This is a list of botanists who have Wikipedia articles, in alphabetical order by surname. The List of botanists by author abbreviation is mostly a list of plant taxonomists because an author receives a standard abbreviation only when that author originates a new plant name.

Botany is one of the few sciences which has had, since the Middle Ages, substantial participation by women.

A

  • Erik Acharius (1757–1819)
  • Julián Acuña Galé (1900–1973)
  • Johann Friedrich Adam (1780–1838)
  • Carl Adolph Agardh (1785–1859)
  • Jacob Georg Agardh (1813–1901)
  • Nikolaus Ager (1568–1634)
  • William Aiton (1731–1793)
  • Frédéric-Louis Allamand (1736–1809)
  • Ruth F. Allen (1879–1963)
  • Carlo Allioni (1728–1804)
  • Lucile Allorge (b. 1937)
  • Prospero Alpini (1553–1617)
  • Benjamin Alvord (1813–1884)
  • Adeline Ames (1879–1976)
  • Janaki Ammal (1897–1984)
  • Eliza Frances Andrews (1840–1931)
  • Agnes Arber (1879–1960)
  • Giovanni Arcangeli (1840–1921)
  • David Ashton (1927–2005)
  • William Guybon Atherstone (1814–1898)
  • Anna Atkins (1799–1871)
  • Daniel E. Atha (b. 1962)
  • Armen Takhtajan (1910–2009)

B

  • Ernest Brown Babcock (1877–1954)
  • Churchill Babington (1821–1889)
  • Curt Backeberg (1894–1966)
  • James Eustace Bagnall (1830–1918)
  • Jacob Whitman Bailey (1811–1857)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858–1954)
  • Ibn al-Baitar (1197–1248)
  • Giovanni Battista Balbis (1765–1831)
  • John Hutton Balfour (1808–1884)
  • Joseph Banks (1743–1820)
  • César Barbosa (b. 1954)
  • Bryan Alwyn Barlow (b. 1933)
  • Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling (1798–1875)
  • Benjamin Smith Barton (1766–1815)
  • John Bartram (1699–1777)
  • William Bartram (1739–1823)
  • Johann Bauhin (1541–1613)
  • Gaspard Bauhin (1560–1624)
  • Chauncey Beadle (1866–1950)
  • William James Beal (1833–1924)
  • Janice C. Beatley (1919–1987)
  • Rolla Kent Beattie (1875–1960)
  • Johann Matthäus Bechstein (1757–1822)
  • Richard Henry Beddome (1830–1911)
  • Martinus Beijerinck (1851–1931)
  • David Bellamy (1933–2019)
  • Pierre Belon (1517–1564)
  • George Bentham (1800–1884)
  • Robert Bentley (1821–1893)
  • Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803–1889)
  • Karl August von Bergen (1704–1759)
  • Johann Jakob Bernhardi (1774–1850)
  • Edward W. Berry (1875–1945)
  • Antonio Bertoloni (1775–1869)
  • Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser (1784–1842)
  • Clarence Bicknell (1842–1918)
  • Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein (1768–1826)
  • Jacob Bigelow (1787–1879)
  • John Milton Bigelow (1804–1878)
  • Gustaf Johan Billberg (1772–1844)
  • Gottlieb Wilhelm Bischoff (1797–1854)
  • Johannes Bisse (1935–1984)
  • Francisco Manuel Blanco (1779–1845)
  • John Bradby Blake (1745–1773)
  • William Faris Blakely (1875–1941)
  • Andrew Bloxam (1801–1878)
  • Carl Ludwig Blume (1796–1862)
  • Tyge W. Böcher (1909–1983)
  • Jane Haskett Bock
  • Hieronymus Bock (1498–1554)
  • Herman Boerhaave (1668–1738)
  • Wenceslas Bojer (1795–1856)
  • Henry Nicholas Bolander (1831–1897)
  • Harry Bolus (1834–1911)
  • August Gustav Heinrich von Bongard (1786–1839)
  • Charles Bonnet (1720–1793)
  • Aimé Bonpland (1773–1858)
  • Francis Boott (1792–1863)
  • Evelyn Booth (1897–1988)
  • Attila Borhidi (b. 1932)
  • Antonina Georgievna Borissova (1903–1970)
  • Frederik Børgesen (1866–1956)
  • David Bowman (1838–1868)
  • Richard Bradley (1688–1732)
  • Alexander Braun (1805–1877)
  • John Patrick Micklethwait Brenan (1917–1985)
  • William Henry Brewer (1828–1910)
  • Samuel Elisée Bridel-Brideri (1761–1828)
  • Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel (1776–1854)
  • Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (1858–1934)
  • Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859–1934)
  • Giovanni Battista Brocchi (1772–1826)
  • Adolphe Theodore Brongniart (1801–1876)
  • Nicholas Edward Brown (1849–1934)
  • Robert Brown (1773–1858)
  • Patrick Browne (1720–1790)
  • Jeremy James Bruhl (b. 1956)
  • Louis-Ovide Brunet (1826–1876)
  • Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762–1829)
  • Alexander von Bunge (1803–1890)
  • Elsa Beata Bunge (1734–1819)
  • Luther Burbank (1849–1926)
  • Frederick William Burbidge (1847–1905)
  • William John Burchell (1781–1863)
  • Alan Burges (1911–2002)
  • David Burke (1854–1897)
  • Joseph Burke II (1812–1873)
  • Johannes Burman (1707–1780)
  • Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734–1793)
  • Elizaveta Aleksandrovna Busch (1886–1960)
  • Maarten Buysman (1856–1919)

