List of plant genera named for people (Q–Z)

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stylized bronze image of a man holding a book or tablet
Sequoyah, a bronze figure at the US Library of Congress (see Sequoiadendron and Sequoia)

Since the first printing of Carl Linnaeus's Species Plantarum in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species.[1] Thousands of plants have been named for people, including botanists and their colleagues, plant collectors, horticulturists, explorers, rulers, politicians, clerics, doctors, philosophers and scientists.[2][a] Even before Linnaeus, botanists such as Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Charles Plumier and Pier Antonio Micheli were naming plants for people, sometimes in gratitude for the financial support of their patrons.[3]

Early works researching the naming of plant genera include an 1810 glossary by Alexandre de Théis [fr] and an etymological dictionary in two editions (1853 and 1856) by Georg Christian Wittstein.[3] Modern works include The Gardener's Botanical by Ross Bayton, Index of Eponymic Plant Names and Encyclopedia of Eponymic Plant Names by Lotte Burkhardt, Plants of the World by Maarten J. M. Christenhusz (lead author), Michael F. Fay and Mark W. Chase, The A to Z of Plant Names by Allan J. Coombes, the four-volume CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names by Umberto Quattrocchi, and Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners by William T. Stearn; these supply the seed-bearing genera listed in the first column below. Excluded from this list are genus names not accepted (as of January 2021) at Plants of the World Online, which includes updates to Plants of the World (2017).

Key[edit]

Ba = listed in Bayton's The Gardener's Botanical[4]
Bt = listed in Burkhardt's Encyclopedia of Eponymic Plant Names[5]
Bu = listed in Burkhardt's Index of Eponymic Plant Names[6]
Ch = listed in Christenhusz's Plants of the World[7]
Co = listed in Coombes's The A to Z of Plant Names[8]
Qu = listed in Quattrocchi's CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names[9]
St = listed in Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners[10]

In addition, Burkhardt's Index is used as a reference for every row in the table.

Genera[edit]

flower
Quesnelia
flower
Quoya
flowers
Radermachera
flowers
Rafinesquia
flowers
Rafnia
faded photograph of a man in a suit
Raman Osman
a kneeling Japanese man
Portrait of Ono Ranzan
flowers
Rauhia
flowers
Reevesia
flowers
Rehderodendron
flowers
Reichardia
black-and-white; a man wearing a medal
Portrait of Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt
flowers
Restrepia
color; a turbaned man
Portrait of Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi
tree
Richeria
flowers
Richteria
flowers
Ricotia
flowers
Ridolfia
flowers
Rinzia
flowers
Robiquetia
flowers
Rogiera
flowers
Rojasianthe
flowers
Roldana
flowers
Ruschia
flowers
Sabatia
flowers
Sandersonia
flowers
Sanvitalia
flower
Sarmienta
flowers
Saussurea
flowers
Scabrethia
flowers
Schaueria
flowers
Schenkia
flowers
Schlumbergera
flowers
Schoenia
flowers
Scholtzia
flowers
Schubertia
flowers
Schwantesia
flower
Scopolia
flowers
Seemannia
flowers
Seidenfadenia
trees
Sequoiadendron
flowers
Serruria
berries
Shepherdia
flowers
Shortia
flowers
Sigesbeckia
flowers
Sinningia
tree
Sloanea
flowers
Smallanthus
faded photographic portrait of a woman
Matilda Smith
flowers
Sobralia
flower
Solandra
man's head
Bust of Solon
flowers
Souroubea
flowers
Spigelia
flowers
Staehelina
flowers
Stapelia
flowers
