean Society. |
| Bickn. Eugene Pintard Bicknell, 1859-1925. New York banker and amateur botanist. |
| Bigel. Jacob Bigelow, 1787-1879. American botanist at Harvard. |
| Blankinship Joseph William Blankinship, 1862-1938. United States of America. |
| Bolli Richard Bolli. |
| Bosc Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, 1759-1828. French naturalist. |
| Bright John Bright, 1872-1952. United States of America. |
| Britton Nathaniel Lord Britton, 1859-1934. Director of the New York Botanical Garden. |
| Brooks Ralph Edward Brooks, 1950-. University of Kansas, Lawrence. |
| Brummitt Richard Kenneth Brummit, 1937-. |
| Buckl. |
| Bullock Arthur Allman Bullock, 1906-1980. |
| Bureau Louis Edouard, 1830-1918. French botanist and professor of taxanomic botany in Paris. |
| Burtt Bernard Dearman Burtt, 1902-1938. |
| Buxb. Franz Buxbaum, 1900-1979. Austrian botanist. |
C C. Hitchc. Charles Leo Hitchcock, 1902-?. American botanist in the Pacific Northwest. |
| C.A. Clark Carolyn A. Clark, United State of America. |
| C.A. Lawson Cheryl A. Lawson, 1947-. United States of America. |
| C.A. Mey. Carl Anton Andreevitch von Meyer, 1795-1855. Director of the botanic garden in St. Petersburg, Russia. |
| C.C. Gmel. Carl Christian Gmelin, 1762-1837. German physician. |
| Cass. Alexandre Henri Gabriel (Comte de) Cassini, 1781-1832. French botanist. |
| Cav. Antonio Jose Cavanilles, 1745-1804. Spanish botanist and director of the Madrid botanic gardens. |
| Cavara Fridiano Cavara, 1857-1929, Italy. |
| Cerv. Vincente de Cervantes, 1759?-1829. Professor of botany and director of the Mexico City botanic garden. |
| Choisy Jacques Denys Choisy, 1799-1859. Swiss botanist, clergyman and philosopher. Professor in Geneva. |
| Cory Victor Louis Cory, 1880-1964. Botanist at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. |
| Coult. Thomas Coulter, 1793-1843. Irish botanist; explored Central Mexico 1825-1834 and Southern California 1831-1833. |
| Coville Frederick Vernon Coville, 1867-1937. Botanist and curator of the U.S. Natural Herbarium. |
| Crantz Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, 1722-1799. Austria. |
| Czern. V. M. Czernajew, 1776-1871. |
D D. Don David Don, 1799-1841. British botanist, professor in Kings College, London; librarian for the Linnaean Society; brother of George Don. |
| D.A. Sutton David A. Sutton, 1952-. |
| D.R. Hunt David Richard Hunt, 1938-. |
| DC. Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, 1778-1841. Swiss botanist and professor of botany in Geneva. Authored ten volumes of the Prodromus, a fundamental work in the development of taxonomy. |
| Dcne. Joseph Decaisne, 1807-1882. Belgian botanist and director of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. |
| Desf. René Louiche Desfontaines, 1750-1833. French botanist. |
| Desv. Auguste Nicaise Desvaux, 1784-1856, France. |
| Dewey Lyster Hoxie Dewey, 1865-1944. U.S. botanist from Michigan. |
| Dougl. David Douglas, 1798-1834. Scottish plant collector in northwestern America. Collected extensively along the Columbia River. |
| Duchesne Antoine Nicolas Duchesne, 1747-1827. France. |
| Dum. |
| Dumont Kent P. Dumont |
| Dunal Michel Felix Dunal, 1789-1856. French botanist and professor of botany in Montpellier. |
E E.B. Sm. Edwin Burnell Smith, 1936-. University of Arkansas. |
| E.G. Clements Edith Gertrude Clements, (Mrs. F. E. Clements), 1877-?, United States of America. |
| Eifert Imre J. Eifert, 1934-, United States. |
| Ell. Stephen Elliott, 1771-1830. American botanist in South Carolina. |
| Engelm. George Engelmann, 1809-1884. German-born physician and later an eminent botanist in St. Louis. |
