List of South African plant botanical authors

List of South African plant botanical authors is a list of abbreviations of authors who have named South African plants.

The entry for each author is given on a single line showing their name, dates and other names by which they have been known. Following this comes a list of the Major Groups they have worked on, separated by commas, and finally the Standard Form for their name (in bold).

The major groups are

The dates given are those of birth and death where one or both are available. If neither is known, a date on which the author is known to have published a name (usually the earliest if more than one is known) is given preceded by 'fl.' (floruit).

See also

Contents :

A

  • Robert Stephen Adamson (1885–1965) S ........ Adamson
  • Adam Afzelius (1750–1837) M,P,S ........ Afzel.
  • William Aiton (1731–1793) P,S ........ Aiton
  • Ove Almborn (1914-) M ........ Almb.
  • Arthur Hugh Garfit Alston (1902–1958) P,S ........ Alston
  • John Graham Anderson (1926–1970) S ........ J.G.Anderson
  • Thomas Anderson (1832–1870) S ........ T.Anderson
  • William Anderson (1750–1778) S ........ W.Anderson
  • Nils Johan Andersson (1821–1880) P,S ........ N.J.Andersson
  • Eily Edith Agnes Archibald (1916-) S ........ Archibald
  • R.E.M. Archibald (1940-) A ........ R.E.M.Archibald
  • Edward Armitage (1822–1906) S ........ Arm.
  • Trevor Henry Arnold (1947-) S ........ T.H.Arnold
  • George Arnott Walker-Arnott (1799–1868) A,P,M,S ........ Arn.
  • Edwin Ashby (1861–1941) S ........ Ashby
  • Andre Aubreville (1897–1982) S ........ Aubrév.

B

  • Franz Ewald Theodor Bachmann (1850–1937) B,M ........ Bachm.
  • James Backhouse (1794–1869) P,S ........ Backh.
  • Himansu Baijnath (1943-) S ........ Baijnath
  • Henri Ernest Baillon (1827–1895) B,M,P,S ........ Baill.
  • Hugh Arthur Baker (1896–1976) S ........ H.A.Baker
  • Joseph Banks (1743–1820) S ........ Banks
  • Arthur S. Barclay (1932-) S ........ A.S.Barclay
  • Winsome Fanny Barker (1907-) S ........ W.F.Barker
  • Thomas Theodore Barnard (1898–1983) A,S ........ Barnard
  • John Barrow (1764–1848) S ........ Barrow
  • Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling (1798–1875) S ........ Bartl.
  • Ferdinand Lukas Bauer (1760–1826) S ........ F.L.Bauer
  • Martin Bruce Bayer (1935-) S ........ M.B.Bayer
  • John Stanley Beard (1916-) S ........ Beard
  • Odoardo Beccari (1843–1920) A,M,P,S ........ Becc.
  • Thomas W. Naylor Beckett (1838–1906) B ........ Beckett
  • Charles Paulus Belanger (1805–1881) B,M,P,S ........ Bél.
  • Arthur Bennett (1843–1929) S ........ A.Benn.
  • George Bentham (1800–1884) M,P,S ........ Benth.
  • Cornelius C. Berg (1934-) S ........ C.C.Berg
  • Otto Karl (Carl) Berg (1815–1866) S ........ O.Berg
  • Ernst Friedrich Berger (1814–1853) S ........ Berger
  • Karl Heinrich Bergius (1790–1818) S ........ K.Bergius
  • Johann Jakob Bernhardi (1774–1850) B,M,P,S ........ Bernh.
  • Antonio Bertoloni (1775–1869) A,B,M,P,S ........ Bertol.
  • John William Bews (1884–1938) S ........ Bews
  • Peter Johan Bladh (1746–1816) S ........ Bladh
  • Ralph Anthony Blakelock (1915–1963) S ........ Blakelock
  • Carl Magnus Blom (1737–1815) S ........ Blom
  • Carl(Karl) Ludwig von Blume (1796–1862) B,M,P,S ........ Blume
  • Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810–1885) M,P,S ........ Boiss.
  • Louis Hyacinthe Boivin (1808–1852) S ........ Boivin
  • Carl (Karl) August Bolle (1821–1909) B,P,S ........ Bolle
  • Frank Bolus (1870–1945) S ........ F.Bolus
  • Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus née Kensit (1877–1970) S ........ L.Bolus
  • Harry Bolus (1834–1911) S ........ Bolus
  • Joseph (Jean) Edouard Bommer (1829–1895) M,P,S ........ J.Bommer
  • Pauline Bond (1917-) S ........ Bond
  • Aime Jacques Alexandre Bonpland (1773–1858) A,P,S ........ Bonpl.
  • Leonard Alfred Boodle (1865–1941) A,S ........ Boodle
  • Jan Justus Bos (1939-) S ........ Bos
  • Averil Maude Bottomley (1889-) M ........ Bottomley
  • Charles Boucher (1944-) S ........ C.Boucher
  • James Bowie (1789–1869) S ........ Bowie
  • Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp (1888–1984) P,S ........ Bremek.
  • John Patrick Micklethwait Brenan (1917–1985) P,S ........ Brenan
  • Johann Christian Breutel (1788–1875) B,S ........ Breutel
  • Lillian Louisa Britten (1886–1952) S ........ L.L.Britten
  • Adolphe Theodore (de) Brongniart (1801–1876) A,B,F,M,P,S ........ Brongn.
  • Nicholas Edward Brown (1849–1934) A,S ........ N.E.Br.
  • Robert Brown (1773–1858) B,M,P,S ........ R.Br.
  • Eileen Adelaide Bruce (1905–1955) S ........ E.A.Bruce
  • Jean Guillaume Bruguiere (1750–1798) S ........ Brug.
  • Richard Kenneth Brummitt (1937-) S ........ Brummitt
  • Josef Brunnthaler (1871–1914) A,B ........ Brunnth.
  • Peter Vincent Bruyns (1957-) S ........ Bruyns
  • John Buchanan (1819–1898) B,S ........ Buchanan
  • Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762–1829) P,S ........ Buch.-Ham.
  • Arthur Allman Bullock (1906–1980) S ........ Bullock
  • Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809–1886) S ........ Bunbury
  • William John Burchell (1781–1863) B,P,S ........ Burch.
  • Johannes Burman (1707–1779) P,S ........ Burm.
  • (Maximilian) Karl Ewald Burret (1883–1964) S ........ Burret
  • Brian Laurence Burtt ('Bill') (1913-) S ........ B.L.Burtt
  • Joseph Burtt Davy (1870–1940) S ........ Burtt Davy