Stellera
flowers
Stevia
flowers
Stifftia
flowers
Stirlingia
berries
Stranvaesia
flowers
Strumpfia
flowers
Suessenguthia
printed portrait of a man
William Starling Sullivant
flowers
Suzukia
fruit
Swartzia
flower
Swertia
flowers
Tauschia
flowers
Tecophilaea
flowers
Telekia
flowers
Tersonia
flower
Teuscheria
flowers
Theilera
flowers
Thevetia
flowers
Thomasia
flower
Thunbergia
flowers
Tidestromia
flowers
Tilesia
flowers
Tinantia
flower
Tinnea
flowers
Tomzanonia
flowers
Tournefortia
flowers
Tozzia
flowers
Traunsteinera
bushy tree
Tristaniopsis
flowers
Tulbaghia
cactus
Uebelmannia
flowers
Ungnadia
flowers
Ursinia
flowers
Vallea
flowers
Vancouveria
flowers
Vavilovia
flowers
Veltheimia
flowers
Villarsia
man in a toga holding a scroll, flanked by two women
A 3rd-century Roman mosaic of Virgil (seated)
flowers
Vriesea
flower
Wahlenbergia
flowers
Waitzia
tree
Wallichia
flowers
Warmingia
flowers
Warszewiczia
palm tree
Washingtonia
cactus
Weberbauerocereus
flowers
Weigela
faded photographic portrait of a man
Friedrich Welwitsch
flower
Wercklea
flowers
Whitfieldia
flowers
Wigandia
flowers
Willemetia
Genera
Genus[11][c] Person honored[d] Plant family[11] Ref
Quassia Graman Quassi (c. 1690 – c. 1780) Simaroubaceae St
Quekettia Edwin John Quekett (1808–1847) Orchidaceae Bu
Quelchia John Joseph Quelch (1854–1939?), collector of plants in Guyana[e] Asteraceae Bu
Quesnelia Edouard Prosper Quesnel (1781–1850), cotton and shipping merchant Bromeliaceae Bu
Quezeliantha Pierre Ambrunaz Quézel (1926–2015), French doctor, botanist and ecologist Brassicaceae Bu
Quinetia Edgar Quinet (1803–1875), historian Asteraceae Bu
Quintinia Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie (1626–1688) Paracryphiaceae Bu
Quoya Jean René Constant Quoy (1790–1869) Lamiaceae Bu
Rabiea William Abbot Rabie (1869–1936), South African clergyman and plant collector Aizoaceae Bu
Rachelia Rachel Chisholm, born Kevern (1915–2017), New Zealand farmer at Molesworth Station Asteraceae Bu
Racinaea Racine Sarasy Foster (1910–1991), plant collector in Central and South America with her husband Mulford B. Foster Bromeliaceae Bu
Radcliffea Alan Radcliffe-Smith (1938–2007), English curator for Euphorbiaceae at the Kew Gardens herbarium Euphorbiaceae Bu
Raddia Giuseppe Raddi (1770–1829) Poaceae Qu
Raddiella Poaceae Qu
Radermachera Jacob Cornelis Matthieu Radermacher (1741–1783) Bignoniaceae Ba
Radlkofera Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer (1829–1927) Sapindaceae Bu
Radlkoferotoma Asteraceae Bu
Radyera Robert Allen Dyer (1900–1987) Malvaceae Bu
Raffenaldia Alire Raffeneau Delile (1778–1850) Brassicaceae St
Rafflesia Stamford Raffles (1781–1826) Rafflesiaceae Ch
Rafinesquia Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1783–1840) Asteraceae Bu
Rafnia Carl Gottlob Rafn (1769–1808) Fabaceae Bu
Raillardella Laurent Railliard or Raillard (1792–1845), French naval officer; introduced to botany by Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré Asteraceae Bu
Raimondia Antonio Raimondi (1826–1890) Annonaceae Bu
Rainiera Peter Rainier (1741–1808), Royal Navy officer Asteraceae Bt
Ramirezella José Aurelio Ramirez Mateos (1852–1904), Mexican doctor, botanist and zoologist Fabaceae Bu
Ramonda Louis Ramond de Carbonnières (1755–1827) Gesneriaceae Co
Ramonadoxa Ramona Oviedo Prieto (b.1953), Cuban botanist and agriculturist, who worked at the Institute of Ecology and Systematics (Cuban Academy of Sciences) Rubiaceae Bt
Ramorinoa Juan Ramorino (1840–1876), Italian botanist and paleontologist; professor of natural science and mineralogy Fabaceae Bu
