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* Q.D.Clarkson – Quentin Deane Clarkson (born 1925) * Q.E.Yang – Qin Er Yang (born 1964) * Q.F.Wang –

Guang Wan Hu Guang may refer to: * Guang (vessel), an ancient Chinese drinking vessel * Guang people, ethnic group of northern Ghana * Guang languages, languages spoken by the Guang people * Guangzhou, city in Guangdong, China * Liangguang, Guangdong and Guan ...

( fl. 2007) * Quehl – Leopold Quehl (1849–1922) * Quél. –

Lucien Quélet Lucien Quélet in 1869 Lucien Quélet (14 July 1832 – 25 August 1899) was a French naturalist and mycologist. Quélet discovered several species of fungi and was the founder of the Société mycologique de France, a society devoted to mycolo ...

(1832–1899) * Quinn –

Christopher John Quinn Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρει� ...

(born 1936) * Quiñones – Luz Mila Quiñones ( fl. 1995) * Quinq. – E. Quinquaud ( fl. 1868) * Quisumb. – Eduardo Quisumbíng y Argüelles (1895–1986) * Quoy –

Jean René Constant Quoy Jean René Constant Quoy (10 November 1790 in Maillé, Vendée, Maillé – 4 July 1869 in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Rochefort) was a French naval surgeon, zoologist and anatomist. In 1806, he began his medical studies at the school of naval ...

(1790–1869) * Q.Wang – Qi Wang ( fl. 1989) * Q.W.Meng – Qian Wan Meng ( fl. 2008) * Q.W.Zeng – Qing Wen Zeng (1963–2012) * Q.Xu – Qing Xu (botanist) ( fl. 2014)

R

* Raab-Straube – Eckhard von Raab-Straube ( fl. 2003) * Rabeh. – David Rabehevitra ( fl. 2006) * R.A.Black – Raleigh Adelbert Black (1880–1963) * Rach – Louis Theodor Rach (1821–1859) * R.A.Clement – Rose A. Clement (c. 1953–1996) * Radcl.-Sm. –

Alan Radcliffe-Smith Alan may refer to: People * Alan (surname), an English and Turkish surname * Alan (given name), an English given name **List of people with given name Alan ''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.'' * ...

(1938–2007) * Raddi –

Giuseppe Raddi Giuseppe Raddi (9 July 1770 in Florence, Italy – 6 September 1829 the island of Rhodes) was an Italian botanist and curator at the Museum of Natural History of Florence. He was among the first Europeans to explore and document the flora of South ...

(1770–1829) * Raderm. –

Jacob Cornelis Matthieu Radermacher Jacob Cornelis Matthieu (J. C. M.) Radermacher (1741 – 24 December 1783) was a Dutch botanist and author. Radermacher was born in The Hague, Holland. He was an officer of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in Batavia (Jakarta) as well as a tal ...

(1741–1783) * Radford –

Albert Ernest Radford Albert Ernest Radford (January 25, 1918 – April 12, 2006) was an American botanist active in the Southeastern United States. He was best known for his work as senior author of ''Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas'', the definitive f ...

(1918–2006) * Radius – Justus Wilhelm Martin Radius (1797–1884) * Radlk. –

Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer (19 December 1829, in Munich – 16 February 1927, in Munich), was a Bavarian taxonomist and botanist. Radlkofer became a physician in 1854 and earned a PhD in botany at Jena the following year. He became an ass ...

(1829–1927) * R.A.Dyer –

Robert Allen Dyer Robert Allen Dyer (21 September 1900 Pietermaritzburg – 26 October 1987 Johannesburg) was a South African botanist and taxonomist, working particularly on Amaryllidaceae and succulent plants, contributing to and editing of ''Bothalia'' and ''F ...

(1900–1987) * Raeusch. –

Ernst Adolf Raeuschel Ernst Adolf Raeuschel (1740–1800) was a German lichenologist, active between 1772 and 1797, specializing in bryophytes and spermatophytes. Sometimes spelled ''Rauschel''. He was the author of Nomenclator botanicus omnes plantas : ab illustr. C ...

( fl. 1772–1797) * Raf. –

Constantine Samuel Rafinesque Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (; October 22, 1783September 18, 1840) was a French 19th-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France. He traveled as a young man in the United States, ultimat ...

(1783–1840) * Raffles – Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (1781–1826) * Rafn –

Carl Gottlob Rafn Carl Gottlob Rafn (31 July 1769 – 17 May 1808) was a Danish Enlightenment scientist and civil servant. He wrote influential papers on a broad array of basic and applied sciences. Life Rafn was born in Viborg, Denmark as the son of a judge. H ...

(1769–1808) * R.A.Foster – Robert A. Foster (1938–2002) * R.A.Harper – Robert Almer Harper (1862–1946) * Rahn – Knud Rahn (1928–2013) * R.A.Howard –

Richard Alden Howard Richard Alden Howard (July 1, 1917 – September 18, 2003) was an American botanist and plant taxonomist. Howard, who served as director of Arnold Arboretum between 1954 and 1977, was known for his work in tropical biology and as author of the ...

(1917–2003) * Rajakumar – T.J.S. Rajakumar ( fl. 2009) * Raim. – Rudolph Raimann (1863–1896) * R.A.Kerrigan – Raelee A. Kerrigan ( fl. 2012) * Ralfs –

John Ralfs John Ralfs (13 September 1807 – 14 July 1890) was an English botanist. Born in Millbrook, near Southampton, he was the second son of Samuel Ralfs, a yeoman of an old family in Hampshire. He has been commemorated in the names of many plant gr ...

(1807–1890) * Ralph Hoffm. –

Ralph Hoffmann Ralph Hoffmann (November 30, 1870 – July 21, 1932) was an American natural history teacher, ornithologist, and botanist. He was the author of the first true bird field guide. Early life Ralph Hoffmann was born on November 30, 1870, at Stockbr ...

(1870–1932) * R.A.Meissn. – Rachel A. Meissner ( fl. 2007) * Ram.Goyena – Miguel Ramírez Goyena (1857–1927) * Ramond –

Louis Ramond de Carbonnières Louis François Élisabeth Ramond, baron de Carbonnières (4 January 1755 Strasbourg – 14 May 1827), was a French politician, geologist and botanist. He is regarded as one of the first explorers of the high mountains of the Pyrenees who can be d ...

(1755–1827) * Rand –

Isaac Rand Isaac Rand (1674–1743) was an English botanist and apothecary, who was a lecturer and director at the Chelsea Physic Garden. Life Isaac was probably son of James Rand, who in 1674 agreed, with thirteen other members of the Society of Apothecari ...

(1674–1743) * Randall – Roderick Peter Randall (born 1960) * Randell – Barbara Rae Randell (born 1942) * Randle – Christopher P. Randle ( fl. 2006) * Randolph –

Lowell Fitz Randolph Lowell Fitz Randolph (7 October 1894 – 28 May 1980) was an American scientist, in the field of genetics, botany and horticulture. He was a Cornell University graduate who became Professor of Botany and was also employed as an associate cytolo ...

(1894–1980) * Randrian. – Armand Randrianasolo ( fl. 1994) * Rands –

Robert Delafield Rands Robert Delafield Rands (1890–1970) was an American agronomist and mycologist. He served as Chief Director of Agriculture Office of Rubber Plant Investigations in the United States Department of Agriculture. Biography Rands was born in 1890. His P ...

