List of authors of South African botanical taxa

• S - Spermatophytes/Phanerogams (flowering plants and gymnosperms) • M - Fungi and Lichens (Mycology) • A - Algae • P - Pteridophytes • B - Bryophytes • F - Fossils • L - Pre-Linnaean (from ') • C - Cryptogamic (from ') The dates given are those of birth and death where one or both are available. If neither is known, a date on which the author is known to have published a name (usually the earliest if more than one is known) is given preceded by 'fl.' (floruit). {| ==A==

• Robert Stephen Adamson (1885–1965) S ........ Adamson • Adam Afzelius (1750–1837) M, P, S ........ Afzel. • William Aiton (1731–1793) P, S ........ Aiton • Ove Almborn (1914–1992) M ........ Almb. • Arthur Hugh Garfit Alston (1902–1958) P, S ........ Alston • John Graham Anderson (1926–1970) S ........ J.G.Anderson • Thomas Anderson (1832–1870) S ........ T.Anderson • William Anderson (1750–1778) S ........ W.Anderson • Nils Johan Andersson (1821–1880) P, S ........ N.J.Andersson • Eily Edith Agnes Archibald (1916-) S ........ Archibald • R.E.M. Archibald (1940-) A ........ R.E.M.Archibald • Edward Armitage (1822–1906) S ........ Arm. • Trevor Henry Arnold (1947-) S ........ T.H.Arnold • George Arnott Walker-Arnott (1799–1868) A, P, M, S ........ Arn. • Edwin Ashby (1861–1941) S ........ Ashby • Andre Aubreville (1897–1982) S ........ Aubrév. ==B==

• Franz Ewald Theodor Bachmann (1850–1937) B, M ........ Bachm. • James Backhouse (1794–1869) P, S ........ Backh. • Himansu Baijnath (1943-) S ........ Baijnath • Henri Ernest Baillon (1827–1895) B, M, P, S ........ Baill. • Hugh Arthur Baker (1896–1976) S ........ H.A.Baker • Joseph Banks (1743–1820) S ........ Banks • Arthur S. Barclay (1932-) S ........ A.S.Barclay • Winsome Fanny Barker (1907-) S ........ W.F.Barker • Thomas Theodore Barnard (1898–1983) A, S ........ Barnard • John Barrow (1764–1848) S ........ Barrow • Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling (1798–1875) S ........ Bartl. • Ferdinand Lukas Bauer (1760–1826) S ........ F.L.Bauer • Martin Bruce Bayer (1935-) S ........ M.B.Bayer • John Stanley Beard (1916-) S ........ Beard • Odoardo Beccari (1843–1920) A, M, P, S ........ Becc. • Thomas W. Naylor Beckett (1838–1906) B ........ Beckett • Charles Paulus Belanger (1805–1881) B, M, P, S ........ Bél. • Arthur Bennett (1843–1929) S ........ A.Benn. • George Bentham (1800–1884) M, P, S ........ Benth. • Cornelius C. Berg (1934-) S ........ C.C.Berg • Otto Karl (Carl) Berg (1815–1866) S ........ O.Berg • Ernst Friedrich Berger (1814–1853) S ........ Berger • Karl Heinrich Bergius (1790–1818) S ........ K.Bergius • Johann Jakob Bernhardi (1774–1850) B, M, P, S ........ Bernh. • Antonio Bertoloni (1775–1869) A, B, M, P, S ........ Bertol. • John William Bews (1884–1938) S ........ Bews • Peter Johan Bladh (1746–1816) S ........ Bladh • Ralph Anthony Blakelock (1915–1963) S ........ Blakelock • Carl Magnus Blom (1737–1815) S ........ Blom • Carl Ludwig Blume (1796–1862) B, M, P, S ........ Blume • Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810–1885) M, P, S ........ Boiss. • Louis Hyacinthe Boivin (1808–1852) S ........ Boivin • Carl (Karl) August Bolle (1821–1909) B, P, S ........ Bolle • Frank Bolus (1870–1945) S ........ F.Bolus • Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus née Kensit (1877–1970) S ........ L.Bolus • Harry Bolus (1834–1911) S ........ Bolus • Joseph (Jean) Edouard Bommer (1829–1895) M, P, S ........ J.Bommer • Pauline Bond (1917–2010) S ........ Bond • Aime Jacques Alexandre Bonpland (1773–1858) A, P, S ........ Bonpl. • Leonard Alfred Boodle (1865–1941) A, S ........ Boodle • Jan Justus Bos (1939-) S ........ Bos • Averil Maud Bottomley (1889–1984) M ........ Bottomley • Charles Boucher (1944-) S ........ C.Boucher • James Bowie (1789–1869) S ........ Bowie • Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp (1888–1984) P, S ........ Bremek. • John Patrick Micklethwait Brenan (1917–1985) P, S ........ Brenan • Johann Christian Breutel (1788–1875) B, S ........ Breutel • Lillian Louisa Britten (1886–1952) S ........ L.L.Britten • Adolphe Theodore (de) Brongniart (1801–1876) A, B, F, M, P, S ........ Brongn. • Nicholas Edward Brown (1849–1934) A, S ........ N.E.Br. • Robert Brown (1773–1858) B, M, P, S ........ R.Br. • Eileen Adelaide Bruce (1905–1955) S ........ E.A.Bruce • Jean Guillaume Bruguiere (1750–1798) S ........ Brug. • Richard Kenneth Brummitt (1937-) S ........ Brummitt • Josef Brunnthaler (1871–1914) A, B ........ Brunnth. • Peter Vincent Bruyns (1957-) S ........ Bruyns • John Buchanan (1819–1898) B, S ........ Buchanan • Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762–1829) P, S ........ Buch.-Ham. • Arthur Allman Bullock (1906–1980) S ........ Bullock • Charles James Fox Bunbury (1809–1886) S ........ Bunbury • William John Burchell (1781–1863) B, P, S ........ Burch. • Johannes Burman (1707–1779) P, S ........ Burm. • (Maximilian) Karl Ewald Burret (1883–1964) S ........ Burret • Brian Laurence Burtt ('Bill') (1913-) S ........ B.L.Burtt • Joseph Burtt Davy (1870–1940) S ........ Burtt Davy ==C==

• George Caley (1770–1829) S ........ Caley • Jacques Cambessèdes (1799–1863) B, S ........ Cambess. • Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806–1893) S ........ A.DC. • Anne Casimir Pyramus de Candolle (1836–1918) S ........ C.DC. • Sherwin Carlquist (1930-) S ........ Carlquist • Dugald Carmichael (1772–1827) A, M, P, S ........ Carmich. • Cedric Errol Carr (1892–1936) S ........ Carr • François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau (1802–1880) S ........ Castelnau • Ludolf Karl Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838) A, B, P, S ........ Cham. • Ernest Entwistle Cheesman (1898-) S ........ Cheesman • Auguste Jean Baptiste Chevalier (1873–1956) B, P, S ........ A.Chev. • Emilio Chiovenda (1871–1941) A, B, P, S ........ Chiov. • Lucy Katherine (Kathleen) Armitage Chippindall (1913–1992) S ........ Chippind. • Béla Jenő 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 • 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==