| Epling Carl Clawson Epling, 1849-1968, United States. |
F F.E. Clements Frederic Edward Clements, 1874-1945, United States of America. |
| F.L. Freeman Florence Lucinda Freeman, 1912-. United States of America. |
| Farw. Oliver Atkins Farwell, 1867-1944. Botanist for Parke, Davis & Company. |
| Fedde Friedrich Karl Georg Fedde, 1873-1942. Professor and editor in Berlin. |
| Fenzel Eduard Fenzel, 1808-1879. Director of the Botanical Garden in Vienna. |
| Fernald Merritt Lyndon Fernald, 1873-1950. Plant geographer and systematist and director of the Gray Herbarium at Harvard. |
| Fisch. Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer, 1782-1854. Director of the botanic garden in St. Petersburg, Russia. |
| Fosberg Francis Raymond Fosberg, 1908-?. U.S. Geological Survey and the Smithsonian Institution. Concentrated on the floras of South America, California, and Polynesia. |
| Foug. Auguste Denis Fougeroux de Bordaroy, 1732-1789. Frenchman. |
G G. Don George Don, 1798-1856. English collector of plants for the Royal Horticultural Society. Collected in Brazil, the West Indies and Africa. |
| G.B. Ownbey Gerald Bruce Ownbey, 1916-. United States of America. |
| G.L. Nesom Guy Lane Nesom, 1945-. United States of America. |
| Gaertn. Joseph Gaertner, 1732-1791. German physician and botanist. |
| Gaiser Lulu Odel Gaiser, 1896-1965. Canadian botanist. |
| Gandhi Kanchi Natarajan Gandhi, 1948-. India, United States of America. |
| Geise M. J. Geise |
| Gilg Ernst Friedrick Gilg, 1867-1933. Worked at the Botanical Museum in Berlin. |
| Goodman George Jones Goodman, 1904-1999. United States of America. |
| Gould Frank Walton Gould, 1913-1981. Specialist in grasses at Texas A & M University. |
| Grande Loreto Grande, 1878-1965. |
| Greene Edward Lee Greene, 1843-1915. Botanist at the University of California, the Smithsonian Institution, and Catholic University of America. |
| Greenm. Jesse More Greenman, 1867-1951. Herbarium curator at the Missouri Botanical Garden. |
H H.B.K. Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt, 1769-1859; Aimee Jaque Alexandre Bonpland, 1773-1858; and Carl S. Kunth, 1788-1850. Humboldt and Bonpland made a scientific expedition to tropical America. Kunth wrote about their work. |
| H.E. Robins Harold Ernest Robinson, 1932-. United States of America. |
| Hack. Eduard Hackel, 1850-1926. Austrian specialist in grasses. |
| Hayek August von Hayek, 1871-1928. Austrian botanist and physician. |
| Heimerl. Anton Heimerl, 1857-1942. Professor in Vienna. |
| Herrm. Rudolf Albert Wolfgang Herrmann, 1885-19??. German botanist. |
| Herter Wilhelm Gustav Herter, 1884-1958. German botanist who lived and worked in Uruguay after 1924. |
| Heynh. Gustav Heynhold, 1800-1860. Germany. |
| Hill John Hill, 1716-1775. Apothecary and naturalist in London. |
| Hilliard Olive Mary Hilliard, 1926-. |
| Hitchc. Albert Spear Hitchcock, 1865-1935. Botanist at Kansas State University and later with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington. Author of Manual of Grasses of the United States. |
| Hogg Robert Hogg, 1818-1897. British horticulturist and editor. |
| Hook. Sir William Jackson Hooker, 1785-1865. Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, England from 1841-1865. Author and editor of botanical books and journals. |
| Hornem. Jens Wilken Hornemann, 1770-1841. Denmark. |
| Host Nicolaus Thomas Host, 1761-1834. Austrian botanist and physician to Franz I. |
| House Homer Doliver House, 1878-1949. American botanist; State Botanist of New York 1914-1949. |
| Houtt. Maarten Houttuyn, 1720-1798. Dutch physician and naturalist. |
| Hubb., C.E. Charles Edward Hubbard, 1900-?. British botanist at Kew. |
