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* P.Aa – Pierrot Van der Aa ( fl. 2022) * Pabst – Guido Frederico João Pabst (1914–1980) * Paclt –

Jiří Paclt Jiří (Juraj) Paclt (15 January 1925 – 18 September 2015) was a Czechoslovakian botanist and entomologist. Although born and raised in the Czech part of Czechoslovakia, he spent the majority of his work life in the Slovak part that later beca ...

(1925–2015) * P.A.Collier – Philip A. Collier ( fl. 2017) * P.A.Cox –

Paul Alan Cox Paul Alan Cox is an American ethnobotanist whose scientific research focuses on discovering new medicines by studying patterns of wellness and illness among indigenous peoples. Cox was born in Salt Lake City in 1953. Education After receiving h ...

(born 1953) * Paczk. – Grazyna Paczkowska (born 1965) * P.A.Dang. –

Pierre Augustin Dangeard Pierre Clement Augustin Dangeard (23 November 1862, Ségrie – 10 November 1947, Ségrie) was a botanist and mycologist known for his investigations of sexual reproduction in fungi. He was the father of botanist Pierre Dangeard (1895–1970) a ...

(1862–1947) * Pagan – Francisco Mariano Pagan (1896–1942) * P.A.Gilbert – Percy Albert Gilbert (1883–1960) * Paine –

John Alsop Paine John Alsop Paine, Jr. (January 14, 1840 – July 24, 1912) was a Presbyterian minister, botanist, professor of natural history and German, archaeologist, and editor. He graduated in 1859 from Hamilton College with B.A. and in 1862 from Andover Se ...

(1840–1912) * Painter – William Hunt Painter (1835–1910) * Palassou –

Pierre Bernard Palassou Pierre Bernard Palassou (9 June 1745, Oloron-Sainte-Marie – 9 April 1830, Ogenne-Camptort) was a French naturalist known for pioneer geological and mineralogical studies of the Pyrénées. He was a correspondent member of the Académie des scie ...

(1745–1830) * Paláu – (1734–1793) * Palez. – Philippe de Palézieux (1871–1957) * Palib. – (1872–1949) * Pall. –

Peter Simon von Pallas Peter Simon Pallas Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS FRSE (22 September 1741 – 8 September 1811) was a Prussian zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia between 1767 and 1810. Life and work Peter Simon Pallas was born in Berlin, the son ...

(1741–1811) * Palla –

Eduard Palla Eduard Palla (3 September 1864 – 7 March 1922) was an Austrian botanist and mycologist of Moravian descent. As a botanist he specialized in research of Cyperaceae (sedges), of which he was the taxonomic authority of many species. From 1883 to ...

(1864–1922) * Pallith. – Joseph Pallithanam (1915–1984) * P.Allorge – Pierre Allorge (1891–1944) * Palm – Björn Torvald Palm (1887–1956) * Palmberg – Johannes Olai Palmberg (1640–1691) * Palmer –

Edward Palmer Edward Palmer may refer to: * Edward Palmer (d.1624) (1555–1624), antiquary and projector of a university in Virginia * Edward Palmer (socialist) (1802–1886), American religious socialist * Edward Palmer (Canadian politician) (1809–1889), Pri ...

(1829–1911) * Palmgr. –

Alvar Palmgren Alvar Palmgren (28 April 1880 – 30 November 1960) was a Finnish botanist and plant ecologist. Palmgren studied botany at the University of Helsinki under professor J.P. Norrlin. He graduated (Fil.kand.) in 1906 and obtained his Ph.D. in 1914. H ...

(1880–1960) * Pamp. –

Renato Pampanini Renato Pampanini (1875-1949) was an Italian botanist and mycologist. Life Pampanini was born in Valdobbiadene, Italy in 1875. Pampanini studied at the University of Geneva, then in Lausanne and in Friborg. He presented his thesis at the Univ ...

(1875–1949) * Pamplin –

William Pamplin William Pamplin (5 August 1806 – 9 September 1899) was an English bookseller, publisher and botanist. Hunneman introduced many non-native European plants to the United Kingdom. Born in 1806 in Chelsea, Pamplin was the son of William Pamplin (17 ...

(1806–1899) * Pancher – Jean Armand Isidore Pancher (1814–1877) * Pančić –

Josif Pančić Josif Pančić ( sr-cyr, Јосиф Панчић; April 17, 1814 – February 25, 1888) was a Serbian botanist, a doctor of medicine, a lecturer at the Great School (the future University of Belgrade), and the first president of the Serbian Royal ...

(1814–1888) * Pandé – S. K. Pandé (1899–1960) * Pandeir. – Mariana Sofia Pandeirada (born 1990) * Pander –

Heinz Christian Pander Heinz Christian Pander, also Christian Heinrich Pander ( – ), was a Russian Empire ethnic Baltic German biologist and embryologist. Biography In 1817 he received his doctorate from the University of Würzburg, and spent several years (1827� ...

(1794–1865) * Pando –

Francisco Pando Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

(born 1962) * Panero – José L. Panero (born 1959) * Panfet –

Cristina Mercedes Panfet Valdés Cristina is a female given name, and it is also a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Cristina (daughter of Edward the Exile), 11th-century English princess *Cristina (singer), Cristina Monet-Palaci (1956–2020), American s ...

(born 1957) * Pangalo – Konstantin Ivanovič Pangalo (1883–1965) * Paniagua – Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana (born 1973) * Panigrahi –

Gopinath Panigrahi Gopinath Panigrahi (27 February 1924 – 23 December 2004) is a botanist and plant taxonomist. He was born in the village Baikunthapur, Basudebpur block, Bhadrak district, Orissa, India and obtained a Ph.D. in 1954 from the University of Leed ...

(1924–2004) * Panizzi –

Francesco Panizzi Francesco, the Italian (and original) version of the personal name "Francis", is the most common given name among males in Italy. Notable persons with that name include: People with the given name Francesco * Francesco I (disambiguation), sever ...

(1817–1893) * Panjutin – Platon Sergeevich Panjutin (1889–1946) * Pankow – Helmut Pankow (1929–1996) * Pannell – Caroline M. Pannell ( fl. 1982) * Panov – P. P. Panov (born 1932) * Pansche – Adolf Pansche (1841–1887) * Pant. – Jószef Pantocsek (1846–1916) * Pantaz. – Andriana Pantazidou (born 1955) * Panter – Jacqueline Anne Panter (born 1945) * Panthaki – Dhun Phiroze Panthaki (born 1933) * Pantl. – Robert Pantling (1856–1910) * Panțu – Zacharia C. Panțu (1866–1934) * Panz. –

Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer (31 May 1755 – 28 June 1829) was a German botanist and entomologist. He was born at Etzelwang in the Upper Palatinate and died at Hersbruck, near Nuremberg. He was the son of (the elder, 1729-1805), one of the mo ...

(1755–1829) * Paol. – Giulio Paoletti (1865–1941) * Papan. – Konstantinos Papanicolaou (born 1947) * Pappe –

Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Pappe Karl (or "Carl") Wilhelm Ludwig Pappe (1803, in Hamburg – 14 October 1862) was a German-born physician and botanist who lived and worked in South Africa. He was the first person to hold the position of government botanist and the first profess ...

(1803–1862) * Parijs – J. P. Parijs * Paris – Jean Édouard Gabriel Narcisse Paris (1827–1911) * Parish – Samuel Bonsall Parish (1838–1928) * Parkinson –

Sydney Parkinson Sydney Parkinson (c. 1745 – 26 January 1771) was a Scottish botanical illustrator and natural history artist. He was the first European artist to visit Australia, New Zealand and Tahiti. Parkinson was the first Quaker to visit New Zealand. ...