C

  • Cleofé Caldéron (1929–2007)
  • Albert Callay (1822–1896)
  • George Caley (1770–1829)
  • Ella Orr Campbell (1910–2003)
  • Rudolf Jakob Camerarius (1665–1721)
  • Aimée Antoinette Camus (1879–1965)
  • Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (A. P. de Candolle) (1778–1841)
  • Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle (A. de Candolle) (1806–1893)
  • Richard Émile Augustin de Candolle (Aug. de Candolle) (1868–1920)
  • J. F. M. Cannon (1930–2008)
  • Sherwin Carlquist (1930–2021)
  • Cedric Errol Carr (1892–1936)
  • Elie-Abel Carrière (1818–1896)
  • George Washington Carver (1864–1943)
  • Henri Cassini (1781–1832)
  • William Casson (1796–1886)
  • Antonio José Cavanilles (1745–1804)
  • Andrea Cesalpino (1524–1603)
  • Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838)
  • Daniel Chamovitz (b. 1963)
  • Pierre Gaspard Chaumette (1763–1794)
  • Wan Chun Cheng (1908–1987)
  • Henry Chesterton (1837–1883)
  • Carl Christensen (1872–1942)
  • Joseph Philippe de Clairville (1742–1830)
  • Arthur Roy Clapham (1904–1990)
  • Lynn G. Clark (b. 1956)
  • Adrienne Clarke (b. 1938)
  • Gertrude Clarke Nuttall (1867–1929)
  • Jens Clausen (1891–1969)
  • Jane Colden (1724–1766)
  • Runar Collander (1894–1973)
  • Peter Collinson (1694–1768)
  • Charles Coltman-Rogers (1854–1929)
  • Philibert Commerçon (1727–1773)
  • Joseph Whipple Congdon (1834–1910)
  • Valerius Cordus (1515–1544)
  • Giacomo Antonio Cortuso (1513–1603)
  • Arthur Disbrowe Cotton (1879–1962)
  • Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz (1722–1799)
  • Arthur Cronquist (1919–1992)
  • José Cuatrecasas (1903–1996)
  • Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654)
  • Francesco Cupani (1657–1710)
  • Ed Currie (b. 1963)
  • Charles Curtis (1853–1928)
  • William Curtis (1746–1799)
  • Pierre Cusson (1727–1783)