C

  • George Caley (1770–1829) S ........ Caley
  • Jacques Cambessedes (1799–1863) B,S ........ Cambess.
  • Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806–1893) S ........ A.DC.
  • Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1836–1918) S ........ C.DC.
  • Sherwin Carlquist (1930-) S ........ Carlquist
  • Dugald Carmichael (1772–1827) A,M,P,S ........ Carmich.
  • Cedric Errol Carr (1892–1936) S ........ Carr
  • Francois Louis Nompar de Caumat de Laporte Castelnau (1810–1880) S ........ Castelnau
  • Ludolf Karl Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838) A,B,P,S ........ Cham.
  • Ernest Entwistle Cheesman (1898-) S ........ Cheesman
  • Auguste Jean Baptiste Chevalier (1873–1956) B,P,S ........ A.Chev.
  • Emilio Chiovenda (1871–1941) A,B,P,S ........ Chiov.
  • Lucy Katherine (Kathleen) Armitage Chippindall (1913-) S ........ Chippind.
  • Bela Jeno Cholnoky (1899–1972) A ........ Cholnoky
  • Hugh (Harold) Basil Christian (1871–1950) S ........ Christian
  • Martha Isabella Claassen (1931-) A ........ Claassen
  • Charles Baron Clarke (1832–1906) P,S ........ C.B.Clarke
  • Leslie Edward Wostall Codd (1908-1999) S ........ Codd
  • Hester Coetzee (1945-) S ........ Coetzee
  • Desmond Thorne Cole (1922-) S ........ D.T.Cole
  • (John) William Colenso (1811–1899) B,M,P,S ........ Colenso
  • Robert Harold Compton (1886–1979) A,P,S ........ Compton
  • Paul Conrath (1861–1931) S ........ Conrath
  • Francois Marie Louis Corbiere (1850–1941) B,S ........ Corb.
  • Edred John Henry Corner (1906-) M,S ........ Corner
  • Léon Camille Marius Croizat (1894–1982) S ........ Croizat

D

  • Rolf Dahlgren (1932–1987) S ........ R.Dahlgren
  • Ivan Robert Dale (1904–1963) S ........ Dale
  • William Dallimore (1871–1959) S ........ Dallim.
  • William Dampier (1652–1715) L ........ Dampier
  • Lynette Elizabeth Davidson (1916-1996) S ........ L.E.Davidson
  • Jean Odon Debeaux (1826–1910) M,S ........ Debeaux
  • Joseph Decaisne (1807–1882) A,P,S ........ Decne.
  • Ellen Marion Delf (1883–1980) A ........ Delf
  • Alire Raffeneau Delile (1778–1850) A,B,M,P,S ........ Delile
  • Bernard M. Descoings (fl. 1967) S......................Desc.
  • Rene Louiche Desfontaines (1750–1833) A,B,M,P,S ........ Desf.
  • Miriam Phoebe de Vos (1912-) S ........ M.P.de Vos
  • Johannes Marthinus Jacob de Wet (1927-) S ........ de Wet
  • Emile August(e) Joseph De Wildeman (1866–1947) M,P,S ........ De Wild.
  • Bernard de Winter (1924-) S ........ De Winter
  • Gordon Parker DeWolf (1927-) S ........ DeWolf
  • Didrik Ferdinand Didrichsen (1814–1887) S ........ Didr.
  • Friedrich Ludwig Emil Diels (1874–1945) B,P,S ........ Diels
  • Moritz Kurt Dinter (1868–1945) S ........ Dinter
  • Barend Jacobus Dippenaar (1902-) M ........ Dippen.
  • Ethel Doidge (1887–1965) M ........ Doidge
  • David Don (1799–1841) M,P,S ........ D.Don
  • George Don (1798–1856) B,P,S ........ G.Don
  • Emmanuel Drake del Castillo (1855–1904) P,S ........ Drake
  • Carl Friedrich (Charles Frederick) Drège (1791–1867) S ........ C.F.Drège
  • Jean Francois (Johann Franz) Drège (1794–1881) A,B,S ........ Drège
  • George Claridge Druce (1850–1932) P,S ........ Druce
  • Robert Bailey Drummond (1924-) S ........ R.B.Drumm.
  • Denise van Druten (1930-) S ........ Druten
  • Marcel Marie Maurice Dubard (1873–1914) S ........ Dubard
  • Noëlle Dumaz-le-Grand (fl. 1953) S ........ Dumaz-le-Grand
  • Richard Arnold Dümmer (1887–1922) S ........ Dümmer
  • Edward John Dunn (1844–1937) S ........ E.J.Dunn
  • Stephen Troyte Dunn (1868–1938) P,S ........ Dunn
  • Stephanus Johannes du Plessis (1908-) M ........ du Plessis
  • Hein Johannes During (1947-) B ........ During
  • Augusta Vera Duthie (1881–1963) B,P,S ........ A.V.Duthie
  • Alexander Logie du Toit F ........ A.L.du Toit
  • Petrus (Pierre) Cornelis Vermeulen Du Toit (1945-) S ........ Du Toit
  • Robert Allen Dyer (1900–1987) S ........ R.A.Dyer
  • William Turner Thiselton-Dyer (1843–1928) P,S ........ Dyer