(–1771) * Parl. –

Filippo Parlatore Filippo Parlatore ( Palermo, 8 August 1816 – Florence, 9 September 1877) was an Italian botanist. He studied medicine at Palermo, but practiced only for a short time, his chief activity being during the cholera epidemic of 1837. Although at ...

(1816–1877) * Parm. – Antoine Auguste Parmentier (1737–1813) * Parn. –

Richard Parnell Richard Parnell FRSE MWS (1810–28 October 1882) was a British physician as well as an amateur zoologist, ichthyologist and agrostologist. He gives his name to Parnell's moustached bat. The grass ''Parnelli'' is also named after him. He was ...

(1810–1882) * Parodi –

Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi (born 23 January 1895 in Pergamino, Buenos Aires Province - died 21 April 1966 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentinian botanist and agronomist. Parodi studied at the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Agronomy under Luci ...

(1895–1966) * Parr-Sm. – Geoffrey A. Parr-Smith ( fl. 1984) * Parry –

Charles Christopher Parry Parry circa 1875 Charles Christopher Parry (August 28, 1823 – February 20, 1890) was a British-American botanist and mountaineer. Biography Parry was born in Gloucestershire, England, but moved to the United States with his parents in 1832, s ...

(1823–1890) * Pascher –

Adolf Pascher Adolf Alois Pascher (31 May 1881 – 7 May 1945) was a Bohemian botanist and phycologist, notable for his descriptions of several new genera of algae, protists, and vascular plants. Biography Born in Stožec, Pascher was the son of a teacher, a ...

(1881–1945) * Pasq. – (1820–1893) * Pass. – Giovanni Passerini (1816–1893) * Passarge – Otto Karl Siegfried Passarge (1867–1958) * Passy – Antoine François Passy (1792–1873) * Pasteur –

Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur (, ; 27 December 1822 – 28 September 1895) was a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization, the latter of which was named afte ...

(1822–1895) * Pastore – Ada I. Pastore (1906–1952) * Pat. –

Narcisse Théophile Patouillard Narcisse Théophile Patouillard (2 July 1854 – 30 March 1926) was a French pharmacist and mycologist. He was born in Macornay, a town in the department of Jura (department), Jura. He studied in Besançon, then furthered his education at the � ...

(1854–1926) * Patel – M. K. Patel ( fl. 1949) * Paterson – William Paterson (1755–1810) * Paton – Jean Annette Paton (born 1929) * Patraw – Pauline Mead Patraw ( fl. 1936) * Patrin – Eugène Louis Melchior Patrin (1742–1815) * Patt. – Harry Norton Patterson (1853–1919) * Pau –

Carlos Pau Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhere ...

(1857–1937) * Paul G.Wilson – Paul Graham Wilson (born 1928) * Paulsen –

Ove Paulsen Ove Vilhelm Paulsen (22 March 1874 – 29 April 1947) was a Danish botanist. Biography Paulsen was born at Aarhus, Denmark. He studied at the University of Copenhagen under professor Eugen Warming (1841-1924). Paulsen was a keeper at the Bota ...

(1874–1947) * Paunero – Elena Paunero Ruiz (1906–2009) * Paust –

Susan Paust Susan is a feminine given name, from Persian "Susan" (lily flower), from Egyptian '' sšn'' and Coptic ''shoshen'' meaning "lotus flower", from Hebrew ''Shoshana'' meaning "lily" (in modern Hebrew this also means "rose" and a flower in general), ...

(born 1949) * Pav. –

José Antonio Pavón Jiménez José Antonio Pavón Jiménez or José Antonio Pavón (April 22, 1754 in Casatejada, Cáceres, Spain – 1840 in Madrid) was a Spanish botanist known for researching the flora of Peru and Chile. During the reign of Charles III of Spain, thre ...

(1754–1844) * Pavlick – Leon E. Pavlick (1939–2003) * Pavlov – Nikolai Vasilievich Pavlov (1893–1971) * Pavlova – Nina Mikhailovna Pavlova (1897–1973) * Pavol. – Angiolo Ferdinando Pavolini ( fl. 1908) * Pawł. – Bogumił Pawłowski (1898–1971) * Pax –

Ferdinand Albin Pax Ferdinand Albin Pax (26 July 1858 – 1 March 1942) was a German botanist specializing in spermatophytes. A collaborator of Adolf Engler, he wrote several monographs and described several species of plants and animals from Silesia and the Carpat ...

(1858–1942) * Paxton –

Joseph Paxton Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

(1803–1865) * Payens – Joannes Petrus Dominicus Wilhelmus Payens (born 1928) * Payer – (1818–1860) * Payson –

Edwin Blake Payson The name Edwin means "rich friend". It comes from the Old English elements "ead" (rich, blessed) and "ƿine" (friend). The original Anglo-Saxon form is Eadƿine, which is also found for Anglo-Saxon figures. People * Edwin of Northumbria (died ...

(1893–1927) * Pazij – Vera Kondratyevna Pazij (1909–1992) * P.B.Adams – P. B. Adams ( fl. 1978) * P.Balzer – Peter Balzer ( fl. 2011) * P.Beauv. –

Ambroise Marie François Joseph Palisot de Beauvois Ambroise Marie François Joseph Palisot, Baron de Beauvois (27 July 1752, in Arras – 21 January 1820, in Paris) was a French naturalist and zoologist. Palisot collected insects in Oware, Benin, Saint Domingue, and the United States, from 17 ...

(1752–1820) * P.Biju – Punnakot Biju (born 1975) * P.Browne – Patrick Browne (1720–1790) * P.Candargy – Paléologos C. Candargy (born 1870) * P.C.Boyce – Peter Charles Boyce (born 1964) * P.C.de Jong – Piet C. de Jong ( fl. 1976) * P.Chai – Paul P. K. Chai ( fl. 1996) * P.C.Kanjilal – Praphulla Chandra Kanjilal (1886–1972) * P.C.Li – Pei Chun Li ( fl. 1981) * P.C.Pant – P. C. Pant (born 1936) * P.Cruchet – Paul Cruchet (1875–1964) * P.C.S.Kumar – P.C. Suresh Kumar (born 1953) * P.Daniel – Pitchai Daniel (born 1943) * P. de B. –

(1752–1820) * P.de la Varde –

Robert André Léopold Potier de la Varde The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

(1878–1961) * P.Delforge – Pierre Delforge (born 1945) * P.D.Orton – Peter Darbishire Orton (1916–2005) * P.D.Sell –

Peter Derek Sell Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ...

(1929-2013) * P.D.Sørensen –

Paul Davidson Sørensen Paul Davidson Sørensen (born 1934) is an American botanist. Authority abbreviation References

1934 births American botanists Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Date of birth missing (living people) {{US-botanist-stub ...

(born 1934) * Pearl –

Raymond Pearl Raymond Pearl (June 3, 1879 – November 17, 1940) was an American biologist, regarded as one of the founders of biogerontology. He spent most of his career at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Pearl was a prolific writer of academic books, ...

(1879–1940) * Pearse – Arthur Sperry Pearse (1877–1956) * Pearson –

William Henry Pearson William Henry Pearson (1849–1923) was an English bryologist, known as an outstanding expert on British liverworts (hepatics). After secondary education, William Henry Pearson was employed by a Manchester company of yarn agents. After some year ...

(1849–1923) * Pease –

Arthur Stanley Pease Arthur Stanley Pease (September 22, 1881 – January 7, 1964) was a professor of Classics, a respected amateur botanist, and the tenth president of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts.