D

  • Anders Dahl (1751–1789)
  • Antoine-Tristan Danty d'Isnard (1663–1743)
  • John M. Darby (1804–1877)
  • Frederick Hamilton Davey (1868–1915)
  • Armand David (1826–1900)
  • Walter Davis (1847–1930)
  • Anton de Bary (1831–1888)
  • Joseph Decaisne (1807–1882)
  • Ethel de Fraine (1879–1918)
  • Pierre Jean Marie Delavay (1834–1895)
  • Jules Paul Benjamin Delessert (1773–1847)
  • Stefano delle Chiaje (1794–1860)
  • Giuseppe De Notaris (1805–1877)
  • René Louiche Desfontaines (1750–1833)
  • Narcisse Henri François Desportes (1776–1856)
  • Louis Auguste Joseph Desrousseaux (1753–1838)
  • Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (1784–1856)
  • Johann Jacob Dillenius (1684–1747)
  • Kurt Dinter (1868–1945)
  • Pedanius Dioscorides ( 40–90)
  • Kingsley Dixon (b. 1954)
  • Rembert Dodoens (1517–1585)
  • David Don (1799–1841)
  • George Don (1798–1856)
  • James Donn (1758–1813)
  • Catharina Helena Dörrien (1717–1795)
  • David Douglas (1799–1834)
  • John Dransfield (b. 1945)
  • Robert Louis Dressler (1927–2019)
  • Jonas C. Dryander (1748–1810)
  • Heber Drury (1819–1905)
  • Jean Étienne Duby (1798–1885)
  • Antoine Nicolas Duchesne (1747–1827)
  • William Russell Dudley (1849–1911)
  • Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier (1797–1878)
  • Michel Felix Dunal (1789–1856)
  • Ursula Katherine Duncan (1910–1985)
  • Stephen Troyte Dunn (1868–1938)
  • Robert Allen Dyer (1900–1987)

E

  • Michael Pakenham Edgeworth (1812–1881)
  • Henrik Franz Alexander von Eggers (1844–1903)
  • Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795–1876)
  • Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart (1742–1795)
  • Eva Ekeblad (1724–1786)
  • Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher (1804–1849)
  • George Engelmann (1809–1884)
  • Adolf Engler (1844–1930)
  • Andrey Erst
  • Katherine Esau (1898–1997)
  • Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz (1793–1831)
  • Constantin von Ettingshausen (1826–1897)
  • Eleonora Gabrielian (b. 1929)

F

  • David Fairchild (1869–1954)
  • Hugh Falconer (1808–1865)
  • Reginald Farrer (1880–1920)
  • Lewis J. Feldman (b. 1945)
  • Luigi Fenaroli (1899–1980)
  • Merritt Lyndon Fernald (1873–1950)
  • Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer (1782–1854)
  • Heinrich Gustav Flörke (1764–1835)
  • Pius Font i Quer (1888–1964)
  • Peter Forsskål (1732–1763)
  • Georg Forster (1754–1794)
  • Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798)
  • Robert Fortune (1812–1880)
  • Henry Georges Fourcade (1865–1948)
  • Adrien René Franchet (1834–1900)
  • William Douglas Francis (1889–1959)
  • John C. Frémont (1813–1890)
  • Elias Magnus Fries (1794–1878)
  • Imre Frivaldszky (1799–1870)
  • Charles Christopher Frost (1805–1880)
  • Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566)
  • Heinrich Christian Funck (1771–1839)
  • Catherine Furbish (1834–1931)

