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* E.A.Barkley – Elizabeth Anne Barkley (born 1908) * E.A.Barthol. – Elizabeth Ann Bartholomew (1912–1985) * E.A.Br. –

Elizabeth Anne Brown Elizabeth Anne Brown (15 November 1956 – 17 November 2013) was a New Zealand-born Australian bryologist who primarily contributed to the systematics of liverworts. Early life and education Brown was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 15 Nov ...

(1956–2013) * E.A.Bruce – Eileen Adelaide Bruce (1905–1955) * E.A.Durand –

Ernest Armand Durand Ernest is a given name derived from Germanic languages, Germanic word ''ernst'', meaning "serious". Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People *Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553–1595), son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman ...

(1872–1910) * E.A.Flint – Elizabeth Alice Flint (1909–2011) * E.A.Hodgs. – Eliza Amy Hodgson (1888–1983) * E.A.Kellogg –

Elizabeth Anne Kellogg Elizabeth Anne Kellogg (born 1951) is an American botanist who now works mainly on grasses and cereals, both wild and cultivated. She earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1983, and was professor of Botanical Studies at the University of ...

(born 1951) * Eakes – Michael James Eakes (

fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

1999) * E.A.Mennega –

Erik Albert Mennega Erik Albert Mennega (6 January 1923 – 27 January 1998) was a Dutch botanist, plant taxonomist, and author. Biography Mennega studied biology at Utrecht University, receiving his degree in 1947. He was then hired as a taxonomist at the Utrecht U ...

(1923–1998) * Eames – Edwin Hubert Eames (1865–1948) * E.Arber –

Edward Alexander Newell Arber Edward Alexander Newell Arber (5 August 1870, London – 14 June 1918, Cambridge) was an England, English botanist and paleontologist. He was a professor at the University of Cambridge specialising in palaeobotany. He married plant morphologi ...

(1870–1918) * Eardley – Constance Margaret Eardley (1910–1978) * Earle –

Franklin Sumner Earle Franklin Sumner Earle (September 4, 1856 – January 31, 1929) was an American mycologist who specialized in the diseases and cultivation of sugar cane. He was the first mycologist to work at the New York Botanical Garden, and was the author of '' ...

(1856–1929) * E.Arm. – Eleanora Armitage (1865–1961) * E.A.Rob. – Edward Armitage Robinson (1921–2013) * E.A.Sánchez – Evangelina A. Sánchez (born 1934) * E.A.Shaw – Elizabeth Anne Shaw (born 1938) * Eastw. – Alice Eastwood (1859–1953) * Eaton – Amos Eaton (1776–1842) * E.A.White – Edward Albert White (1872–1943) * E.B.Alexeev – Evgenii Borisovich Alexeev (1946–1976) * E.B.Andrews – Ebenezer Baldwin Andrews (1821–1880) * E.Barnes – Edward Barnes (1892–1941) * E.B.Bartram – Edwin Bunting Bartram (1878–1964) * E.B.Chamb. – Edward Blanchard Chamberlain (1878–1925) * Eberm. –

Johann Erdwin Christoph Ebermaier Johann Erdwin Christoph Ebermaier (19 April 1768, Melle near Osnabrück – 21 February 1825) was a German physician and pharmacist. He was the father of Carl Heinrich Ebermaier, a writer on medicinal botany. He trained at the surgical acade ...

(1769–1825) * Eb.Fisch. – (born 1969) * Ebinger – (born 1933) * E.B.Knox – Eric B. Knox (

1993) * E.Britton – Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (née Knight) (1858–1934) * E.C.Hall –

Edwin Cuthbert Hall Edwin Cuthbert Hall (1874–1953) was an Australian physician and philanthropist who through a bequest funded the Edwin Cuthbert Hall Chair of Middle Eastern Archaeology within the Department of Archaeology at the University of Sydney. In 1973, ...

(1874–1953) * E.C.Hansen –

Emil Christian Hansen Emil Christian Hansen (8 May 1842 – 27 August 1909) was a Danish mycologist and fermentation physiologist. Born in Ribe, he financed his education by writing novels. He was awarded a gold medal in 1876 for an essay on fungi, titled ''De dans ...

(1842–1909) * Eckblad –

Finn-Egil Eckblad Finn-Egil Eckblad (1923 – 2000) was a Norwegian mycologist. He took the Dr.philos. degree in 1968, was hired as a lecturer at the University of Bergen in 1971 and as a professor at the University of Oslo in 1979. He retired in 1990. He was the ...

(1923–2000) * Eckenw. – James E. Eckenwalder (born 1949) * Eckl. –

Christian Friedrich Ecklon Christian Friedrich Ecklon (17 December 1795 – 1 December 1868) was a Denmark, Danish botany, botanical collector and apothecary. Ecklon is especially known for being an avid collector and researcher of plants in South Africa. Biography Ecklon ...

(1795–1868) * E.C.Nelson –

Ernest Charles Nelson (Ernest) Charles Nelson (15 September 1951, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a botanist who specialises in the heather family, Ericaceae, especially ''Erica'', and whose past research interests included the Proteaceae especially '' Adenanthos''. H ...

(born 1951) * E.Coleman –

Edith Coleman Edith Coleman (1874–1951) was an Australian natural history, naturalist and nature writer who made important observations on pollination syndromes in Australian plant species. Early life Coleman was born Edith Harms on 29 July 1874 in Woking, ...

(1874–1951) * E.Cordus –

Euricius Cordus Euricius Cordus born Heinrich Ritze (1486 – 24 December 1535) was a German humanist poet, physician, botanist and naturalist. He is considered one of the founders of botany in Germany. Cordus was born in Simtshausen near Marburg the youngest of t ...

(1486–1535) * E.C.Wallace – Edward Charles Wallace (1909–1986) * E.Danesch – Edeltraud Danesch (born 1922) * E.D.Clarke –

Edward Daniel Clarke Edward Daniel Clarke (5 June 17699 March 1822) was an English clergyman, naturalist, mineralogist, and traveller. Life Edward Daniel Clarke was born at Willingdon, Sussex, and educated first at Uckfield School"Anthony Saunders, D.D." in Mark ...

(1769–1822) * Eddy – Caspar Wistar Eddy (1790–1828) * É.Desv. –

Étienne-Émile Desvaux Étienne-Émile Desvaux (8 February 1830, in Vendôme – 13 May 1854, in Mondoubleau) was a French botanist. He developed an interest in botany at an early age, actively collecting plants from the age of 10. In July 1850, he earned his Bachel ...

(1830–1854) * Edgar –

Elizabeth Edgar Elizabeth Edgar (27 December 1929 – 1 January 2019) was a New Zealand botanist, best known for her work in authoring and editing three of the five volumes of the series ''Flora of New Zealand'', which describes and classifies the species of ...

(1929–2019) * Edgecombe – Walter Brian Edgecombe (born 1945) * Edgew. –

Michael Pakenham Edgeworth Michael Pakenham Edgeworth (24 May 1812 – 30 July 1881) was an Irish botanist who specialized in seed plants and ferns, and spent most of his life working in India. He was also a pioneer of photography. Early life and family relations Edge ...

(1812–1881) * Edginton – Mark Alexander Edginton (

2015) * E.D.Liu – En-De Liu (

2004) * Edmondston –

Thomas Edmondston Thomas Edmondston (1825–1846) was a British-born botanist, born in Buness, Unst. The family of Edmondston (also spelt Edmonston) was prominent in 19th-century Shetland. Thomas Edmondston's uncle, also Thomas Edmondston, was laird of the B ...

(1825–1846) * Ed.Otto – (1812–1885) * E.D.Rudolph – Emanuel David Rudolph (1927–1992) * E.D.Schulz – Ellen Dorothy Schulz (1892–1970) * Edwin –

Gabriel Edwin In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek language, Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin language, Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic language, Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, transli ...

(born 1926) * Eeden – Frederik Willem van Eeden (1829–1901) * É.E.Foëx – Étienne Edmond Foëx (1876–1944) * E.E.Lamont – Eric E. Lamont (

1990) * E.E.Nelson –

Elias Emanuel Nelson Elias is the Greek equivalent of Elijah ( he, אֵלִיָּהוּ‎ ''ʾĒlīyyāhū''; Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ ''Eliyā''; Arabic: الیاس Ilyās, Ilyās/Elyās), a prophet in the Kingdom of Israel (Samaria), Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th c ...