| Huds. William Hudson, 1730-1793. Apothecary and botanist in London. |
I Iltis Hugh Hellmut Iltis, 1925-. Czech-born American botanist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. |
| Isley Daune Isley, 1918-. Iowa State University taxonomist. |
J J. R. Johnst. John Robert Johnston, 1880-1953, United States of America. |
| J.A. Schultes Joseph August Schultes, 1773-1831. Austrian botanist and professor in Vienna. |
| J.G. Sm. Jared Gage Smith, 1866-1925. American botanist and agriculturist. |
| J.H. Schultes |
| J.W. Grimes James W. Grimes, 1953. United States of America. |
| Jacq. Nicolaus Joseph Baron von Jacquin, 1727-1817. Professor of botany and director of the botanic garden in Vienna. Noted taxonomist. |
| James Edwin James, 1797-1861. Surgeon and naturalist; accompanied Major S. H. Long's expedition to the Rocky Mountains; the first botanical collector in Colorado and early collector in Texas. |
| Janchen Erwin Janchen, 1882-1970, Austrian botanist. |
K Kartesz John T. Kartesz, 1948-. United States of America. |
| Kearney Thomas Henry Kearney, 1874-1956. U.S. Department of Agriculture taxonomist. |
| Keng Yi Li Keng, 1898-1975. Professor of botany at Nanking University in China. |
| Ker John Bellenden Ker (prior to 1804, John Gawler), 1764-1842. British botanist. |
| Kiger Robert William Kiger, 1940-. United States of America. |
| King George King, 1840-1909. British botanist; worked many years in India. |
| Kunth Carl Sigismund Kunth, 1788-1850. German botanist. |
| Kuntze Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze, 1843-1907. German botanist who advocated strict priority in nomenclature; author of "Revisio Generum Plantarum" (1891), in which the names of more than 30,000 species were changed. |
| Kükenth. Georg Kükenthal, 1864-1955. Germany. |
L L'Her. Charles-Louis L'Heritier de Brutelle, 1746-1800. French magistrate and botanist. |
| L. Carl Linnaeus, 1707-1778. Swedish botanist considered to be the "Father of Taxonomy". Author of Species Plantarum, the staring point for botanical nomenclature. |
| Lag. Mariano Lagasca y Segura, 1776-1839. Spanish professor and director of the Madrid botanic garden. A mob destroyed his collections and he ended up exiled to England. |
| Lam. Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck, 1744-1829. French botanist that proposed an early theory of evolution. |
| Larisey Mary Maxine Larisey, 1909-. School of Pharmacy, Medical College of South Carolina. |
| Lawson G. Lawson |
| Ledeb. Carl Friedrich von Ledebour, 1785-1851. Professor and author of two major floras. |
| Lehm. Johann Georg Christian Lehman, 1792-1860. Director of the botanic garden in Hamburg. |
| Less. Christian Friedrich Lessing, 1809-1862. German physician. |
| Leyss. Friedrich Wilhelm von Leysser, 1731-1815. German botanist. |
| Lindl. John Lindley, 1799-1865. London professor of botany. |
| Link Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, 1767-1851. Director of the botanic garden and professor of natural science in Berlin. |
| Lye Kaare Arnstein Lye, 1940-. Norway. |
M M. Bieb. Baron Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein, 1768-1826. German explorer who wrote about the flora of southern Russia and the Caucasus. |
| Mack. Kenneth Kent Mackenzie, 1877-1934. Corporation attorney in New York City and well-known botanist. |
| MacMill. Conway MacMillan, 1867-1929. Minnesota state botanist. |
| Maguire Bassett Maguire, 1904-?. New York Botanical Garden. Specialist in the flora of the Great Basin and northeastern South America. |
| Makino Tomitaro Makino, 1862-1957. Japanese botanist. |
| Marcks Brian G. Marcks, ? University of Wisconsin. |