Ramosmania Raman Osman (1902–1992), governor-general Rubiaceae Bu
Randia Isaac Rand (1674–1743) Rubiaceae St
Randonia Jacques Louis Randon (1795–1871), colonial administrator Resedaceae Bu
Ranzania Ono Ranzan (1729–1810) Berberidaceae St
Raoulia Étienne Raoul (1815–1852) Asteraceae St
Raouliopsis Asteraceae Bu
Ratzeburgia Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg (1801–1871) Poaceae Bu
Rauhia Werner Rauh (1913–2000) Amaryllidaceae Qu
Rauhiella Orchidaceae Qu
Rauhocereus Cactaceae Qu
Rauia Ambrosius Rau (1784–1830), German botanist and mineralogist; professor of natural history and forestry Rutaceae Bu
Raulinoa Raulino Reitz (1919–1990), Brazilian clergyman, historian, botanist, and botanical garden director Rutaceae Bu
Raulinoreitzia Asteraceae Bu
Rauvolfia Leonhard Rauwolf (c. 1537 – 1596) Apocynaceae St
Ravenea Louis Fréderic Jacques Ravené (1823–1879), official in Berlin Arecaceae Qu
Ravenia Jean François Ravin (18th century), French doctor, professor of botany and medicine at the University of Coimbra in Portugal Rutaceae Bu
Raveniopsis Rutaceae Bu
Rawsonia Rawson W. Rawson (1812–1899), colonial administrator Achariaceae Bu
Rayjacksonia Raymond Carl Jackson (1928–2008) Asteraceae Bu
Razafimandimbisonia Sylvaen Georges Razafimandimbison (b. 1964), botanist from Madagascar Rubiaceae Bu
Reaumuria René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757) Tamaricaceae Bu
Rebutia Pierre Rebut (1827–1902) Cactaceae St
Recchia Nardo Antonio Recchi (1540–1595), Italian royal personal physician Simaroubaceae Bu
Recordia Samuel J. Record (1881–1945) Verbenaceae Bu
Recordoxylon Fabaceae Bu
Reedia Joseph Reed (c. 1823 – 1890), architect Cyperaceae Bu
Reevesia John Reeves (1774–1856) Malvaceae Bu
Regnellidium Anders Fredrik Regnell (1807–1884) Marsileaceae Bt
Rehdera Alfred Rehder (1863–1949) Verbenaceae Qu
Rehderodendron Styracaceae Ba
Rehia Richard Eric Holttum (1895–1990) Poaceae Bu
Rehmannia Joseph Rehmann (1779–1831), physician in Saint Petersburg Orobanchaceae Co
Reichardia Johann Jacob Reichard (1743–1782) Asteraceae Bu
Reicheella Karl Friedrich Reiche (1860–1929) Caryophyllaceae Bu
Reichenbachia Ludwig Reichenbach (1793–1879) Nyctaginaceae Bu
Reicheocactus Karl Friedrich Reiche (1860–1929) Cactaceae Bt
Reineckea Johann Heinrich Julius Reinecke (1799–1871), German horticulturist Asparagaceae Ba
Reinhardtia Johannes Theodor Reinhardt (1816–1882) Arecaceae Bu
Reinwardtia Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (1773–1854) Linaceae St
Reinwardtiodendron Meliaceae Bu
Reissantia Charles Tisserant (1886–1962), French clergyman, botanist and plant collector Celastraceae Bu
Reissekia Siegfried Reissek (1819–1871) Rhamnaceae Bu
Reitzia Raulino Reitz (1919–1990), Brazilian clergyman, historian, botanist, and botanical garden director Poaceae Bu
Relchela Willibald Lechler (1814–1856), German apothecary, botanist and explorer Poaceae Bu
Reldia Robert Louis Dressler (b. 1927) Gesneriaceae Bu
Remijia Remijo or Remigio, Brazilian doctor who wrote about the uses of Cinchona bark Rubiaceae Bu
Remusatia Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat (1788–1832), sinologist Araceae St
Remya Jules Rémy (1826–1893) Asteraceae Bu
Renealmia Paul Reneaulme (1560–1624), French physician and botanical author Zingiberaceae St
Rennellia James Rennell (1742–1830) Rubiaceae Bu
Renschia Carl Wilhelm Rensch (1837–1905), German teacher in Berlin Lamiaceae Bu
Rensonia Carlos Renson (1858–1941), Belgian apothecary who collected plants in San Salvador, El Salvador Asteraceae Bu