E

F

  • Arthur Robert Fairall (1920–1970) S ........ Fairall
  • David Fairchild (1869–1954) S ........ D.Fairchild
  • Abilio Fernandes (1906-1994) S ........ A.Fern.
  • Rosette Mercedes Saraiva Batarda Fernandes (1916-2005) P,S ........ R.Fern.
  • Franciso Manoel Carlos de Mello de Ficalho (1837–1903) S ........ Ficalho
  • Adriano Fiori (1865–1950) M,P,S ........ Fiori
  • Helena Madelain Lamond Forbes (1900–1959) S ........ H.M.L.Forbes
  • John Forbes (1798–1823) S ........ Forbes
  • Peter Forsskål (1732–1763) A,P,S ......Forssk.
  • Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798) S ........ J.R.Forst.
  • Henry Georges Fourcade (1865–1948) S ........ Fourc.
  • Eugene Pierre Nicolas Fournier (1834–1884) P,S ........ E.Fourn.
  • Paul Victor Fournier (1877–1964) P,S ........ P.Fourn.
  • Robert O. Fournier A ........ R.O.Fourn.
  • Millicent ? Franks (=Mrs Flanders)(1886–1961) S ........ Franks
  • Johannes Frenzel A ........ Frenzel
  • Johann Baptist Georg (George) Wolfgang Fresenius (1808–1866) A,M,S ........ Fresen.
  • Klas Robert Elias Fries (1876–1966) M,P,S ........ R.E.Fr.
  • Thore Christian Elias Fries (1886–1930) M,S ........ T.C.E.Fr.
  • Ib Friis (1945-) S ........ Friis
  • Felix Eugen Fritsch (1832–1893) A ........ F.E.Fritsch

G

  • Ernest Edward Galpin (1858–1941) S ........ Galpin
  • Star Garabedjan (1895–1978) S ........ Garab.
  • Christian August Friedrich Garcke (1819–1904) S ........ Garcke
  • Sidney Garside (1889–1961) B ........ Garside
  • Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupre (1789–1854) A,B,M,P,S ........ Gaudich.
  • Howard Scott Gentry (1903-) S ........ Gentry
  • Gerrit Germishuizen (1950-) S ........ Germish.
  • William Tyrer Gerrard ( -1866) P,S ........ Gerrard
  • Jacob Gerstner (1888–1948) S ........ Gerstner
  • Birenda Nath Ghose (1885–1983) S ........ Ghose
  • Johan Wilhelm Heinrich Giess (1910-) S ........ Giess
  • Malcolm Hutchison Giffen (1902-) A ........ Giffen
  • Ernest Friedrich Gilg (1867–1933) S ........ Gilg
  • Jan Bevington Gillett (1911-) S ........ J.B.Gillett
  • Margaret Clark Gillett (1878–1962) S ........ Gillett
  • Hamish Boyd Gilliland (1911–1965) S ........ Gilliland
  • Hugh Francis Glen (1950-) S ........ Glen
  • Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748–1804) A,B,M,P,S ........ J.F.Gmel.
  • Wouter Adriaan Goddijn (1884–1960) P,S ........ Goddijn
  • Karl Christian Traugott Friedemann Goebel (1794–1851) S ........ Goebel
  • Peter Goldblatt (1943-) S ........ Goldblatt
  • Antonie Petrus Gerhardus Goossens (1896–1972) S ........ Gooss.
  • Kathleen Dixon Huntley Gordon-Gray (1918-) B,S ........ Gordon-Gray
  • Gerhard Jacobus Marinus Anne Gorter (1913-) M ........ G.J.M.Gorter
  • Constantine Goulimis (1886–1963) S ........ Goulimis
  • Hans Rudolph Jurke Grau (1937-) S ........ Grau
  • Percy James Greenway (1897–1980) S ........ Greenway
  • Leopold Hartley Grindon (1818–1904) S ........ Grindon
  • B.H. Groenewald S ........ Groenew.
  • Valery Ivanovich Grubov (1917-) P,S ........ Grubov
  • Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemin (1796–1842) A,P,S ........ Guill.
  • Georg Julius Ernst Gurich (1859–1938) A,F ........ Gürich
  • Robert Louis August Maximilian Gürke (1854–1911) S ........ Gürke
  • Francis Guthrie (1831–1899) S ........ Guthrie
  • Louise Guthrie (1879–1966) S ........ L.Guthrie