(1890–1970) * Raoul – Etienne Fiacre Louis Raoul (1815–1852) * Rapaics – Raymund Rapaics von Rumwerth (or Ruhmwerth) (1885–1953) (forename also as Rajmond, Rajmund, or Raumund) * Rapin –

Daniel Rapin Daniel Rapin (1799 in Payerne – 1882) was a Swiss pharmacist and botanist. He worked as a pharmacist in Fribourg, Strasbourg, Paris, Geneva, Payerne (1832-1838) and Rolle (1838–1853). In 1853 he retired to Yverdon, later relocating to Plain ...

(1799–1882) * Rasm. – Rasmus Rasmussen (1871–1962) * Raspail –

François Vincent Raspail 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, Kin ...

(1794–1878) * Rassulova – M.R. Rassulova (1926–2006) * Rataj – Karel Rataj (1925–2014) * Rathbone – Damien A. Rathbone (born 1980) * Rathvon –

Simon Snyder Rathvon Simon Snyder Rathvon (1812–1891) was an American entomologist. He specialized in economic and agricultural entomology. Rathvon was from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and studied under naturalist Samuel S. Haldeman. He went on to become Professor of ...

(1812–1891) * Rattan – Volney Rattan (1840–1915) * Ratzeb. –

Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg (16 February 1801– 24 October 1871) was a German zoologist, botanist, entomologist, and forester. Biography Ratzeburg was born in Berlin, the son of a professor at the veterinary school of the University ...

(1801–1871) * Rau – Ananda R. Rao (born 1924) * Rauh –

Werner Rauh Werner Rauh (16 May 1913 in Niemegk – 7 April 2000 in Heidelberg) was an internationally renowned German biologist, botanist and author. Biography Born in the town of Niemegk near Bitterfeld, Rauh studied at Biology faculty at the University of ...

(1913–2000) * Raunk. –

Christen C. Raunkiær Christen Christensen Raunkiær (29 March 1860 – 11 March 1938) was a Danish botanist, who was a pioneer of plant ecology. He is mainly remembered for his scheme of plant strategies to survive an unfavourable season ("life forms") and his demons ...

(1860–1938) * Raup – Hugh Miller Raup (1901–1995) * Rauschert –

Stephan Rauschert Stephan may refer to: * Stephan, South Dakota, United States * Stephan (given name), a masculine given name * Stephan (surname), a Breton-language surname See also * Sankt-Stephan * Stefan (disambiguation) * Stephan-Oterma * Stephani * Stephe ...

(1931–1986) * Rauwolff – Leonhard (Leonhart) Rauwolf(f) (1535–1596) * Raven – John Earle Raven (1914–1980) * Ravenna –

Pierfelice Ravenna Pierfelice (Pedro Félix, Pierre Félice) Ravenna (born 1938) is a Chilean botanist of Italian Jewish origin. His research interests are mainly in the field of South American Amaryllidaceae.Ravenna P. 1974 Pierfelice Ravenna: an autobiography. P ...

(born 1938) * Rawé – Rolf Rawé (born 1938) * R.A.W.Herrm. – Rudolf Albert Wolfgang Herrmann (born 1885) * R.A.White – Richard Alan White (born 1935) * Rawitscher – Felix Rawitscher (1890–1957) * Rawson – Rawson W. Rawson (1812–1899) * Ray –

John Ray John Ray FRS (29 November 1627 – 17 January 1705) was a Christian English naturalist widely regarded as one of the earliest of the English parson-naturalists. Until 1670, he wrote his name as John Wray. From then on, he used 'Ray', after ...

(1627–1705) * Raym.-Hamet – Raymond-Hamet, also Raymond Hamet (1890–1972) * Raymond – Louis-Florent-Marcel Raymond (1915–1972) * Raynaud – Christian Raynaud (1939–1993) * Rayner – John Frederick Rayner (1854–1947) * Rayss – Tscharna Rayss (1890–1965) * Razaf. – Alfred Razafindratsira ( fl. 1987) * Razafim. –

Sylvain G. Razafimandimbison Sylvain is the French form of Silvanus. It may refer to: People *Sylvain Archambault, Canadian director *Sylvain Bied (1965–2011), French footballer and manager *Sylvain Cappell (born 1946), American mathematician *Sylvain Chavanel (born 1979) ...

( fl. 1999) * R.Baron – Richard Baron (1847–1907) * R.B.Clark – Robert Brown Clark (born 1914) * R.Bernal – Rodrigo Bernal (born 1959) * R.Bustam. – Rene Alfred Anton Bustamante (born 1979) * R.B.Pike – Radcliffe Barnes Pike (1903–1979) * R.Br. – Robert Brown (1773–1858) * R.Braga – Ruby Braga ( fl. 1964) * R.Br.bis – Robert Brown (1820–1906) * R.Br.ter – Robert Brown (1842–1895) * R.B.Singer – Rodrigo Bustos Singer (born 1970) * R.Butcher – Ryonen Butcher (born 1972) * R.B.Wallis – Robert B. Wallis ( fl. 2002) * R.Carbajal – Rodrigo Carbajal ( fl. 2017) * R.C.Clark – Ross C. Clark (born 1940) * R.C.Foster – Robert Crichton Foster (1904–1986) * R.C.Gaur – R.C. Gaur (born 1933) * R.Chan – Raymund Chan (born 1965) * Rchb. –

Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (8 January 1793 – 17 March 1879) was a German botanist and ornithologist. It was he who first requested Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, Leopold Blaschka to make a set of glass marine invertebrate models for sci ...

(1793–1879) * Rchb.f. –

Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (Dresden, 3 January 1823 – Hamburg, 6 May 1889) was a botanist and the foremost German orchidologist of the 19th century. His father Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (author of ''Icones Florae Germanicae et Helve ...

(1824–1889) * R.C.Jacks. – Raymond Carl Jackson (1928–2008) * R.Clark – Ruth Clark (born 1975) * R.C.Moran – Robbin C. Moran ( fl. 1986) * R.C.Nash – R.C.Nash ( fl. 1976) * R.C.Palmer – Richard Charles Palmer (1935–2005) * R.C.Schneid. – Richard Conrad Schneider (born 1890) * R.C.Sinclair – Robert C. Sinclair ( fl. 1979) * R.Cunn. – Richard Cunningham (1793–1835) * R.Dahlgren –

Rolf Martin Theodor Dahlgren Rolf Martin Theodor Dahlgren (7 July 1932 – 14 February 1987) was a Swedish-Danish botanist and professor at the University of Copenhagen from 1973 to his death. Life Dahlgren was born in Örebro on 7 July 1932 to apothecary Rudolf Dahlgren ...

(1932–1987) * R.D.Edwards – Robert David Edwards (born 1981) * R.D.Good – Ronald D'Oyley Good (1896–1992) * R.Doll – Reinhard Doll (born 1941) * R.D.Spencer –

Roger David Spencer Roger David Spencer (born 6 October 1945) is an Australia horticultural botanist who was born at Alfreton, Derbyshire. He has an honours degree in botany from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, a master's degree and doctorate from the ...

(born 1945) * R.D.Thomas – Roy Dale Thomas (born 1936) * Reader – Felix Reader (1850–1911) * Reboul – Eugène de Reboul (1781–1851) * R.E.Brooks – Ralph Edward Brooks (born 1950) * R.E.Buchanan — Robert Earle Buchanan (1883–1973) * Rebut – Pierre Rebut (1827–1902) * Rech. – Karl Rechinger (1867–1952) * Rech.f. –

Karl Heinz Rechinger Professor Karl Heinz Rechinger Hon FRSE (16 October 1906, Vienna – 30 December 1998, Vienna) was an Austrian botanist and phytogeographer. Life Karl Heinz Rechinger was born in Vienna on 16 October 1906. He was the son of Dr Karl Rechinge ...