G

  • Eleonora Gabrielian (b. 1929)
  • Joseph Gaertner (1732–1791)
  • Karl Friedrich von Gaertner (1772–1850)
  • Betsy Harrison Gagne (1947–2020)
  • François Gagnepain (1866–1952)
  • Ernest Edward Galpin (1858–1941)
  • George Alexander Gammie (1864–1934)
  • James Alexander Gammie (1839–1924)
  • Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré (1789–1854)
  • Alwyn Howard Gentry (1945–1993)
  • Howard Scott Gentry (1903–1993)
  • John Gerard (1545–1612)
  • Conrad von Gesner (1516–1565)
  • Luca Ghini (1490–1556)
  • Ken Gillanders (b. 1930)
  • Charles Henry Gimingham (1923–2018)
  • Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748–1804)
  • Johann Georg Gmelin (1709–1755)
  • Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin (1744–1774)
  • Hossein Gol-e-Golab (1895–1985)
  • George Gordon (1806–1879)
  • Antoine Gouan (1733–1821)
  • Asa Gray (1810–1888)
  • Netta Elizabeth Gray (1913–1970)
  • Robert Kaye Greville (1794–1866)
  • Nehemiah Grew (1641–1712)
  • William Griffith (1810–1845)
  • Jan Frederik Gronovius (1690–1762)
  • Wilhelm Gueinzius (1813–1874)
  • Hugo Gunckel Lüer (1901–1997)
  • Johann Ernst Gunnerus (1718–1773)
  • Giovanni Gussone (1787–1866)
  • Francis Guthrie (1831–1899)
  • Guranda Gvaladze (1932–2020)

H

  • Ingebrigt Severin Hagen (1852–1917)
  • Olaf Hagerup (1889–1961)
  • Hiroshi Hara (1911–1986)
  • Thora Hardy (1902–1993)
  • Inez M. Haring (1875–1968)
  • Robert Almer Harper (1862–1946)
  • Cornelia Hermina van Harreveld-Lako (1883–1945)
  • Karl Theodor Hartweg (1812–1871)
  • William Henry Harvey (1811–1866)
  • Adrian Hardy Haworth (1767–1833)
  • John Stevens Henslow (1796–1861)
  • Augustine Henry (1857–1930)
  • Vernon Heywood (1927–2022)
  • Mary MacLean Hindmarsh (1921–2000)
  • Adriana Hoffmann (1940–2022)
  • Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg (1766–1849)
  • Henri Homblé (1883–1921)
  • Henrietta Hooker (1851–1929)
  • Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911)
  • William Jackson Hooker (1785–1865)
  • Josiah Hoopes (1832–1904)
  • Albert Howard (1873–1947)
  • Gabrielle Howard (1876–1930)
  • Armando Theodoro Hunziker (1919–2001)
  • John Hutchinson (1884–1972)

I

  • Agnes Ibbetson (1757–1823)
  • Jane Ingham (1897–1982)
  • Keisuke Ito (1803–1901)

J

  • Vello Jaaska (b. 1936)
  • Vilve Jaaska (fl. 1990)
  • Victor Jacquemont (1801–1832)
  • Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727–1817)
  • Joseph Franz von Jacquin (1766–1839)
  • Shri Mohan Jain (b. 1949)
  • Knud Jessen (1884–1971)
  • Wilhelm Johannsen (1857–1927)
  • Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson (1925–1997)
  • Ivan Murray Johnston (1898–1960)
  • Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (1797–1853)
  • Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748–1836)
  • Antoine de Jussieu (1686–1758)
  • Bernard de Jussieu (1699–1777)

K

  • Kaibara Ekiken (1630–1714)
  • Guillermo Kalbreyer (1847–1912)
  • Pehr Kalm (1716–1779)
  • Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten (1817–1908)
  • Kailas Nath Kaul (1905–1983)
  • Sir Frederick Keeble (1870–1952)
  • Albert Kellogg (1813–1887)
  • George Clayton Kennedy (1919–1980)
  • Alice L. Kibbe (1881–1969)
  • Franz Kiggelaer
  • Kanhoba Ranchoddas Kirtikar (1849–1917)
  • Masao Kitagawa (1910–1995)
  • Karl Koch (1809–1879)