H

  • Norbert Hahn (1966-) S ........ N.Hahn
  • Anthony Vincent Hall (1936-) S ........ A.V.Hall
  • Harry Hall (1906–1986) S ........ Harry Hall
  • Lisabel Irene Hall (née Booysen)(fl. 1984) S ........ L.I.Hall
  • Ove Juel Hansen (1945-) S ........ O.J.Hansen
  • Thomas Hardwicke (1757–1835) S ........ Hardw.
  • David Spencer Hardy (1931-) S ........ D.S.Hardy
  • Hermann August Theodor Harms (1870–1942) S ........ Harms
  • Errol Rhodes Harrison (1925-) S ........ E.R.Harrison
  • Heidrun Elsbeth Klara Hartmann (née Osterwald) (1942-) S ........ H.E.K.Hartmann
  • William Henry Harvey (1811–1866) A,B,M,S ........ Harv.
  • Johan Coenraad van Hasselt (1797–1823) M,S ........ Hasselt
  • Adrian Hardy Haworth (1768–1833) S ........ Haw.
  • Friedrich Gottlob Hayne (1763–1832) S ........ Hayne
  • Hermann Heino Heine (1922-) P,S ........ Heine
  • William Botting Hemsley (1843–1924) A,P,S ........ Hemsl.
  • Mayda Doris Henderson (1928-) S ........ M.D.Hend.
  • Murray Ross Henderson (1899–1982) S ........ M.R.Hend.
  • Esmee Franklin Hennessy (fl. 1986) S ........ Hennessy
  • Charles Louis L'Heritier de Brutelle (1746–1800) P,S ........ L'Hér.
  • Paul Hermann (1646–1695) L ........ Herm.
  • Adolar Gottlieb Julius (Hans) Herre (1895–1979) S ........ A.G.J.Herre
  • Florence Ellen Hewitt (1910–1979) A ........ Hewitt
  • William Philip Hiern (1839–1925) B,S ........ Hiern
  • Olive Mary Hilliard (née Hillary)(1926-) S ........ Hilliard
  • Albert Spear Hitchcock (1865–1935) P,S ........ Hitchc.
  • Benedict Pierre Georges Hochreutiner (1873–1959) S ........ Hochr.
  • Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter (1787–1860) A,M,P,S ........ Hochst.
  • Christian Gottlob Ferdinand von Hochstetter (1829–1884) S ........ C.G.F.Hochst.
  • Walter Hendricks Hodge (1912-) P,S ........ Hodge
  • Kathe(Kaethe) Hoffmann (1883-c.1931) S ........ K.Hoffm.
  • Karl August Otto Hoffmann (1853–1909) S ........ O.Hoffm.
  • Edward Morell Holmes (1843–1930) A,S ........ Holmes
  • Ove Arbo Hoeg (1898-) A,F,M ........ Hoeg
  • Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911) A,B,M,P,S ........ Hook.f.
  • William Jackson Hooker (1785–1865) A,B,M,P,S ........ Hook.
  • A.J.Ward Hornby (1893-) A ........ Hornby
  • David Hornby (fl. 1977) M ........ D.Hornby
  • Claës Fredrik Hornstedt (1758–1809) S ........ Hornst.
  • Gottfried Eduard Huber-Pestalozzi (1877–1966) A ........ Hub.-Pest.
  • Jean-Henri Humbert (1887–1967) P,S ........ Humbert
  • John Hutchinson (1884–1972) S ........ Hutch.

I

  • Hans-Dieter Ihlenfeldt (1932-) S ........ Ihlenf.
  • Kathleen Leonore Immelman (1955-) S ........ Immelman
  • Collingwood Ingram (1880–1981) S ........ Ingram
  • Edward George Irving (1816–1855) S ........ Irving
  • Frances Margaret (Leighton) Isaac (1909-) S ........ Isaac
  • William Edwyn Isaac (1905-) A ........ W.E.Isaac

J

  • William Jack (1795–1822) S ........ Jack
  • Marius Jacobs (1929–1983) S ........ M.Jacobs
  • Niels Henning Gunther Jacobsen (1941-) P,S ........ N.Jacobsen
  • Werner Bahne Georg Jacobsen (1909-) P,S ........ W.Jacobsen
  • Amy Frances May Gordon Jacot Guillarmod (1911–1992) M,S ........ Jacot Guill.
  • Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727–1817) A,B,M,P,S ........ Jacq.
  • John Peter Jessop (1939-) P,S ........ Jessop
  • Wouter Johannes Jooste (1933-) M ........ Jooste
  • Adrien Henri Laurent de Jussieu (1797–1853) S ........ A.Juss.

K

  • Cornelis Kalkman (1928–1998) S ........ Kalkman
  • (Maria) Caroline Karsten (1902-) S ........ M.C.Karst.
  • Ronald William John Keay (1920–1998) S ........ Keay
  • Lars Erik Kers (1931-) M,S ........ Kers
  • Pauline Kies (=Mrs Bohnen)(1918-) S ........ Kies
  • Donald Joseph Boomer Killick (1926-) S ........ Killick
  • John William Carnegie Kirk (1878–1962) S ........ J.W.C.Kirk
  • Thomas Kirk (1828–1898) P,S ........ Kirk
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Klatt (1825–1897) A ........ Klatt
  • Anthonia Kleinhoonte (1887-1960/1) S ........ Kleinhoonte
  • Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (1805–1860) M,P,S ........ Klotzsch
  • Emil Friedrich Knoblauch (1864–1936) S ........ Knobl.
  • Karl Heinrich Emil Koch (1809–1879) P,S ........ K.Koch
  • Johann Gerhard Konig (1728–1785) B,M,P,S ........ J.König
  • Friedrich August Körnicke (1828–1908) M,P,S ........ Körn.
  • Karl Georg Theodor Kotschy (1813–1866) B,S ........ Kotschy
  • Richard Krausel (1890–1966) A,B,F,M ........ Kräusel
  • Christian Ferdinand Friedrich von Krauss (1812–1890) A,B,S ........ C.Krauss
  • Johan Carl Krauss (1759–1826) S ........ Krauss
  • Georg Ludwig Engelhard Krebs (1792–1844) S ........ Krebs
  • Heinrich Kuhl (1796–1821) M,S ........ Kuhl
  • Otto Carl Ernst Kuntze (1843–1907) A,B,F,M,P,S ........ Kuntze
  • Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz (1834–1878) P,S ........ Kurz