(1876–1949) * E.E.Schill. – (born 1953) * E.E.Wilson – Edward Elmer Wilson (born 1900) * E.F.Anderson –

Edward Frederick Anderson Edward Frederick Anderson (Covina, California, June 17, 1932 – March 29, 2001) was an American botanist who conducted extensive explorations in Mexico. He was a leading specialist in the cactus family. He was Senior Research Botanist at the Des ...

(1932–2001) * E.Fisch. – Eduard Fischer (1861–1939) * E.Forbes –

Edward Forbes Edward Forbes FRS, FGS (12 February 1815 – 18 November 1854) was a Manx naturalist. In 1846, he proposed that the distributions of montane plants and animals had been compressed downslope, and some oceanic islands connected to the mainlan ...

(1815–1854) * E.Forst. – Edward Forster (1765–1849) * E.Fourn. –

Eugène Pierre Nicolas Fournier Eugène Pierre Nicolas Fournier (15 February 1834, Paris – 10 June 1884) was a French botanist. He was particularly interested in ferns. He was a member of the Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique. The genus '' Fourniera'' (family Cyathe ...

(1834–1884) * E.F.Warb. –

Edmund Frederic Warburg Edmund Frederic "Heff" Warburg (22 March 1908 – 9 June 1966) was an English botanist, known as the co-author of two important British floras. Early life and education Warburg was born in London on 22 March 1908, son of Sir Oscar Emanuel Warburg ...

(1908–1966) * Egan – Robert Shaw Egan (born 1945) * E.G.Andrews – Elisabeth G. Andrews, later Hooper (born 1960) * E.G.Camus – Edmond Gustave Camus (1852–1915) * E.G.Clem. – Edith Gertrude (Schwartz) Clements (1877–1971) * Eggeling – William Julius Eggeling (1909–1994) * Eggers –

Henrik Franz Alexander von Eggers Henrik einrichFranz Alexander Baron von Eggers (4 December 1844 – 1903), was a Danish professional soldier and botanist. Life After studies at the gymnasium in Odense he entered the Danish army as subaltern in 1864 and fought in the Danish-Ge ...

(1844–1903) * Eggl. –

Willard Webster Eggleston Willard Webster Eggleston (March 28, 1863 in Pittsfield, Vermont - November 25, 1935 in Washington, D.C.) was an American botanist, employed by the United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry. He graduated from Dartmouth Colleg ...

(1863–1935) * Eggli – (born 1959) * E.G.H.Oliv. –

Edward George Hudson Oliver Edward (Ted) George Hudson Oliver, (1938- ) is a South African Botanist and author. He is an expert in heathers. He has discovered and named several species. Oliver is the recognized world authority on the subfamily Ericoideae. Life and career ...

(born 1938) * Egler – Frank Edwin Egler (1911–1996) * Egli – Bernhard Egli (

1990) * E.Goeze – (1838–1929) * E.G.Voss –

Edward Groesbeck Voss Edward Groesbeck "Ed" Voss (February 22, 1929 – February 13, 2012) was an American botanist and expert on taxonomic nomenclature. Voss was born in Delaware, Ohio, received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan in 1954 and spen ...

(1929–2012) * E.Hitchc. –

Edward Hitchcock Edward Hitchcock (May 24, 1793 – February 27, 1864) was an American geologist and the third President of Amherst College (1845–1854). Life Born to poor parents, he attended newly founded Deerfield Academy, where he was later principal, ...

(1793–1864) * E.H.L.Krause –

Ernst Hans Ludwig Krause Ernst Hans Ludwig Krause (27 July 1859, Stade – 1 June 1942, Domjüch/Neustrelitz) was a German physician, botanist and mycologist. He studied medicine and botany in Berlin, where in 1881 he received his medical doctorate. From 1882 to 1893 he ...

(1859–1942) * E.Hofm. – Elise Hofmann (1889–1955) * Ehrenb. –

Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (19 April 1795 – 27 June 1876) was a German naturalist, zoologist, comparative anatomist, geologist, and microscopist. Ehrenberg was an evangelist and was considered to be of the most famous and productive scie ...

(1795–1876) * Ehrend. –

Friedrich Ehrendorfer Friedrich Ehrendorfer (born 26 July 1927 in Vienna) is a professor emeritus of plant systematics at the Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research, University of Vienna. He is an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. For ...

(born 1927) * Ehret – Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708–1770) * Ehrh. –

Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart (4 November 1742, Holderbank, Aargau – 26 June 1795) was a German botanist, a pupil of Carl Linnaeus at Uppsala University, and later director of the Botanical Garden of Hannover, where he produced several major botanical ...

(1742–1795) * E.H.Wilson –

Ernest Henry Wilson Ernest Henry "Chinese" Wilson (15 February 1876 – 15 October 1930), better known as E. H. Wilson, was a notable British plant collector and explorer who introduced a large range of about 2000 Asian plant species to the Western culture, West; ...

(1876–1930) * Eichler –

August Wilhelm Eichler August Wilhelm Eichler, also known under his Latinized name, Augustus Guilielmus Eichler (22 April 1839 – 2 March 1887), was a German botanist who developed a new system of classification of plants to reflect the concept of evolution. His au ...

(1839–1887) * Eichw. –

Karl Eduard von Eichwald ), present-day Latvia , death_date = , death_place = St. Petersburg, Russia , citizenship = Russian Empire , nationality = Baltic German , fields = GeologyMedicine , workplaces = Kazan University, V ...

(1795–1876) * Eig – Alexander Eig (1894–1938) * E.Ives –

Eli Ives Eli Ives (February 7, 1779 – October 8, 1861) was an American physician. He was son of Dr Levi and Lydia (Auger) Ives, and was born in New Haven, Connecticut, February 7, 1779. He graduated from Yale University in 1799. The two years after his ...

(1779–1861) * E.James – Edwin P. James (1797–1861) * E.J.Butler – Edwin John Butler (1874–1943) * E.J.Clement – E.J. Clement (

2000) * E.J.Dunn –

Edward John Dunn Edward John Dunn (1 November 1844 – 20 April 1937) was an English-born Australian geologist, winner of the 1905 Murchison Medal. Early life Dunn was born at Bedminster near Bristol, England, the son of Edward Herbert Dunn and Betsy Robinson Dun ...

(1844–1937) * E.-J.Gilbert – Edouard-Jean Gilbert (1888–1954) * E.J.Hill –

Ellsworth Jerome Hill Ellsworth Jerome Hill (1833 in Le Roy, New York – 1917) was a Presbyterian minister and an American botanist. He conducted identifications and classifications of new American species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classifica ...

(1833–1917) * E.J.Lowe –

Edward Joseph Lowe Edward Joseph Lowe FRS FGS FRAS FLS (11 November 1825 – 10 March 1900) was a renowned English botanist, meteorologist and astronomer, who published papers on a wide variety of subjects, including luminous meteors, sunspots, the zodiacal li ...

(1825–1900) * E.J.Palmer –

Ernest Jesse Palmer Ernest Jesse Palmer (born April 8, 1875; died February 25, 1962) was a “collector-botanist” botanical taxonomist and plant collector. He began collecting in 1901, then collected professionally for the Missouri Botanical Garden starting in 1913 a ...

(1875–1962) * E.J.Quekett –

Edwin John Quekett Edwin John Quekett FRMS (1808–1847) was an early worker in botany and histology, and a microscopist. Biography E.J. Quekett, born at Langport in 1808, was the son of William Quekett and Mary, daughter of John Bartlett. His younger brother was ...

(1808–1847) (brother of

John Thomas Quekett John Thomas Quekett (11 August 1815 – 20 August 1861) was an English microscopy, microscopist and histologist. Quekett studied medicine at the London Hospital in 1831. He became a licentiate of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London ...

) * E.J.Schmidt –

Ernst Johannes Schmidt Ernst Johannes Schmidt (2 January 1877 – 21 February 1933) was a Danish biologist credited with discovering in 1920 that European eels migrate to the Sargasso Sea to spawn. Before this people in North America and Europe had wondered where the sm ...

(1877–1933) * E.K.Cameron – Ewen Kenneth Cameron (born 1949) * Ekman – Erik Leonard Ekman (1883–1931) * E.Lawton –

Elva Lawton Elva Lawton (April 3, 1896 – February 3, 1993) was an American botanist and bryologist known for her research on ferns early in her career and her late-career comprehensive study of the mosses of the Western United States. Early life and ...

(1896–1993) * E.L.Braun – Emma Lucy Braun (1889–1971) * E.L.Cabral – Elsa Leonor Cabral (born 1951) * É.Lemoine –

Émile Lemoine Émile Michel Hyacinthe Lemoine (; 22 November 1840 – 21 February 1912) was a French civil engineer and a mathematician, a geometer in particular. He was educated at a variety of institutions, including the Prytanée National Militaire and, most ...