| Marsh. Humphrey Marshall, 1722-1801. Called the "father of American dendrology", (dendrology = the study of trees). Lived in Pennsylvania. |
| Martens Martin Martens, 1797-1863. Belgian taxonomist and physician who collected in Mexico. |
| Mattf. Johannes Mattfeld, 1895-1951. Berlin, Germany. |
| Maxim. Carl Johann Maximowicz, 1827-1891. Russian botanist and director of the St. Petersberg botanic garden. |
| Medic. Friedrich Kasimir Medicus, 1736-1808. German botanist. |
| Merr. Elmer Drew Merrill, 1876-1956. American botanist; director of the New York Botanical Garden; outstanding plant systematist. |
| Michx. Andre Michaux, 1746-1802. French botanist and explorer of North America. |
| Moench Conrad Moench, 1744-1805, Germany. |
| Moq. Christian Horace Benedict Alfred Moquin-Tandon, 1804-1863. French botanist. |
| Moric. Moise Etienne Moricand, 1779-1854. Swiss botanist. |
| Morong |
| Mosher, E. Edna Mosher, U.S. entomologist. |
| Muhl. Henry Muhlenberg (Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muehlenberg), 1753-1815. German-educated Lutheran minister and pioneer botanist in Pennsylvania. |
| Murr Josef Murr, 1864-1932. Austrian botanist and high school teacher. |
| Murray Johan Andreas Murray,1740-1791, Sweden. |
N Nash George Valentine Nash, 1864-1921. Head gardener at the New York Botanical Garden. |
| Nees Christian Daniel Nees von Esenbeck, 1776-1858. German botanist. |
| Nieuw. Julius Aloysius Arthur Nieuwland, 1878-1936. Professor of botany and organic chemistry at Notre Dame University. |
| Nort. John Bitting Smith Norton, 1872-1966. Taxonomist and plant pathologist at Kansas State University and later the University of Maryland. |
| Nutt. Thomas Nuttall, 1786-1859. English-born naturalist, botanist and ornithologist. He resided in the U.S. from 1808-1841 and collected plants in the American West. |
O Ortega Casimiro Gomez de Ortega, 1740-1818. Spain. |
P P. Mill. Philip Miller, 1691-1771. British gardener and author of The Gardener's Dictionary. |
| Palla Eduard Palla, 1864-1922. Austrian botanist. |
| Pallas Peter Simon von Pallas, 1741-1811. |
| Palmer Ernest Jesse Palmer, 1875-1962, Missouri Botanical Garden field collector. |
| Parker W. K. Parker, 1823-1890. |
| Penn. Francis Whittier Pennell, 1886-1952. Curator of botany for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. |
| Pers. Christian Hendrik Persoon, 1761-1836. South African botanist and mycologist who was educated in Germany and lived in Paris. This author of valuable botanical works was considered quite eccentric. |
| Poir. Jean Louis Marie Poiret, 1755-1834. French botanist and clergyman. |
| Porter Thomas Conrad Porter, 1822-1901. Professor of botany at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania. |
| Pringle Cyrus Guernsey Pringle, 1838-1911. American botanist; collected extensively in the Pacific states and Mexico. |
| Pursh Frederick Traugott Pursh, 1774-1820. Born in Saxony, but settled in Philadelphia. Author and botanical specimen collector. |
R R. & S. Johann Jacob Roemer, 1763-1819, professor of botany in Zurich, Switzerland and Joseph August Schultes, 1773-1831, an Austrian botanist. Together published the 16th edition of Linnaeus' Systema Vegetabilium. |
| R. Br. Robert Brown, 1773-1858. British botanist, librarian, and first keeper of botany at the British Museum. |
| R. Knuth Reinhard Gustav Paul Knuth, 1874-1957, Germany. |
| Raf. Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, 1783-1840. Born in Constantinople and lived in Sicily and Kentucky. A pioneering naturalist considered brilliant but eccentric. |
| Raven Peter Hamilton Raven, 1936-. Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis. |