L

  • Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardiere (1755–1834) A,M,P,S ........ Labill.
  • Carl von Linnaeus (1707–1778) A,B,M,P,S ........ L.
  • Herman Johannes Lam (1892–1977) B,P,S ........ H.J.Lam
  • Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de Lamarck (1744–1829) A,M,P,S ........ Lam.
  • Joseph Lanjouw (1902–1984) S ........ Lanj.
  • Elaine Margaret Laughton (née Young)(1898–1974) M ........ Laughton
  • Mary Gwendolene Lavis (=Mrs O'Connor-Fenton)(1902-) S ........ Lavis
  • John Jacob Lavranos (1926-) S ........ Lavranos
  • Leslie Charles Leach (1909–1996) S ........ L.C.Leach
  • Anthonius Josephus Maria Leeuwenberg (1930-) S ........ Leeuwenb.
  • Johann Georg Christian Lehmann (1792–1860) A,B,P,S ........ Lehm.
  • Friedrich Ernst Leibold (1804–1864) S ........ Leibold
  • Frances Margaret Leighton (=Mrs WE Isaac)(1909-2006) S ........ F.M.Leight.
  • Otto Albrecht Leistner (1931-) S ........ Leistner
  • Charles Antoine Lemaire (1801–1871) P,S ........ Lem.
  • François Mathias René Leprieur (1799–1869) M,P,S ........ Lepr.
  • Stephanus Francois Le Roux (1915–1976) F ........ Le Roux
  • Christian Friedrich Lessing (1809–1862) A,M,S ........ Less.
  • Adolphe Pierre Primivere Lesson (1805–1888) S ........ A.Lesson
  • Cythna Lindenberg Letty (1895–1985) S ........ Letty
  • Carl Tore Christian Levring (1913–1980) A ........ Levring
  • Margaret Rutherford Bryan Levyns (née Michell)(1890–1975) S ........ Levyns
  • Gwendoline Joyce Lewis (1909–1967) S ........ G.J.Lewis
  • Martin Heinrich Karl von Lichtenstein (1780–1857) S ........ Licht.
  • Gustav Lindau (1866–1923) M,P,S ........ Lindau
  • Johann Bernhard Wilhelm Lindenberg (1781–1851) A,B,S ........Lindenb.
  • Hans Peter Linder (1954-) S ........ H.P.Linder
  • Ray/Roy Charles Littlewood (1924–1967) S ........ Littlew.
  • Ludwig Eduard Theodor Loesener (1865–1941) S ........ Loes.
  • E.E.M. Loock (1905–1973) S ........ Loock
  • Giuseppe Lopriore (1865–1928) S ........ Lopr.
  • Johannes Paulus Lotsy (1867–1931) M,P,S ........ Lotsy
  • Joao de Loureiro (1717–1791) A,B,P,S ........ Lour.
  • Carl August Luckhoff (1914–1960) S ........ C.A.Lückh.
  • Hilmar Albert Luckhoff (1916-) S ........ H.A.Lückh.
  • Wilhelm Jan Lutjeharms (1907–1983) M,S ........ Lütjeh.

M

  • Peter MacOwan (1830–1909) M,S ........ MacOwan
  • Wessel Marais (1929-) S ........ Marais
  • Charles Dwight Marsh (1855–1932) S ........ Marsh
  • Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794–1868) A,M,P,S ........ Mart.
  • Maxwell Tylden Masters (1833–1907) P,S ........ Mast.
  • Alan Percy Douglas McClean (1902-) S ........ McClean
  • James McGibbon (fl. 1848–1864) S ........ McGibb.
  • Mark Johnston McKen (1823–1872) P,S ........ McKen
  • Patrick Gordon McNeil (1908–1986) S ........ McNeil
  • Robert Earle Magill (1947-) B,S ........ Magill
  • Wessel Marais (1929-) S ........ Marais
  • Walter Friedrich Otto Marasas (1941-) M,S ........ Marasas
  • Erika Irene Markotter (1905~06–1983) S ........ Markötter
  • Hermann Wilhelm Rudolf Marloth (1855–1931) S ........ Marloth
  • Judith Anne Marsh (=Mrs Hutchings)(1951-) S ........ J.A.Marsh
  • Francis Masson (1741–1805) S ........ Masson
  • Joseph (`Jimmy') William Mathews (1871–1949) S ........ J.W.Mathews
  • Adrianus Dirk Jacob Meeuse (1914-) S ........ A.Meeuse
  • Robert Desmond Meikle (1923-) S ........ Meikle
  • Carl Daniel Friedrich Meisner (1800–1874) S ........ Meisn.
  • Archibald Menzies (1754–1842) B,P,S ........ Menzies
  • Elmer Drew Merrill (1876–1956) M,P,S ........ Merr.
  • Hermann Merxmüller (1920–1988) M,S ........ Merxm.
  • Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer (1791–1858) B,S ........ E.Mey.
  • Paul Gerhard Meyer (1934-) S ........ P.G.Mey.
  • Carl Christian Mez (1866–1944) S ........ Mez
  • Margaret Rutherford Michell (=Mrs Levyns) A ........ Michell
  • John Miers (1789–1879) P,S ........ Miers
  • Gottfried Wilhelm Johannes Mildbraed (1879–1954) B,P,S ........ Mildbr.
  • Oliphant Bell Miller (1882–1966) S ........ O.B.Mill.
  • Edgar Wolston Bertram Handsley Milne-Redhead (1906-) S ........ Milne-Redh.
  • Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811–1871) A,B,M,P,S ........ Miq.
  • Philip Miller (1691–1771) S ........ Mill.
  • Charles Francois Brisseau de Mirbel (1776–1854) B,P,S ........ Mirb.
  • David Searle Mitchell (1935-) P,S ........ D.S.Mitch.
  • Rodney Oliver Moffett (1937-) S ........ Moffett
  • Albert Oliver Dean Mogg (1886-1979) S ........Mogg [1]
  • Spencer Le Marchant Moore (1850–1931) S ........ S.Moore
  • Henry Nottidge Moseley (1844–1890) S ........ H.Moseley
  • Charles Edward Moss (1870–1930) S ........ Moss
  • Margaret Moss (née Heatley)(1885–1953) S ........ M.Moss
  • P.J. Muller (fl. 1973) M ........ P.J.Mull.bis
  • Johannes (Jean) Muller Argoviensis (1828–1896) A,B,M,P,S ........ Müll.Arg.
  • Dietrich Muller-Doblies (1938-) S ........ D.Müll.-Doblies
  • Ute Muller-Doblies (1938-) S ........ U.Müll.-Doblies
  • Johannes Ludwig Leopold Mund (1791-1831) S ........ Mund