(1906–1998) * R.E.Clausen – Roy Elwood Clausen (1891–1956) * R.E.Cleland – Ralph Erskine Cleland (1892–1971) * R.E.Cook – Rachel E. Cook ( fl. 2004) * Record – Samuel James Record (1881–1945) * R.E.Daniels – Roger Edward Daniels (born 1943) * R.E.D.Baker –

Richard Eric Defoe Baker Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...

(1908–1954) * Redf. –

Paul Leslie Redfearn Paul Leslie Redfearn Jr. (1926–2018) was an American professor of botany, specializing in mosses and liverworts. He was the president of the American Bryological and Lichenological Society from 1971 to 1973. He was the mayor of Springfield, Mis ...

(1926–2018) * Redfield –

John Howard Redfield John Howard Redfield (July 10, 1815 – February 27, 1895) was an American botanist, conchologist, and businessman. He was a founder of the Botany section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and his chief botanical works include " ...

(1815–1895) * Redouté –

Pierre-Joseph Redouté Pierre-Joseph Redouté (, 10 July 1759 – 19 June 1840), was a painter and botanist from Belgium, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at the Château de Malmaison, many of which were published as large, coloured s ...

(1759–1840) * Reeder –

John Raymond Reeder John Raymond Reeder (July 29, 1914 – February 8, 2009) was an American agrostologist who was active in identifying the grasses of New Guinea, Wyoming, and Arizona. Biography Reeder was born on a farm in Charlotte, Michigan on July 29, 1914. ...

(1914–2009) * Rees –

Abraham Rees Abraham Rees (1743 – 9 June 1825) was a Welsh nonconformist minister, and compiler of ''Rees's Cyclopædia'' (in 45 volumes). Life He was the second son of Esther, daughter of Abraham Penry, and her husband Lewis Rees, and was born in L ...

(1743–1825) * R.E.Fr. –

Robert Elias Fries (Klas) Robert Elias Fries (11 July 1876, Uppsala – 29 January 1966, Stockholm), the youngest son of Theodor Magnus Fries (1832–1913) and grandson of Elias Magnus Fries(1794–1878) and an expert on mushrooms. A Swedish botanist who was a mem ...

(1876–1966) * Regel –

Eduard August von Regel Eduard August von Regel (sometimes Edward von Regel or Edward de Regel or Édouard von Regel), Russian: Эдуард Август Фон Регель; (born 13 August 1815 in Gotha; died 15 April 1892 in St. Petersburg) was a German horticultural ...

(1815–1892) * Rehder –

Alfred Rehder Alfred Rehder (4 September 1863 in Waldenburg, Saxony – 25 July 1949 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) was a German-American botanical taxonomist and dendrologist who worked at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. He is generally reg ...

(1863–1949) * Rehmann –

Anton Rehmann Antoni Rehman aka Anton Rehman (13 May 1840 Kraków – 13 January 1917 Lwow, Galicia) was a Polish geographer, geomorphologist, botanist and explorer. He published mostly in German journals in Austria and is regarded as an Austrian botanist, as ...

(1840–1917) * Reichard –

Johann Jacob Reichard Johann Jacob Reichard (7 August 1743 in Frankfurt – 21 January 1782 in Frankfurt) was a German physician and botanist. He studied medicine, philosophy and natural sciences at the University of Göttingen, receiving his doctorate in 1768. While w ...

(1743–1782) * Reichardt – Heinrich Wilhelm Reichardt (1835–1885) * Reiche –

Karl Friedrich Reiche Karl Friedrich Reiche ( es, Carlos Reiche, October 31, 1860 – February 26, 1929) was a German botanist who worked as a university professor in Chile and Mexico. Life Reiche was born in Dresden and earned his doctorate in 1885 in Leipzig. He ...

(1860–1929) * Reichert – Israel G. Reichert (1889–1975) * Reichst. –

Tadeus Reichstein Tadeusz Reichstein (20 July 1897 – 1 August 1996) was a Polish-Swiss chemist and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (1950), which was awarded for his work on the isolation of cortisone. Early life Reichstein was born into a Pol ...

(1897–1996) * Reinh. –

Otto Wilhelm Hermann Reinhardt Otto Wilhelm Hermann Reinhardt (1838 in Potsdam – 1924 in Berlin) was a German botanist and conchologist. He was a teacher at a trade school in Berlin. Reinhardt was a friend of Paul Friedrich August Ascherson and co-founder of the botanical soci ...

(1838–1924) * Reinke –

Johannes Reinke Johannes Reinke (February 3, 1849 – February 25, 1931) was a German botanist and philosopher who was a native of Ziethen, Lauenburg. He is remembered for his research of benthic marine algae. Academic background Reinke studied botany with h ...

(1849–1931) * Reinsch –

Paul Friedrich Reinsch Paul Friedrich Reinsch (21 March 1836, in Kirchenlamitz – 31 January 1914, in Erlangen) was a German phycologist and paleontologist. Biography He studied natural sciences in Munich and Erlangen, afterwards working as a high school teacher in E ...

(1836–1914) * Reinw. –

Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (5 June 1773 in Lüttringhausen – 6 March 1854 in Leiden) was a Prussian-born Dutch botanist. He is considered to be the founding father of Bogor Botanical Garden in Indonesia. Biography In 1787 he was appre ...

(1773–1854) * Reiss – Frederick Reiss ( fl. 1968) * Reissek –

Siegfried Reisseck Siegfried Reissek (11 April 1819 in Teschen – 9 November 1871 in Vienna) was an Austrian naturalist and botanist who specialized in spermatophytes. He is known for his studies involving plant anatomy and histology. From 1837 to 1841 he was ...

(1819–1871) * R.E.Kunze – Richard Ernest Kunze (1838–1919) * R.E.Lee –

Robert Edwin Lee Robert Edwin Lee (October 15, 1918 – July 8, 1994) was an American playwright and lyricist. With his writing partner, Jerome Lawrence, Lee worked for Armed Forces Radio during World War II; Lawrence and Lee became the most prolific writing pa ...

(born 1911) * R.Emers. – Ralph Emerson (1912–1979) * Renault – Bernard Renault (1836–1904) * Rendle –

Alfred Barton Rendle Alfred Barton Rendle FRS (19 January 1865 – 11 January 1938) was an English botanist. Rendle was born in Lewisham to John Samuel and Jane Wilson Rendle. He was educated in Lewisham where he first became interested in plants, St Olave's Gra ...

(1865–1938) * Renvoize – Stephen Andrew Renvoize (born 1944) * Renz – Jany Renz (1907–1999) * Req. –

Esprit Requien Esprit Requien (6 May 1788, Avignon – 30 May 1851, Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud) was a French naturalist, who made contributions in the fields of conchology, paleontology and especially botany. From the age of 18, he was associated with the bo ...

(1788–1851) * R.E.Schult. –

Richard Evans Schultes Richard Evans Schultes (''SHULL-tees'';Jonathan Kandell ''The New York Times'', April 13, 2001, Accessed April 26, 2020. January 12, 1915 – April 10, 2001) was an American biologist. He may be considered the father of modern ethnobotany. He is ...