| Regel Eduard August von Regel, 1815-1892. Director of the botanic garden in St. Petersburg, Russia. |
| Rehder Alfred Rehder, 1863-1949, German born American botanist who worked with woody plants; author of Manual of Cultivated Trees and Shrubs Hardy in North America. |
| Retz. Anders Jahan Retzius, 1742-1821. Swedish botanist and professor. |
| Rich. Louis Claude Richard, 1754-1821. France. |
| Richards. |
| Ridd. John Leonard Riddell, 1807-1865. Author of Catalogus Florae Ludovicianae. |
| Rock Howard Francis Leonard Rock, 1925-1964. Biology professor at Vanderbilt University. |
| Rodr. |
| Roem. Johann Jacob Roemer, 1763-1819. Professor of botany in Zurich, Switzerland. |
| Rose |
| Roth Albrecht Wilhelm Roth, 1757-1834. German botanist and physician. |
| Rupr. Franz Joseph Ruprecht, 1814-1870. Russian botanist and curator of the herbarium of the Academy of Science in St. Petersburg. Born in Austria. |
| Rusby Henry Hurd Rusby, 1855-1940. Dean of the Columbia College of Pharmacy in New York. |
| Rydb. Per Axel Rydberg, 1860-1931. Swedish-born botanist and curator at the New York Botanical Garden. Author of several books on the flora of the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains. |
S S. Wats. Sereno Watson, 1826-1892. Assistant to Asa Gray and curator of the Gray Herbarium at Harvard University. |
| S.D. Koch Stephen D. Koch, 1940-. |
| S.F. Blake Sidney Fay Blake, 1892-1959. American botanist. |
| S.T. Blake Stanley Thatcher Blake, 1910-1973. Australian botanist; president of the Royal Society of Queensland; associated with the Queensland Herbarium. |
| Salisb. Richard Anthony Salisbury, 1761-1829. |
| Savi Gaetano Savi, 1769-1844. Italian botanist. |
| Scheele George Heinrich Adolf Scheele, 1808-1864. Germany. |
| Schkuhr Christian Schkuhr, 1741-1811. Germany. |
| Schoepf Johann David Schoepf, 1752-1800. Germany. |
| Schott Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, 1794-1865, Austria. |
| Schrad. Heinrich Adolph Schrader, 1767-1836. German botanist, professor in Goettingen. |
| Schreb. Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, 1739-1810, Germany. |
| Schultz-Bip. Carl Heinrich Schultz, Bipontinus, 1805-1867. Germany. |
| Schwein. Lewis David von Schweinitz, 1780-1834, German-born clergyman in Pennsylvania. |
| Scop. Johann Anton (Giovanni Antonio) Scopoli, 1723-1788. Austrian botanist, physician, and professor of natural history in Pavia. |
| Scribn. Frank Lamson Scribner, 1851-1938. Grass specialist at the U.S. department of Agriculture. |
| Seem. Berthold [Carl] Seeman, 1825-1871. German botanist and publisher; traveled in Central and South America; botanised in the Fiji Islands. |
| Selander Nils Sten Edward Selander, 1891-1957, Sweden. |
| Sheviak Charles John Sheviak, 1947-. Botanist in New York state. |
| Shinners Lloyd Herbert Shinners, 1918-1971. Canadian-born botanist and professor at Southern Methodist University in Texas. Specialist in the flora of north-central Texas and the southeastern United States. |
| Sims John Sims, 1749-1831. Served for 25 years as the editor of "Curtis' Botanical Magazine" in England. |
| Small John Kunkel Small, 1869-1938. Botanist and head curator of the New York Botanical Garden. |
| Smyth Bernard Bryan Smyth, 1843-1913. Curator of the State Museum of Kansas. |
| Smyth & Smyth |
| Soó Károly Rezsö Soó von Bere, 1903-1980. Hungary. |
| Spach Edouard Spach, 1801-1879. French botanist. |
| Spreng. Curt Polykarp Joachim Sprengel, 1766-1833. German professor of medicine and botany in Halle. |
| Standl. Paul Carpenter Standley, 1884-1963. Curator of the U.S. National Herbarium and later the Field Natural History Museum in Chicago. |
