List of authors of South African botanical taxa explained

List of authors of South African botanical taxa is a list of authors who have named South African plants and the standard abbreviations used for those authors in the botanical literature.

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

The major groups are

• S - Spermatophytes/Phanerogams (flowering plants and gymnosperms)
• M - Fungi and Lichens (Mycology)
• A - Algae
• P - Pteridophytes
• B - Bryophytes
• F - Fossils
• L - Pre-Linnaean (from ')
• C - Cryptogamic (from ')

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

A Robert Stephen Adamson (1885–1965) S ........ Adamson Adam Afzelius (1750–1837) M, P, S ........ Afzel. William Aiton (1731–1793) P, S ........ Aiton Ove Almborn (1914–1992) M ........ Almb. Arthur Hugh Garfit Alston (1902–1958) P, S ........ Alston John Graham Anderson (1926–1970) S ........ J.G.Anderson Thomas Anderson (1832–1870) S ........ T.Anderson William Anderson (1750–1778) S ........ W.Anderson Nils Johan Andersson (1821–1880) P, S ........ N.J.Andersson Eily Edith Agnes Archibald (1916-) S ........ Archibald R.E.M. Archibald (1940-) A ........ R.E.M.Archibald Edward Armitage (1822–1906) S ........ Arm. Trevor Henry Arnold (1947-) S ........ T.H.Arnold George Arnott Walker-Arnott (1799–1868) A, P, M, S ........ Arn. Edwin Ashby (1861–1941) S ........ Ashby Andre Aubreville (1897–1982) S ........ Aubrév. B Franz Ewald Theodor Bachmann (1850–1937) B, M ........ Bachm. James Backhouse (1794–1869) P, S ........ Backh. Himansu Baijnath (1943-) S ........ Baijnath Henri Ernest Baillon (1827–1895) B, M, P, S ........ Baill. Hugh Arthur Baker (1896–1976) S ........ H.A.Baker Joseph Banks (1743–1820) S ........ Banks Arthur S. Barclay (1932-) S ........ A.S.Barclay Winsome Fanny Barker (1907-) S ........ W.F.Barker Thomas Theodore Barnard (1898–1983) A, S ........ Barnard John Barrow (1764–1848) S ........ Barrow Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling (1798–1875) S ........ Bartl. Ferdinand Lukas Bauer (1760–1826) S ........ F.L.Bauer Martin Bruce Bayer (1935-) S ........ M.B.Bayer John Stanley Beard (1916-) S ........ Beard Odoardo Beccari (1843–1920) A, M, P, S ........ Becc. Thomas W. Naylor Beckett (1838–1906) B ........ Beckett Charles Paulus Belanger (1805–1881) B, M, P, S ........ Bél. Arthur Bennett (1843–1929) S ........ A.Benn. George Bentham (1800–1884) M, P, S ........ Benth. Cornelius C. Berg (1934-) S ........ C.C.Berg Otto Karl (Carl) Berg (1815–1866) S ........ O.Berg Ernst Friedrich Berger (1814–1853) S ........ Berger Karl Heinrich Bergius (1790–1818) S ........ K.Bergius Johann Jakob Bernhardi (1774–1850) B, M, P, S ........ Bernh. Antonio Bertoloni (1775–1869) A, B, M, P, S ........ Bertol. John William Bews (1884–1938) S ........ Bews Peter Johan Bladh (1746–1816) S ........ Bladh Ralph Anthony Blakelock (1915–1963) S ........ Blakelock Carl Magnus Blom (1737–1815) S ........ Blom Carl Ludwig Blume (1796–1862) B, M, P, S ........ Blume Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810–1885) M, P, S ........ Boiss. Louis Hyacinthe Boivin (1808–1852) S ........ Boivin Carl (Karl) August Bolle (1821–1909) B, P, S ........ Bolle Frank Bolus (1870–1945) S ........ F.Bolus Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus née Kensit (1877–1970) S ........ L.Bolus Harry Bolus (1834–1911) S ........ Bolus Joseph (Jean) Edouard Bommer (1829–1895) M, P, S ........ J.Bommer Pauline Bond (1917-2010) S ........ Bond Aime Jacques Alexandre Bonpland (1773–1858) A, P, S ........ Bonpl. Leonard Alfred Boodle (1865–1941) A, S ........ Boodle Jan Justus Bos (1939-) S ........ Bos Averil Maud Bottomley (1889-1984) M ........ Bottomley Charles Boucher (1944-) S ........ C.Boucher James Bowie (1789–1869) S ........ Bowie Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp (1888–1984) P, S ........ Bremek. John Patrick Micklethwait Brenan (1917–1985) P, S ........ Brenan Johann Christian Breutel (1788–1875) B, S ........ Breutel Lillian Louisa Britten (1886–1952) S ........ L.L.Britten Adolphe Theodore (de) Brongniart (1801–1876) A, B, F, M, P, S ........ Brongn. Nicholas Edward Brown (1849–1934) A, S ........ N.E.Br. Robert Brown (1773–1858) B, M, P, S ........ R.Br. Eileen Adelaide Bruce (1905–1955) S ........ E.A.Bruce Jean Guillaume Bruguiere (1750–1798) S ........ Brug. Richard Kenneth Brummitt (1937-) S ........ Brummitt Josef Brunnthaler (1871–1914) A, B ........ Brunnth. Peter Vincent Bruyns (1957-) S ........ Bruyns John Buchanan (1819–1898) B, S ........ Buchanan Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762–1829) P, S ........ Buch.-Ham. Arthur Allman Bullock (1906–1980) S ........ Bullock Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809–1886) S ........ Bunbury William John Burchell (1781–1863) B, P, S ........ Burch. Johannes Burman (1707–1779) P, S ........ Burm. (Maximilian) Karl Ewald Burret (1883–1964) S ........ Burret Brian Laurence Burtt ('Bill') (1913-) S ........ B.L.Burtt Joseph Burtt Davy (1870–1940) S ........ Burtt Davy C George Caley (1770–1829) S ........ Caley Jacques Cambessèdes (1799–1863) B, S ........ Cambess. Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806–1893) S ........ A.DC. Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1836–1918) S ........ C.DC. Sherwin Carlquist (1930-) S ........ Carlquist Dugald Carmichael (1772–1827) A, M, P, S ........ Carmich. Cedric Errol Carr (1892–1936) S ........ Carr François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau (1802–1880) S ........ Castelnau Ludolf Karl Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838) A, B, P, S ........ Cham. Ernest Entwistle Cheesman (1898-) S ........ Cheesman Auguste Jean Baptiste Chevalier (1873–1956) B, P, S ........ A.Chev. Emilio Chiovenda (1871–1941) A, B, P, S ........ Chiov. Lucy Katherine (Kathleen) Armitage Chippindall (1913–1992) S ........ Chippind. Bela Jeno Cholnoky (1899–1972) A ........ Cholnoky Hugh (Harold) Basil Christian (1871–1950) S ........ Christian Martha Isabella Claassen (1931-) A ........ Claassen Charles Baron Clarke (1832–1906) P, S ........ C.B.Clarke Leslie Edward Wostall Codd (1908–1999) S ........ Codd Hester Coetzee (1945-) S ........ Coetzee Desmond Thorne Cole (1922-2018^[1]) S ........ D.T.Cole (John) William Colenso (1811–1899) B, M, P, S ........ Colenso Robert Harold Compton (1886–1979) A, P, S ........ Compton Paul Conrath (1861–1931) S ........ Conrath Francois Marie Louis Corbiere (1850–1941) B, S ........ Corb. Edred John Henry Corner (1906-) M, S ........ Corner Léon Camille Marius Croizat (1894–1982) S ........ Croizat D Rolf Dahlgren (1932–1987) S ........ R.Dahlgren Ivan Robert Dale (1904–1963) S ........ Dale William Dallimore (1871–1959) S ........ Dallim. William Dampier (1652–1715) L ........ Dampier Lynette Elizabeth Davidson (1916–1996) S ........ L.E.Davidson Jean Odon Debeaux (1826–1910) M, S ........ Debeaux Joseph Decaisne (1807–1882) A, P, S ........ Decne. Ellen Marion Delf (1883–1980) A ........ Delf Alire Raffeneau Delile (1778–1850) A, B, M, P, S ........ Delile Bernard M. Descoings (fl. 1967) S......................Desc. Rene Louiche Desfontaines (1750–1833) A, B, M, P, S ........ Desf. Miriam Phoebe de Vos (1912-) S ........ M.P.de Vos Johannes Marthinus Jacob de Wet (1927-) S ........ de Wet Emile August(e) Joseph De Wildeman (1866–1947) M, P, S ........ De Wild. Bernard de Winter (1924-) S ........ De Winter Gordon Parker DeWolf (1927-) S ........ DeWolf Didrik Ferdinand Didrichsen (1814–1887) S ........ Didr. Friedrich Ludwig Emil Diels (1874–1945) B, P, S ........ Diels Moritz Kurt Dinter (1868–1945) S ........ Dinter Barend Jacobus Dippenaar (1902-) M ........ Dippen. Ethel Doidge (1887–1965) M ........ Doidge David Don (1799–1841) M, P, S ........ D.Don George Don (1798–1856) B, P, S ........ G.Don Emmanuel Drake del Castillo (1855–1904) P, S ........ Drake Carl Friedrich (Charles Frederick) Drège (1791–1867) S ........ C.F.Drège Jean Francois (Johann Franz) Drège (1794–1881) A, B, S ........ Drège George Claridge Druce (1850–1932) P, S ........ Druce Robert Bailey Drummond (1924-) S ........ R.B.Drumm. Denise van Druten (1930-) S ........ Druten Marcel Marie Maurice Dubard (1873–1914) S ........ Dubard Noëlle Dumaz-le-Grand (fl. 1953) S ........ Dumaz-le-Grand Richard Arnold Dümmer (1887–1922) S ........ Dümmer Edward John Dunn (1844–1937) S ........ E.J.Dunn Stephen Troyte Dunn (1868–1938) P, S ........ Dunn Stephanus Johannes du Plessis (1908-) M ........ du Plessis Hein Johannes During (1947-) B ........ During Augusta Vera Duthie (1881–1963) B, P, S ........ A.V.Duthie Alexander Logie du Toit F ........ A.L.du Toit Petrus (Pierre) Cornelis Vermeulen Du Toit (1945-) S ........ Du Toit Robert Allen Dyer (1900–1987) S ........ R.A.Dyer William Turner Thiselton-Dyer (1843–1928) P, S ........ Dyer E Christian Friedrich (Frederik) Ecklon (1795–1868) S ........ Eckl. Albert Eicker (1935-) M ........ Eicker Joan Elffers (1928-) (=Mrs Munday) S ........ Elffers George Francis Scott-Elliot (1862–1934) S ........ G.Elliot Roger Pearson Ellis (1944-) S ........ R.P.Ellis Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher (1804–1849) A, B, F, M, P, S ........ Endl. Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (1844–1930) A, B, M, P, S ........ Engl. Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz (1793–1831) S ........ Eschsch. Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen (1912–2006) S ........ Esterh. Maurice Smethurst Evans (1854–1920) S ........ M.S.Evans William Edgar Evans (1882–1963) S ........ W.E.Evans Arthur Wallis Exell (1901–1993) S ........ Exell F Arthur Robert Fairall (1920–1970) S ........ Fairall David Fairchild (1869–1954) S ........ D.Fairchild Abilio Fernandes (1906–1994) S ........ A.Fern. Rosette Mercedes Saraiva Batarda Fernandes (1916–2005) P, S ........ R.Fern. Francisco Manoel Carlos de Mello de Ficalho (1837–1903) S ........ Ficalho Adriano Fiori (1865–1950) M, P, S ........ Fiori Helena Madelain Lamond Forbes (1900–1959) S ........ H.M.L.Forbes John Forbes (1798–1823) S ........ Forbes Peter Forsskål (1732–1763) A, P, S ......Forssk. Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798) S ........ J.R.Forst. Henry Georges Fourcade (1865–1948) S ........ Fourc. Eugene Pierre Nicolas Fournier (1834–1884) P, S ........ E.Fourn. Paul Victor Fournier (1877–1964) P, S ........ P.Fourn. Robert O. Fournier A ........ R.O.Fourn. Millicent Franks (=Mrs Flanders)(1886–1961) S ........ Franks Johannes Frenzel A ........ Frenzel Johann Baptist Georg (George) Wolfgang Fresenius (1808–1866) A, M, S ........ Fresen. Klas Robert Elias Fries (1876–1966) M, P, S ........ R.E.Fr. Thore Christian Elias Fries (1886–1930) M, S ........ T.C.E.Fr. Ib Friis (1945-) S ........ Friis Felix Eugen Fritsch (1832–1893) A ........ F.E.Fritsch G Ernest Edward Galpin (1858–1941) S ........ Galpin Star Garabedjan (1895–1978) S ........ Garab. Christian August Friedrich Garcke (1819–1904) S ........ Garcke Sidney Garside (1889–1961) B ........ Garside Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupre (1789–1854) A, B, M, P, S ........ Gaudich. Howard Scott Gentry (1903-) S ........ Gentry Gerrit Germishuizen (1950-) S ........ Germish. William Tyrer Gerrard (-1866) P, S ........ Gerrard Jacob Gerstner (1888–1948) S ........ Gerstner Birenda Nath Ghose (1885–1983) S ........ Ghose Johan Wilhelm Heinrich Giess (1910-) S ........ Giess Malcolm Hutchison Giffen (1902-) A ........ Giffen Ernest Friedrich Gilg (1867–1933) S ........ Gilg Jan Bevington Gillett (1911-) S ........ J.B.Gillett Margaret Clark Gillett (1878–1962) S ........ Gillett Hamish Boyd Gilliland (1911–1965) S ........ Gilliland Hugh Francis Glen (1950-) S ........ Glen Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748–1804) A, B, M, P, S ........ J.F.Gmel. Wouter Adriaan Goddijn (1884–1960) P, S ........ Goddijn Karl Christian Traugott Friedemann Goebel (1794–1851) S ........ Goebel Peter Goldblatt (1943-) S ........ Goldblatt Antonie Petrus Gerhardus Goossens (1896–1972) S ........ Gooss. Kathleen Dixon Huntley Gordon-Gray (1918-) B, S ........ Gordon-Gray Gerhard Jacobus Marinus Anne Gorter (1913-) M ........ G.J.M.Gorter Constantine Goulimis (1886–1963) S ........ Goulimis Hans Rudolph Jurke Grau (1937-) S ........ Grau Percy James Greenway (1897–1980) S ........ Greenway Leopold Hartley Grindon (1818–1904) S ........ Grindon B.H. Groenewald S ........ Groenew. Valery Ivanovich Grubov (1917-) P, S ........ Grubov Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemin (1796–1842) A, P, S ........ Guill. Georg Julius Ernst Gurich (1859–1938) A, F ........ Gürich Robert Louis August Maximilian Gürke (1854–1911) S ........ Gürke Francis Guthrie (1831–1899) S ........ Guthrie Louise Guthrie (1879–1966) S ........ L.Guthrie H Norbert Hahn (1966-) S ........ N.Hahn Anthony Vincent Hall (1936-) S ........ A.V.Hall Harry Hall (1906–1986) S ........ Harry Hall Lisabel Irene Hall (née Booysen)(fl. 1984) S ........ L.I.Hall Ove Juel Hansen (1945-) S ........ O.J.Hansen Thomas Hardwicke (1757–1835) S ........ Hardw. David Spencer Hardy (1931-) S ........ D.S.Hardy Hermann August Theodor Harms (1870–1942) S ........ Harms Errol Rhodes Harrison (1925-) S ........ E.R.Harrison Heidrun Elsbeth Klara Hartmann (née Osterwald) (1942-) S ........ H.E.K.Hartmann William Henry Harvey (1811–1866) A, B, M, S ........ Harv. Johan Coenraad van Hasselt (1797–1823) M, S ........ Hasselt Adrian Hardy Haworth (1768–1833) S ........ Haw. Friedrich Gottlob Hayne (1763–1832) S ........ Hayne Hermann Heino Heine (1922-) P, S ........ Heine William Botting Hemsley (1843–1924) A, P, S ........ Hemsl. Mayda Doris Henderson (1928-) S ........ M.D.Hend. Murray Ross Henderson (1899–1982) S ........ M.R.Hend. Esmee Franklin Hennessy (fl. 1986) S ........ Hennessy Charles Louis L'Heritier de Brutelle (1746–1800) P, S ........ L'Hér. Paul Hermann (Dutch 1646–1695) L ........ Herm. Adolar Gottlieb Julius Herre (1895–1979) S ........ A.G.J.Herre Florence Ellen Hewitt (1910–1979) A ........ Hewitt William Philip Hiern (1839–1925) B, S ........ Hiern Olive Mary Hilliard (née Hillary)(1925–2022) S ........ Hilliard Albert Spear Hitchcock (1865–1935) P, S ........ Hitchc. Benedict Pierre Georges Hochreutiner (1873–1959) S ........ Hochr. Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter (1787–1860) A, M, P, S ........ Hochst. Christian Gottlob Ferdinand von Hochstetter (1829–1884) S ........ C.G.F.Hochst. Walter Hendricks Hodge (1912-) P, S ........ Hodge Kathe(Kaethe) Hoffmann (1883–c.1931) S ........ K.Hoffm. Karl August Otto Hoffmann (1853–1909) S ........ O.Hoffm. Edward Morell Holmes (1843–1930) A, S ........ Holmes Ove Arbo Hoeg (1898-) A, F, M ........ Hoeg Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911) A, B, M, P, S ........ Hook.f. William Jackson Hooker (1785–1865) A, B, M, P, S ........ Hook. A.J.Ward Hornby (1893-) A ........ Hornby David Hornby (fl. 1977) M ........ D.Hornby Claës Fredrik Hornstedt (1758–1809) S ........ Hornst. Gottfried Eduard Huber-Pestalozzi (1877–1966) A ........ Hub.-Pest. Jean-Henri Humbert (1887–1967) P, S ........ Humbert John Hutchinson (1884–1972) S ........ Hutch. I Hans-Dieter Ihlenfeldt (1932-) S ........ Ihlenf. Kathleen Leonore Immelman (1955-) S ........ Immelman Collingwood Ingram (1880–1981) S ........ Ingram Edward George Irving (1816–1855) S ........ Irving Frances Margaret (Leighton) Isaac (1909-) S ........ Isaac William Edwyn Isaac (1905-) A ........ W.E.Isaac J William Jack (1795–1822) S ........ Jack Marius Jacobs (1929–1983) S ........ M.Jacobs Niels Henning Gunther Jacobsen (1941-) P, S ........ N.Jacobsen Werner Bahne Georg Jacobsen (1909-) P, S ........ W.Jacobsen Amy Jacot Guillarmod (1911–1992) M, S ........ Jacot Guill. Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727–1817) A, B, M, P, S ........ Jacq. John Peter Jessop (1939-) P, S ........ Jessop Wouter Johannes Jooste (1933-) M ........ Jooste Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (1797–1853) S ........ A.Juss. K Cornelis Kalkman (1928–1998) S ........ Kalkman (Maria) Caroline Karsten (1902-) S ........ M.C.Karst. Ronald William John Keay (1920–1998) S ........ Keay John Bellenden Ker Gawler (1764-1842) ........ Ker Gawl Lars Erik Kers (1931-) M, S ........ Kers Pauline Kies (=Mrs Bohnen)(1918-1999) S ........ Kies Donald Joseph Boomer Killick (1926-) S ........ Killick John William Carnegie Kirk (1878–1962) S ........ J.W.C.Kirk Thomas Kirk (1828–1898) P, S ........ Kirk Friedrich Wilhelm Klatt (1825–1897) A ........ Klatt Anthonia Kleinhoonte (1887–1960/1) S ........ Kleinhoonte Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (1805–1860) M, P, S ........ Klotzsch Emil Friedrich Knoblauch (1864–1936) S ........ Knobl. Karl Heinrich Emil Koch (1809–1879) P, S ........ K.Koch Johann Gerhard Konig (1728–1785) B, M, P, S ........ J.König Friedrich August Körnicke (1828–1908) M, P, S ........ Körn. Karl Georg Theodor Kotschy (1813–1866) B, S ........ Kotschy Richard Kräusel (1890–1966) A, B, F, M ........ Kräusel Christian Ferdinand Friedrich von Krauss (1812–1890) A, B, S ........ C.Krauss Johan Carl Krauss (1759–1826) S ........ Krauss Georg Ludwig Engelhard Krebs (1792–1844) S ........ Krebs Heinrich Kuhl (1796–1821) M, S ........ Kuhl Otto Carl Ernst Kuntze (1843–1907) A, B, F, M, P, S ........ Kuntze Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz (1834–1878) P, S ........ Kurz L Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardiere (1755–1834) A, M, P, S ........ Labill. Carl von Linnaeus (1707–1778) A, B, M, P, S ........ L. Herman Johannes Lam (1892–1977) B, P, S ........ H.J.Lam Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de Lamarck (1744–1829) A, M, P, S ........ Lam. Joseph Lanjouw (1902–1984) S ........ Lanj. Elaine Margaret Laughton (née Young)(1898–1974) M ........ Laughton