(1915–2001) * R.Escobar – Rodrigo Escobar (1935–2009) * Resv.-Holms. – Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen (1873–1943) * Resvoll – Thekla Resvoll (1871–1948) * Retz. –

Anders Johan Retzius Anders Jahan Retzius (3 October 1742 – 6 October 1821) was a Swedish chemist, botanist and entomologist. Biography Born in Kristianstad, he matriculated at Lund University in 1758, where he graduated as a filosofie magister in 1766. He also ...

(1742–1821) * Reut. – George François Reuter (1805–1872) * R.E.Vaughan –

Reginald Edward Vaughan Reginald Edward Vaughan OBE FRIC (27 October 1895 – 29 April 1987) was a British botanist who lived and worked in Mauritius from 1923. Biography Vaughan was born in Wooburn, Buckinghamshire, 27 October 1895, the son of Herbert and Jane Vaugh ...

(1875–1987) * Reveal – James Lauritz Reveal (1941–2015) * Reyneke – William Frederick Reyneke (born 1945) * Reynel – Carlos Reynel Reynel ( fl. 1995) * Reznicek – Anton Albert Reznicek (born 1950) * R.Fern. –

Rosette Batarda Fernandes Rosette Mercedes Saraiva Batarda (1 October 1916 in Redondo, Alentejo – 28 May 2005) was a Portuguese botanist and taxonomist who was married to Abílio Fernandes (1906–1994), another Portuguese botanist and taxonomist. Career She enrolled ...

(1916–2005) * R.F.Martin – Robert Franklin Martin (born 1910) * R.G.Garcia – Ricardo G. García * R.H.Anderson – Robert Henry Anderson (1899–1969) * R.H.Archer – Robert H. Archer (born 1965) * R.Harkn. –

Robert Harkness Professor Robert Harkness Royal Society of London, FRS FRSE FGS (28 July 1816 – 4 October 1878), was a British geologist and mineralogist. Early life Robert Harkness was born in Ormskirk on 28 July 1816. His family moved to south-west Scotland ...

(1816–1878) * R.Hartig – Heinrich Julius Adolph Robert Hartig (1839–1901) * R.Hedw. –

Romanus Adolf Hedwig Romanus Adolf Hedwig (1772 – 1806), sometimes styled as Romano Adolpho Hedwigio or simply R.A.H., was a German botanist best known for his studies into pteridophytes, spermatophytes, mycology, and bryology. He is the son of notable bryologist Jo ...

(1772–1806) * Rheede –

Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Drakenstein Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Drakenstein (Amsterdam, 13 April 1636 – at sea, 15 December 1691) was a military man and a colonial administrator of the Dutch East India Company and naturalist. Between 1669 and 1676 he served as a governor of D ...

(1636–1691) * R.H.Miao – Ru Huai Miao (born 1943) * Rhode – Johann Gottlieb Rhode (1762–1827) * R.Hoffm. –

Reinhold Hoffmann Reinhold Hoffmann (9 August 1921 – 24 May 1944) was a Luftwaffe fighter ace, ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield brave ...

(born 1885) * R.Hogg – Robert Hogg (1818–1897) * R.H.Petersen – Ronald H. Petersen (born 1934) * R.H.Roberts – Richard Henry Roberts (1910–2003) * R.H.Schomb. –

Robert Hermann Schomburgk Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk (5 June 1804 – 11 March 1865) was a German-born explorer for Great Britain who carried out geographical, ethnological and botanical studies in South America and the West Indies, and also fulfilled diplomatic missio ...

(1804–1865) * R.H.Wallace – R. H. Wallace ( fl. 1955) * Riccob. – Vincenzo Riccobono (1861–1943) * Rich. –

Louis Claude Marie Richard Louis Claude Marie Richard (19 September 1754 – 6 June 1821) was a French botanist and botanical illustrator. Richard was born at Versailles. Between 1781 and 1789 he collected botanical specimens in Central America and the West Indies. On his r ...

(1754–1821) * Richardson – John Richardson (1787–1865) * Richens –

Richard Hook Richens Richard Hook Richens (1919–1984) was a botanist and an early researcher in Computational Linguistics. Botany R. H. Richens was the Director of the Commonwealth Bureau of Plant Breeding and Genetics (part of the Commonwealth Agricultural Bure ...

(1919–1984) * Richerson – Peter James Richerson (born 1943) * Ricken – Adalbert Ricken (1851–1921) * Ricker – Percy Leroy Ricker (1878–1973) * Ricketson – Jon M. Ricketson ( fl. 1997) * Riddell –

John Leonard Riddell John Leonard Riddell (February 20, 1807 – October 7, 1865) was a science lecturer, botanist, geologist, medical doctor, chemist, microscopist, numismatist, politician, and science fiction author in the United States. He was born in Leyden, Massa ...

(1807–1865) * Ridl. –

Henry Nicholas Ridley Henry Nicholas Ridley CMG (1911), MA (Oxon), FRS, FLS, F.R.H.S. (10 December 1855 – 24 October 1956) was an English botanist, geologist and naturalist who lived much of his life in Singapore. He was instrumental in promoting rubber trees i ...

(1855–1956) * Ridsdale –

Colin Ernest Ridsdale Colin may refer to: * Colin (given name) * Colin (surname) * ''Colin'' (film), a 2008 Cannes film festival zombie movie * Colin (horse) (1905–1932), thoroughbred racehorse * Colin (humpback whale), a humpback whale calf abandoned north of Sydney, ...

(born 1944) * Riedel –

Ludwig Riedel Ludwig Riedel (2 March 1790, Berlin, Germany – 6 August 1861, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was a German botanist. Riedel described relatively few species himself, but collected hundreds of new species, many named after him. The genus '' Riedelia'' (E ...

(1790–1861) * Rieder – Conly Leroy Rieder (born 1950) * Riedl –

Harald Udo von Riedl Harald Udo von Riedl (born 1936) is an Austrian botanist and mycologist Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their use to humans, includin ...

(born 1936) * Rigg – George Burton Rigg (1872–1961) * Rigoni – Victor A. Rigoni ( fl. 1958) * Říha –

Jan Říha Jan Říha (11 November 1915 – 15 December 1995) was a Czech football player. He played for Czechoslovakia, for which he played 25 matches and scored 9 goals. Profile He was a participant in the 1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup ...

(born 1947) * Rink – Hinrich (Henrik) Johannes Rink (1819–1893) * Riocreux – Alfred Riocreux (1820–1912) * Risso –

Antoine Risso Giuseppe Antonio Risso (8 April 1777 – 25 August 1845), called Antoine Risso, was a Niçard and naturalist. Risso was born in the city of Nice in the Duchy of Savoy, and studied under Giovanni Battista Balbis. He published ' (1810), ' (1826) ...

(1777–1845) * Ritgen –

Ferdinand August Maria Franz von Ritgen Ferdinand August Maria Franz von Ritgen (11 October 1787 – 14 April 1867) was a German obstetrician and naturalist born in the Westphalian village of Wulfen (now part of Dorsten). He is remembered for instruction in the field of midwifery. H ...

(1787–1867) * Riv. –

Augustus Quirinus Rivinus Augustus Quirinus Rivinus (9 December 1652 – 20 December 1723), also known as August Bachmann or A. Q. Bachmann, was a German physician and botanist who helped to develop better ways of classifying plants. Life and work Rivinus was born in Le ...

(also as August Bachmann) (1652–1723) * Rivadavia –

Fernando Rivadavia Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the G ...

( fl. 2003) * Rivière –

Marie Auguste Rivière Marie may refer to: People Name * Marie (given name) * Marie (Japanese given name) * Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973 * Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in Tro ...