Renvoizea Stephen Andrew Renvoize (b. 1944), English botanist who worked at Kew Gardens, specialist in grasses Poaceae Bu
Requienia Esprit Requien (1788–1851) Fabaceae Bu
Resia Richard Evans Schultes (1915–2001) Gesneriaceae Bu
Restella Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709–1746) Thymelaeaceae Bu
Restrepia José Manuel Restrepo Vélez (1781–1863) Orchidaceae Qu
Restrepiella Orchidaceae Qu
Reyesia Antonio García Reyes (1817–1855), Chilean botanist; university professor in Chile Solanaceae Bu
Reynaudia Auguste Adolphe Marc Reynaud (1804–1867) Poaceae Bu
Reynosia Alvaro Francisco Carlos Reynoso y Valdés (1829–1888), Cuban agronomist and chemist in Havana Rhamnaceae Bu
Reynoutria Karel van Sint-Omaars (c. 1532 – 1569), Lord of Dranouter, Flemish botanist Polygonaceae St
Rhazya Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (10th century) Apocynaceae St
Rhodosciadium Joseph Nelson Rose (1862–1928) Apiaceae Bu
Rhodoscirpus Encarnación Rosa Guaglianone (1932–2014), Argentinian botanist; specialist in Cyperaceae Cyperaceae Bu
Richardia Richard Richardson (1663–1741) Rubiaceae St
Richardsiella Mary Alice Eleanor Richards (1895–1977) Poaceae Bu
Richea Claude Riche (1762–1797) Ericaceae St
Richeria Pierre Richer de Belleval (c. 1564 – 1632) Phyllanthaceae Bu
Richterago Hermann Eberhard Friedrich Richter (1808–1876), German doctor, botanist and professor in Dresden Asteraceae Bu
Richteria Alexander Vilgelmovich Richter (1804–1849), director of the Moscow University Library in Russia Asteraceae Bu
Ricotia Paul Rycaut (1628–1700), diplomat Brassicaceae Bu
Ridleyandra Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855–1956) Gesneriaceae Bu
Ridleyella Orchidaceae Bu
Ridolfia Cosimo Ridolfi (1794–1865), Italian nobleman, politician and agronomist Apiaceae Bu
Ridsdalea Colin Ernest Ridsdale (1944–2017), English botanist, Specialist in tropical plants and Rubiaceae family Rubiaceae Bt
Riedelia Johann Gerard Friedrich Riedel (1832–1911); served with the Dutch East India Company and collected plants Zingiberaceae Bu
Riedeliella Ludwig Riedel (1790–1861) Fabaceae Bu
Riencourtia Cathérine Elisabeth Agathe Cassini, born de Riencourt (1783–1861), wife of Henri Cassini Asteraceae Bu
Rindera Franz Andreas Rinder (1714–1772), German-born Russian doctor in Orenburg and Moscow who discovered this plant in the Ural Mountains Boraginaceae Bu
Rinzia Sebastian Rinz (1782–1861) and his son Jacob Rinz (1809–1860), both German gardeners for the city of Frankfurt Myrtaceae Qu
Riocreuxia Alfred Riocreux (1820–1912) Apocynaceae Bu
Riqueuria Ludovico Riqueur (d. 1737), court apothecary during the time of Philip V of Spain; cultivator of exotic trees Rubiaceae Bu
Risleya Herbert Hope Risley (1851–1911), colonial administrator Orchidaceae Bu
Ristantia Jules Marie Claude de Tristan (1776–1861), French botanist and botanical garden administrator in Orléans Myrtaceae Bu
Ritchiea Joseph Ritchie (c. 1788 – 1819) Capparaceae Bu
Rivasgodaya Salvador Rivas Goday (1905–1981), Spanish botanist and plant geographer, professor of pharmacy in Madrid Fabaceae Bu
Rivasmartinezia Salvador Rivas Martínez (1935–2020), Spanish Biologist, Apothecary, Botanist (Mycology, Lichenology, Pteridology), also mountaineer and Alpinist, Apiaceae Bt
Rivea Auguste Arthur de la Rive (1801–1873) Convolvulaceae Bu
Rivina Augustus Quirinus Rivinus (1652–1723) Phytolaccaceae St
Robbrechtia Elmar Robbrecht (b. 1946), Belgian botanist and mycologist at the national botanic gardens; specialist in Rubiaceae Rubiaceae Bu
Robinia Jean Robin (1550–1629) Fabaceae Co