L

  • Jacques Labillardière (1755–1834)
  • Hans Lambers (1950–)
  • Dorothy van Dyke Leake (1893–1990)
  • Lars Levi Laestadius (1800–1861)
  • Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744–1829)
  • Aylmer Bourke Lambert (1761–1842)
  • Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux (1779–1825)
  • Gerhard Lang (1924–2016)
  • Kai Larsen (1926–2012)
  • Joseph Bory Latour-Marliac (1830–1911)
  • Charles de l'Écluse (1526–1609)
  • Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour (1773–1826)
  • Emmanuel Liais (1826–1900)
  • John Lindley (1799–1865)
  • Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767–1851)
  • Carlos Adolfo Lehnebach
  • Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778)
  • Carolus Linnaeus the Younger (1741–1783)
  • William Richardson Linton (1850–1908)
  • Pablo de la Llave (1773–1833)
  • David Lloyd (1937–2006)
  • Thomas Lobb (1817–1894)
  • William Lobb (1809–1864)
  • George Loddiges (1784/1786–1846)
  • Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps (1774–1849)
  • Harri Lorenzi (b. 1949)
  • A.S. Losina-Losinskaja (1903–1958)
  • John Claudius Loudon (1782–1843)
  • Alice Lounsberry (1868–1949)
  • Elias Lönnrot (1802–1884)
  • Hedvig Lovén (1867–1943)
  • Hans Christian Lyngbye (1782–1837)

M

  • William McCalla (1814–1849)
  • Elizabeth McClintock (1912–2004)
  • John M. MacDougal (b. 1954)
  • Terry Desmond Macfarlane (b. 1953)
  • Elke Mackenzie (1911–1990)
  • John Macoun (1831–1920)
  • Peter MacOwan (1830–1909)
  • Rogers McVaugh (1909–2009)
  • Aime Mäemets (1930–1996)
  • Pierre Magnol (1638–1715)
  • Joseph Maiden (1859–1925)
  • Marcello Malpighi (1628–1694)
  • Gustav Mann (1836–1916)
  • Charles Maries (1851–1902)
  • Jesse Jarue Mark (1906–1971)
  • Rudolf Marloth (1855–1931)
  • Humphry Marshall (1722–1801)
  • William Keble Martin (1877–1969)
  • Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794–1868)
  • John Martyn (1699–1768)
  • Genkei Masamune (1899–1993)
  • Francis Masson (1741–1805)
  • Austin Mast (b. 1972)
  • Carl Maximowicz (1827–1891)
  • Friedrich Kasimir Medikus (1738–1808)
  • Gregor Mendel (1822–1884)
  • Giuseppe Giovanni Antonio Meneghini (1811–1889)
  • Archibald Menzies (1754–1842)
  • Konstantin Merezhkovsky (1855–1921)
  • Franz Meyen (1804–1840)
  • Carl Anton von Meyer (1795–1855)
  • André Michaux (1746–1802)
  • Pier Antonio Micheli (1679–1737)
  • John Miller (1715–c.1792)
  • Philip Miller (1691–1771)
  • Charles Frederick Millspaugh (1854–1923)
  • Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811–1871)
  • Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel (1776–1854)
  • John Mitchell (1711–1768)
  • Conrad Moench (1744–1805)
  • Hugo von Mohl (1805–1872)
  • Charles Theodore Mohr (1824–1901)
  • Paul Möhring (1710–1792)
  • Camille Montagne (1784–1866)
  • George Thomas Moore (1871–1956)
  • Giuseppe Moretti (1782–1853)
  • Giuseppe Giacinto Moris (1796–1869)
  • Robert Morison (1620–1683)
  • Elizabeth Carrington Morris (1795-1865)
  • Józef Motyka (1900–1984)
  • Valiollah Mozaffarian (born 1953)
  • Ferdinand von Mueller (1825–1896)
  • Cornelius Herman Muller (1909–1997)
  • Otto von Münchhausen (1716–1774)

N

  • Karl Wilhelm von Nageli (1817–1891)
  • P. K. K. Nair (1930–2017)
  • George Valentine Nash (1864–1921)
  • Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776–1858)
  • Charles F. Newcombe (1851–1924)
  • Frank Newhook (1918–1999)
  • Margaret Newton (1887–1971)
  • Louis Nicolas (1634–1682?)
  • Daniel Lee Nickrent (b. 1956)
  • Emilia Frances Noel (1868–1950)
  • Thomas Nuttall (1786–1859)

O

  • Carl Hansen Ostenfeld (1873–1931)
  • Daniel Oliver (1830–1916)
  • Garcia de Orta (1501–1568)
  • Giuseppe Olivi (1769–1795)
  • William Oakes (botanist) (1799–1848)