| Steud. Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel, 1783-1856. German physician and authority on grasses. |
| Steyermark Julian Alfred Steyermark, 1909-1988, botanist, curator of the Field Natural History Museum in Chicago, 1937-1958, author of Flora of Missouri. |
| Sulliv. William Starling Sullivant, 1803-1873. Specialist in mosses who worked in Ohio. |
| Sw. Olof Peter Swartz, 1760-1818. Swedish botanist. |
| Sweet Robert Sweet, 1783-1835. Ornithologist and horticulturist in England. |
| Swezey Goodwin Deloss Swezey, 1851-1934. American botanist, astronomer, and meteorologist who worked many years in Nebraska. |
T T. & G. John Torrey and Asa Gray. Authors of A Flora of North America. |
| Ten. Michele Tenore, 1780-1861. Italian botanist and professor in Naples. |
| Thell. Albert Thellung, 1881-1928. Botanical Institute of the University of Zurich. |
| Thieret John Williams Thieret, 1926-2005. United States of America. |
| Thunb. Carl Peter Thunberg, 1743-1828. Professor of botany in Sweden and author of several works. |
| Torr. John Torrey, 1796-1873. American physican and professor of chemistry and botany at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. He collected and described many plants in the American West. |
| Towner Howard Frost Towner, 1943-. Stanford University. |
| Trel. William Trelease, 1857-1945. Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden, professor of botany at the University of Illinois, and first president of the Botanical Society of America. |
| Trin. Carl Bernhard von Trinius, 1778-1844. Russian court physician and authority on grasses, born in Germany. |
U Urban Ignatz Urban, 1848-1931. Berlin professor and authority on the flora of tropical America. |
V V. Grant Verne Grant, 1919-. United States of America. |
| Vahl Martin Hendriksen Vahl, 1749-1804. Danish botanist. Professor in Copenhagen. |
| Vent. Etienne Pierre Ventenant, 1757-1808. Professor of botany in Paris. |
| Vign. |
| Vitman Fulgenzio Vitman, 1728-1806. Italian botanist and clergyman. Founded a botanical garden in Milan. |
W W. Bartram William Bartram, 1739-1823, United States of America. |
| W.A. Weber William Albert Weber, 1918-. United States of America. |
| W.D.J. Koch Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch, 1771-1849. German physician and botanist. |
| W.T. Aiton William Townsend Aiton, 1766-1849. British botanist and gardener. |
| Wallr. Carl (Karl) Friedrich Wilhelm Wallroth, 1792-1857, Germany. |
| Walt. Thomas Walter, 1740-1789. British-American botanist and planter in Charleston, South Carolina. |
| Weatherby Charles Alfred Weatherby, 1875-1949. United States of America. |
| Weber Frederick Albert Weber, 1830-1903. French botanist who worked in Mexico. |
| Wheeler Louis Cutter Wheeler, 1910-?. Botany professor at the University of Southern California. |
| Wherry Edgar Theodore Wherry, 1885-1982. Professor of botany at the University Of Pennsylvania from 1930-1955. Specialist in ferns. |
| Wiegand Karl McKay Wiegand, 1873-1942. United States of America. |
| Willd. Carl Ludwig von Willdenow, 1765-1812. German botanist and director of the Berlin Botanical Garden from 1801-1812. |
| Wood Alphonso Wood, 1810-1881. Principal of the Brooklyn Female Academy in New York, author, and plant collector. |
| Woods. Robert Everard Woodson, 1904-1963, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. |
| Woot. Elmer Otis Wooton, 1865-1945. Biology professor at New Mexico State University and later worked for the USDA in Washington DC. |
Y Y.B. Suh Young Bae Suh, 1956-. South Korea. |
| Yates Harris Oliver Yates, 1934-. Taxonomist at Lipscomb College, Nashville, Tennessee. |
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