(1862–1943) * Elisens – Wayne J. Elisens (born 1948) * Eliz.George –

Elizabeth Anne George Elizabeth Anne (Berndt) George (1935–2012) was a botanical collector and writer active in Western Australia, specialising in the featherflowers ''Verticordia :For the clam genus, see ''Verticordia'' (bivalve). ''Verticordia'' is a genus of mor ...

(1935–2012) * Elliott – Stephen Elliott (1771–1830) * Ellis –

Job Bicknell Ellis Job Bicknell Ellis (January 21, 1829 – December 30, 1905) was a pioneering North American mycologist known for his study of ascomycetes, especially the grouping of fungi called the Pyrenomycetes (known today as the Sordariomycetes). Born and rai ...

(1829–1905) * Ellw. – George Ellwanger (1816–1906) * Elmer –

Adolph Daniel Edward Elmer Adolph Daniel Edward Elmer (June 14, 1870 – 1942) was an American botanist and plant collector.. He was mostly active in the Philippines, his collections being described as new species by both himself and other botanists. The Japanese sent him ...

(1870–1942) * E.L.Rand –

Edward Lothrop Rand Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sax ...

(1859–1924) * E.L.Robertson –

Enid Lucy Robertson Enid Lucy Robertson () (20 November 1925 - 10 July 2016) was a systematic botanist, curator of herbaria, and conservationist from South Australia. In the 1970s, she developed a new and innovative way to manage reserves, writing the ''Watip ...

(1925–2016) * E.L.Schneid. – Edward L. Schneider (born 1947) * Elvebakk – Arve Elvebakk (born 1951) * Elven – Reidar Elven (born 1947) * Elwes – Henry John Elwes (1846–1922) * E.L.Wolf – (1860–1931) * E.Martin – Émile Martin (1810–1895) * E.Martínez – Esteban Martínez (born 1954) * E.Mayer –

Ernest Mayer Ernest Mayer (born 10 November 1920 in Zgornji Tuhinj, died 17 March 2009) was a Slovenian botanist He studied Biology at the University of Ljubljana and at the University of Vienna. From September 1944 to December 1945, he was in the Yugoslav p ...

(1920–2009) * Emb. –

Louis Emberger (Marie) Louis Emberger (23 January 1897 – 30 November 1969) was a French botanist and phytogeographer, at the University of Montpellier. Life Emberger was born at Thann, in Haut-Rhin, France in 1897, which was then part of German occupie ...

(1897–1969) * E.M.Benn. – Eleanor Marion Bennett (born 1942) * E.Mey. – Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer (1791–1858) * E.M.Friis –

Else Marie Friis Else Marie Friis (born 18 June 1947) is a Danish botanist and paleontologist. She is Professor Emerita in the Department of Geoscience at Aarhus University. Her work has been fundamental in the phylogenetic analysis of angiosperms, with widespre ...

(born 1947) * E.Michener – Ezra Michener (1794–1887) * E.M.McClint. – Elizabeth May McClintock (1912–2004) * E.M.Norman –

Eliane Meyer Norman Eliane can refer to: Éliane * Éliane a French feminine given name ** Éliane, the name for Hill A1 in the 1954 battle of Dien Bien Phu taken by Colonel General Nguyễn Hữu An * Pierre Éliane (1955), French singer and Carmelite friar Eliane I ...

(born 1931) * E.M.O.Martins – Elena Maria Occioni Martins (born 1948) * E.Morren –

Charles Jacques Édouard Morren Charles Jacques Édouard Morren (2 December 1833 – 28 February 1886) was a Belgian botanist, professor of botany and director of the '' Jardin botanique de l'Université de Liège'' from 1857 to 1886. His special field of study was the Bromeli ...

(1833–1886) * E.Morris – Edward Lyman Morris (1870–1913) * Emory –

William Hemsley Emory William Hemsley Emory (September 7, 1811 – December 1, 1887) was a prominent American surveyor and civil engineer in the 19th century. As an officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers he specialized in mapping the United States b ...

(1811–1887) * E.M.Ross – Estelle M. Ross (born 1952) * Enderlein –

Günther Enderlein Günther Enderlein (7 July 1872 – 11 August 1968) was a German zoologist, entomologist, microbiologist, researcher, physician for 60 years, and later a manufacturer of pharmaceutical products. Enderlein received international renown for his ins ...

(1872–1968) * Endert – Frederik Hendrik Endert (1891–1953) * Endl. –

Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher also known as Endlicher István László (24 June 1804, Pressburg, Bratislava (Pozsony) – 28 March 1849, Vienna) was an Austrian Empire, Austrian botanist, numismatist and Sinologist. He was a director of the Botan ...

(1804–1849) * Endrés – (1838–1874) * E.Nelson – Erich Nelson (1897–1980) * Engel –

Franz Engel Franz Engel (1834 in Röbel – 1920 in Neubrandenburg) was a German explorer and naturalist. He traveled extensively in South America in the years 1857–63 and published the results of his explorations in several volumes, including ''Studien ...

(1834–1920) * Engelm. –

Georg Engelmann George Engelmann, also known as Georg Engelmann, (2 February 1809 – 4 February 1884) was a German-American botanist. He was instrumental in describing the flora of the west of North America, then very poorly known to Europeans; he was particul ...

(1809–1884) * Engl. – Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (1844–1930) * E.N.Lowe – Ephriam Noble Lowe (1864–1933) * Enright – Pat Enright (

2011) * Enroth –

Johannes Enroth Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, ''Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Yeh ...

(born 1956) * E.O.Campb. –

Ella Orr Campbell Dame Ella Orr Campbell (28 October 1910 – 24 July 2003) was a New Zealand Botany, botanist. An expert on bryophytes, she published 130 scientific papers on liverworts, hornworts, orchids, and wetlands. She became the first woman faculty membe ...

(1910–2003) * E.Olivier – (Joseph) Ernst Olivier (1844–1914) * E.O.Schmidt – Eduard Oscar Schmidt (1823–1886) * E.Palmer – Elmore Palmer (1839–1909) * E.P.Bicknell –

Eugene Pintard Bicknell Eugene Pintard Bicknell (September 23, 1859 – February 9, 1925) was an American botanist and ornithologist. Bicknell was born at Riverdale-on-Hudson, the sixth son of Maria Theresa Pierrepont and Joseph Inglis Bicknell. The family was descended ...

(1859–1925) * E.Peter – Elfriede Peter (born 1905) * E.Phillips – Edwin Percy Phillips (1884–1967) * Epling –

Carl Clawson Epling Carl Clawson Epling (15 April 1894 – 17 November 1968) was an American botanist and taxonomist. He is best known for being the major authority on the Lamiaceae (mint family) of the Americas from the 1920s to the 1960s. In his later years he also ...

(1894–1968) * E.P.Perrier – Eugène Pierre Perrier de la Bâthie (1825–1916) * E.Pritz. –

Ernst Georg Pritzel Ernst Georg Pritzel (15 May 1875 – 6 April 1946) was a German botanist. He is known for his research in the fields of phytogeography and taxonomy. He contributed works on Lycopodiaceae, Psilotaceae and Pittosporaceae to Engler & Prantl’s "Die ...

(1875–1948) * E.P.Wright – Edward Perceval (Percival) Wright (1834–1910) * Erdman – Kimball Stewart Erdman (born 1937) * Erdmann – Carl Gottfried Erdmann (1774–1835) * Erdtman – Otto Gunnar Elias Erdtman (1897–1973) * E.Reid – Eleanor Mary Wynne-Edwards Reid (1860–1953) * E.Rev. – Elisée Reverchon (1835–1914) * E.R.Farr – Ellen R. Farr (born 1941) * Ericsson – Stefan Ericsson (1954–2015) * Ericzjan – A. A. Ericzjan (

1960) * E.R.Noble – Elmer Ray Noble (1909–2001) * Ernst –

Adolf Ernst Adolf Ernst (October 6, 1832 – August 12, 1899) was a Prussian-born scientist. Ernst settled in Venezuela in 1861, where he taught at the Central University of Venezuela. He became the most important scientist in the country during the second h ...

(1832–1899) * E.Robson – Edward Robson (1763–1813) * E.Rosén –

Eberhard Rosén Eberhard is an old Germanic name meaning the strength or courage of a wild boar. People First name *Eberhard of Friuli (815–866), Duke and key figure in the Carolingian Empire *Eberhard of Béthune (died 1212), Flemish grammarian *Eberhard I, Du ...

