List of Irish plant collectors

This article is a list of historical Irish plant collectors. An important part of taxonomy and botany is the collection of samples from different locales.


 * John Ball (1818–1889), first president Alpine Club, 1858–1860
 * Evelyn Booth (1897–1988), parts of her collection are in the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
 * Patrick Browne, doctor and botanist in Jamaica
 * Thomas Coulter (1793–1843), collected plants in North and Latin America
 * Lady Charlotte Wheeler Cuffe (née Williams) (1867–1967)
 * Michael Pakenham Edgeworth (1812–1881), born in Edgeworthstown, County Longford; namesake of genus Edgeworthia
 * Eugene Fitzalan (1830–1911), born in Derry; collector, nurseryman, and poet
 * Robert D. FitzGerald (1830–1892), born in Tralee; botanist, artist, collector; collected orchids
 * Dr. A. Gogarty, sent plants, seeds, orchids, ferns and bulbs to the Irish National Botanic Gardens
 * William Henry Harvey (1811–1866), born in Limerick, collected plants in South Africa 1848–66
 * Augustine Henry
 * James Keys (1841–1916), born in Irvinestown, County Fermanagh
 * Edward Madden, from Kilkenny
 * John Madden (1837–1902), Clones, County Monaghan; claimed in his North American expeditions to have introduced the Douglas fir
 * Robert Patterson (1802–1872), Belfast, collected in Ireland, Australia
 * Samuel Alexander Stewart
 * Whan William Taylor (1829–1901), born in Moneymore, County Londonderry
 * William Thomas Locke Travers (1819–1903), born in Dundalk