(1881–1964) * Peattie –

Donald C. Peattie Donald Culross Peattie (June 21, 1898 – November 16, 1964) was an American botanist, natural history, naturalist and author. He was described by Joseph Wood Krutch as "perhaps the most widely read of all contemporary American nature writers" du ...

(1898–1964) * P.E.Barnes – P.E. Barnes ( fl. 1931) * P.E.Berry –

Paul Edward Berry Paul Edward Berry (b. 1952 ) is an American botanist and curator. He is Director of the Wisconsin State Herbarium. He received his PhD. in Botany, from Washington University in St. Louis, in 1980, conducting biogeography studies. He has worked ...

(born 1952) * Peck –

Charles Horton Peck Charles Horton Peck (March 30, 1833 – July 11, 1917) was an American mycologist of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He was the New York State Botanist from 1867 to 1915, a period in which he described over 2,700 species of North American fun ...

(1833–1917) * Peckham –

Ethel Anson Peckham Ethel Anson (Steel) Peckham (1879–1965) was an American horticulturist and botanical artist who bred plants that grow from bulbs and rhizomes such as iris and daffodil. She was a founding member and early director of the American Iris Society (AI ...

(1879–1965) * Peckoit – Gustav Peckoit (1861–1923) * Peckolt –

Theodor Peckolt Theodor Peckolt (1822–1912) was a German-born naturalist, botanist, phytochemist and pharmacist who worked in Brazil from 1847 to 1912, analyzing the chemical and medicinal properties of Brazilian flora Flora is all the plant life presen ...

(1822–1912) * Pěčková – Milena Pěčková ( fl. 1990) * Peckover – Ralph Peckover ( fl. 1992) * Pedersen – (1916–2000) * Pedley –

Leslie Pedley Leslie Pedley (19 May 1930 – 27 November 2018)IPNILeslie Pedley/ref> was an Australian botanist who specialised in the genus ''Acacia''. He is notable for bringing into use the generic name ''Racosperma'', creating a split in the genus, which r ...

(1930–2018) * Pedro – José Gomes Pedro (1915–2010) * Peebles –

Robert Hibbs Peebles Robert Hibbs Peebles (1900–1956) was an American botanist and agronomist who worked for the United States Department of Agriculture. He is known for his contributions to the flora of the American Southwest and work on breeding cotton. His 1951 ...

(1900–1955) * P.E.Gibbs –

Peter Edward Gibbs Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ...

(born 1938) * Peirce – George James Peirce (1868–1954) * Peiris – Gayan Prasanga Peiris ( fl. 2023) * Pellegr. –

François Pellegrin François Pellegrin (25 September 1881, in Paris's 6e arrondissement – 9 April 1965, in the Hôpital Bichat in the 18e arrondissement) was a French botanist, who specialised in the plants of tropical Africa. He published some 623 plant names ...

(1881–1965) * Pelloe – Emily Harriet Pelloe (1878–1941) * Pellow –

Belinda Pellow Belinda is a feminine given name of unknown origin, apparently coined from Italian ''bella'', meaning "beautiful". Alternatively it may be derived from the Old High German name ''Betlinde'', which possibly meant "bright serpent" or "bright linde ...

(born 1956) * Pelser – Pieter B. Pelser ( fl. 2005) * Penh. –

David Pearce Penhallow David Pearce Penhallow (25 May 1854 – 20 October 1910) was a Canadian-American botanist, paleobotanist and educator. Born in Kittery Point, Maine, Penhallow graduated from Massachusetts Agricultural College in 1873 (now the University of ...

(1854–1910) * Penn. – Leigh Humboldt Pennington (1877–1929) * Penneys – Darin S. Penneys ( fl. 2004–2018) * Pennant –

Thomas Pennant Thomas Pennant (14 June Old Style, OS 172616 December 1798) was a Welsh natural history, naturalist, traveller, writer and antiquarian. He was born and lived his whole life at his family estate, Downing Hall near Whitford, Flintshire, in Wales ...

(1726–1798) * Pennell –

Francis Whittier Pennell Francis Whittier Pennell (4 August 1886 – 3 February 1952) was an American botanist best known for his studies of the Scrophulariaceae. Employed by the New York Botanical Garden and then by the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, he carri ...

(1886–1952) * Penny –

George Penny George Joseph Penny (October 24, 1897 – December 4, 1949) was one of Newfoundland's first three members of the Senate of Canada who were appointed on August 17, 1949, shortly after the province joined Canadian confederation. He was the operato ...

(died 1838) * Penz. –

Albert Julius Otto Penzig Albert Julius Otto Penzig, also referred to as Albertus Giulio Ottone Penzig (15 March 1856, Samitz, Silesia – 6 March 1929, Genoa) was a German mycologist. In 1877 he earned his degree from University of Breslau, afterwards serving as an ass ...

(1856–1929) * Pépin –

Pierre Denis Pépin Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

(c. 1802–1876) * Perch-Nielsen – Katharina Perch-Nielsen * Percival –

John Percival John Percival (3 April 1779 – 7 September 1862), known as Mad Jack Percival, was a celebrated officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France, the War of 1812, the campaign against West Indies pirates, and the Mexican–Amer ...

(1863–1949) * Perdue – Robert Edward Perdue Jr. (1924–2011) * Perkins –

Janet Russell Perkins Janet Russell Perkins (March 20, 1853 – 1933) was an American-born botanist. Perkins authored 191 land plant species names, the tenth-highest number of such names authored by any female scientist. Born in Lafayette, Indiana, Janet was the daug ...

(1853–1933) * Perktold – Josef Anton Perktold (1804–1870) * Perleb –

Karl Julius Perleb Karl Julius Perleb (20 June 1794, Konstanz – 8 June 1845, Freiburg im Breisgau) (also known as Carl Julius Perleb) was a German botanist and natural scientist. Life From 1809 to 1811, Karl Julius Perleb studied at the Albert Ludwigs Unive ...

(1794–1845) * Perr. –

George Samuel Perrottet George Samuel Perrottet (23 February 1790 – 13 January 1870, Pondicherry), also known as Georges Guerrard-Samuel Perrottet, Guerrard Samuel Perrottet, Gustave Samuel Perrotet ic and Samuel Perrottet, was a botanist and horticulturalist from Pr ...

(1793–1870) * Perrie – Leon R. Perrie ( fl. 2003) * Perrier – Alfred Perrier (1809–1866) * Perrine –

Henry Perrine Henry Perrine (5 April 1797 – 7 August 1840) was a physician, horticulturist, United States Consul in Campeche, Campeche, Mexico, and an enthusiast for introducing tropical plants into cultivation in the United States. Early life Henry Ed ...

(1797–1840) * Perry –

Matthew Calbraith Perry Matthew Calbraith Perry (April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858) was a commodore of the United States Navy who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). He played a leading role in the op ...

(1794–1858) * Pers. –

Christiaan Hendrik Persoon Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1 February 1761 – 16 November 1836) was a German mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus' mushroom taxonomy. Early life Persoon was born in South Africa at the Cape of Good Hope, the third child of an immig ...

(1761–1836) * Perss. – (1893–1978) * Perty – Josef (Joseph) Anton Maximillian Perty (1804–1884) * Peschkova – Galina A. Peschkova (1930–2018) * Petagna –

Vincenzo Petagna Vincenzo Petagna (Naples, 17 January 1734 – 6 October 1810) was an Italian biologist, physician and entomologist. He was appointed as director of the small botanical garden pertaining to the Monastery of Santa Maria di Monte Oliveto (associate ...

(1734–1810) * Pételot –

Paul Alfred Pételot Paul Alfred Pételot (1885–1965) was a French botanist and entomologist, whose primary scholarly focus was on medicinal plants in Southeast Asia. Some sources list his date of death as 1940, but several herbaria specimens are recorded as bein ...