(1821–1877) * Rix – Edward Martyn Rix (born 1943) * Rizzini –

Carlos Toledo Rizzini 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 ...

(born 1921) * R.J.Bates –

Robert John Bates Robert J. "Rob" Bates (born 1946) is an Australian botanist, plant collector, and illustrator. Biography Bates grew up in Mylor, South Australia, and has been living in Fairview Park, Adelaide for more than 40 years. Professionally, Bates i ...

(born 1946) * R.J.Bayer –

Randall James Bayer Randall James Bayer (born 13 July 1955) is an American systematic botanist born in Buffalo, New York, who spent his childhood in East Aurora. He earned a B.Sc. with major in plant breeding and minor in horticulture in 1978 from Cornell Univ ...

(born 1955) * R.J.Carp. – Raymond J. Carpenter ( fl. 2008) * R.J.D.Graham –

Robert James Douglas Graham Robert James Douglas Graham FRSE (1884–1950) was a Scottish botanist. Life He was born on 20 July 1884 in Perth, the son of Dr John Thomas Graham. His family lived at 4 Athole Crescent in Perth. He was educated at Perth Academy then attended ...

(1884–1950) * R.J.Eaton – Richard Jefferson Eaton (1890–1976) * R.J.F.Hend. – Rodney John Francis Henderson (born 1938) * R.J.McKenzie – Robert J. McKenzie ( fl. 2006) * R.J.Moore – Raymond John Moore (1918–1988) * R.J.Roberts – Ronald John Roberts (born 1941) * R.J.Scheff. – R. J. Scheffer ( fl. 1984) * R.Keller – Robert Keller (1854–1939) * R.K.Godfrey – Robert Kenneth Godfrey (1911–2000) * R.Kiesling – Roberto Kiesling (born 1941) * R.King – Robert King ( fl. 1879) * R.K.Jansen – Robert K. Jansen (born 1954) * R.Klebs – Richard Klebs (1850–1911) * R.Knuth –

Reinhard Gustav Paul Knuth Reinhard Gustav Paul Knuth (1874–1957) was a German taxonomist, botanist and pteridologist responsible for "''Initia florae venezuelensis''" in 1928, and numerous contributions to Adolf Engler's "''Das Pflanzenreich''" on Geraniaceae, Oxalidac ...

(1874–1957) * R.K.S.Lee – Robert Kui Sung Lee (born 1931) * R.L.Barrett –

Russell Lindsay Barrett Russell Lindsay Barrett (born 1977) is an Australian botanist. Names published (incomplete list of the 129 published names) *'' Typhonium peltandroides'' Nuytsia, 13(1): 243 (1999) *'' Gahnia halmaturina'' R.L.Barrett & K.L.Wilson Journal Ade ...

(born 1977) * R.Lesson –

René Primevère Lesson René (''born again'' or ''reborn'' in French) is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus. René is the masculine form of the name (Renée being the feminine ...

(1794–1849) * R.L.Giles – Robyn L. Giles ( fl. 2008) * R.Mason –

Ruth Mason Ruth Mason (7 November 1913 – 14 May 1990) was a New Zealand botanist specialising in the taxonomy and ecology of freshwater plants. She was employed at the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research for 35 years undertaking res ...

(1913–1990) * R.M.Barker –

Robyn Mary Barker Robyn M. Barker (born 1948) is an Honorary Research Associate of the South Australian Herbarium. She now works part-time, her duties include maintenance of the Vascular Plant Census for the State. Barker's research interests also include syst ...

(born 1948) * R.M.Beauch. – R. Mitchel Beauchamp ( fl. 1974) * R.M.Fonseca – Rosa María Fonseca ( fl. 2005) * R.M.Fritsch – Reinhard M. Fritsch ( fl. 1992) * R.M.Harper –

Roland McMillan Harper Roland McMillan Harper (1878 – 1966) was an American botanist, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and writer. He wrote for the ''Savannah Morning News'' and covered the settlement of Georgia's wiregrass region in the late 19th century. He is known ...

(1878–1966) * R.M.Johnst. –

Robert Mackenzie Johnston Robert Mackenzie Johnston Fellow of the Linnean Society, F.L.S., (27 November 1843 – 20 April 1918)R. L. Wettenhall,Johnston, Robert Mackenzie (1843 - 1918), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 9, Melbourne University Press, MUP, 198 ...

(1844–1918) * R.M.King –

Robert Merrill King 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 ...

(born 1930) * R.M.K.Saunders –

Richard M.K. Saunders Richard M. K. Saunders (born 1964) is a botanist. Work Among other subjects, his work has focused on the systematics and evolution of Annonaceae, a Family (biology), family of flowering plants. Legacy He is the authority for the followin ...

(born 1964) * R.Morales – Ramón Morales Valverde (born 1950) * R.Morgan – Robert Morgan (1863–1900) * R.M.Patrick –

Ruth Patrick Ruth (or its variants) may refer to: Places France * Château de Ruthie, castle in the commune of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France Switzerland * Ruth, a hamlet in Cologny United States * Ruth, Alabama * Ruth, Ark ...

(1907–2013) * R.M.Schust. – Rudolf M. Schuster (born 1921) * R.M.Sm. –

Rosemary Margaret Smith Rosemary Margaret Smith (1933–2004) was a Scottish botanist and illustrator who specialized in the taxonomy of the Zingiberaceae, or ginger family. Many of the species she classified and identified as being placed into improper genera were fou ...

(1933–2004) * R.M.Tryon – Rolla Milton Tryon, Jr. (1916–2001) * R.N.R.Br. – Robert Neal Rudmose-Brown (1879–1957) * Rob. – William Robinson (1838–1935) * Robatsch – Karl Robatsch (1929–2001) * Robbertse – Petrus Johannes Robbertse (born 1932) * Robbr. –

Elmar Robbrecht Elmar may refer to: * Elmar (given name) * Leitz Elmar, photographic lens * N. V. Elmar, Power companies of Aruba {{Disambiguation ...

(born 1946) * Roberg –

Lars Roberg Lars Roberg (4 January 1664 – 21 May 1742) was a Sweden, Swedish physician and natural science researcher. He served as a professor of anatomy and medicine at Uppsala University. Biography Roberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the ...

(1664–1742) * Robert – Gaspard Nicolas Robert (1776–1857) * Robertson – David Robertson (1806–1896) * Roberty – Guy Edouard Roberty (1907–1971) * Robyns –

Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns (1901-1986), known as Walter Robyns, was a Belgian botanist. His son, André Robyns (1935–2003), was also a botanist. Biography He received his doctorate in sciences at the University of Louvain.

(1901–1986) * Rochebr. –

Alphonse Trémeau de Rochebrune Alphonse Amédée Trémeau de Rochebrune was a French botanist, malacologist and a zoologist. He was born on 18 September 1836 in Saint-Savin, and died on 23 April 1912 in Paris. Biography The son of a curator of the Museum of Angoulême, he beca ...

(1834–1912) * Rochel –

Anton Rochel Anton Rochel (18 June 1770, in Neunkirchen – 12 May 1847, in Graz) was an Austrian surgeon and naturalist, known for his botanical investigations of Banat and the Carpathians. Up until 1798 he served as a surgeon in the Austrian army, then f ...

(1770–1847) * Rock –

Joseph Rock Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1884 – 1962) was an Austrian-American botanist, explorer, geographer, linguist, ethnographer and photographer. Life Josef Franz Karl Rock was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of a steward of a Polish count. As a r ...