P

  • Alf Erling Porsild (1901–1977)
  • Carl Borivoj Presl (1794–1852)
  • Charles Christopher Parry (1823–1890)
  • Charles Plumier (1646–1704)
  • Christian Hendrik Persoon (1761–1836)
  • Cyrus Pringle (1838–1911)
  • Donald C. Peattie (1898–1964)
  • Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798–1868)
  • Eduard Pospichal (1838–1905)
  • Edward Palmer (1829–1911)
  • Filippo Parlatore (1816–1877)
  • Flora Wambaugh Patterson (1847–1928)
  • Frederick Traugott Pursh (1774–1820)
  • George E. Post (1838–1909)
  • George R. Proctor (1920–2015)
  • Ghillean Prance (b. 1937)
  • Henri François Pittier (1857–1950)
  • Henri Perrier de la Bâthie (1873–1958)
  • Herman Silas Pepoon (1860–1941)
  • Illtyd Buller Pole-Evans (1879–1968)
  • Isaac-Bénédict Prévost (1755–1819)
  • James Petiver (c. 1665–c. 1718)
  • Jan Svatopluk Presl (1791–1849)
  • Jean Louis Marie Poiret (1755–1834)
  • Jean-Marie Pelt (1933–2015)
  • Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779–1851)
  • Josif Pancic (1814–1888)
  • Joseph Hubert Priestley (1883–1944)
  • Karl Julius Perleb (1794–1845)
  • Leonard Plukenet (1641–1706)
  • Louis Alexandre Henri Joseph Piré (1827–1887)
  • Ludwig Preiss (1811–1883)
  • Michael Proctor (1929–2017)
  • Morten Pedersen Porsild (1872–1956)
  • Nathanael Pringsheim (1823–1894)
  • Ove Paulsen (1874–1947)
  • Palisot de Beauvois (1752–1820)
  • Paul Petard (1912–1980)
  • Paul Émile de Puydt (1810–1891)
  • Peter Simon Pallas (1741–1811)
  • Pliny the Elder (23/24–79)
  • Richard Pearce (c. 1835–1868)
  • Rodolfo Amando Philippi (1808–1904)
  • Ruth Patrick (1907–2013)
  • Thomas Conrad Porter (1822–1901)
  • William Hunt Painter (1835–1910)
  • William Paterson (1755–1810)
  • William Purdom (1880–1921)
  • Ciro Pollini (1782–1833)

Q

  • Agnes J. Quirk (1884–1974)

R

  • Achille Richard (1794–1852)
  • Albert Ernest Radford (1918–2006)
  • Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (1757–1834)
  • Antoine Risso (alias: Antonio Giuseppe Risso) (1777–1845)
  • Augustus Quirinus Rivinus (1652–1723)
  • Christen C. Raunkiær (1860–1938)
  • Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1738–1840)
  • Elizabeth Seymour Rawlinson (1901–1942)
  • Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns (1901–1986)
  • Gabriele Rabel (1880–1963)
  • Georg Eberhard Rumphius (1627–1702)
  • Gustaf Otto Rosenberg (1872–1948)
  • Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen (1873–1943)
  • Harold E. Robinson (1932–2020)
  • Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1823–1889)
  • Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855–1956)
  • Johann Jacob Roemer (1763–1819)
  • John Ralfs (1807–1890)
  • John Ray (1627–1705)
  • José Manuel Restrepo Vélez (1781–1863)
  • Joseph Rock (1884–1962)
  • Julien Reverchon (1837–1905)
  • Lauritz Kolderup Rosenvinge (1858–1939)
  • Lincoln Ware Riddle (1880–1921)
  • Louis Claude Richard (1754–1821)
  • Ludwig Reichenbach (1793–1879)
  • Oliver Rackham (1939–2015)
  • Per Axel Rydberg (1860–1931)
  • Peter H. Raven (1936–2026)
  • Thekla Resvoll (1871–1948)
  • Tony Rodd (b. 1940)
  • Werner Rothmaler (1908–1962)
  • William Roxburgh (1751–1815)