(1885–after 1940) * Peter – (Gustav) Albert Peter (1853–1937) * Peter B.Adams –

Peter Barry Adams Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

( fl. 1995) * Peter G.Wilson – Peter Gordon Wilson (born 1950) * Peterm. –

Wilhelm Ludwig Petermann Wilhelm Ludwig Petermann (3 November 1806 Leipzig – 27 January 1855 Hanover), was a German botanist and agrostologist, professor of philosophy and botany, and curator of the Herbarium at the University of Leipzig. He is commemorated in the b ...

(1806–1855) * Peters – Wilhelm Karl Hartwig Peters (1815–1883) * Petoe –

Peter Petoe Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

(fl. 2018) * Petr. –

Franz Petrak Franz Petrak (9 October 1886, Mährisch-Weißkirchen – 9 October 1973, Vienna) was an Austrian-Czech mycologist. From 1906 to 1910, he studied botany at the University of Vienna, where he was a student of Richard Wettstein. In 1913 he obtaine ...

(1886–1973) * Petrie –

Donald Petrie Donald Mark Petrie (born April 2, 1954) is an American film director and actor. Life and career Petrie was born in New York City, New York, the son of Dorothea (née Grundy), a television producer, actor, and novelist, and Daniel Petrie, a dir ...

(1846–1925) * Petrov –

Vsevolod Alexeevič Petrov Vsevolod or Wsewolod (russian: Все́волод ; uk, Все́волод ) is a Slavic male first name. Its etymology is from Slavic roots 'vse' (all) and 'volodeti' (to rule) and means 'lord-of-everything/everybody', (similar to another princ ...

(1896–1955) * Petrovič – Sava Petrovič (1839–1889) * Petry – Arthur Petry (1858–1932) * Petz. – Carl Edward Adolph Petzold (1815–1891) * Peyerimh. –

Paul de Peyerimhoff de Fontenelle Paul-Marie de Peyerimhoff de Fontenelle (7 October 1873 - 2 January 1957) was a Natural history, naturalist, Botany, botanist, Entomology, entomologist, and Zoology, zoologist. He made numerous natural history expeditions to northern Africa. He don ...

(1873–1957) * Peyr. –

Johann Joseph Peyritsch Johann Joseph Peyritsch (20 October 1835 – 14 March 1889) was an Austrian physician and botanist born in Völkermarkt. In 1864 he earned his medical doctorate from Vienna, and from 1866 to 1871 was associated with Vienna General Hospital. He lat ...

(1835–1889) * Pfahl – Jay Charles Pfahl (born 1953) * Pfeff. –

Wilhelm Pfeffer Wilhelm Friedrich Philipp Pfeffer (9 March 1845 – 31 January 1920) was a German botanist and plant physiologist born in Grebenstein. Academic career He studied chemistry and pharmacy at the University of Göttingen, where his instructors incl ...

(1845–1920) * Pfeiff. – Louis (Ludwig) Karl Georg Pfeiffer (1805–1877) * Pfeil –

Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Pfeil Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Pfeil (28 March 1783 – 4 September 1859) was a German forester. Pfeil was born in Rammelburg. From 1801 onward, he trained and worked as a forester at several sites in the Harz region, Neuchâtel and Silesia. As a ...

(1783–1859) * Pfennig – Horst Pfennig (1933–1994) * P.F.Hunt – (1936–2013) * Pfiester –

Lois Ann Pfiester Lois Ann Pfiester (November 20, 1936 – September 28, 1992) was an American phycologist and protistologist, specializing in freshwater dinoflagellate species. Biography Pfiester received in 1965 her A.B. from Spalding University, in 1970 her M ...

(1936–1992) * Pfitzer –

Ernst Hugo Heinrich Pfitzer Ernst Hugo Heinrich Pfitzer (26 March 1846 – 3 December 1906) was a German botanist who specialised in the taxonomy of the Orchidaceae (orchids). Biography Pfitzer was born in Königsberg. He studied chemistry and botany at Berlin and Köni ...

(1846–1906) * P.F.Maycock – Paul F. Maycock (1930–2012) * Pfosser – Martin Pfosser ( fl. 2003) * P.Fourn. – Paul Victor Fournier (1877–1964) * P.F.Stevens – Peter F. Stevens (born 1944) * P.Geissler – Patricia Geissler (1947–2000) * P.G.Neish – Peter G. Neish ( fl. 2000) * P.H.Allen – Paul H. Allen (1911–1963) * P.Halliday – Patricia Halliday (1930–2019) * P.H.Davis –

Peter Hadland Davis Peter Hadland Davis FLS, FRSE (18 June 1918 – 5 March 1992) was a British botanist. Life Davis was born on 18 June 1918 in Weston-super-Mare. Initially he was educated at the Nash House, Burnham-on-Sea and then continued his education at Br ...

(1918–1992) * P.Hein –

Peter Hein Peter Hein ( vi, Peter Hiền) is an Indian action choreographer and stunt coordinator who works in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam language films. He is best known for his action sequences in the films such as ''Anniyan'' (2005), ...

(born 1962) * P.H.Hô – Pham-Hoàng Hô (1929–2017) * Phil. –

Rodolfo Amando Philippi Rodolfo Amando (or Rudolph Amandus) Philippi (14 September 1808 – 23 July 1904) was a German–Chilean paleontologist and zoologist. Philippi contributed primarily to malacology and paleontology. His grandson, Rodulfo Amando Philippi Bañados ...

(1808–1904) * Philcox – David Philcox (1926–2003) * Philippe – Xavier Philippe (1802–1866) * Philipson –

William Raymond Philipson William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

(1911–1997) * Phillippe – Loy R. Phillippe ( fl. 1989) * Phillipps –

Anthea Phillipps Datin Anthea Phillipps B.Sc. (born 3 June 1956) is a British botanist. Phillipps was brought up in Sabah, Borneo as a child (and still dwells there today). She received a Botany degree from the University of Durham, England. She worked at the S ...

( fl. 1982) * Phipps –

Constantine John Phipps Constantine John Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave (30 May 1744 – 10 October 1792) was an English explorer and officer in the Royal Navy. He served during the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence, seeing action in a number of b ...

(1744–1792) * Phoebus –

Philipp Phoebus Philipp Phoebus (23 May 1804, Märkisch-Friedland in West Prussia – 1 July 1880, Gießen) was a German physician and pharmacologist. He studied medicine at the University of Berlin, obtaining his doctorate in 1827. Afterwards he continued his ...

(1804–1880) * P.H.Raven –

Peter Hamilton Raven Peter Hamilton Raven (born June 13, 1936) is an American botanist and environmentalist, notable as the longtime director, now President Emeritus, of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Early life On June 13, 1936, Raven was born in Shanghai, China ...

(born 1936) * Phukan – Sandhyajyoti Phukan (born 1950) * P.H.Weston –

Peter Henry Weston Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a su ...

(born 1956) * Pichon –

Marcel Pichon Marcel Pichon (1921–1954) was a French botanist specialising in Apocynaceae. Publications * 1948. ''Classification des apocynacées. 1. Carissées et ambelaniées'' * 1948. ''Classification des apocynacées : . IX. Rauvolfiées, alstoniées, ...

(1921–1954) * Pickering – Charles Pickering (1805–1878) * Pickersgill –

Barbara Pickersgill Barbara Pickersgill (born 1940) is a British botanist with a special interest in the domestication of crops, the genetics, taxonomy, and evolutionary biology of cultivated plants, and the preservation of crop diversity. Her 1966 dissertation f ...