Mary Gwendolene Lavis (=Mrs O'Connor-Fenton)(1902-) S ........ Lavis John Jacob Lavranos (1926–2018) S ........ Lavranos Leslie Charles Leach (1909–1996) S ........ L.C.Leach Anthonius Josephus Maria Leeuwenberg (1930-) S ........ Leeuwenb. Johann Georg Christian Lehmann (1792–1860) A, B, P, S ........ Lehm. Friedrich Ernst Leibold (1804–1864) S ........ Leibold Frances Margaret Leighton (=Mrs WE Isaac)(1909–2006) S ........ F.M.Leight. Otto Albrecht Leistner (1931-) S ........ Leistner Charles Antoine Lemaire (1801–1871) P, S ........ Lem. François Mathias René Leprieur (1799–1869) M, P, S ........ Lepr. Stephanus Francois Le Roux (1915–1976) F ........ Le Roux Christian Friedrich Lessing (1809–1862) A, M, S ........ Less. Pierre Adolphe Lesson (1805–1888) S ........ A.Lesson Cythna Lindenberg Letty (1895–1985) S ........ Letty Carl Tore Christian Levring (1913–1980) A ........ Levring Margaret Rutherford Bryan Levyns (née Michell)(1890–1975) S ........ Levyns Gwendoline Joyce Lewis (1909–1967) S ........ G.J.Lewis Martin Heinrich Karl von Lichtenstein (1780–1857) S ........ Licht. Gustav Lindau (1866–1923) M, P, S ........ Lindau Johann Bernhard Wilhelm Lindenberg (1781–1851) A, B, S ........Lindenb. Hans Peter Linder (1954-) S ........ H.P.Linder Ray/Roy Charles Littlewood (1924–1967) S ........ Littlew. Ludwig Eduard Theodor Loesener (1865–1941) S ........ Loes. E.E.M. Loock (1905–1973) S ........ Loock Giuseppe Lopriore (1865–1928) S ........ Lopr. Johannes Paulus Lotsy (1867–1931) M, P, S ........ Lotsy Joao de Loureiro (1717–1791) A, B, P, S ........ Lour. Carl August Luckhoff (1914–1960) S ........ C.A.Lückh. Hilmar Albert Luckhoff (1916-) S ........ H.A.Lückh. Wilhelm Jan Lutjeharms (1907–1983) M, S ........ Lütjeh. M Peter MacOwan (1830–1909) M, S ........ MacOwan Wessel Marais (1929-) S ........ Marais Charles Dwight Marsh (1855–1932) S ........ Marsh Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794–1868) A, M, P, S ........ Mart. Maxwell Tylden Masters (1833–1907) P, S ........ Mast. Alan Percy Douglas McClean (1902-) S ........ McClean James McGibbon (fl. 1848–1864) S ........ McGibb. Mark Johnston McKen (1823–1872) P, S ........ McKen Patrick Gordon McNeil (1908–1986) S ........ McNeil Robert Earle Magill (1947-) B, S ........ Magill Wessel Marais (1929-) S ........ Marais Walter Friedrich Otto Marasas (1941-) M, S ........ Marasas Erika Irene Markotter (1905~06–1983) S ........ Markötter Hermann Wilhelm Rudolf Marloth (1855–1931) S ........ Marloth Judith Anne Marsh (=Mrs Hutchings)(1951-) S ........ J.A.Marsh Francis Masson (1741–1805) S ........ Masson Joseph (`Jimmy') William Mathews (1871–1949) S ........ J.W.Mathews Adrianus Dirk Jacob Meeuse (1914-) S ........ A.Meeuse Robert Desmond Meikle (1923-) S ........ Meikle Carl Daniel Friedrich Meisner (1800–1874) S ........ Meisn. Archibald Menzies (1754–1842) B, P, S ........ Menzies Elmer Drew Merrill (1876–1956) M, P, S ........ Merr. Hermann Merxmüller (1920–1988) M, S ........ Merxm. Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer (1791–1858) B, S ........ E.Mey. Paul Gerhard Meyer (1934-) S ........ P.G.Mey. Carl Christian Mez (1866–1944) S ........ Mez Margaret Rutherford Michell (=Mrs Levyns) A ........ Michell John Miers (1789–1879) P, S ........ Miers Gottfried Wilhelm Johannes Mildbraed (1879–1954) B, P, S ........ Mildbr. Oliphant Bell Miller (1882–1966) S ........ O.B.Mill. Edgar Wolston Bertram Handsley Milne-Redhead (1906-) S ........ Milne-Redh. Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811–1871) A, B, M, P, S ........ Miq. Philip Miller (1691–1771) S ........ Mill. Charles Francois Brisseau de Mirbel (1776–1854) B, P, S ........ Mirb. David Searle Mitchell (1935-) P, S ........ D.S.Mitch. Rodney Oliver Moffett (1937-) S ........ Moffett Albert Oliver Dean Mogg (1886–1979) S ........Mogg Spencer Le Marchant Moore (1850–1931) S ........ S.Moore Henry Nottidge Moseley (1844–1890) S ........ H.Moseley Charles Edward Moss (1870–1930) S ........ Moss Margaret Moss (née Heatley)(1885–1953) S ........ M.Moss P.J. Muller (fl. 1973) M ........ P.J.Mull.bis Johannes (Jean) Muller Argoviensis (1828–1896) A, B, M, P, S ........ Müll.Arg. Dietrich Muller-Doblies (1938-) S ........ D.Müll.-Doblies Ute Muller-Doblies (1938-) S ........ U.Müll.-Doblies Johannes Ludwig Leopold Mund (1791–1831) S ........ Mund N Gustav Hermann Nachtigal (1834–1885) S ........ Nacht. Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776–1858) A, B, M, P, S ........ Nees Gert Cornelius Nel (1885–1950) S ........ Nel David Nelson) (-1789) S ........ Nelson (David) James Niven (1774–1826)/(1776–1828) S ........ Niven Rune Bertil Nordenstam (1936-) S ........ B.Nord. Nils Tycho Norlindh (1906-) S ........ Norl. O Anna Amelia Obermeyer (1907–2001) P, S ........ Oberm. Henrik Bernard Oldenland (1663–1697) L ........ Oldenl. Daniel Oliver (1830–1916) P, S ........ Oliv. Edward George Hudson Oliver (1938-) S ........ E.G.H.Oliv. Pehr Osbeck (1723–1805) M, S ........ Osbeck P Jorge Americo Rodrigues Paiva (1933-) S ........ Paiva Max Cilliers Papendorf (1917-) M ........ Papendorf George Frederick(Frederik) Papenfuss (1903–1981) A ........ Papenf. Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Pappe (1803–1862) P, S ........ Pappe Richard Neville Parker (1884–1958) S ........ R.Parker William Paterson (1755–1810) S ........ Paterson Ferdinand Albin Pax (1858–1942) S ........ Pax Arthur Anselm Pearson (1874–1954) M ........ A.Pearson Henry Harold Welch Pearson (1870–1916) S ........ H.Pearson George(Georges Guerrard) Samuel Perrottet (1793–1870) S ........ Perr. Pauline Lesley Perry (1927-) S ........ P.L.Perry Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1761–1836) A, M, S ........ Pers. Bo-Hagard Peterson (1918–1990) S ........ B.Peterson Johann Joseph Peyritsch (1835–1889) M, S ........ Peyr. Edwin Percy Phillips (1884–1967) S ........ E.Phillips Marcel Pichon (1921–1954) A, S ........ Pichon Barendina Jacoba Pienaar (1926-) S ........ B.J.Pienaar Richard N. Pienaar (1942-) A ........ Pienaar Gustav Robert Pieper (fl. 1908) S ........ G.Piep. Neville Stuart Pillans (1884–1964) S ........ Pillans Jules Emile Planchon (1823–1888) P, S ........ Planch. Darrel Charles Herbert Plowes (fl. 1986) S ........ Plowes Edna Pauline Plumstead (1903-1989) F ........Plumst. Mary Agard Pocock (1886–1977) A ........ Pocock Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798–1868) M, P, S ........ Poepp. Jean Louis Marie Poiret (1755–1834) A, B, M, P, S ........ Poir. Illtyd Buller Pole-Evans (1879–1968) M, S ........ Pole-Evans Roger Marcus Polhill (1937-) S ........ Polhill Elizabeth Powrie (1925–1977) S ........ Powrie David Prain (1857–1944) A, P, S ........ Prain Johann August Ludwig Preiss (1811–1883) S ........ L.Preiss Richard Chandler Alexander Prior (1809–1902) S ........ Prior Christian Puff (1949-) S ........ Puff K.M. Putterill (fl. 1954)(=Mrs Abbott) M ........ K.M.Putterill V.A. Putterill (fl. 1919) M ........ V.A.Putterill R Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer (1829–1927) A, M, S ........ Radlk. Paul Theodor Range (1879–1952) S ........ Range Werner Rauh (1913-) B, P, S ........ Rauh Rawson William Rawson (1812–1899) P ........ Rawson Burkhardt Reber (1848–1926) S ........ Reber Eduard August von Regel (1815–1892) B, M, P, S ........ Regel Sigmund Eugen Adolf Rehm (1911-) S ........ S.E.A.Rehm Anton Rehmann (1840–1917) B, S ........ Rehmann Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (1773–1854) B, P, S ........ Reinw. Alfred Barton Rendle (1865–1938) A, P, S ........ Rendle Elizabeth Retief (1947-) S ........ Retief William Frederick Reyneke (1945-) S ........ Reyneke Gilbert Westacott Reynolds (1895–1967) S ........ Reynolds Achille Richard (1794–1852) A, B, M, P, S ........ A.Rich. Petrus Johannes Robbertse (1932-) S ........ Robbertse Colin Charles Robertson (-1946) S ........ C.Robertson Norman Keith Bonner Robson (1928-) S ........ N.Robson Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns (1901–1986) B, S ........ Robyns Johann Jakob Roemer (1763–1819) P, S ........ Roem. Frederick Arundel Rogers (1876–1944) S ........ F.A.Rogers William Moyle Rogers (1835–1920) S ........ W.M.Rogers Justo P. Rojo (1935-) S ........ Rojo Robert Allen Rolfe (1855–1921) S ........ Rolfe James Henderson Ross (1941-) S ........ J.H.Ross Johan Peter Rottler (1749–1836) S ........ Rottler Arabella Elizabeth Roupell (1817–1914) S ........ Roupell John Patrick Rourke (1942-) S ........ Rourke Jacobus Petrus Roux (1954-) P, S ........ J.P.Roux William Roxburgh (1751–1815) P, S ........ Roxb. Hedley Brian Rycroft (1918–1990) S ........ Rycroft S Terence Macleane Salter (1883–1969) S ........ T.M.Salter Henry Frederick Conrad Sander (1847–1920) P, S ........ Sander John Sanderson (1820~21-1881) S ........ Sand. Carl Heinrich Schultz (1805–1867) S ........ Sch.Bip. Hans Conrad Schellenberg (1872–1923) A, M, S ........ Schellenb. Edmund Andre Charles Lois Eloi Schelpe (1924–1985) B, F, P, S ........ Schelpe Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1856–1901) A, B, S ........ A.Schimp. Wilhelm Philippe Schimper (1808–1880) A, B, F, M, S ........ Schimp. Hans Schinz (1858–1941) P, S ........ Schinz Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (1794–1866) M, P, S ........ Schltdl. Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (1872–1925) S ........ Schltr. Hans-Joachim Eberhardt Schlieben (1902–1975) S ........ Schlieb. Ferdinand Reynold Schoeman (1943-) A ........ Schoeman Selmar Schonland (1860–1940) S ........ Schönland Johann Lucas Schonlein (1793–1864) S ........ Schönl. Carl Joseph Schroter (1855–1939) A, S ........ Schröt. Josef (Joseph) August Schultes (1773–1831) B, S ........ Schult. Karl Moritz Schumann (1851–1904) A, B, P, S ........ K.Schum. Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes Schweickerdt (1903–1977) S ........ Schweick. Georg August Schweinfurth (1836–1925) P, S ........ Schweinf. Charles Leslie Scott (1913–2001) S ........ C.L.Scott George Francis Scott-Elliot (1862–1934) M, S ........ Scott-Elliot John Scouler (1804–1871) S ........ Scouler Stanley Charles Seagrief (1927–1995) A ........ Seagrief Berthold Carl Seemann (1825–1871) B, P, S ........ Seem. Karl Otto von Seemen (1838–1910) S ........ Seemen Homer LeRoy Shantz (1876–1958) A, S ........ Shantz John Shaw (1837–1890) B ........ J.Shaw Franz(e) Wilhelm Sieber (1789–1844) B, P ........ Sieber Thomas Robertson Sim (1856–1938) B, P, S ........ Sim Richard Harold Simons (1928-) A ........ Simons John Sims (1749–1831) S ........ Sims Christo Albertyn Smith (1898–1956) S ........ C.A.Sm. Gerald Graham Smith (1892–1976) S ........ G.G.Sm. Jan Christiaan Smuts (1870–1950) S ........ Smuts Thomas Robert Soderstrom (1936–1987) S ........ Soderstr. Daniel Carl Solander (1733–1782) A, S ........ Sol. Hans Solereder (1860–1920) S ........ Soler. Otto Wilhelm Sonder (1812–1881) A, B, S ........ Sond. Pierre Sonnerat (1748–1814) S ........ Sonn. Édouard Spach (1801–1879) P, S ........ Spach Anders Sparrman (1748–1820) S ........ Sparrm. Curt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1766–1833) A, B, M, P, S ........ Spreng. William Stanger (1811–1854) S ........ Stanger Otto Stapf (1857–1933) B, S ........ Stapf Hans Ulrich Stauffer (1929–1965) S ........ Stauffer Sydney Margaret Stent (1875–1942) S ........ Stent Edith Layard Stephens (1884–1966) A, M, S ........ Stephens Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel (1783–1856) A, B, M, P, S ........ Steud. Joyce L. Stewart (née Tucker)(1936-) S ........ J.L.Stewart Charles Howard Stirton (1946-) S ........ C.H.Stirt. Bertha M. Stoneman (1866–1943) M ........ Stoneman Robert Story (1913–1999) S ........ Story Rudolf Georg Strey (1907–1988) S ........ Strey Per Arne Krister Strid (1943-) S ........ Strid Haring Johannes Swart (`Harry') (1922–1993) M ........ H.J.Swart Robert Sweet (1783–1835) P, S ........ Sweet Charles Francis Massey Swynnerton (1877–1938) S ........ Swynn. Ignaz von Szyszylowicz (1857–1910) B, P, S ........ Szyszyl[Polish l]. T Patrick Henry Brabazon Talbot (1919–1979) M ........ P.H.B.Talbot Jiro Tanaka (1950-) A ........ Ji.Tanaka Paul Hermann Wilhelm Taubert (1862–1897) P, S ........ Taub. George Taylor (1904-1993) S ........ G.Taylor William Randolph Taylor (1895–1990) A ........ W.R.Taylor Johannes Jacobus Theron (1905-) S ........ Theron David Thoday (1883–1964) S ........ Thoday (Hans) Justus Thode (1859–1932) S ........ Thode Mary Fraser Thompson (=Mrs Rand)(1941–1982) S ........ M.F.Thomps. Peter Thonning (1775–1848) S ........ Thonn. Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars (1793–1864) S ........ A.Thouars Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars (1758–1831) P, S ........ Thouars Carl Peter Thunberg (1743–1828) A, B, M, P, S ........ Thunb. Helmut Richard Toelken (1939-) S ........ Toelken Antonio Rocha da Torre (1904-) S ........ Torre Hamilton Paul Traub (1890–1983) S ........ Traub Jose Jeronimo Triana (1834–1890) P, S ........ Triana Wilhelm Triebner (1883–1957) S ........ Triebner Roland Trimen (1840–1916) S ........ R.Trimen Georges M.D.J. Troupin (1923-) S ........ Troupin Louis René Tulasne (1815–1885) M, S ........ Tul. Billie Lee Turner (1925-) S ........ B.L.Turner William Bertram Turrill (1890–1961) S ........ Turrill William Tyson (1851–1920) A ........ Tyson U Noel Rosa Urton (née Bryant)(fl. 1986) S ........ Urton V Martin (Henrichsen) Vahl (1749–1804) A, B, M, P, S ........ Vahl Paul Andries Van der Byl (1888–1939) M ........ Van der Byl Frederick Ziervogel Van der Merwe (1894–1968) S ........ Van der Merwe Jacoba Johanna Maria Van der Merwe (1946-) S ........ J.J.M.van der Merwe Johannes Jacobus Adriaan Van der Walt (1938-) S ........ J.J.A.van der Walt Gideon Christiaan Albertus Van der Westhuizen (fl. 1956) M ........ Van der Westh. Ernst Jacobus Van Jaarsveld (1953-) S ........ Van Jaarsv. Abraham Erasmus van Wyk (1952-) S ........ A.E.van Wyk Georg Carl Wilhelm Vatke (1849–1889) S ........ Vatke Jose Mariano da Conceicao Vellozo (1742–1811) P, S ........ Vell. Etienne Pierre Ventenat (1757–1808) M, P, S ........ Vent. Hendrik Johannes Tjaart Venter (1938-) S ........ Venter S. Venter (fl. 1988) S ........ S.Venter Bernard Verdcourt (1925-) P, S ........ Verdc. Frans Verdoorn (1906–1984) B, P, S ........ Verd. Inez Clare Verdoorn (1896–1989) S ........ I.Verd. Len Verwoerd (fl. 1924) M ........ Verwoerd Eugène Vieillard (1819–1896) P, S ........ Vieill. L.G.Alexandre Viguier (1790–1867) S ........ Vig. Otto Heinrich Volk (1903-) B, S ........ O.H.Volk Kaj Borge Vollesen (1946-) S ........ Vollesen Pieter Johannes Vorster (1945-) P, S ........ Vorster W Horace Athelstan Wager (1876–1951) B ........ Wager Vincent Athelstan Wager (1904-) M, S ........ V.A.Wager Johann August Wahlberg (1810–1856) S ........ J.Wahlb. Marion Meason Walgate (=Mrs McNae)(1914-) S ........ Walgate Nathaniel Wallich (olim Nathan Wolff)(1786–1854) P, S ........ Wall. Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers (1816–1853) S ........ Walp. Heinrich (Karl) Walter (1898-) S ........ H.K.Walter Otto Warburg (1859–1938) P, S ........ Warb. Alma May Waterman (1893-) M ........ Waterman William Watson (1858–1925) S ........ W.Watson John Mitchell Watt (1892–1980) S ........ J.M.Watt Heinrich Wawra (1831–1887) P, S ........ Wawra Anna Weber-Van Bosse (née van Bosse)(1852–1942) S ........ A.A.Weber-van Bosse Hugh Algernon Weddell (1819–1877) M, S ........ Wedd. August Henning Weimarck (1903–1980) S ........ Weim. Henry Welsh (1906–1967) A ........ Welsh Friedrich Martin Josef Welwitsch (1806–1872) M, P, S ........ Welw. Erich Werdermann (1892–1959) M, S ........ Werderm. Fritz (Friedrich) Wettstein (1895–1945) A, B, M, P, S ........ F.Wettst. Louis Cutter Wheeler (1910–1980) S ........ L.C.Wheeler Frank White (1927-) S ........ F.White Gerald Ernest Wickens (1927-) S ........ Wickens Delbert Wiens (1932-) S ........ Wiens Robert Wight (1796–1872) S ........ Wight Ernst Wilczek (1867–1948) M, P, S ........ Wilczek Hiram Wild (1917–1982) S ........ Wild Carl Ludwig von Willdenow (1765–1812) A, M, P, S ........ Willd. Ion James Muirhead Williams (1912-) S ........ I.Williams Friedrich Wilms (1848–1919) B, S ........ F.Wilms Ernest Henry Wilson (1876–1930) S ........ E.H.Wilson Eduard Winkler (1799-) S ........ Winkl. Anthony Hurt Wolley-Dod (1861–1948) S ........ Wolley-Dod John Medley Wood (1827–1915) S ........ J.M.Wood Wilson Crosfield Worsdell (1867–1957) S ........ Worsd. Charles Wright (1811–1885) P, S ........ C.Wright Charles Henry Wright (1864–1941) A, P, S ........ C.H.Wright William Wright (1735–1819) S ........ W.Wright Andrew Wyley (1820-) S ........ Wyley Ben-Erik van Wyk (1956) A ........ B.E.Wyk Y Ralph George Norwood Young (1904–1979) S ........ R.G.N.Young Z Alexander Zahlbruckner (1860–1938) M, S ........ Zahlbr. Carl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (1799–1858) S ........ Zeyh. Eduard Meine van Zinderen-Bakker (1907–2002) B, M ........ Zind.-Bakker

See also

• List of botanists by author abbreviation
• International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants

References

• Book: Stafleu. Frans Antonie . Cowan. Richard S. . Taxonomic literature: a selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types. 1976. Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema. 9789031302246.

Further reading

• Book: Brummitt. R. K. . Powell. C. E. . Authors of Plant Names. 1992. Royal Botanic Gardens. 978-1-84246-085-6.
• Book: Clarke. Hugh Gascoyne . Charters. Michael . The Illustrated Dictionary of Southern African Plant Names. 2016. Jacana. 978-1-4314-2443-6.
• Book: Mabberley, D. J. . The Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants. registration. 846. 1997. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-41421-0.

External links

• Wikispecies catalogue of taxon authorities

Notes and References

1. Web site: Professor D.T. Cole (1922 - 2018) . Sunday Standard . https://web.archive.org/web/20181216225516/http://www.sundaystandard.info/professor-dt-cole-1922-2018 . dead . 16 December 2018 . 16 December 2018.