(1714–1796) * Er.Rosen –

Eric von Rosen Count Carl Gustaf Bloomfield Eric von Rosen (2 June 1879 in Stockholm – 25 April 1948 Skeppsholmen, Stockholm) was a Swedish honorary doctor, patron, explorer, ethnographer, prominent figure in the Swedish upper class and a leading figure in S ...

(1879–1948) * E.R.Saunders –

Edith Rebecca Saunders Edith Rebecca Saunders FLS (14 October 1865 – 6 June 1945) was a British geneticist and plant anatomist. Described by J. B. S. Haldane as the "Mother of British Plant Genetics", she played an active role in the re-discovery of Mendel's laws ...

(1865–1945) * Ertter –

Barbara Jean Ertter Barbara may refer to: People * Barbara (given name) * Barbara (painter) (1915–2002), pseudonym of Olga Biglieri, Italian futurist painter * Barbara (singer) (1930–1997), French singer * Barbara Popović (born 2000), also known mononymously as ...

(born 1953) * E.Sabine –

Edward Sabine Sir Edward Sabine ( ; 14 October 1788 – 26 June 1883) was an Irish astronomer, geophysicist, ornithologist, explorer, soldier and the 30th president of the Royal Society. He led the effort to establish a system of magnetic observatories in ...

(1788–1883) * E.Salisb. –

Edward James Salisbury Sir Edward James Salisbury CBE FRS (16 April 1886 – 10 November 1978) 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.S ...

(1886–1978) * E.S.Anderson – Edgar Shannon Anderson (1897–1969) * E.S.Barton – Ethel Sarel Barton (1864–1922) * E.S.Burgess –

Edward Sandford Burgess Edward Sandford Burgess (January 19, 1855 – February 23, 1928) was an American botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is ...

(1855–1928) * E.Schenk –

Ernst Schenk Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (1975-) ...

(1880–1965) * E.Schiem. –

Elisabeth Schiemann Elisabeth Schiemann (; 15 August 1881 – 3 January 1972) was a German geneticist, crop researcher and resistance fighter in the Third Reich. Background and education Elisabeth Schiemann was born in Viljandi, Estonia, at the time part of the ...

(1881–1972) * Eschsch. – Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz (1793–1831) * Eshbaugh – W. Hardy Eshbaugh (born 1936) * E.Sheld. – (1869–1947) * E.Simon –

Eugène Ernest Simon Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".Ernest Small (born 1940) * E.S.Martins – Eurico Sampaio Martins (born 1944) * Esper – Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper (1742–1810) * E.S.Salmon –

Ernest Stanley Salmon Ernest Stanley Salmon (1 June 1871 – 12 October 1959) was a British mycologist and plant pathologist best known for his work in breeding new varieties of hops. Salmon crossed a wild Manitoban hop with cultivated English stock to create hybrid ...

(1871–1959) * E.S.Steele – Edward Strieby Steele (1850–1942) * Essig – (born 1947) * Esterh. –

Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen (11 April 1912 – 1 January 2006) was a South African botanist. She was described as "the most outstanding collector ever of South African flora", amassing 36,000 herbarium specimens. Early life and education Elsie E ...

(1912–2006) * Esteves –

Eddie Esteves Pereira Eddie or Eddy may refer to: Science and technology *Eddy (fluid dynamics), the swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid flows past an obstacle *Eddie (text editor), a text editor originally for BeOS and now ported to Linu ...

(born 1939) * E.T.Barthol. – Elbert Thomas Bartholomew (born 1878) * E.T.Geddes – Elizabeth T. Geddes (

1927–1932) * Ether. – Robert Etheridge, Jr. (1847–1920) * E.Thurst. – Edgar Thurston (1855–1935) * Etl. – (1756–1785) * E.T.Newton – Edwin Tulley (Tully) Newton (1840–1930) * Ettingsh. –

Constantin von Ettingshausen Constantin Freiherr von Ettingshausen (or Baron Constantin von Ettingshausen) (16 June 1826 in Vienna – 1 February 1897 in Graz) was an Austrian botanist known for his paleobotanical studies of flora from the Tertiary era. He was the son of ...

(1826–1897) * Euphrasén –

Bengt Anders Euphrasén Bengt Anders Euphrasén (born 1756 in the parish of Habo, historical province of Västergötland, Sweden; died 25 December 1796 in Stockholm) was a Swedish botanist. Euphrasén studied at the veterinary school in Skara and then entered Uppsala Uni ...

(1756–1796) * E.Vilm. – Elisa de Vilmorin (1826–1868) * Ewan – Joseph Ewan (1909–1999) * Ewart – Alfred James Ewart (1872–1937) * E.Watson –

Elba Emanuel Watson Elba Emanuel Watson (1871 – September 27, 1936) was an American botanist, noted for his study of the genus ''Helianthus''. Life and education Raised in Grand Rapids, Watson attended University of Michigan for his bachelor's degree. After grad ...

(1871–1936) * E.W.B.Chase – Ethel Winifred Bennett Chase (1877–1949) * E.W.Berry –

Edward Wilber Berry Edward Wilber Berry (February 10, 1875 – September 20, 1945) was an American paleontologist and botanist; the principal focus of his research was paleobotany. Early life Berry was born February 10, 1875, in Newark, New Jersey, and finished h ...

(1875–1945) * E.W.Herv. – Eliphalet Williams Hervey (1834–1925) * E.Willm. –

Ellen Ann Willmott Ellen Ann Willmott (19 August 1858 – 27 September 1934) was an English horticulturist. She was an influential member of the Royal Horticultural Society, and a recipient of the first Victoria Medal of Honour, awarded to British horticulturists ...

(1858–1934) * E.Wimm. – (1881–1961) * E.Winkel – Esmée Winkel (

2013) * E.W.Jones – Eustace Wilkinson Jones (1909–1992) * E.W.Nelson –

Edward William Nelson Edward William Nelson (May 8, 1855 – May 19, 1934) was an American naturalist and ethnologist. A collector of specimens and field naturalist of repute, he became a member of several expeditions to survey the fauna and flora. He was part o ...

(1855–1934) * F.W.Wakef. – F.W. Wakefield (

1922) * Exell –

Arthur Wallis Exell Arthur Wallis Exell OBE (21 May 1901, in Birmingham – 15 January 1993, in Cheltenham) was initially an assistant and later Deputy Keeper of Botany at the British Museum during the years 1924–1939 and 1950–1962. A noted cryptographer, taxo ...

(1901–1993) * E.Y.Dawson – Elmer Yale Dawson (1918–1966) * Eyde – Richard H. Eyde (1928–1990) * Eyles – Frederick Eyles (1864–1937) * Eyma –

Pierre Joseph Eyma Pierre Joseph Eyma (25 July 1903 – 1945) was a Dutch botanist.van Steenis-Kruseman, M.J., ''et al.'' 2006Cyclopaedia of Malesian Collectors: Pierre Joseph Eyma Nationaal Herbarium Nederland. Eyma was born in Maarssen, Netherlands, in 1903. He st ...

(1903–1945) * Eyre – William Leigh Williamson Eyre (1841–1914) * E.Z.Bailey –

Ethel Zoe Bailey Ethel Zoe Bailey (1889-1983) was a U.S. botanist and the first curator of the Bailey Hortorium at Cornell University from 1935 to 1957. She created the Ethel Z. Bailey Horticultural Catalogue Collection and in 1912 was the first woman in Ithaca, ...

(1889–1983)

F

* F.A.Barkley –

Fred Alexander Barkley Fred Alexander Barkley (1908–1989) was an American botanist. Barkley studied at the University of Oklahoma and was awarded a PhD from the Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis (WashU or WUSTL) is a private rese ...

(1908–1989) * F.A.Bartlett – Francis Alonzo Bartlett (1882–1963) * F.A.Bauer – Franz (Francis) Andreas Bauer (1758–1840) * Fabr. – Philipp Conrad Fabricius (1714–1774) * Fábry – Igor Fábry (1900–1982) * Fabris – (1924–1976) * F.A.C.Weber –

Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber (17 May 1830 in Wolfisheim – 27 July 1903 in Paris) was a French botanist, who specialized in Cactaceae. In 1852 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Strasbourg with the thesis ''De l'hémor ...

(1830–1903) * Faegri –

Knut Fægri Knut Fægri (17 July 1909 – 10 December 2001) was a Norwegian botanist and palaeoecologist. Fægri was born in Bergen. He was the son of Major Ole A. Fægri (1875–1962) and Gudrun Stoltz (1881–1940) and the nephew of the botanist, natural ...