(1884–1962) * Rockley – Alicia Margaret Amherst Cecil Rockley (1865–1941) * R.O.Cunn. –

Robert Oliver Cunningham Robert Oliver Cunningham (27 March 1841 – 1918) was a Scottish naturalist. Birth and early life Cunningham was born on 27 March 1841, in Prestonpans, the second son of the Rev. William Bruce Cunningham (1806–78), Free Church of Scotland minis ...

(1841–1918) * Rodd – Anthony N. Rodd (born 1940) * Rodin – Hippolyte Rodin (1829–1886) * Rodion. – Georgi Ivanovich Rodionenko (born 1913) * Rodr. – José Demetrio Rodrígues (1780–1846) * Rodrigo – América del Pilar Rodrigo ( fl. 1938–1941) * Rodway –

Leonard Rodway Leonard Rodway (5 October 1853 – 9 March 1936) was an English-born Australian dentist and botanist. Early life Rodway was born in Torquay Devon, England, the thirteenth child of Henry Barron Rodway, a dentist and inventor of the Rodway life ...

(1853–1936) * Roem. –

Johann Jacob Roemer Johann Jacob Roemer (8 January 1763, Zurich – 15 January 1819) was a physician and professor of botany in Zurich, Switzerland. He was also an entomologist. With Austrian botanist Joseph August Schultes, he published the 16th edition of Ca ...

(1763–1819) * Roezl –

Benedikt Roezl Benedikt Roezl (13 August 1824, Horoměřice u Prahy, Horomeritz (Bohemia, Austrian Empire) – 14 October 1885, Prague) was a traveller, gardener and botanist (sometimes Benedict or Benito Roezl as called by the Indians). Probably the most famous ...

(1823–1885) * Roffavier – Georges Roffavier (1775–1866) * Rogerson –

Clark Thomas Rogerson Clark Thomas Rogerson, (2 October 1918 – 7 September 2001), was an American mycologist. He was known for his work in the Hypocreales (Ascomycota), particularly ''Hypomyces'', a genus of fungi that parasitism, parasitize other fungi. After ...

(1918–2001) * Rogow. – Athanasi Semenovich Rogowicz (1812–1878) * Rohde – Michael Rohde (1782–1812) * Röhl. –

Johann Christoph Röhling Johann Christoph Röhling (27 April 1757 – 19 December 1813) was a German botanist and clergyman who was a native of Gundernhausen, a town near Darmstadt. He studied theology in Giessen, and later taught school in Frankfurt am Main. In 1792 he ...

(1757–1813) * Rohr – Julius Philip Benjamin von Rohr (1737–1793) * Rohrb. –

Paul Rohrbach Paul Rohrbach (29 June 1869 – 19 July 1956) was a Baltic Germans, Baltic German writer, concerned with politics, "world politics." He was born at Irgen manor, Raņķi parish, Skrunda Municipality, in the Courland Governorate (then part of the Ru ...

(1846–1871) * Rohwer – Jens Gunter Rohwer (born 1958) * Roiv. – Heikki Roivainen (1900–1983) * Rojas – Teodoro Rojas (1877–1954) * Rojas Acosta – Nicolás Rojas Acosta (1873–1946) * Rolfe –

Robert Allen Rolfe Robert Allen Rolfe (1855, Wilford, Nottinghamshire – 1921, Richmond, Surrey) was an English botanist specialising in the study of orchids. For a time he worked in the gardens at Welbeck Abbey. He entered Kew in 1879 and became second assistant. ...

(1855–1921) * Rolland – Léon Louis Rolland (1841–1912) * Rollins – Reed Clark Rollins (1911–1998) * Romagn. –

Henri Romagnesi Henri Charles Louis Romagnesi (7 February 1912 – 18 January 1999) was a French mycologist who was notable for a thorough review and monograph of the agaric genus ''Entoloma'' (or ''Rhodophyllus'' as it was known in the early 20th century), as w ...

(1912–1999) * Romans –

Bernard Romans Bernard Romans ( 1720–1784) was a Dutch-born navigator, surveyor, cartographer, naturalist, engineer, soldier, promoter, and writer who worked in the British American colonies and the United States. His best known work, ''A Concise Natural History ...

(c. 1720–1784) * Rondelet –

Guillaume Rondelet Guillaume Rondelet (27 September 150730 July 1566), also known as Rondeletus/Rondeletius, was Regius professor of medicine at the University of Montpellier in southern France and Chancellor of the University between 1556 and his death in 1566. He ...

(1507–1566) * Rooke –

Hayman Rooke Major Hayman Rooke (20 February 1723 – 18 September 1806) was a British soldier and antiquarian who became an antiquary on his retirement from the British Army, Army. The Major Oak is named after him. Biography Rooke was born on 20 February 17 ...

(1723–1806) * Roque – Nádia Roque ( fl. 1997) * Rosatti –

Thomas James Rosatti 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 ...

(born 1951) * Rose –

Joseph Nelson Rose Joseph Nelson Rose (January 11, 1862 – May 4, 1928) was an American botanist. He was born in Union County, Indiana. His father died serving during the Civil War when Joseph Rose was a young boy. He later graduated from high school in Liberty, ...

(1862–1928) * Rosell. – Ferdinando Rosellini (1817–1873) * Rosend. –

Carl Otto Rosendahl Carl Otto Rosendahl (1875–1956) was a botanist, whose areas of interest were mycology and spermatophytes. He both preceded and succeeded James Arthur Harris (1880–1930) as Head of the Department of Botany at the University of Minnesota. Arthur ...

(1875–1956) * Roseng. – Bernardo Rosengurtt (1916–1985) * Rosenstein (also N.Rosén) –

Nils Rosén von Rosenstein Nils Rosén von Rosenstein (11 February 1706 – 16 July 1773) was a Swedish physician. He is considered the founder of modern pediatrics, while his work ''The diseases of children, and their remedies'' is considered to be "the first modern textb ...

(1706–1773) * Rosentr. – Roger Rosentreter (born 1951) * Rosenv. –

Janus Lauritz Andreas Kolderup Rosenvinge Janus Lauritz Andreas Kolderup-Rosenvinge (10 May 1792 – 4 August 1850) was a Danish jurist and a leading historian of Danish law. He taught at the University of Copenhagen, of which he was the rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel' ...

(1858–1939) * Roshev. – Roman Julievich Roshevitz (1882-1949) * Ross – John Ross (1777–1856) * Rossi – Pietro Rossi (1738–1804) * Rossm. – Emil Adolf (Adolph) Rossmässler (1806–1867) * Rostaf. – Józef Thomasz Rostafiński (1850–1928) * Rostk. – Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Theophil Rostkovius (1770–1848) * Rostr. – Frederik Georg Emil Rostrup (1831–1907) * Rota –

Lorenzo Rota Lorenzo Rota (born 23 May 1995) is an Italian racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships, and was named in the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia. Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Mat� ...

(1819–1855) * Roth –

Albrecht Wilhelm Roth Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (6 January 1757 – 16 October 1834) was a physician and botanist born in Dötlingen, Germany. He studied medicine at the Universities of Halle and Erlangen, where he received his doctorate in 1778. After graduation, he pra ...

(1757–1834) * Rothm. –

Werner Hugo Paul Rothmaler Werner Walter Hugo Paul Rothmaler (born 20 August 1908 in Sangerhausen, died 13 April 1962 in Leipzig) was a German botanist and from 1953 until 1962 head of the Institute for Agricultural Biology of the University of Greifswald. His areas of expert ...