S

  • Joseph Sabine (1770–1837)
  • Julius von Sachs (1832–1897)
  • József Sadler (1791–1849)
  • Thiodolf Saelan (1834–1921)
  • Augustin Saint-Hilaire (1779–1853)
  • Edward James Salisbury (1886–1978)
  • Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761–1829)
  • Richard Sanders Rogers (1861–1942)
  • Gaetano Savi (1769–1844)
  • Charles Sprague Sargent (1841–1927)
  • Henry Parker Sartwell (1792–1867)
  • William Saunders (1822–1900)
  • Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740–1799)
  • Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1856–1901)
  • Christian Schkuhr (1741–1811)
  • Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (1794–1866)
  • Rudolf Schlechter (1872–1925)
  • Matthias Jakob Schleiden (1804–1881)
  • George Schoener (1864–1941)
  • Selmar Schonland (1860–1940)
  • Heinrich Wilhelm Schott (1794–1865)
  • Heinrich Schrader (1767–1836)
  • Franz von Paula Schrank (1747–1835)
  • Josef August Schultes (1773–1831)
  • Christian Friedrich Schwägrichen (1775–1853)
  • Ian Schwartz
  • Georg August Schweinfurth (1836–1925)
  • Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723–1788)
  • Berthold Carl Seemann (1825–1871)
  • Prideaux John Selby (1788–1867)
  • Jean Senebier (1742–1806)
  • Nicolas Charles Seringe (1776–1858)
  • Martín Sessé y Lacasta (1751–1808)
  • John Adolph Shafer (1863–1918)
  • Carl Sharsmith (1903–1994)
  • Helen Sharsmith (1905–1982)
  • George Shaw (1751–1813)
  • Alice Albertson Shurrocks (1880 - 1967)
  • Shen Kuo (1031–1095)
  • John Sibthorp (1758–1796)
  • Franz Sieber (1789–1844)
  • Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796–1866)
  • Thomas Robertson Sim (1858–1938)
  • Cuthbert John Skead (1912–2006)
  • John Kunkel Small (1869–1938)
  • Mikhail Nikolaevich Smirnov (1847–1892)
  • Christo Albertyn Smith (1898–1956)
  • Edith Philip Smith (1897–1976)
  • James Edward Smith (1759–1828)
  • Johannes Jacobus Smith (1867–1947)
  • Winifred Smith (1858–1925)
  • Lumina Cotton Riddle Smyth (1871–1939)
  • Daniel Solander (1733–1782)
  • Otto Wilhelm Sonder (1812–1881)
  • Pierre Sonnerat (1748–1814)
  • Effie A. Southworth (1860–1947)
  • Roger David Spencer (b. 1945)
  • Kurt Sprengel (1766–1833)
  • Richard Spruce (1817–1893)
  • Herman Spöring (1733–1771)
  • Clive Stace (b. 1938)
  • Agustín Stahl (1842–1917)
  • Elvin C. Stakman (1885–1979)
  • Paul Carpenter Standley (1884–1963)
  • G. Ledyard Stebbins (1906–2000)
  • Berthold Stein (1847–1899)
  • Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709–1746)
  • Kaspar Maria von Sternberg (1761–1838)
  • Julian Alfred Steyermark (1909–1988)
  • Jonathan Stokes (c. 1755–1831)
  • Eduard Strasburger (1844–1912)
  • George Bishop Sudworth (1864–1927)
  • Su Song (1020–1101)
  • Olof Swartz (1760–1818)
  • Simon Syrenius (1540–1611)