N

O

P

  • Jorge Americo Rodrigues Paiva (1933-) S ........ Paiva
  • Max Cilliers Papendorf (1917- ) M ........ Papendorf
  • George Frederick(Frederik) Papenfuss (1903–1981) A ........ Papenf.
  • Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Pappe (1803–1862) P,S ........ Pappe
  • Richard Neville Parker (1884–1958) S ........ R.Parker
  • William Paterson (1755–1810) S ........ Paterson
  • Ferdinand Albin Pax (1858–1942) S ........ Pax
  • Arthur Anselm Pearson (1874–1954) M ........ A.Pearson
  • Henry Harold Welch Pearson (1870–1916) S ........ H.Pearson
  • George(Georges Guerrard) Samuel Perrottet (1793–1870) S ........ Perr.
  • Pauline Lesley Perry (1927- ) S ........ P.L.Perry
  • Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1761–1836) A,M,S ........ Pers.
  • Bo-Hagard Peterson (1918–1990) S ........ B.Peterson
  • Johann Joseph Peyritsch (1835–1889) M,S ........ Peyr.
  • Edwin Percy Phillips (1884–1967) S ........ E.Phillips
  • Marcel Pichon (1921–1954) A,S ........ Pichon
  • Barendina Jacoba Pienaar (1926-) S ........ B.J.Pienaar
  • Richard N. Pienaar (1942-) A ........ Pienaar
  • Gustav Robert Pieper (fl. 1908) S ........ G.Piep.
  • Neville Stuart Pillans (1884–1964) S ........ Pillans
  • Jules Emile Planchon (1823–1888) P,S ........ Planch.
  • Darrel Charles Herbert Plowes (fl. 1986) S ........ Plowes
  • Mary Agard Pocock (1886–1977) A ........ Pocock
  • Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798–1868) M,P,S ........ Poepp.
  • Jean Louis Marie Poiret (1755–1834) A,B,M,P,S ........ Poir.
  • Illtyd Buller Pole-Evans (1879–1968) M,S ........ Pole-Evans
  • Roger Marcus Polhill (1937-) S ........ Polhill
  • Elizabeth Powrie (1925–1977) S ........ Powrie
  • David Prain (1857–1944) A,P,S ........ Prain
  • Johann August Ludwig Preiss (1811–1883) S ........ L.Preiss
  • Richard Chandler Alexander Prior (1809–1902) S ........ Prior
  • Christian Puff (1949-) S ........ Puff
  • K.M. Putterill (fl. 1954)(=Mrs Abbott) M ........ K.M.Putterill
  • V.A. Putterill (fl. 1919) M ........ V.A.Putterill

R

  • Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer (1829–1927) A,M,S ........ Radlk.
  • Paul Theodor Range (1879–1952) S ........ Range
  • Werner Rauh (1913-) B,P,S ........ Rauh
  • Rawson William Rawson (1812–1899) P ........ Rawson
  • Burkhardt Reber (1848–1926) S ........ Reber
  • Eduard August von Regel (1815–1892) B,M,P,S ........ Regel
  • Sigmund Eugen Adolf Rehm (1911-) S ........ S.E.A.Rehm
  • Anton Rehmann (1840–1917) B,S ........ Rehmann
  • Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (1773–1854) B,P,S ........ Reinw.
  • Alfred Barton Rendle (1865–1938) A,P,S ........ Rendle
  • Elizabeth Retief (1947-) S ........ Retief
  • William Frederick Reyneke (1945-) S ........ Reyneke
  • Gilbert Westacott Reynolds (1895–1967) S ........ Reynolds
  • Achille Richard (1794–1852) A,B,M,P,S ........ A.Rich.
  • Petrus Johannes Robbertse (1932-) S ........ Robbertse
  • Colin Charles Robertson ( -1946) S ........ C.Robertson
  • Norman Keith Bonner Robson (1928-) S ........ N.Robson
  • Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns (1901–1986) B,S ........ Robyns
  • Johann Jakob Roemer (1763–1819) P,S ........ Roem.
  • Frederick Arundel Rogers (1876–1944) S ........ F.A.Rogers
  • William Moyle Rogers (1835–1920) S ........ W.M.Rogers
  • Justo P. Rojo (1935-) S ........ Rojo
  • Robert Allen Rolfe (1855–1921) S ........ Rolfe
  • James Henderson Ross (1941-) S ........ J.H.Ross
  • Johan Peter Rottler (1749–1836) S ........ Rottler
  • Arabella Elizabeth Roupell (1817–1914) S ........ Roupell
  • John Patrick Rourke (1942-) S ........ Rourke
  • Jacobus Petrus Roux (1954-) P,S ........ J.P.Roux
  • William Roxburgh (1751–1815) P,S ........ Roxb.
  • Hedley Brian Rycroft (1918–1990) S ........ Rycroft