(born 1940) * Pickett – Fermen Layton Pickett (1881–1940) * Pickford –

Grace Evelyn Pickford Grace Evelyn Pickford (March 24, 1902, Bournemouth, England – January 20, 1986) was an American biologist and endocrinologist, known for "devising ingenious instruments and techniques" and her work on the hematology and endocrinology of fishes. ...

(1902–1986) * Pic.Serm. –

Rodolfo Emilio Giuseppe Pichi Sermolli Rodolfo Emilio Giuseppe Pichi-Sermolli (24 February 1912 – 22 April 2005) was an Italian botanist.Dominique Pierrat (1820–1893) * Pierre –

Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre (23 October 1833 – 30 October 1905), also known as J. B. Louis Pierre, was a French botanist known for his Asian studies. Early life Pierre was born in Saint-André, Réunion, and studied in Paris before workin ...

(1833–1905) * P.I.Forst. –

Paul Irwin Forster Paul Irwin Forster (born 1961) is an Australian botanist. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Queensland in 2004 with his thesis ''The pursuit of plants : studies on the systematics, ecology and chemistry of the vascular flora of A ...

(born 1961) * Pignatti –

Sandro Pignatti Alessandro "Sandro" Pignatti (born 28 September 1930) is an Italian botanist specialising in pteridophytes and spermatophytes. The Australian plant species '' Calectasia pignattiana'' was named after him. On 31 May 1991 Pignatti received an hono ...

(born 1930) * Pigott –

Donald Pigott Christopher Donald Pigott (7 April 1928 – 11 September 2022) was a British botanist who was the fourth Director, Cambridge University Botanic Garden (1984–1995), succeeding Max Walters. Life and career Pigott was born on 7 April 1928. He ...

(1928–2022) * Piippo – (born 1955) * Pilát –

Albert Pilát Albert Pilát (November 2, 1903 – May 29, 1974) was a Czech botanist and mycologist. He studied at the Faculty of Science at Charles University, under the guidance of Professor Josef Velenovský. In 1930, he joined the National Museum, eventuall ...

(1903–1974) * Pilg. –

Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger (3 July 1876, in Helgoland – 1 September 1953, in Berlin)

(1876–1953) * Pillans – Neville Stuart Pillans (1884–1964) * Pilous – Zdeněk Pilous (1912–2000) * P.I.Mao – Pin I Mao (born 1925) * Pimentel – Reynold B. Pimentel ( fl. 2017) * Pimenov – (born 1937) * Pinchot –

Gifford Pinchot Gifford Pinchot (August 11, 1865October 4, 1946) was an American forester and politician. He served as the fourth chief of the U.S. Division of Forestry, as the first head of the United States Forest Service, and as the 28th governor of Pennsy ...

(1865–1946) * Pinkava – Donald John Pinkava (1933–2017) * Piper –

Charles Vancouver Piper Charles Vancouver Piper (16 June 1867 – 11 February 1926) was an American botanist and agriculturalist. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, he spent his youth in Seattle, Washington Territory and graduated from the University of Washing ...

(1867–1926) * Pipoly – John J. Pipoly III (born 1955) * Pirani – José Rubens Pirani (born 1958) * Piré – Louis Alexandre Henri Joseph Piré (1827–1887) * Pires – João Murça Pires (1916–1994) * Pires-O'Brien – Maria Joaquina Pires-O'Brien (born 1953) * Pirone – Pascal Pompey Pirone (1907–2003) * Pirotta –

Pietro Romualdo Pirotta Pietro Romualdo Pirotta (7 February 1853 – 3 August 1936) was an Italian professor of botany. He was made Knight of the Crown of Italy. Biography He enrolled in the faculty of medicine of the University of Pavia and then changed to the Univer ...

(1853–1936) * Pisano –

Edmundo Pisano Edmundo Pisano Valdés (19 May 1919 – 29 March 1997) was a Chilean plant ecologist, botanist and agronomist. Born in Punta Arenas in Chile's far south Pisano studied agronomy at the University of Chile. In the late 1960s he return ...

(1919–1997) * Piso – Willem (Guilielmus, Guilherme) Piso (Pies) (1611–1678) * Pišút – Ivan Pišút (1935-2017) * Pit. –

Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard, name sometimes given as Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard-Briau (30 October 1873 – 29 December 1927) was a French pharmacist and botanist. In 1899 he obtained his doctorate in natural sciences at the University of Bordeau ...

(1873–1927) * Pitcher –

Zina Pitcher Zina Pitcher (April 12, 1797, in Sandy Hill, New York – April 5, 1872, in Detroit) was an American physician, politician, educator, and academic administrator. He was a president of the American Medical Association, a two-time mayor of Detroi ...

(1797–1872) * Pittier –

Henri François Pittier Henri François Pittier de Fabrega (August 13, 1857 in Bex, Switzerland – January 27, 1950 in Caracas, Venezuela) was a Swiss-born geographer and botanist who started Venezuelan National Park history. Biography He graduated as an engineer ...

(1857–1950) * P.J.Adey – Patricia J. Adey (born 1936) * P.James –

Peter Wilfred James Peter Wilfred James (1930–2014) was an English botanist and lichenologist. He was a pioneer in the study of lichens as environmental indicators, especially of atmospheric pollution. Early life and education Peter W. James grew up in Sutton Co ...

(1930–2014) * P.J.Bergius –

Peter Jonas Bergius Peter Jonas Bergius (13 July 1730 – 10 July 1790) was a Swedish people, Swedish Physician, medical doctor and botanist. In 1758 Bergius was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 1768 he was elected to membership of the A ...

(1730–1790) * P.J.Braun – Pierre Josef Braun (born 1959) * P.J.Cribb –

Phillip James Cribb Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...

(born 1946) * P.J.H.Hurter – P.J.H. Hurter ( fl. 1995) * P.J.Lang – Peter J. Lang (born 1955) * P.J.L.Dang. – Pierre Jean Louis Dangeard (1895–1970) * P.J.Müll. – (1832–1889) * P.J.Spence – Philip John Spence (born 1940) * P.Karst. –

Petter Adolf Karsten Petter Adolf Karsten (16 February 1834 – 22 March 1917) was a Finnish mycologist, the foremost expert on the fungi of Finland in his day, and known in consequence as the "father of Finnish mycology". Karsten was born in Merimasku near Turku, st ...

(1834–1917) * P.K.Endress – Peter Karl Endress (born 1942) * P.K.Holmgren –

Patricia Kern Holmgren __NOTOC__ Patricia Holmgren (née Kern) is an American botanist. Holmgren's main botanical interests are the flora of the U.S. intermountain west and the genera ''Tiarella'' and ''Thlaspi''. Holmgren was the director of the herbarium at the New Y ...

(born 1940) * P.K.Hsiao – Pei Ken Hsiao (born 1931) * P.K.Sarkar – Priyabrata K. Sarkar (born 1929) * P.Kumm. –

Paul Kummer Paul Kummer (22 August 1834 – 6 December 1912) was a minister, teacher, and scientist in Zerbst, Germany, known chiefly for his contribution to mycological nomenclature. Earlier classification of agarics by pioneering fungal taxonomist Elias Ma ...

(1834–1912) * P.Küpfer – Philippe Küpfer (born 1942) * Planch. –

Jules Émile Planchon Jules Émile Planchon (21 March 1823 – 1 April 1888) was a French botanist born in Ganges, Hérault. Biography After receiving his Doctorate of Science at the University of Montpellier in 1844, he worked for a while at the Royal Botanic Garde ...