Robinsonecio Harold E. Robinson (1932–2020) Asteraceae Bu
Robinsonella Benjamin Lincoln Robinson (1864–1935) Malvaceae Bu
Robiquetia Pierre Jean Robiquet (1780–1840) Orchidaceae Bu
Robsonodendron Norman K. B. Robson (1928–2021) Celastraceae Bu
Robynsia Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns (1901–1986) Rubiaceae Bu
Robynsiophyton Fabaceae Bu
Rochefortia Charles de Rochefort (1605–1683), French clergyman who explored the Antilles Boraginaceae Bu
Rochelia Anton Rochel (1770–1847) Boraginaceae Bu
Rochonia Alexis-Marie de Rochon (1741–1817), physicist Asteraceae Bu
Rockia Joseph Rock (1884–1962) Nyctaginaceae Bu
Rodgersia John Rodgers (1812–1882), admiral Saxifragaceae Co
Rodriguezia Manuel or Emmanuel Rodríguez (18th century)[f] Orchidaceae St
Roella Wilhelm Roell (1700–1775), Dutch horticulturist and professor of anatomy Campanulaceae Qu
Roepera Johannes August Christian Roeper (1801–1885), German doctor and professor of botany in Basel and Rostock Zygophyllaceae Qu
Roeperocharis Orchidaceae Qu
Rogeria Jacques-François Roger (1787–1849), French lawyer, colonial administrator, plant collector Pedaliaceae Bu
Rogersonanthus Clark Thomas Rogerson (1918–2001) Gentianaceae Bu
Rogiera Charles Rogier (1800–1885), statesman Rubiaceae Bu
Rohdea Michael Rohde (1782–1812) Asparagaceae Co
Roifia Adriano Fiori (1865–1950) Malvaceae Bu
Roigella Juan Tomás Roig (1877–1971), Cuban teacher and botanist in Havana Rubiaceae Bu
Rojasia Teodoro Rojas (1877–1954) Apocynaceae Bu
Rojasianthe Ulises Rojas Bendfeldt (1881–1959), professor of botany and botanical garden director in Guatemala Asteraceae Bu
Rojasimalva Carmen Emilia Benítez de Rojas (b. 1937), Venezuelan botanist, university professor; specialist in Solanaceae Malvaceae Bu
Rokautskyia Roberto Anselmo Kautsky (1924–2010), Brazilian botanist Bromeliaceae Bt
Rolandra Daniel Rolander (1725–1793) Asteraceae Bu
Roldana Eugenio Montaña y Roldán (1778–1813), Otumban fighter in Mexico's war of independence Asteraceae Bu
Romanoa Girolamo Romano (1765–1841), Italian clergyman and botanist from Padua Euphorbiaceae Bu
Romanschulzia Roman Schulz (1873–1926), German botanist and teacher in Berlin Brassicaceae Bu
Romanzoffia Nikolay Rumyantsev (1754–1826), diplomat Hydrophyllaceae Qu
Romeroa Rafael Romero-Castañeda (1910–1973), Colombian botanist Bignoniaceae Bu
Romneya Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882), astronomer Papaveraceae Co
Rondeletia Guillaume Rondelet (1507–1566) Rubiaceae St
Rondonanthus Cândido Rondon (1865–1958), military officer Eriocaulaceae Bu
Ronnbergia Auguste Ronnberg (1813–1888), Belgian director of agriculture Bromeliaceae Bu
Roscheria Albrecht Roscher (1836–1860) Arecaceae Bu
Roscoea William Roscoe (1753–1831) Zingiberaceae Co
Rosenbergiodendron Gustaf Otto Rosenberg (1872–1948) Rubiaceae Bu
Roseodendron Joseph Nelson Rose (1862–1928) Bignoniaceae Bu
Rosselia Elisabeth Paul Eduard de Rossel (1765–1829), French astronomer and Master-at-arms Burseraceae Bt
Rossioglossum John Ross (fl. 1830–1840), collector of orchids in Oaxaca, Mexico Orchidaceae Qu
Rostkovia Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Rostkovius (1770–1848) Juncaceae Bu
Rothia Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (1757–1834) Fabaceae Bu
Rothmaleria Werner Rothmaler (1908–1962) Asteraceae Qu
Rothmannia Göran Rothman (1739–1778) Rubiaceae Ba
Rottboellia Christen Friis Rottbøll (1727–1797) Poaceae Bu
Roucheria Jean-Antoine Roucher (1745–1794), poet Linaceae Qu
Roussea Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), Enlightenment philosopher Rousseaceae Bu