S

  • Terence Macleane Salter (1883–1969) S ........ T.M.Salter
  • Henry Frederick Conrad Sander (1847–1920) P,S ........ Sander
  • John Sanderson (1820~21-1881) S ........ Sand.
  • Carl Heinrich Schultz (1805–1867) S ........ Sch.Bip.
  • Hans Conrad Schellenberg (1872–1923) A,M,S ........ Schellenb.
  • Edmund Andre Charles Lois Eloi Schelpe (`Ted') (1924–1985) B,F,P,S ........ Schelpe
  • Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1856–1901) A,B,S ........ A.Schimp.
  • Wilhelm Philippe Schimper (1808–1880) A,B,F,M,S ........ Schimp.
  • Hans Schinz (1858–1941) P,S ........ Schinz
  • Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (1794–1866) M,P,S ........ Schltdl.
  • Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (1872–1925) S ........ Schltr.
  • Hans-Joachim Eberhardt Schlieben (1902–1975) S ........ Schlieb.
  • Ferdinand Reynold Schoeman (1943-) A ........ Schoeman
  • Selmar Schonland (1860–1940) S ........ Schönland
  • Johann Lucas Schonlein (1793–1864) S ........ Schönl.
  • Carl Joseph Schroter (1855–1939) A,S ........ Schröt.
  • Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (1773–1831) B,S ........ Schult.
  • Karl Moritz Schumann (1851–1904) A,B,P,S ........ K.Schum.
  • Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes Schweickerdt (1903–1977) S ........ Schweick.
  • Georg August Schweinfurth (1836–1925) P,S ........ Schweinf.
  • Charles Leslie Scott (1913–2001) S ........ C.L.Scott
  • George Francis Scott-Elliot (1862–1934) M,S ........ Scott-Elliot
  • John Scouler (1804–1871) S ........ Scouler
  • Stanley Charles Seagrief (1927-1995) A ........ Seagrief
  • Berthold Carl Seemann (1825–1871) B,P,S ........ Seem.
  • Karl Otto von Seemen (1838–1910) S ........ Seemen
  • Homer LeRoy Shantz (1876–1958) A,S ........ Shantz
  • John Shaw (1837–1890) B ........ J.Shaw
  • Franz(e) Wilhelm Sieber (1789–1844) B,P ........ Sieber
  • Thomas Robertson Sim (1856–1938) B,P,S ........ Sim
  • Richard Harold Simons (1928-) A ........ Simons
  • John Sims (1749–1831) S ........ Sims
  • Christo Albertyn Smith (1898–1956) S ........ C.A.Sm.
  • Gerald Graham Smith (1892–1976) S ........ G.G.Sm.
  • Jan Christiaan Smuts (1870–1950) S ........ Smuts
  • Thomas Robert Soderstrom (1936–1987) S ........ Soderstr.
  • Daniel Carl Solander (1733–1782) A,S ........ Sol.
  • Hans Solereder (1860–1920) S ........ Soler.
  • Otto Wilhelm Sonder (1812–1881) A,B,S ........ Sond.
  • Pierre Sonnerat (1748–1814) S ........ Sonn.
  • Edouard Spach (1801–1879) P,S ........ Spach
  • Anders Sparrman (1748–1820) S ........ Sparrm.
  • Curt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1766–1833) A,B,M,P,S ........ Spreng.
  • William Stanger (1811–1854) S ........ Stanger
  • Otto Stapf (1857–1933) B,S ........ Stapf
  • Hans Ulrich Stauffer (1929–1965) S ........ Stauffer
  • Sydney Margaret Stent (1875–1942) S ........ Stent
  • Edith Layard Stephens (1884–1966) A,M,S ........ Stephens
  • Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel (1783–1856) A,B,M,P,S ........ Steud.
  • Joyce L. Stewart (née Tucker)(1936-) S ........ J.L.Stewart
  • Charles Howard Stirton (1946-) S ........ C.H.Stirt.
  • Bertha M. Stoneman (1866–1943) M ........ Stoneman
  • Robert Story (1913-1999) S ........ Story
  • Rudolf Georg Strey (1907–1988) S ........ Strey
  • Per Arne Krister Strid (1943-) S ........ Strid
  • Haring Johannes Swart (`Harry') (1922–1993) M ........ H.J.Swart
  • Robert Sweet (1783–1835) P,S ........ Sweet
  • Charles Francis Massey Swynnerton (1877–1938) S ........ Swynn.
  • Ignaz von Szyszylowicz (1857–1910) B,P,S ........ Szyszyl[Polish l].

T

  • Patrick Henry Brabazon Talbot (1919–1979) M ........ P.H.B.Talbot
  • Jiro Tanaka (1950-) A ........ Ji.Tanaka
  • Paul Hermann Wilhelm Taubert (1862–1897) P,S ........ Taub.
  • George Taylor (1904-) S ........ G.Taylor
  • William Randolph Taylor (1895–1990) A ........ W.R.Taylor
  • Johannes Jacobus Theron (1905-) S ........ Theron
  • David Thoday (1883–1964) S ........ Thoday
  • (Hans) Justus Thode (1859–1932) S ........ Thode
  • Mary Fraser Thompson (=Mrs Rand)(1941–1982) S ........ M.F.Thomps.
  • Peter Thonning (1775–1848) S ........ Thonn.
  • Abel Aubert Dupetit Thouars (1793–1864) S ........ A.Thouars
  • Louis Marie Aubert du Petit Thouars (1758–1831) P,S ........ Thouars
  • Carl Peter Thunberg (1743–1828) A,B,M,P,S ........ Thunb.
  • Helmut Richard Toelken (1939-) S ........ Toelken
  • Antonio Rocha da Torre (1904-) S ........ Torre
  • Hamilton Paul Traub (1890–1983) S ........ Traub
  • Jose Jeronimo Triana (1834–1890) P,S ........ Triana
  • Wilhelm Triebner (1883–1957) S ........ Triebner
  • Roland Trimen (1840–1916) S ........ R.Trimen
  • Georges M.D.J. Troupin (1923-) S ........ Troupin
  • Louis René Tulasne (1815–1885) M,S ........ Tul.
  • Billie Lee Turner (1925-) S ........ B.L.Turner
  • William Bertram Turrill (1890–1961) S ........ Turrill
  • William Tyson (1851–1920) A ........ Tyson