T

  • Hisayoshi Takeda (aka Takeda Hisayoshi) (1883–1972)
  • Armen Takhtajan (1910–2009)
  • Arthur Tansley (1871–1955)
  • Ignaz Friedrich Tausch (1793–1848)
  • John Templeton (1766–1825)
  • Michele Tenore (1780–1861)
  • Theophrastus (c. 371–c. 287 BC)
  • William Turner Thiselton-Dyer (1843–1928)
  • Graham Stuart Thomas (1909–2003)
  • William Thompson (1805–1852)
  • George Thomson (1819–1878)
  • Robert Folger Thorne (1920–2015)
  • Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars (1758–1831)
  • Carl Peter Thunberg (1743–1828)
  • Agostino Todaro (1818–1892)
  • John Torrey (1796–1873)
  • Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656–1708)
  • John Tradescant the elder (c. 1570s–1638)
  • John Tradescant the younger (1608–1662)
  • Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter (1809–1889)
  • Carl Bernhard von Trinius (1778–1844)
  • Mikhail Tsvet (1872–1919)
  • Edward Tuckerman (1817–1886)
  • William Turner (1509/10–1568)
  • Tom Tutin (1908–1987)

U

  • Bernardino da Ucria (1739–1796)
  • Lucien Marcus Underwood (1853–1907)
  • Ignatz Urban (1848–1931)

V

  • Martin Vahl (1749–1804)
  • Sébastien Vaillant (1669–1722)
  • David H. Valentine (1912–1987)
  • Ina Vandebroek
  • Domenico Vandelli (1735–1816)
  • Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh (b. 1952)
  • Nikolai Vavilov (1887–1943)
  • Harry Veitch (1840–1924)
  • John Gould Veitch (1839–1870)
  • Peter Veitch (1850–1929)
  • Romina Vidal-Russell
  • Dominique Villars (1745–1814)
  • Domenico Viviani (1772–1840)
  • Mikhail Stepanovich Voronin (1838–1903)

W

  • Warren H. Wagner (1920–2000)
  • Göran Wahlenberg (1780–1851)
  • Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein (1759–1823)
  • George Arnott Walker-Arnott (1799–1868)
  • Nathaniel Wallich (1786–1854)
  • Gustav Wallis (1830–1878)
  • Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Wallroth (1792–1857)
  • E. F. Warburg (1908–1966)
  • Harry Marshall Ward (1854–1906)
  • Eugenius Warming (1841–1924)
  • Sereno Watson (1826–1892)
  • William Watson (1715–1787)
  • Wang Wencai (1926–2022)
  • Heinrich Wawra von Fernsee (1831–1887)
  • Randy Wayne (biologist) (b. 1955)
  • Philip Barker Webb (1793–1854)
  • Georg Heinrich Weber (1752–1828)
  • Christian Ehrenfried Weigel (1748–1831)
  • Friedrich Welwitsch (1806–1872)
  • George Stephen West (1876–1919)
  • William West (1848–1914)
  • William West Jr (1875–1901)
  • Herbert Hice Whetzel (1877–1944)
  • August Wilhelm Eberhard Christoph Wibel (1775–1814)
  • Lilly Wigg (1749–1828)
  • Johan Emanuel Wikström (1789–1856)
  • Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765–1812)
  • Ernest Henry Wilson (1876–1930)
  • William Withering (1741–1799)
  • Anthony Hurt Wolley-Dod (1861–1948)
  • Alphonso Wood (1810–1881)
  • John Medley Wood (1827–1915)
  • Charles Wright (1811–1885)
  • Franz Xavier von Wulfen (1728–1805)
  • Heinrich Wullschlägel (1805–1864)
  • Heinrich Wydler (1800–1883)
  • Ben-Erik van Wyk (b. 1956)

X

  • Hu Xiansu (1894–1968)

Y

  • Gennady Yakovlev (1938–2024)

Z

  • Milton Zaitlin (1927–2016)
  • Kadir Zakirovič Zakirov (1906–1992)
  • Giovanni Zanardini (1804–1878)
  • Amparo de Zeledón (1870–1951)
  • Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (1799–1858)
  • Daniel Zohary (1926–2016)
  • Michael Zohary (1898–1983)
  • Scott Zona (b. 1959)
  • Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini (1797–1848)
  • Joy Zedler (b. 1943)

See also

  • List of women botanists
  • List of botanists by author abbreviation
  • List of authors of South African botanical taxa
  • List of gardener-botanist explorers of the Enlightenment
  • List of Hungarian botanists
  • List of Russian biologists
  • List of Slovenian botanists