(1823–1888) * Planchuelo – (born 1945) * Playford – Geoffrey Playford ( fl. 1981) * Plaz –

Anton Wilhelm Plaz Anton Wilhelm Plaz (1 January 1708, Leipzig – 26 February 1784, Leipzig) was a German physician and botanist. From 1723 he studied medicine at the universities of Leipzig and Halle, receiving his doctorate at the latter institution in 1728. ...

(1708–1784) * Plée – Auguste Plée (1787–1825) * Plowman – Timothy Charles Plowman (1944–1989) * Plowr. –

Charles Bagge Plowright Charles Bagge Plowright (3 April 1849 – 24 April 1910) was a British doctor and mycologist. Plowright trained as a doctor at the West Norfolk and Lynn Hospital, eventually becoming a surgeon there. He was also a Medical Officer for Health for ...

(1849–1910) * P.L.Perry – Pauline Lesley Perry (born 1927) * Pluk. –

Leonard Plukenet Leonard Plukenet (1641–1706) was an English botanist, Royal Professor of Botany and gardener to Queen Mary. Biography Plukenet published ''Phytographia'' (London, 1691–1696) in four parts in which he described and illustrated rare exotic p ...

(1642–1706) * Plum. –

Charles Plumier Charles Plumier (; 20 April 1646 – 20 November 1704) was a French botanist after whom the frangipani genus ''Plumeria'' is named. Plumier is considered one of the most important of the botanical explorers of his time. He made three botanizing ...

(1646–1704) * Plummer – Sara Allen Plummer (1836–1923) * Plumst. – Edna Pauline Plumstead (1903–1989) * P.MacGill. – Paul Howard MacGillivray (1834–1895) * P.Martin –

Paul Martin Paul Edgar Philippe Martin (born August 28, 1938), also known as Paul Martin Jr., is a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 21st prime minister of Canada and the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 2003 to 2006. The son o ...

(1923–1982) * P.M.Gilmour – Phil M. Gilmour ( fl. 1987) * P.Morris –

Patrick Francis Morris Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name * Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint * Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick ...

(1896–1974) * P.N.Fraser –

Patrick Neill Fraser Patrick Neill Fraser FRSE FRSGS (1830–1905) was a Scottish printer and botanist. He was an expert on ferns. Life He was born at 59 Lauriston Place in Edinburgh the son of William Fraser, a printer at Neill & Co. (est.1749) He was named ...

(1830–1905) * P.N.Johnson – Peter Nevill Johnson (born 1946) * Pobed. – Evgeniia (Eugenia) Georgievna Pobedimova (1898–1973) * P.O'Byrne –

Peter O'Byrne Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

(1955–2018) * Pocock –

Mary Agard Pocock Mary Agard Pocock (31 December 1886 – 10 July 1977) was a South African phycologist. Biography Born in Rondebosch in 1886 to William Pocock and Elizabeth Dacomb, Mary Pocock attended Bedford High School and Cheltenham Ladies' College. Pocock ...

(1886–1977) * Pócs –

Tamás Pócs Tamás Pócs (born 6 August 1933) is a Széchenyi Prize-winning Hungarian botanist, ecologist, and college professor, and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His research interests include the taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and distribu ...

(born 1933) * Podger – (born 1933) * Podp. – (1878–1954) * Poederlé – Eugene Josef Charles Gilain Hubert d'Olmen Poederlé (1742–1813) * Poelln. – (1896–1945) * Poelt –

Josef Poelt Josef Poelt was a botanist, bryologist and lichenologist. He held the chair in Systematic Botany and Plant Geography at the Free University of Berlin (1965 - 1972) and then was head of the Botanical Institute and Botanical Garden of Graz Universi ...

(1924–1995) * Poepp. –

Eduard Friedrich Poeppig Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (16 July 1798 – 4 September 1868) was a German botanist, zoologist and explorer. Biography Poeppig was born in Plauen, Saxony. He studied medicine and natural history at the University of Leipzig, graduating with a med ...

(1798–1868) * Poggenb. – Justus Ferdinand Poggenburg I (1840–1893) * Pohl –

Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl (23 February 1782, Česká Kamenice (german: Böhmisch Kamnitz) – 22 May 1834, Vienna) was an Austrian botanist, entomologist, geologist, mineralogist, and physician. Biography Johann Emanuel Pohl grew up in ''Politz ...

(1782–1834) * Pohle – Christian Nikolai Richard Pohle (1869–1926) * Poir. –

Jean Louis Marie Poiret Jean Louis Marie Poiret (11 June 1755 in Saint-Quentin7 April 1834 in Paris) was a French clergyman, botanist, and explorer. From 1785 to 1786, he was sent by Louis XVI to Algeria to study the flora. After the French Revolution, he became a p ...

(1755–1834) * Poiss. – (1877–1963) * Poit. –

Pierre Antoine Poiteau Pierre-Antoine Poiteau (23 March 1766 Âmbleny – 27 February 1854) was a French botanist, gardener and botanical artist. Biography He was born in Ambleny, France. After having worked in kitchen gardens and for the Parisian market gardeners ...

(1766–1854) * Poivre –

Pierre Poivre Pierre Poivre (23 August 1719 – 6 January 1786) was an 18th-century horticulturist and botanist. He was born in Lyon, France. He was a missionary to East Asia, intendant of French colonial islands in the Indian Ocean, and wearer of the cordon ...

(1719–1786) * Pojar – Jim Pojar (fl. 2001) * Pojark. –

Antonina Ivanovna Pojarkova Antonina Ivanovna Pojarkova (1897–1980) was a Russian expert on the flora of the Caucasus, with a particular interest in ferns and seed plants. Pojarkova authored 230 land plant species names, the eighth-highest number of such names authored by ...

(1897–1980) * P.O.Karis – (born 1955) * Pokle – Dileep Sadashivrao Pokle (born 1950) * Pokorny – (1826–1886) * Polatschek – Adolf Polatschek (1932–2015) * Pole-Evans – Illtyd (Iltyd) Buller Pole-Evans (1879–1968) * Polhorský – Adam Polhorský (fl. 2020) * Poljakov – Petr Petrovich Poljakov (1902–1974) * Pollard –

Charles Louis Pollard Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*k ...

(1872–1945) * Pollexf. – John Hutton Pollexfen (1813–1899) * Pollich –

Johan Adam Pollich Johan Adam Pollich or Johann (1 January 1741, Kaiserslautern – 24 February 1780) was a German doctor, botanist and entomologist. He studied medicine in Strasbourg, and following graduation he practiced medicine for a short period of time. From 1 ...

(1740–1780) * Pollock – James Barkley Pollock (1863–1934) * Polunin – Nicholas Vladimir Polunin (1909–1997) * Pomel –

Auguste Pomel Nicolas Auguste Pomel (20 September 1821 – 2 August 1898) was a French geologist, paleontologist and botanist. He worked as a mines engineer in Algeria and became a specialist in north African vertebrate fossils. He was Senator of Algeria for Ora ...

(1821–1898) * Poole –

Alick Lindsay Poole Alick Lindsay Poole (4 March 1908 – 2 January 2008) was a New Zealand botanist and forester. Academic career Poole started at the New Zealand State Forest Service 1926, then to Auckland University College on a scholarship. After various jo ...

(1908–2008) * Popl. – Henrietta Ippolitovna Poplavskaja (1885–1956) * Popov –

Mikhail Grigoríevič Popov Mikhail Grigorevich Popov (russian: Михаил Григорьевич Попов) (5(17) April 1893 – 18 December 1955) was a Soviet botanist. He is known for developing a theory on the role of hybridization in plant evolution, and studying th ...