(or Knut Faegri) (1909–2001) * Fahn – Avraham (Abraham) Fahn (1916–2012) * Fairon-Dem. – Muriel Fairon-Demaret (

1986) * F.Albers – Focke Albers (born 1940) * Falc. – Hugh Falconer (1808–1865) * Falck –

Richard Falck Richard Falck (7 May 1873 – 1 January 1955) was a German-American botanist and mycologist, who worked as a professor of mycology at the forest academy in Hannoversch Münden before he fled Nazi Germany and the persecution of Jews to finally set ...

(1868–1955) * Falk – Johan Peter (Pehr) Falk (1733–1774) * Falkenb. –

Paul Falkenberg Paul Falkenberg (german: Paul Falkenberg; 1848–1925) was a German botanist. He was a professor of botany and Director of Botanical Garden Rostock. He was known for his works in anatomy and morphology of plants (“Vergleichende Untersuchungen d ...

(1848–1925) * F.Allam. – (Frédérique) Frédéric-Louis Allamand (1735–after 1803) * Fanning – Una Fanning (

1990) * F.Aresch. – (1830–1908) * Farges –

Paul Guillaume Farges Father Paul Guillaume Farges (1844–1912) was a French Catholic missionary, botanist and plant collector, based for much of his life (from 1867) in China, serving at Chongqing from 1892 until his death. He collected over 4,000 plant specimens, i ...

(1844–1912) * Farjon –

Aljos Farjon Aljos Farjon (born 1946) is a Dutch botanist specialized in conifers. After studying at Utrecht University he worked at Kew Gardens. He is a fellow of the Linnean Society of London The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicate ...

(born 1946) * Farl. – William Gilson Farlow (1844–1919) * Farmar – Leo Farmar (1878–1907) * F.A.Rodway –

Frederick Arthur Rodway Frederick Arthur Rodway (25 March 1880, Hobart, Tasmania – 1 April 1956, Nowra, New South Wales) was an Australian physician, botanist, and plant collector. He collected spermatophytes in New South Wales and Western Australia. Biography F. A. Ro ...

(1880–1956) * F.A.Rogers – Frederick Arundel Rogers (1876–1944) * Farrer – Reginald John Farrer (1880–1920) * Farron – Claude Farron (born 1935) * Farw. –

Oliver Atkins Farwell Oliver Atkins Farwell (13 December 1867, Dorchester, Boston Dorchester (colloquially referred to as Dot) is a Boston neighborhood comprising more than in the City of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Originally, Dorchester was a separate tow ...

(1867–1944) * Fassat. – Olga Fassatiová (1924–2011) * Fassett –

Norman Carter Fassett Norman Carter Fassett (March 27, 1900 – September 14, 1954) was an American botanist and professor, known as an expert on the aquatic flora of Wisconsin. Career Fassett was born in Ware, Massachusetts. He studied at Harvard University, eventua ...

(1900–1954) * Favre – (1822–1904) * Fawc. – William Fawcett (1851–1926) * Faxon –

Charles Edward Faxon Charles Edward Faxon (January 21, 1846 – February 6, 1918) was an American botanical artist and instructor of botany born in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. In 1867 he received his degree in civil engineering from Lawrence Scientific School in ...

(1846–1918) * Fayod –

Victor Fayod Victor Fayod (23 November 1860 – 28 April 1900) was a Swiss mycologist, who created an influential novel classification of the agaric fungi and who described a number of new genera and species. Biographical overview Fayod was born on 23 Nove ...

(1860–1900) * F.B.Forbes –

Francis Blackwell Forbes Francis Blackwell Forbes (August 11, 1839 – May 2, 1908) was an American botanist with expertise in Chinese seed-producing plants who also worked as a merchant and opium trader in Asia. Early life Francis Blackwell Forbes was born in New York ...

(1839–1908) * F.Bolle – Friedrich Franz August Albrecht Bolle (1905–1999) * F.Bolus –

Frank Bolus Frank Bolus (2 November 1864 – 15 September 1939) played first-class cricket for Somerset in 10 matches in the 1893 and 1894 seasons. He was born at Wolverhampton and died at Coventry. Bolus was used by Somerset as a lower-order right-handed ...

(1870–1945) * F.Boos – Franz Boos (1753–1832) * F.Br. – Forest Buffen Harkness Brown (1873–1954) * F.Brachet – Flavien Brachet (died 1910) * F.Buyss. – (1825–1906) * F.B.White –

Francis Buchanan White Francis Buchanan White (20 March 1842, Perth – 3 December 1894, Perth) was a Scottish entomologist and botanist. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with an M.D. in 1864. After doing a Grand Tour in 1866, he sett ...

(1842–1894) * F.Cels – François Cels (1771-1832) * F.C.Gates – Frank Caleb Gates (1887–1955) * F.Chapm. –

Frederick Chapman Fred, Frederic or Frederick Chapman may refer to: * Frederic Chapman (1823–1895), English publisher with Chapman & Hall * Frederick Chapman (British Army officer) (1815–1893), British Army officer and colonial official * Frederick Chapman (pal ...

(1864–1943) * F.C.How – Foon Chew How (1908–1959) * F.C.Küpper – Frithjof C. Küpper (

2022) * F.Conti – Fabio Conti (born 1961) * F.C.Quinn – F. C. Quinn (

1990) * F.Cuvier – Georges-Frédéric Cuvier (1773–1838) * F.D.Bowers – Frank Dana Bowers (1936–2019) * F.Delaroche – François Delaroche (1780–1813) * F.Dietr. – Friedrich Gottlieb Dietrich (1768–1850) * F.Duncan – Fred Duncan (fl. 1991) * F.E.Boynton –

Frank Ellis Boynton Frank Ellis Boynton (July 10, 1859 – December 10, 1942) was a self-taught American botanist active in the Southeastern United States. He worked at Biltmore Estate with his brother, Charles Lawrence Boynton, and Chauncey Beadle Chauncey Del ...

(1859–1942) * Fed. – Andrey Aleksandrovich Fedorov (1908–1987) * Fedde –

Friedrich Karl Georg Fedde Friedrich Karl Georg Fedde (30 June 1873, Breslau (now Wrocław) – 14 March 1942, Berlin-Dahlem) was a German botanist. Biography Fedde studied natural sciences, commencing in 1892 and graduating in 1896 in Breslau. He was a teacher in schools ...

(1873–1942) * F.E.Drouet – Francis Elliott Drouet (1907–1982) * Fée –

Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée Antoine 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 expe ...

(1789–1874) * F.E.Fritsch –

Felix Eugen Fritsch Felix Eugen Fritsch FRS (26 April 1879 – 2 May 1954) was a British biologist. Fritssch was born in Hampstead in London in 1879 where his father owned and operated a school. Fritsch started his career at the University of Munich before mov ...

(1879–1954) * Feinbrun – Naomi Feinbrun (1900–1995) * Feldman – Moshe Feldman (

1978) * F.E.Leyb. (also Leibold) –

Friedrich Ernst Leibold Friedrich Ernst Leibold (sometimes spelled Leybold) (9 December 1804, in Dorfgarten near Kiel – 21 July 1864, in Havana) was a German gardener and botanical collector. Trained as a gardener, he accompanied Baron von Ludwig to the Cape of Good ...

(1804–1864) (surname also spelled "Leybold"; not to be confused with botanist

Friedrich Leybold Friedrich Leybold (29 September 1827, Grossköllenbach (Bavaria) – 31 December 1879, Santiago de Chile) was a German-Chilean pharmacist and naturalist. In 1855 he relocated to Chile as a pharmaceutical industrialist, eventually settling in S ...

(1827–1879)) * Felger – Richard Stephen Felger (fl. 1968) * F.E.Lloyd – Francis Ernst Lloyd (1868–1947) * Fendler – Augustus Fendler (1813–1883) * Fenzl – Eduard Fenzl (1808–1879) * Ferd.Schneid. –

Ferdinand Schneider Ferdinand Gottlob Schneider (18 June 1911 – 11 May 1984) was a German chemist. Schneider was born in Backnang in the Kingdom of Württemberg. He studied at the University of Tübingen, Freiburg and Munich (Ph.D. 1934) and subsequently held the ...

(1834–1882) * Fernald – Merritt Lyndon Fernald (1873–1950) * Fern.Alonso –

José Luis Fernández Alonso José Luis Fernández Alonso (born 1959) is a Spanish born Colombian botanist. He has published over 20 papers since 1987. Biography He was born in Encinas de Esgueva in the Province of Valladolid, Spain. He graduated in the field of Biology ...

