List of authors of South African botanical taxa

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).

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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 ) 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
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 * 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
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