(1908–1962) * Rothman –

Göran Rothman Göran (Georg) Rothman (30 November 1739, in Husebybruk, Småland, Sweden – 3 December 1778, in Stockholm), was a Swedish naturalist, physician and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. His father, Johan Stensson Rothman, was a teacher of Logic ...

(1739–1778) * Rothr. – Joseph Trimble Rothrock (1839–1922) * Rothsch. – Jules Rothschild (born 1838) * Rot Schreck. – Friedrich Rot von Schreckenstein (1753–1808) * Rottb. –

Christen Friis Rottbøll Christen Friis Rottbøll (3 March 1727, at Hørbygård, Denmark – 15 June 1797, in Copenhagen) was a Danish physician and botanist: He was a pupil of Carolus Linnaeus. Early life Rottbøll was born on the Hørbygaard estate at Holbæk, the so ...

(1727–1797) * Rottler –

Johan Peter Rottler Johan Peter Rottler (June 174924 January 1836) was a French missionary and botanist, most associated with the Danish Mission in Tranquebar and later Vepery, Chennai in southern India. He was born in Strasbourg, France in 1749, and studied at th ...

(1749–1836) * Roubaud –

Émile Roubaud Émile Roubaud (2 March 1882 in Paris – 30 September 1962 in Paris) was a French biologist and entomologist known for his work on paludism, yellow fever and African trypanosomiasis, sleeping sickness. Biography In 1906-08 he worked in the ...

(1882–1962) * Roupell – Arabella Elizabeth Roupell (1817–1914) * Rourke –

John Patrick Rourke John Patrick Rourke FMLS (born 26 March 1942, in Cape Town) is a South African botanist, who worked at the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden and became curator of the Compton Herbarium. He is a specialist in the flora of the Cape Floristi ...

(born 1942) * Roush – Eva Myrtelle Roush (1886–1954) * Rousseau –

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau (, ; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolu ...

(1712–1778) * Roussel –

Henri François Anne de Roussel Henri François Anne de Roussel (11 July 1748, Saint-Bômer-les-Forges – 17 February 1812, Caen) was a French naturalist. He studied humanities and philosophy at the University of Caen, obtaining the rank of "maître ès-arts" in 1767. Afterward ...

(1747–1812) * Roux –

Jacques Roux Jacques Roux (, 21 August 1752 – 10 February 1794) was a radical Roman Catholic priest who took an active role in politics during the French Revolution. He skillfully expounded the ideals of popular democracy and classless society to crowds of ...

(1773–1822) * Rouy –

Georges Rouy Georges Rouy (2 December 1851, Paris – 25 December 1924, Asnières-sur-Seine) was a French botanist who was among the first to identify infraspecific (i.e., below the level of species) taxa, including: subspecies, varieties, and forms. Publish ...

(1851–1924) * Rowland – Verner Hawsbrook Rowland (born 1883) * Rowntree –

Lester Gertrude Ellen Rowntree Lester Gertrude Ellen Rowntree (1879–1979), a renowned field botanist and horticulturalist, was a pioneer in the study, propagation, and conservation of California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pa ...

(1879–1979) * Roxb. –

William Roxburgh William Roxburgh FRSE FRCPE Linnean Society of London, FLS (3/29 June 1751 – 18 February 1815) was a Scottish people, Scottish surgeon and botanist who worked extensively in India, describing species and working on economic botany. He is known ...

(1751–1815) * Royen –

Adriaan van Royen Adriaan van Royen (11 November 1704 in Leiden – 28 February 1779 in Leiden) was a Dutch botanist. He was a professor at Leiden University and is associated with Carl Linnaeus. He is best known for his work on flora of Southeast Asia. Adr ...

(1704–1779) * Royle –

John Forbes Royle John Forbes Royle (10 May 1798 – 2 January 1858), British botanist and teacher of materia medica, was born in Kanpur (then Cawnpore) in 1798. He was in charge of the botanical garden at Saharanpur and played a role in the development of econom ...

(1798–1858) * Roy L.Taylor – Roy Lewis Taylor (1932–2013) * Rozanova – Maria Aleksandrovna Rozanova (Maria Alexandrovna Rozanova) (1885–1957) * Rozefelds – Andrew Carl Frank Rozefelds (born 1960) * Rozier –

François Rozier Jean-Baptiste François Rozier (23 January 1734 in Saint-Nizier parish, Lyon – 28/29 September 1793 in Lyon) was a French botanist and agronomist. Life Rozier was the son of Antoine Rozier (a squire, king's counselor and provincial controll ...

(Jean-François) (1734–1793) * R.Parker –

Richard Neville Parker Richard Neville Parker (1884 - 1958) was an English botanist and forester who worked extensively in India. Publications *1921 . NW Himalayan Astragali of the subgenus Aegacantha *1924 . Botanical notes on some plants of the Kali valley *1925 . O ...

(1884–1958) * R.Patt. –

Robert Patterson Robert Patterson (January 12, 1792 – August 7, 1881) was an Irish-born United States major general during the American Civil War, chiefly remembered for inflicting an early defeat on Stonewall Jackson, but crucially failing to stop Confede ...

(born 1947) * R.P.Ellis – Roger Pearson Ellis (born 1944) * R.P.Murray –

Richard Paget Murray Richard Paget Murray (1842, Isle of Man – 1908, Shapwick, Dorset, Dorset) was an English clergyman, botanist and lepidopterist. After secondary education at King William's College, he matriculated in 1864 at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. ...

(1842–1908) * R.Pott – Reino Pott (1869–1965) * R.P.White – Richard Peregrine White (born 1896) * R.Rabev. – Raymond Rabevohitra (born 1946) * R.R.Bloxam – Richard Rowland Bloxam (1798–1877) * R.R.Haynes – Robert Ralph Haynes (born 1945) * R.Rice – Rod Rice (born 1963) * R.Ross – Robert Ross (1912–2005) * R.R.Rao – R.Raghavendra Rao (born 1945) * R.R.Scott – Robert Robinson Scott (1827–1877) * R.R.Stewart – Ralph Randles Stewart (1890–1993) * R.S.Almeida – Rafael S. Almeida ( fl. 1998) * R.Schultz – Richard Schultz (1858–1936) * R.S.Cowan –

Richard Sumner Cowan Richard Sumner Cowan (January 23, 1921 – November 17, 1997) was an American botanist. Early life Richard Sumner Cowan was born on January 23, 1921, in Crawfordsville, Indiana. His family moved to Florida and he was educated in the Tampa, Flor ...

(1921–1997) * R.S.Hill – Robert Southey Hill (born 1954) * R.S.Irving – Robert Stewart Irving (born 1942) * R.S.Rogers –

Richard Sanders Rogers Richard Sanders Rogers (2 December 1861 – 28 March 1942) was a distinguished Australian medical doctor, and world authority on Australasian orchids. He described over 80 Australian orchid species, three from New Zealand and 30 from New Guinea a ...

(1861–1942) * R.S.Wallace – Robert S. Wallace ( fl. 1997) * R.S.Williams –

Robert Statham Williams Robert Statham Williams (May 6, 1859 – March 14, 1945) was an American bryologist who specialized in the mosses of the Yukon and South America. Early life Williams was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 6, 1859. Since childhood, he had alw ...

(1859–1945) * R.T.Baker –

Richard Thomas Baker Richard Thomas Baker (1 December 1854 – 14 July 1941) was an Australian economic botanist, museum curator and educator. Early life Baker was born in Woolwich, England, son of Richard Thomas Baker, a blacksmith, and his wife Sarah, née Colkett. ...