(born 1959) * Fernando – Edwino S. Fernando (born 1953) * Fern.-Vill. –

Celestino Fernández-Villar Celestino Fernández-Villar (April 2, 1838 – April 29, 1907) was an Augustinian friar and botanist born in Asturias, Spain. Life Fernández-Villar was born in Asturias, Spain on April 2, 1838. He studied as a seminarian in Oviedo. In 18 ...

(1838–1907) * Ferreras – Ulysses Flores Ferreras (born 1977) * Ferreyra – Ramón Alejandro Ferreyra (1910–2005) * Ferry – (1845–1924) * Fessel –

Hans Fessel Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi a ...

(born 1929) * Feuillée – Louis Éconches Feuillée (Feuillet) (1660–1732) * F.F.Blackman – Frederick Blackman (1866–1947) * F.Fleisch. – Franz von Fleischer (1801–1878) * F.Friedmann –

Francis Friedmann Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) Places * Rural M ...

(born 1941) * F.Fromm – Franz Fromm (

1905) * F.G.Mey. – (1917–2006) * F.G.Wallace – Franklin Gerhard Wallace (1909–1995) * F.Haage – (1859–1930) * F.Hanb. – (1851–1938) * F.Harper – Francis Harper (1886–1972) * F.H.Brandt – Fred H. Brandt (1908–1994) * F.H.Chen – Chen Feng Huai (Hwai) (1900–1993) * F.Heim –

Frédéric Louis Heim Frédéric and Frédérick are the French language, French versions of the common male given name Frederick (given name), Frederick. They may refer to: In artistry: * Frédéric Back, Canadian award-winning animator * Frédéric Bartholdi, French ...

(1869–1962) * F.Heller – Franz Xaver Heller (1775–1840) * F.H.Hellw. – (born 1958) * F.H.Lewis –

Frank Harlan Lewis Frank Harlan Lewis (January 8, 1919 – December 12, 2008) was an American botanist, geneticist, taxonomist, systematist, and evolutionist who worked primarily with plants in the genus ''Clarkia''. He is best known for his theories of "catastroph ...

(1919–2008) * F.H.Perring – Franklyn Hugh Perring (1927–2003) * F.H.Wigg. –

Friedrich Heinrich Wiggers Friedrich Heinrich Wiggers (15 March 1746 – 3 March 1811) 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 alter ...

(1746–1811) * Ficalho – Franciso Manoel Carlos de Mello de Ficalho (1837–1903) * Fieber –

Franz Xaver Fieber Franz Xaver Fieber (Prague, 1 March 1807 – Chrudim, 22 February 1872 ) 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 a ...

(1807–1872) * Fiebrig – Karl August Gustav Fiebrig (1869–1951) * Field – Henry Claylands Field (1825–1912) * Fielding –

Henry Barron Fielding Henry Borron Fielding (1805 – 21 November 1851) was an English botanist. Life Fielding was the fifth child and only son of Henry Fielding of Myerscough House, near Garstang, Lancashire. Being of a delicate constitution he was shut out from a ...

(1805–1851) * Figlar –

Richard B. Figlar Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Frankish language, Old Frankish and is a Compound (linguistics), compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' an ...

(

2000) * Filat. – Anna A. Filatenko (born 1937) * Finet –

Achille Eugène Finet Achille Eugène Finet (1863, Argenteuil – 1913, París) was a French botanist best known for his study of orchids native to Japan and China. Within the family Orchidaceae, he was the taxonomic authority of the genera '' Arethusantha'', ...

(1863–1913) * Finl. – George Finlayson (1790–1823) * Finschow – Günter Finschow (1926–2020) * Fintelm. – (1803–1871) * Fiori – Adriano Fiori (1865–1950) * Fior.-Mazz. – Elisabetta Fiorini-Mazzanti (1799–1879) * Fisch. –

Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer Friedrich Ernst Ludwig Fischer (20 February 1782, Halberstadt – 17 June 1854) was a Russian botanist, born in Germany. He was director of the St Petersburg botanical garden from 1823 to 1850. In 1804 he obtained his medical doctorate from th ...

(1782–1854) * Fisch.-Benz. – Rudolf J. D. von Fischer-Benzon (1839–1911) * Fisch.-Oost. – Carl von Fischer-Ooster (1807–1875) * Fisch.Waldh. – Alexander Gregorevich Fischer von Waldheim (1803–1884) * Fitch –

Walter Hood Fitch Walter Hood Fitch (28 February 1817 – 1892) was a botanical illustrator, born in Glasgow, Scotland, who executed some 10,000 drawings for various publications. His work in colour lithograph, including 2700 illustrations for ''Curtis's Bot ...

(1817–1892) * Fitschen –

Jost Fitschen Jost Fitschen (1 January 1869, in Brest (Lower Saxony) – 26 January 1947, in Hamburg-Altona) was a German botanist known for his work in the field of dendrology. Beginning in 1889, he worked as a schoolteacher in the town of Geversdorf, afterwa ...

(1869–1947) * Fitzg. –

Robert D. FitzGerald Robert David FitzGerald (or possibly Robert Desmond FitzGerald) (30 November 1830 – 12 August 1892) was an Irish-Australian surveyor, ornithologist, botanist and poet. Whilst working as a public servant FitzGerald's private passion and ability ...

(middle name David or Desmond) (1830–1892) * F.J.A.Morris – Francis John A. Morris (1869–1949) * F.J.F.Shaw –

Frederick John Freshwater Shaw Frederick John Freshwater Shaw (16 December 1885 - 29 July 1936) was a British botanist and mycologist who worked briefly in India where he died of heat stroke during a trip to Agra. He joined as an Imperial Mycologist in 1910 and studied plant p ...

(1885–1936) * F.J.Herm. –

Frederick Joseph Hermann Frederick may refer to: People * Frederick (given name), the name Nobility Anhalt-Harzgerode *Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670) Austria * Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198 * Frederick ...

(1906–1987) * F.J.Pritch. – Frederick John Pritchard (1874–1931) * F.J.Schultz –

Franz Johann Schultz Franz may refer to: People * Franz (given name) * Franz (surname) Places * Franz (crater), a lunar crater * Franz, Ontario, a railway junction and unorganized town in Canada * Franz Lake, in the state of Washington, United States – see Fran ...

(

1785–1847) * Flagey –

Camille Flagey Camille Flagey (1837–1898) was a French lichenologist who studied lichens in Algeria. Flagey edited two exsiccatae Exsiccata (Latin, ''gen.'' -ae, ''plur.'' -ae) is a work with "published, uniform, numbered set of preserved specimens distri ...

(1837–1898) * Flahault –

Charles Flahault Charles Henri Marie Flahault (3 October 1852 – 3 February 1935) was a French botanist, among the early pioneers of phytogeography, phytosociology, and forest ecology. The word '' relevé'' for a plant community sample is his invention. Early li ...

(1852–1935) * Flann – Christina Flann (born 1974) * F.L.Bauer – Ferdinand Lucas (Lukas) Bauer (1760–1826) * F.Lees –

Frederick Arnold Lees Frederick may refer to: People * Frederick (given name), the name Nobility Anhalt-Harzgerode *Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670) Austria * Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198 * Frederick ...

(1847–1921) * Fleming – John Fleming (1785–1857) * F.L.Erickson – Frederica Lucy "Rica" Erickson (1908–2009) * Flerow – (1872–1960) * F.Lestib. –

François Joseph Lestiboudois François Joseph Lestiboudois (20 January 1759 – 26 July 1815) was a French botanist. Born at Lille, he was the son of Jean-Baptiste Lestiboudois (1715–1804), a professor of botany at the ''École centrale du département du Nord à Lille'' and ...

(1759–1815) * Fletcher – James Fletcher (1852–1908) * Flickinger – Jonathan A. Flickinger (

2018) * Flinders –

Matthew Flinders Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was a British navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland. He is also credited as being the first person to u ...

(1774–1814) * F.L.Martin – Floyd Leonard Gabriel Martin (1909–1994) * Flod. – Björn Gustaf Oscar Floderus (1867–1941) * Flörke –

Heinrich Gustav Flörke Heinrich Gustav Flörke (24 December 1764, in Altenkalden in Mecklenburg – 11 June 1835) was a German botanist and lichenologist. He initially studied theology and mathematics in Bützow, later studying medicine at the University of Jena. In ...

(1764–1835) * Flot. –

Julius von Flotow Julius von Flotow; full name- Julius Christian Gottlieb Ulrich Gustav Georg Adam Ernst Friedrich von Flotow (9 March 1788 – 15 August 1856) was a German military officer and a botanist specialized in lichenology and bryology. Von Flotow was bor ...