(1893–1955) * Poppelw. – Dugald Louis Poppelwell (1863–1939) * Porcius –

Florian Porcius Florian Porcius (–) was an Austro-Hungarian ethnic Romanian botanist and administrator. Born in Rodna, a village in Transylvania's Bistrița-Năsăud County, he came from a poor peasant family, and his parents were Precup Șteopan and his ...

(1816–1907) * Porteners – M.F. Porteners ( fl. 1990) * Porter –

Thomas Conrad Porter Thomas Conrad Porter (1822–1901) was an American botanist and theologian known as an expert on the flora of Pennsylvania. Biography Porter was born in Alexandria, Pennsylvania on January 22, 1822. He attended Harrisburg Academy before e ...

(1822–1901) * Porto – (1889–1968) * Poselg. –

Heinrich Poselger Heinrich Poselger (25 December 1818 – 4 October 1883) was a German botanist who specialized in studies of succulent plants. From 1849 to 1851 he collected plants, especially cacti, along the U.S.-Mexico border, and in the process took part in the ...

(1818–1883) * Posp. –

Eduard Pospichal Eduard Ludvik Pospichal (13 June 1838 – 24 April 1905) was an Austrians, Austrian botanist of Czechs, Czech parentage born in Litomyšl in Bohemia (today in the Czech Republic). Pospichal was a teacher at a secondary school in Trieste. He wa ...

(1838–1905) * Post –

George Edward Post George Edward Post (1838–1909) was an American surgeon, academic and botanist. Biography George Edward Post was born in New York City on December 17, 1838, the son of Alfred Charles Post. He was a Professor of Surgery at the Syrian Pro ...

(1838–1909) * Potter – Michael Cressé Potter (1859–1948) * Potonié –

Henry Potonié Henry Potonié (16 November 1857 – 28 November 1913) was a German botanist and paleobotanist, known for his studies of coal formation. Potonié was born in Berlin. He studied botany at the University of Berlin, and from 1880 served as a rese ...

(1857–1913) * Pourr. –

Pierre André Pourret Pierre André Pourret (1754–1818) was a French abbot and botanist who did research and teaching in France and Spain. He described and collected large amounts of plant species, especially from the Mediterranean, and amassed many species in hi ...

(1754–1818) * Pouzolz – Pierre Marie Casimir de Pouzolz (1785–1858) * P.Parm. –

Paul Évariste Parmentier Paul Évariste Parmentier (29 April 1860 in Semmadon – 10 May 1941 in Besançon) was a French agronomist and botanist. He taught classes in the communities of Arbois (1882–89) and Baume-les-Dames (1889–98), and in the meantime, received ...

(1860–1941) * P.Petit – Paul Charles Mirbel Petit (1834–1913) * Prada – María del Carmen Isabel Prada (born 1953) * Pradal – Émile Pradal (1795–1874) * Pradeep – Ayilliath K. Pradeep ( fl. 1990) * Pradhan – Udai Chandra Pradhan (born 1949) * Praeger –

Robert Lloyd Praeger Robert Lloyd Praeger (25 August 1865 – 5 May 1953) was an Irish naturalist, writer and librarian. Biography From a Unitarian background, he was born and raised in Holywood, County Down. He attended the school of the Reverend McAlister and t ...

(1865–1953) * Praet. – Ignaz Praetorius (1836–1908) * Prag. – Ernst Prager (1866–1913) * Prahl – (1843–1911) * Prain –

David Prain Sir David Prain (11 July 1857 – 16 March 1944) was a Scottish botanist who worked in India at the Calcutta Botanical Garden and went on to become Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Life Born to David Prain, a saddler, and his wife ...

(1857–1944) * Prak.Rao – Chellapilla Surya Prakasa Rao (born 1917) * Pramanik – B. B. Pramanik (born 1933) * P.Ramesh – Polluri Ramesh ( fl. 1997) * Prance – Ghillean Tolmie Prance (born 1937) * Prantl –

Karl Anton Eugen Prantl Karl Anton Eugen Prantl (10 September 1849 – 24 February 1893), also known as Carl Anton Eugen Prantl, was a German botanist. Prantl was born in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, and studied in Munich. In 1870 he graduated with the dissertation ...

(1849–1893) * Prassler – Maria Prassler (born 1938) * Prát – (1895–1990) * Prather – L. Alan Prather (born 1965) * Pratt – Anne Pratt (1806–1893) * Pray – Thomas Richard Pray (born 1923) * Preble –

Edward Alexander Preble Edward Alexander Preble (born in Somerville, Massachusetts on ; died ) was an American naturalist and conservationist. He is noted for work in studying birds and mammals of the Pacific Northwest. He also acted as an editor for nature magazines. ...

(1871–1957) * Preiss –

Balthazar Preiss Balthazar, or variant spellings, may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * ''Balthazar'' (novel), by Lawrence Durrell, 1958 * ''Balthasar'', an 1889 book by Anatole France * ''Professor Balthazar'', a Croatian animated TV series, 1967-1978 ...

(1765–1850) * Preobr – Grigory A. Preobraschensky (1892–1919) * Prill. – Édouard Ernest Prillieux (1829–1915) * Primavesi – Anthony Leo Primavesi (1917–2011) * Pringle – Cyrus Pringle (1838–1911) * Pringsh. –

Nathanael Pringsheim Nathanael Pringsheim (30 November 1823 – 6 October 1894) was a German botanist. Biography Nathanael Pringsheim was born at Landsberg, Prussian Silesia, and studied at the universities of Breslau, Leipzig, and Berlin successively. He graduat ...

(1823–1894) * Prior — Richard Chandler Alexander Prior (1809–1902) * Priszter – Szaniszló Priszter (1917–2011) * Pritz. –

George August Pritzel George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President ...

(1815–1874) * Priyankara – Theja Priyankara ( fl. 2020) * P.R.O.Bally –

Peter René Oscar Bally Peter René Oscar Bally (9 May 1895, in Schönenwerd, Switzerland – 26 July 1980, in Nairobi) was a Swiss botanical illustrator, botanist and taxonomist. Peter Bally received formal training in neither taxonomy nor botanical illustration, but ...

(1895–1980) * Prober –

Suzanne Mary Prober Suzanne Mary Prober (born in Hobart on 31 July 1964) is an Australian botanist and ecologist. She received her Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Honors) from the University of Sydney in 1985 and a PhD in Vegetation Ecology from the Australia ...

(born 1964) * Proctor –

George Richardson Proctor George Richardson Proctor (1920–2015) was an American botanist and expert on Jamaican flora. He wrote widely on the topic, publishing ''Flora of the Cayman Islands'', and collected over 55,000 specimens from 50 different islands in the Caribb ...

(1920–2015) * Prodan – (1875–1959) * Profice –

Sheila Regina Profice Sheila (alternatively spelled Shelagh and Sheelagh) is a common feminine given name, derived from the Irish name ''Síle'', which is believed to be a Gaelic form of the Latin name Caelia, the feminine form of the Roman clan name Caelius, meanin ...

(born 1948) * Prokh. – (1902–1964) * Prosk. –

Johannes Max Proskauer Johannes Max Proskauer (December 5, 1923 – December 20, 1970) was born in Göttingen, Germany. He travelled to England via a ''Kindertransport.'' His mother died in 1943 and his father was murdered in Auschwitz. He attended the University o ...

(1923–1970) * Prowazek –

Stanislaus von Prowazek Stanislaus Josef Mathias von Prowazek, Edler von Lanow (12 November 1875 Jindřichův Hradec, Bohemia – 17 February 1915, Cottbus), born Stanislav Provázek, was a Czech zoologist and parasitologist, who along with pathologist Henrique da Roch ...