Rousseauxia Louis Auguste Joseph Desrousseaux (1753–1838) Melastomataceae Bu
Rousselia perhaps Henri François Anne de Roussel (1748–1812) or Alexandre Victor Roussel (1795–1874), French military apothecary and botanist Urticaceae Bu
Rovaeanthus Johan H. E. Rova (fl. 1990–2002), Swedish botanist at the University of Gothenburg Rubiaceae Bu
Roycea Robert Royce (1914–2008) Amaranthaceae Bu
Roylea John Forbes Royle (1799–1858) Lamiaceae Bu
Roystonea Roy Stone (1836–1905), military officer and engineer Arecaceae St
Rudbeckia Olaus Rudbeck (1630–1702) and his son Olof Rudbeck the Younger (1660–1740) Asteraceae Co
Rudgea Edward Rudge (1763–1846) Rubiaceae Bu
Ruehssia Carl Andreas Rühsz (1805–1880), German consul in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela; supporter of art and science Apocynaceae Bu
Ruellia Jean Ruel (1474–1537) Acanthaceae St
Ruelliopsis Acanthaceae Bu
Rugelia Ferdinand Ignatius Xavier Rugel (1806–1879), German-born American apothecary, doctor and botanist Asteraceae Bu
Rugoloa Sulma (Zulma) E. Rúgolo de Agrasar (b.1940), who was an Argentinian botanist, Curator and Professor at the National University of La Pampa Poaceae Bt
Ruhooglandia Ruurd Dirk Hoogland (1922–1994) Poaceae Bt
Ruilopezia Luis Enrique Ruíz-Terán (1923–1979) and Manuel López-Figueiras (1915–2012), Venezuelan botanists and plant collectors Asteraceae Bu
Ruizia Hipólito Ruiz López (1754–1815) Malvaceae Bu
Ruizodendron Annonaceae Bu
Ruizterania Luis Enrique Ruíz-Terán (1923–1979), Venezuelan researcher and university professor of botany Vochysiaceae Bu
Rumfordia Benjamin Thompson (1753–1814), physicist and inventor Asteraceae Bu
Rungia Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge (1794–1867) Acanthaceae Bu
Rupertia Rupert Charles Barneby (1911–2000) Fabaceae Bu
Ruppia Heinrich Bernhard Ruppius (1688–1719) Ruppiaceae Qu
Ruprechtia Franz Josef Ruprecht (1814–1870) Polygonaceae Qu
Rusbya Henry Hurd Rusby (1855–1940) Ericaceae Bu
Ruschia Ernst Julius Rusch (1867–1957), South African farmer and collector Aizoaceae St
Ruschianthus Ernst Franz Theodor Rusch (1897–1964), German-Namibian amateur botanist who collected and cultivated succulents Aizoaceae Bu
Ruspolia Eugenio Ruspoli (1866–1893) Acanthaceae St
Russelia Alexander Russell (1715–1768) Plantaginaceae Co
Russowia Edmund Russow (1841–1897) Asteraceae Bu
Rustia Johann Nepomuk Rust (1775–1840), doctor Rubiaceae Bu
Rutheopsis Johann Friedrich Ruthe (1788–1859) Apiaceae Bu
Ruthiella Ruth van Crevel (b. 1926), Dutch botanical photographer and illustrator Campanulaceae Bu
Ruttya John Rutty (1697–1775) Acanthaceae St
Ruyschia Frederik Ruysch (1638–1731) Marcgraviaceae Bu
Ryania John Ryan (d. c. 1804), English doctor who collected plants from Brazil to the Caribbean Salicaceae Bu
Rydingia Per Olof Ryding (b.1951), Swedish botanist and plant collector in Africa Lamiaceae Bt
Rzedowskia Jerzy Rzedowski (b. 1926) Celastraceae Bu
Sabatia Liberato Sabbati (b. 1714), Italian botanist Gentianaceae St
Sabinaria Sabina Bernal Galeano (b.1995), daughter of the botanical authors, Gloria Galeano and Rodrigo Bernal Arecaceae Bt
Sachsia Julius von Sachs (1832–1897) Asteraceae Bu
Sacleuxia Charles Sacleux (1856–1943) Apocynaceae Bu
Sageretia Augustin Sageret (1763–1851) Rhamnaceae Ba
Sagotia Paul Antoine Sagot (1821–1888), French naval doctor, botanist and plant collector; also worked for the National Museum of Natural History Euphorbiaceae Bu
Sagraea Ramón de la Sagra (1798–1871) Melastomataceae Bu