(1788–1856) * F.L.Tai – (1893–1973) * F.Ludw. – Friedrich Ludwig (1851–1918) * Flueck. –

Friedrich August Flückiger Friedrich August Flückiger (also spelled Flueckiger) was a Swiss pharmacist, chemist and botanist. He was born in Langenthal, canton of Bern, on 15 May 1828 and died on 11 December 1894. Flückiger studied chemistry at the University of Berlin ( ...

(1828–1894) * Flüggé –

Johannes Flüggé Johannes (Johann) Flüggé (22 June 1775 – 28 June 1816) 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 docto ...

(1775–1816) * Flyr – Lowell David Flyr (1937–1971) * F.Maek. – (1908–1984) * F.M.Bailey – Frederick Manson Bailey (1827–1915) * F.Michx. –

François Andre Michaux François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" * Francis II of France, King ...

(1770–1855) * F.M.Knuth – Frederik Marcus Knuth (1904–1970) * F.M.Leight. –

Frances Margaret Leighton Frances Margaret Leighton (8 March 1909 – 8 January 2006) was a South African botanist and educator. After graduating from Rhodes University with her M.Sc degree in 1931, she worked at the Bolus Herbarium until 1947. Her primary research interes ...

(later Isaac) (1909–2006) (Isaac is also used) * F.Muell. –

Ferdinand von Mueller Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vict ...

(1825–1896) * F.N.Meyer –

Frank Nicholas Meyer Frank Nicholas Meyer (30 November 1875 – 2 June 1918) was a United States Department of Agriculture explorer who traveled to Asia to collect new plant species. The Meyer lemon was named in his honor. Biography He was born Frans Nicolaas Meij ...

(surnamed Meijer before 1908) (1875–1918) * F.N.Williams –

Frederic Newton Williams Frederic Newton Williams (19 March 1862, Brentford, West London – 6 May 1923, Isleworth, West London) was an English physician and botanist. Biography His father practised medicine in Brentford. Frederic Newton Williams was educated at Edward ...

(1862–1923) * F.Nyl. –

Fredrik Nylander Fredrik Nylander (9 September 1820 – 29 September 1880) was a Finnish physician and botanist who was among the first to study the plants of Finland, describing about eleven new species. Nylander was born in Oulu to magistrate Anders and his wi ...

(1820–1880) * Fobe – Frederich Fobe (1864–1946) * Focke –

Wilhelm Olbers Focke Wilhelm Olbers Focke (5 April 1834, Bremen – 29 September 1922, Bremen) 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'' (Th ...

(1834–1922) * Foëx – Gustave Louis Émile Foëx (1844–1906) * Foldats – Ernesto Foldats Andins (1925–2003) * Fomin – Aleksandr Vasiljevich Fomin (1869–1935) * Fontoura – Talita Fontoura (

2012) * Font Quer –

Pius Font i Quer Pius Font i Quer (Lleida 1888 – Barcelona 1964) was a Catalan botanist, pharmacist and chemist. He organized the Institut Botànic de Barcelona and founded Jardí Botànic in this city. In 1911 he joined the Health Military Corporation, ...

(1888–1964) * Forbes – John Forbes (1799–1823) * Ford – Neridah Clifton Ford (1926-2006) * Foreman – Donald Bruce Foreman (1945–2004) * Forero –

Enrique Forero Enrique Forero González (born December 7, 1942 in Bogota, Colombia) is a botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scie ...

(born 1942) * Forman – Lewis Leonard Forman (1929–1998) * Forrest –

George Forrest George Forrest may refer to: *G. Topham Forrest (George Topham Forrest, 1872–1945), principal architect for the London County Council *George Forrest (author) (1915–1999), American author and musician *George Forrest (botanist) (1873–1932), S ...

(1873–1932) * Forrester – Susan G. Forrester (

2007) * Forssk. – Peter Forsskål (1732–1763) * Forsstr. – Johan Erik Forsström (1775–1824) * Forsyth – William Forsyth (1737–1804) * Forsyth f. – William Forsyth Jr. (?1772–1835) * Fortune – Robert Fortune (1812–1880) * Fosberg –

Francis Raymond Fosberg Francis Raymond Fosberg (20 May 1908 – 25 September 1993) was an American botanist. A prolific collector and author, he played a significant role in the development of coral reef and island studies. History Ray Fosberg was born in Spokane ...

(1908–1993) * Foster – Michael Foster (1836–1907) * Foucaud –

Julien Foucaud Julien Foucaud (2 July 1847, in Saint-Clément – 26 April 1904, in Rochefort) was a French botanist. From 1867 to 1885, he was an assistant teacher and teacher in several schools in the department of Charente-Maritime. In February 1885, he was ...

(1847–1904) * Foug. – (1732–1789) * Fourc. –

Henry Georges Fourcade Henry Georges Fourcade, also known as Henri Georges Fourcade and sometimes Georges Henri Fourcade, was a surveyor, forester, pioneer of photogrammetry and as botanist, a major early collector of the Southern Cape flora. Early life Henry ...

(1865–1948) * Fourcy – (1812–1889) * Fourn. –

(1834–1884) * Fourr. –

Jules Pierre Fourreau Jules Pierre Fourreau (25 August 1844, Lyon – 16 January 1871, Beaune) was a French botanist. As a young man he worked as an assistant to botanist Alexis Jordan (1814-1897) in Lyon. Beginning in the mid-1860s, he began collecting plants thr ...

(1844–1871) * Fox – T. Colcott Fox (1849–1916)Obituary. ''The Journal of Cutaneous Diseases Including Syphilis''. volume 35. page 213. 191

/ref> * Foxw. – (1877–1950) * F.Patt. –

Flora Wambaugh Patterson Flora Wambaugh Patterson (1847–1928) was an American mycologist, and the first female plant pathologist hired by the United States Department of Agriculture.Amy Y. Rossman"Flora W. Patterson: The First Woman Mycologist at the USDA" (Reviewe ...

(1847–1928) * F.Phil. – Federico Philippi (1838–1910) * F.Picard – François Picard (1879–1939) * F.P.Metcalf – (1892–1955) * Fr. –

Elias Magnus Fries Elias Magnus Fries (15 August 1794 – 8 February 1878) was a Swedish mycologist and botanist. Career Fries was born at Femsjö (Hylte Municipality), Småland, the son of the pastor there. He attended school in Växjö. He acquired ...

(1794–1878) * Fraas – Carl Nicolaus Fraas (1810–1875) * Franch. – Adrien René Franchet (1834–1900) * Francis –

George William Francis George William Francis (1800–9 August 1865) was an English horticulturalist and science writer. He migrated to the colony of South Australia in 1849 and became the first director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden in 1860. Life Born in London, Fra ...

(1800–1865) * Franco – (1921–2009) * Franc.-Ort. – Javier Francisco-Ortega (born 1958) * Franzén – Roy Franzén (born 1957) * Frapp. – Charles Frappier (1813–1885) * Fraser –

John Fraser John Fraser may refer to: Politics *John Simon Frederick Fraser (1765–1803), commanded the Fraser Fencibles in Ireland and was (M.P.) for Inverness-shire *John James Fraser (1829–1896), 5th Premier of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, 18 ...

(1750–1811) * Fraser f. – John Fraser Jr. (c. 1780–1852) * Fraser-Jenk. – (born 1948) * Frauenf. –

Georg von Frauenfeld Georg Ritter von Frauenfeld (3 June 1807, Vienna – 8 October 1873) was an Austrian naturalist and one of the leading scientists on board the Austrian frigate ''Novara'' during its round-the-world voyage. He was heavily involved in the develo ...

(1807–1873) * F.R.Chapm. – Frederick Revans Chapman (1849–1936) * Freckmann – Robert W. Freckmann (born 1939) * Frederick –

Lafayette Frederick Lafayette Frederick (9 March 1923 - 29 December 2018) was an American plant pathologist, mycologist, and specialist in myxomycete ecology and systematics. Career In 1943, Frederick earned his bachelor's degree at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabam ...

(1923–2018) * Frege – Christian August Frege (1758–1834) * Freire-Fierro – Alina Freire-Fierro (born 1964) * Frém. –

John C. Frémont John Charles Frémont or Fremont (January 21, 1813July 13, 1890) was an American explorer, military officer, and politician. He was a U.S. Senator from California and was the first Republican nominee for president of the United States in 1856 ...