U

  • Noel Rosa Urton (née Bryant)(fl. 1986) S ........ Urton

V

  • Martin (Henrichsen) Vahl (1749–1804) A,B,M,P,S ........ Vahl
  • Paul Andries Van der Byl (1888–1939) M ........ Van der Byl
  • Frederick Ziervogel Van der Merwe (1894–1968) S ........ Van der Merwe
  • Jacoba Johanna Maria Van der Merwe (1946-) S ........ J.J.M.van der Merwe
  • Johannes Jacobus Adriaan Van der Walt (1938-) S ........ J.J.A.van der Walt
  • Gideon Christiaan Albertus Van der Westhuizen (fl. 1956) M ........ Van der Westh.
  • Ernst Jacobus Van Jaarsveld (1953-) S ........ Van Jaarsv.
  • Abraham Erasmus Braam van Wyk (1952-) S ........ A.E.van Wyk
  • Georg Carl Wilhelm Vatke (1849–1889) S ........ Vatke
  • Jose Mariano da Conceicao Vellozo (1742–1811) P,S ........ Vell.
  • Etienne Pierre Ventenat (1757–1808) M,P,S ........ Vent.
  • Hendrik Johannes Tjaart Venter (1938-) S ........ Venter
  • S. Venter (fl. 1988) S ........ S.Venter
  • Bernard Verdcourt (1925-) P,S ........ Verdc.
  • Frans Verdoorn (1906–1984) B,P,S ........ Verd.
  • Inez Clare Verdoorn (1896–1989) S ........ I.Verd.
  • Len Verwoerd (fl. 1924) M ........ Verwoerd
  • Eugene (Deplanche Emile) Vieillard (1819–1896) P,S ........ Vieill.
  • L.G.Alexandre Viguier (1790–1867) S ........ Vig.
  • Otto Heinrich Volk (1903-) B,S ........ O.H.Volk
  • Kaj Borge Vollesen (1946-) S ........ Vollesen
  • Pieter Johannes Vorster (1945-) P,S ........ Vorster

W

  • Horace Athelstan Wager (1876–1951) B ........ Wager
  • Vincent Athelstan Wager (1904-) M,S ........ V.A.Wager
  • Johann August Wahlberg (1810–1856) S ........ J.Wahlb.
  • Marion Meason Walgate (=Mrs McNae)(1914-) S ........ Walgate
  • Nathaniel Wallich (olim Nathan Wolff)(1786–1854) P,S ........ Wall.
  • Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers (1816–1853) S ........ Walp.
  • Heinrich (Karl) Walter (1898-) S ........ H.K.Walter
  • Otto Warburg (1859–1938) P,S ........ Warb.
  • Alma May Waterman (1893-) M ........ Waterman
  • William Watson (1858–1925) S ........ W.Watson
  • John Mitchell Watt (1892–1980) S ........ J.M.Watt
  • Heinrich Wawra (1831–1887) P,S ........ Wawra
  • Anna Weber-Van Bosse (née van Bosse)(1852–1942) S ........ A.A.Weber-van Bosse
  • Hugh Algernon Weddell (1819–1877) M,S ........ Wedd.
  • August Henning Weimarck (1903–1980) S ........ Weim.
  • Henry Welsh (1906–1967) A ........ Welsh
  • Friedrich Martin Josef Welwitsch (1806–1872) M,P,S ........ Welw.
  • Erich Werdermann (1892–1959) M,S ........ Werderm.
  • Fritz (Friedrich) Wettstein (1895–1945) A,B,M,P,S ........ F.Wettst.
  • Louis Cutter Wheeler (1910–1980) S ........ L.C.Wheeler
  • Frank White (1927-) S ........ F.White
  • Gerald Ernest Wickens (1927-) S ........ Wickens
  • Delbert Wiens (1932-) S ........ Wiens
  • Robert Wight (1796–1872) S ........ Wight
  • Ernst Wilczek (1867–1948) M,P,S ........ Wilczek
  • Hiram Wild (1917–1982) S ........ Wild
  • Carl Ludwig von Willdenow (1765–1812) A,M,P,S ........ Willd.
  • Ion James Muirhead Williams (1912-) S ........ I.Williams
  • Friedrich Wilms (1848–1919) B,S ........ F.Wilms
  • Ernest Henry Wilson (1876–1930) S ........ E.H.Wilson
  • Eduard Winkler (1799-) S ........ Winkl.
  • Anthony Hurt Wolley-Dod (1861–1948) S ........ Wolley-Dod
  • John Medley Wood (1827–1915) S ........ J.M.Wood
  • Wilson Crosfield Worsdell (1867–1957) S ........ Worsd.
  • Charles Wright (1811–1885) P,S ........ C.Wright
  • Charles Henry Wright (1864–1941) A,P,S ........ C.H.Wright
  • William Wright (1735–1819) S ........ W.Wright
  • Andrew Wyley (1820-) S ........ Wyley

Y

  • Ralph George Norwood Young (1904–1979) S ........ R.G.N.Young

Z

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