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 'Stafleu & Cowan 1976)
C - Cryptogamic (from 'Stafleu & Cowan 1976)

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^[2]
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

References

^ "Professor D.T. Cole (1922 - 2018)". Sunday Standard. 16 December 2018. Archived from the original on 16 December 2018.
^ "Mogg, Albert Oliver Dean". Global Plants. JStor. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

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

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