(1813–1890) * Fresen. – Johann Baptist Georg Wolfgang Fresenius (1808–1866) * Freudenst. – John V. Freudenstein (born 1963) * Freyer –

Heinrich Freyer Heinrich Freyer (Slovenized: ''Henrik Freyer''; July 8, 1802 – August 21, 1866) was a Carniolan botanist, zoologist, paleontologist, pharmacist, cartographer, and natural scientist. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Freyer, Heinrich 1802 births ...

(1802–1866) * Freyn –

Josef Franz Freyn Josef Franz Freyn (7 December 1845, Prague – 16 January 1903, Prague-Smíchov) was an Austrian civil engineer and botanist. He was the son of the Austrian forester Josef Freyn from Obecnic. In 1856-1862 he attended the ''Oberrealschule'' in Pra ...

(1845–1903) * Freyr. – Georg Wilhelm Freyreiss (1789–1825) * Frez. – Amédée-François Frézier (1682–1773) * Frič –

Alberto Vojtěch Frič Alberto Vojtěch Frič (, 8 September 1882 Prague – 4 December 1944 Prague) was a famous Czech botanist, ethnographer, writer and explorer. He undertook 8 voyages to America, discovered, described and catalogued many species of cactus. South ...

(1882–1944) * Friedrich –

Hans Christian Friedrich Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi a ...

(1925–1992) * Friis – Ib Friis (born 1945) * Fritsch –

Karl Fritsch Karl Fritsch (24 February 1864 – 17 January 1934) was an Austrian botany, 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 ...

(1864–1934) * F.Ritter –

Friedrich Ritter Friedrich Ritter (9 May 1898 – 9 April 1989) was a German botanist who collected and described many species of cacti. '' Ritterocereus'' is named in his honour. References 1898 births 1989 deaths {{botanist-stub ...

(1898–1989) * Friv. – Imre (Emerich) Frivaldszky von Frivald (1799–1870) * Frodin –

David Gamman Frodin David Gamman Frodin (8 April 1940, Chicago – 12 August 2019, London, UK) was an American botanist, known as a leading expert on the flora of Papua New Guinea. (with eponyms, plant names authored by Frodin, & publication list) Biography His paren ...

(1940–2019) * Froel. – Joseph Aloys von Froelich (1766–1841) * Fronius – Franz Friedrich Fronius (1829–1886) * F.Rose –

Francis Rose Francis Rose MBE (29 September 1921 – 15 July 2006) was an English field botanist and conservationist. He was an author, researcher and teacher. His ecological interests in Britain and Europe included bryophytes, fungi, lichens, higher plant ...

(1921–2006) * Fr.Römer – Fritz Römer (1866–1909) * Fr.Schneid. – Frits Schneider (1926–2003) * F.Rudolphi –

Friedrich Karl Ludwig Rudolphi Friedrich may refer to: Names *Friedrich (surname), people with the surname ''Friedrich'' *Friedrich (given name), people with the given name ''Friedrich'' Other *Friedrich (board game), a board game about Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' ...

(1801–1849) * Frye –

Theodore Christian Frye Theodore Christian Frye (September 15, 1869, Washington, Illinois – April 5, 1962, Seattle) was an American botany professor and one of the world's leading experts on bryology. Biography Born on a farm near Washington, Illinois, Theodore C. Frye ...

(1869–1962) * Fryer –

Alfred Fryer Alfred Fryer (25 December 1826 Cambridgeshire - 26 February 1912 Chatteris, Cambridgeshire), was an English naturalist and authority on the pond weeds or ''Potamogetons''. The Fryer family had lived in the Fenlands of the Chatteris district for m ...

(1826–1912) * Fryxell – Paul Arnold Fryxell (1927–2011) * F.Schmidt – Friedrich Carl Fedor Bogdanovich Schmidt (1832–1908) * F.Schmitz – (1850–1895) * F.Stein – Samuel Friedrich Nathaniel Ritter von Stein (1818–1885) * F.S.Wagner – Florence Signaigo Wagner (1919–2019) * F.T.Brooks – Frederick Tom (Thom, Thomas) Brooks (1882–1952) * F.T.Hubb. –

Frederic Tracy Hubbard Frederic may refer to: Places United States * Frederic, Wisconsin, a village in Polk County * Frederic Township, Michigan, a township in Crawford County ** Frederic, Michigan, an unincorporated community Other uses * Frederic (band), a Japanese r ...

(1875–1962) * F.Towns. –

Frederick Townsend Frederick Townsend (September 21, 1825 – September 12, 1897) was a Union officer in the American Civil War. He founded and was Colonel of the 3rd New York Infantry Regiment, and later served with the US Army's 18th and 9th Infantry regiments, ...

(1822–1905) * F.Turner – Frederick Turner (1852–1939) * F.T.Wang – (1899–1985) * Fuckel (also Fuck.) –

Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel (3 February 1821 – 8 May 1876) was a German botanist who worked largely on fungi. He worked as an apothecary from 1836 to 1852, afterwards deriving income from a vineyard he owned in Oestrich im Rheingau.< ...

(1821–1876) * Fuentes – Francisco Fuentes Maturana (1876–1934) * Fuertes –

Javier Fuertes Javier may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Javier, in video game '' Advance Wars: Dual Strike'' * Javier Rios, a character in the Monsters, Inc. franchise. * ''Javier'' (album), a 2003 album by the American singer Javier Colon, known ...

(born 1960) * Fukuhara – (

1997) * Fukuoka – Nobuyuki Fukuoka (born 1904) * Fukuy. –

Noriaki Fukuyama was a Japanese botanist and orchidologist. He died in Taiwan During 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 p ...

(1912–1946) * Fulford –

Margaret Hannah Fulford Margaret Hannah Fulford (June 14, 1904 – November 28, 1999) was an American bryologist who was active in identifying the flora of North and South America. Biography Fulford was born on June 14, 1904, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She subsequently atte ...

(1904–1999) * Fuljer – Filip Fuljer (fl. 2022) * Funck –

Heinrich Christian Funck Heinrich Christian Funck (22 November 1771 – 14 April 1839) was a German pharmacist and bryologist born in Wunsiedel, Bavaria. He was a co-founder of the Regensburg Botanical Society. He received early training at a pharmacy in Regensburg, subs ...

(1771–1839) * Furtado –

Caetano Xavier Furtado Caetano Xavier dos Remedios Furtado (14 October 1897 – 13 June 1980) was a botanist who specialized in palms. He worked at the Singapore botanical gardens. He described nearly 104 species of palms, worked on the African genus ''Hyphaene'' and on t ...

(1897–1980) * Furuki – Tatsuwo Furuki (

1989) * F.Vierh. – Friedrich Vierhapper (1844–1903) (father of

Friedrich Karl Max Vierhapper Friedrich Karl Max Vierhapper (7 March 1876 in Weidenau – 11 July 1932) was an Austrian plant collector, botanist and professor of botany at the University of Vienna. He was the son of amateur botanist Friedrich Vierhapper (1844–1903), botanica ...

(1876–1932)) * F.Voigt – Friedrich Siegmund Voigt (1781–1850) * F.W.Andrews – Frederick William Andrews (died 1961) * F.Weber – Friedrich Weber (1781–1823) * F.Wettst. – Fritz von Wettstein (1895–1945) * F.White – Frank White (1927–1994) * F.Wilson –

Francis Robert Muter Wilson Francis Robert Muter Wilson (1832–1903), Presbyterian minister at Kew, Melbourne, was arguably Australia's first lichenologist. He came to Australia in 1862 to minister at Kew, but developed an interest in the natural world. He discovered many A ...

(1832–1903) * F.Wirtg. – Ferdinand Paul Wirtgen (1848–1924) * F.W.L.Suckow –

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Suckow Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Suckow (1770, Heidelberg – 21 June 1838, Mannheim) was a German physician and naturalist. Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Suckow studied at the University of Heidelberg graduating in 1813 with a thesis entitled "Myologia insec ...

(1770–1838) * F.W.Schmidt – (1764–1796) * F.W.Schultz –

Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz (3 January 1804 – 30 December 1876) 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 studie ...

(1804–1876) * F.W.Wakef. – F.W. Wakefield (

1922) * F.W.Went – Frits Warmolt Went (1903–1990) * F.W.Xing – Fu Wu Xing (born 1956) * F.Y.Liu – Fang Yuan Liu (

1988) * Fyson –

Philip Furley Fyson Philip Furley Fyson (1877–1947) was a botanist and educator who worked in India. He is noted as the author of the first illustrated volumes on the flora of the South Indian hills. The Fyson prize is instituted in his honour by the Presidency C ...

(1877–1948) * F.Zenker – Friedrich Albert von Zenker (1825–1898)

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