(1854–1941) * R.T.Clausen –

Robert Theodore Clausen 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 ...

(1911–1981) * R.T.Mill. – R. T. Miller ( fl. 2012) * R.T.Veitch –

Robert Veitch Robert Toswill Veitch (1823–1885) was a member of the family of horticulturists who established the renowned family business Veitch Nurseries. Veitch was the younger son of James Veitch and grandson of John Veitch. He spent some time farmi ...

(1823–1885) * Rudall – Paula J. Rudall (born 1954) * Rudd – Velva Elaine Rudd (1910–1999) * Rudge –

Edward Rudge Edward Rudge (27 June 1763 – 1846) was an English botanist and antiquary. Life He was the son of Edward Rudge, a merchant and alderman of Salisbury, who possessed a large portion of the abbey estate at Evesham. He matriculated from Queen's ...

(1763–1846) * Rudolph – Johann Heinrich Rudolph (1744–1809) * Rudolphi –

Karl Rudolphi Karl Asmund Rudolphi (14 July 1771 – 29 November 1832) was a Swedish-born German naturalist, who is credited with being the "father of helminthology". Life Rudolphi was born in Stockholm to German parents. He was awarded his PhD in 1793 a ...

(1771–1832) * R.Uechtr. – Rudolf Friedrich von Uechtritz (1838–1886) * Ruhland – Wilhelm Otto Eugen Ruhland (1878–1960) * Ruiz –

Hipólito Ruiz López Hipólito Ruiz López (August 8, 1754 in Belorado, Burgos, Spain – 1816 in Madrid), or Hipólito Ruiz, was a Spanish botanist known for researching the floras of Peru and Chile during an expedition under Carlos III from 1777 to 1788. During t ...

(1754–1815) * Rule –

Kevin James Rule Kevin James Rule was born at Daylesford, Victoria on 9 November 1941. He was a secondary school teacher and had a particular interest in the taxonomy of Australian eucalyptus. He discovered several new species in Victoria. He is an honorary asso ...

(born 1941) * Rumph. –

Georg Eberhard Rumphius Georg Eberhard Rumphius (originally: Rumpf; baptized c. 1 November 1627 – 15 June 1702) was a German-born botanist employed by the Dutch East India Company in what is now eastern Indonesia, and is best known for his work ''Herbarium Amboinense' ...

(1628–1702) * Rümpler – Karl Theodor Rümpler (1817–1891) * Rundel – Philip Wilson Rundel (born 1943) * Rupp –

Herman Rupp Herman Montague Rucker Rupp (27 December 1872 – 2 September 1956) was an Australian clergyman and botanist who specialised in orchids. He was known throughout his life as Montague Rupp (pronounced "Rupe") and in later life as the "Orchid Man". R ...

(1872–1956) * Ruppius – Heinrich Bernard Ruppius (1688–1719) * Rupr. –

Franz Josef Ruprecht Franz Josef Ruprecht (1 November 1814 – 4 April 1870) was an Austrian-born physician and botanist active in the Russian Empire, where he was known as Frants Ivanovič Ruprekht (russian: link=no, Франц Ива́нович Ру́прехт). ...

(1814–1870) * Rusby –

Henry Hurd Rusby Henry Hurd Rusby (1855–1940) was an American botanist, pharmacist and explorer. He discovered several new species of plants and played a significant role in founding the New York Botanical Garden and developing research and exploration progra ...

(1855–1940) * Russow – Edmund August Friedrich Russow (1841–1897) * Rustan – Ovind H. Rustan (born 1954) * Rutenb. – Diedrich Christian Rutenberg (1851–1878) * Rutherf. –

Daniel Rutherford Daniel Rutherford (3 November 1749 – 15 December 1819) was a Scottish physician, chemist and botanist who is known for the isolation of nitrogen in 1772. Life Rutherford was born on 3 November 1749, the son of Anne Mackay and Professor John ...

(1749–1819) * Rutk. – Piotr Rutkowski (born 1969) * Ruysch –

Frederik Ruysch Frederik Ruysch (; March 28, 1638 – February 22, 1731) was a Dutch botany, botanist and anatomy, anatomist. He is known for developing techniques for preserving anatomical specimens, which he used to create dioramas or scenes incorporating hum ...

(1638–1731) * R.Vásquez –

Roberto Vásquez Roberto Gaspar Vásquez Ramírez (born Aug 11, 1984) is a Mexican American professional boxer who held the WBA light flyweight title from 2005 to 2006. He also held the WBA flyweight interim title from 2006 to 2007. Professional career Vásq ...

(born 1941) * R.Vig. –

René Viguier René Viguier (19 May 1880, in Paris – 17 January 1931, in Caen) was a French botanist known for his investigations of plants within the family Araliaceae. He worked as a préparateur at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle with Philippe � ...

(1880–1931) * R.V.Sm. – Raymond Vaughan Smith (born 1923) * R.Wagner –

Rudolf Wagner Rudolf Friedrich Johann Heinrich Wagner (30 July 1805 – 13 May 1864) was a German anatomist and physiologist and the co-discoverer of the germinal vesicle. He made important investigations on ganglia, nerve-endings, and the sympathetic nerves ...

(born 1872) * R.Wallis – Rannveig Wallis ( fl. 2002) * R.Warner – Robert Warner (c. 1815–1896) * R.W.Br. – Roland Wilbur Brown (1893–1961) * R.W.Darwin –

Robert Waring Darwin of Elston Robert Waring Darwin (1724–1816) of Elston Hall was an English botanist. He was the eldest son of Robert Darwin of Elston (1682–1754), a lawyer, and his wife Elizabeth Hill (1702–1797). His brothers were William Alvey Darwin (1726-1783), ...

(1724–1816) * R.W.Davis – Robert Wayne Davis (born 1959) * R.W.Jobson – Richard W. Jobson ( fl. 2007) * R.W.Long – Robert William Long (1927–1976) * R.W.Pohl – Richard Walter Pohl (1916–1993) * R.W.Wallace – Robert Whistler Wallace (1867–1955) * Rycroft –

Hedley Brian Rycroft Hedley may refer to: * Hedley, British Columbia, Canada, an unincorporated town * Hedley, Texas, United States, a city * Hedley railway station, South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia * Hedley (band), a Canadian pop-rock band formed in 2003 and named ...

(1918–1990) * Rydb. –

Per Axel Rydberg Per Axel Rydberg (July 6, 1860 – July 25, 1931) was a Swedish-born, American botanist who was the first curator of the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium. Biography Per Axel Rydberg was born in Odh, Västergötland, Sweden and emigrated to t ...

(1860–1931) * Rye –

Barbara Lynette Rye Barbara Lynette Rye is an Australian botanist born in 1952. Barbara Rye has been associated with the Western Australian Herbarium, where her work as a taxonomist has been the source of many new descriptions of plants. The number of taxa recorded ...

(born 1952) * R.Yonzone – Rajendra Yonzone ( fl. 2012) * Ryppowa – Halina w Kowalskich Ryppowa (1899–1927) * Rzed. –

Jerzy Rzedowski Jerzy Rzedowski Rotter (born December 27, 1926) is a Mexican botanist. His focus is on Mexican floristics, taxonomy, and ecology. Education and personal life He was born in Lwów, Poland (now in Ukraine) to Arnold and Ernestyna (nee Rotter) Rzed ...

(born 1926)

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