(1875–1915) * P.Royen –

Pieter van Royen Pieter van Royen (1923-2002) was a Dutch botanist. He is an author of many papers on the flora of New Guinea. Life Pieter van Royen was born in Lahat (town), Lahat, South Sumatra in Dutch East Indies. In 1933, he moved with his family from the Du ...

(1923–2002) * P.Rubtzoff – Peter Rubtzoff (1920–1995) * Pryer – Kathleen M. Pryer ( fl. 1993) * Pryor – Alfred Reginald Pryor (1839–1881) * P.Sarasin – Paul Benedict Sarasin (1856–1929) * P.S.Ashton –

Peter Shaw Ashton Peter Shaw Ashton (born 27 June 1934) is a British botanist. He is Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry at Harvard University, and director of the Arnold Arboretum there from 1978 to 1987. Born in Boscombe, Bournemouth, England, Ashton receive ...

(born 1934) * P.Schneid. – Peter Schneider (1936–1989) * P.Selby –

Prideaux John Selby Prideaux John Selby FRSE FLS (23 July 1788 – 27 March 1867) was an English ornithologist, botanist and natural history artist. Life Selby was born in Bondgate Street in Alnwick in Northumberland, the eldest son of George Selby of Beal a ...

(1788–1867) * P.S.Green –

Peter Shaw Green Peter Shaw Green (11 September 1920–17 August 2009) was an English botanist. Early life Green was born in Rochester, Kent, the youngest son of John and Elizabeth (née Hainsworth) Green, his father a civilian engineer with the Royal Air For ...

(1920–2009) * P.Silva –

António Rodrigo Pinto da Silva António Rodrigo Pinto da Silva (Porto, 13 March 1912 – Lisbon, 28 September 1992), often referred to as A.R. Pinto da Silva or P. Silva, was a Portuguese botanist who distinguished himself as a taxonomist and Phytosociology, phytosociologist whe ...

(1912–1992) * P.S.Liu –

Pei Song Liu PEI or Pei may refer to: Places *Matecaña International Airport, Pereira, Colombia, IATA code PEI *Pei County (沛县), Jiangsu, China *Pei Commandery (沛郡), a commandery in Chinese history *Prince Edward Island, a province of Canada *Pei, T ...

( fl. 1984) * P.S.N.Rao – P. Satyanarayana Rao (born 1949) * P.S.Short –

Philip Sydney Short Philip Sydney Short (born 1955) is an Australian botanist. Some published names '' Actinobole oldfieldiana'' P.S.Short, Muelleria 6(1-2): 20 (1985). '' Allittia'' P.S.Short, Muelleria 20: 54 (2004). '' Angianthus conocephal ...

(born 1955) * P.S.Smith –

Philip Sidney Smith Philip Sidney Smith (28 July 1877 - 10 May 1949) was an American geologist and specialist in the geology of Alaska. On 28 July 1877, Smith was born in Medford, Massachusetts. He attended Harvard University, and under the influence of Nathaniel Sh ...

(1877–1949) * P.S.Soltis –

Pamela S. Soltis Pamela Soltis (born November 13, 1957) is an American botanist. She is a distinguished professor at the University of Florida, curator at the Florida Museum of Natural History, principal investigator of the Laboratory of Molecular Systematics an ...

( fl. 2007) * P.Stark –

Peter Stark Peter Stark is a British conductor and teacher. He is currently Professor of Conducting at the Royal College of Music in London and Rehearsal Director of the European Union Youth Orchestra. Education and early career Stark studied violin and c ...

(1888–1932) * P.S.Wyse Jacks. –

Peter Wyse Jackson Peter Sherlock Wyse Jackson (born 7 June 1955) is an Irish botanist and environmentalist. He is president of the Missouri Botanical Garden, and holder of the George Engelmann chair in botany at Washington University in St. Louis. Early life W ...

(born 1955) * P.Syd. –

Paul Sydow Paul Sydow (1 November 1851 in Kallies – 26 February 1925 in Sophienstädt near Ruhlsdorf) was a German mycologist and lichenologist, father of Hans Sydow (1879–1946). He worked as a schoolmaster in Berlin. With his son, Hans, he authored w ...

(1851–1925) (father of

Hans Sydow Hans Sydow (29 January 1879 – 6 June 1946) was a German mycologist and the son of mycologist and lichenologist, Paul Sydow (1851–1925). Career Hans Sydow worked at the Dresdner Bank in Berlin between 1904 and 1937 rising to divisional mana ...

) * P.Taylor – Peter Geoffrey Taylor (1926–2011) * P.Temple –

Paul Temple Paul Temple is a fictional character created by English writer Francis Durbridge. Temple is a professional author of crime fiction and an amateur private detective. With his wife Louise, affectionately known as 'Steve' in reference to her jo ...

( fl. 2008) * P.T.Ong – Poh Teck Ong ( fl. 2009) * P.T.Li – Ping Tao Li (born 1936) * Puente-Lel. – Caroline Puente-Lelièvre ( fl. 2012) * Puget –

François Puget François Puget (17 December 1651, Toulon - 6 October 1707, Marseille) was a French painter in the Baroque style; known primarily for his portraits. Biography His father was the architect, sculptor and painter, Pierre Puget. After a scandal in ...

(1829–1880) * Pugsley –

Herbert William Pugsley Herbert may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, ...

(1868–1947) * Pujals – Carmen Pujals (1916–2003) * Pulle – August Adriaan Pulle (1878–1955) * Pulliat – (1827–1866) * Pult. –

Richard Pulteney Dr Richard Pulteney FRS FRSE FLS (17 February 173013 October 1801) was an English physician and botanist. He was a promoter of Linnaean taxonomy, and authored the first English language biography of Carl Linnaeus, entitled ''A General View of th ...

(1730–1801) * Purchas – William Henry Purchas (1823–1903) * Purdie – William Purdie (c.1817–1857) * Purdom –

William Purdom William Purdom (10 April 1880 – 7 November 1921) was a British plant explorer. After being apprenticed as a gardener aBrathay Hallin the English Lake district, he traveled to London to work at the Hugh Low, Enfield Nursery, then onto the Veitch ...

(1880–1921) * Purdy – (1861–1945) * Purk. – (1832–1882) * Purpus – (1851–1941) * Pursell – Ronald Arling Pursell (1930–2014) * Pursh –

Frederick Traugott Pursh Frederick Traugott Pursh (or Friedrich Traugott Pursch) (February 4, 1774 – July 11, 1820) was a German people, German–United States, American botanist. Born in Großenhain, Saxony, under the name Friedrich Traugott Pursh, he was educated at ...

(1774–1820) * Purton –

Thomas Purton Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...

(1768–1833) * Puspit. – Dwi Murti Puspitaningtyas ( fl. 2005) * Putnam –

George Palmer Putnam George Palmer Putnam (February 7, 1814 – December 20, 1872) was an American publisher and author. He founded the firm G. P. Putnam's Sons and ''Putnam's Magazine''. He was an advocate of international copyright reform, secretary for many years ...

(1887–1950) * Putt. – Alois (Aloys) Putterlick (1810–1845) * Puttock – Christopher Francis Puttock (born 1954) * Putz. – Jules Putzeys (1809–1882) * P.V.Heath – Paul V. Heath (born 1950) * P.V.Ramana – Pragada Venkata Ramana (fl. 2018) * P.Watson – Peter William Watson (1761–1830) * P.W.Ball – Peter William Ball (born 1932) * P.Wilkie – Peter Wilkie ( fl. 1999) * P.Wilson – Percy Wilson (1879–1944) * P.Woods – Patrick James Blythe Woods (1932–2004) * P.Y.Chen – Pang Yu Chen (born 1936) * Pynaert – Édouard-Christophe Pynaert (1835–1900)

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