Saintpauliopsis Walter Le Tanneux de Saint Paul-Illaire (1860–1940), German imperial precinct captain in German East Africa (roughly present-day Tanzania), and his father, Ulrich Maximilian von Saint Paul-Illaire (1833–1902), German naval officer and court official Acanthaceae Qu
Salmea Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck (1773–1861) Asteraceae Qu
Salmonopuntia Cactaceae Bt
Salomonia Solomon (1033 BC – 975 BC), king Polygalaceae Bu
Saltia Henry Salt (1780–1827), artist and traveller Amaranthaceae Bu
Saltugilia Filippo Luigi Gilii (1756–1821), Italian clergyman, naturalist and astronomer from the Vatican City Polemoniaceae Bt
Salvadora Jaime Salvador y Pedrol (1649–1740), Spanish apothecary in Barcelona; collected plants in Catalonia Salvadoraceae Bu
Salvadoropsis Celastraceae Bu
Salvertia Augustin Amable Dutour de Salvert or Du Tour de Salvert Bellenave (1781–1838), French botanist and writer, brother-in-law of the author of the genus, Augustin Saint-Hilaire Vochysiaceae Bu
Salzmannia Philipp Salzmann (1781–1851), German doctor, botanist and entomologist Rubiaceae Bu
Samuelssonia Gunnar Samuelsson (1885–1944), Swedish botanist from the Uppsala University Acanthaceae Bt
Sanchezia José Sánchez (d. c. 1794), Spanish professor of botany Acanthaceae St
Sandbergia John Herman Sandberg (1848–1917), Swedish-born American doctor, botanist and agronomist Brassicaceae Bu
Sandemania Christopher Albert Walter Sandeman (1882–1951), English botanist and traveler; collected in South America Melastomataceae Bu
Sanderella Henry Frederick Conrad Sander (1847–1920) Orchidaceae Bu
Sandersonia John Sanderson (1820–1881), Scottish horticulturist Colchicaceae Ba
Sandwithia Noel Yvri Sandwith (1901–1965), English botanist at Kew Gardens Euphorbiaceae Qu
Sanjappa Munivenkatappa Sanjappa (b. 1951), Indian botanist Fabaceae Bt
Sankowskya Garry Sankowsky (fl. 1960–2003), Australian photographer and plant collector Picrodendraceae Bu
Sannantha Sanna Wilson, wife of the Australian botanist Peter Gordon Wilson (b. 1950), the author of the genus Myrtaceae Bu
Santiria Bapa Santir, Sundanese man from Java who led a botanical exploration of Mount Salak Burseraceae Qu
Santisukia Thawatchai Santisuk (b. 1944), Thai herbarium director in Bangkok Bignoniaceae Bu
Santosia Talmón Soares dos Santos (1935–2012), Brazilian biologist and collector in Itabuna Asteraceae Bu
Sanvitalia Conte Stefano Sanvitale (1764–1838) and/or Federico Sanvitale (1770–1819) Asteraceae St
Saposhnikovia Vasili Vasilievich Saposhnikow (1861–1924), Russian geographer and professor of botany in Tomsk Apiaceae Bu
Sapphoa Sappho (c. 630 BC – c. 570 BC), poet Acanthaceae Bu
Saracha Isidoro Saracha (1733–1803), Spanish monk, apothecary and botanist at the Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos Solanaceae Bu
Sargentodoxa Charles Sprague Sargent (1841–1927) Lardizabalaceae St
Sarmienta Martín Sarmiento (1695–1772) Gesneriaceae Ba
Sarracenia Michel Sarrazin (1659–1736) Sarraceniaceae Ch
Sartwellia Henry Parker Sartwell (1792–1867) Asteraceae Bu
Satakentia Toshihiko Satake (1910–1998), Japanese factory owner, producer of rice-processing equipment; also an expert in Arecaceae Arecaceae Bu
Saundersia William Wilson Saunders (1809–1879) Orchidaceae Bu
Saurauia Franz Josef Graf von Saurau (1760–1832), Austrian nobleman and politician; ambassador in Madrid and Florence Actinidia Bu
Saussurea Horace Bénédict de Saussure (1740–1799) and his son Nicolas Théodore de Saussure (1767–1845) Asteraceae St
Sauvagesia François Boissier de Sauvages de Lacroix (1706–1767) Ochnaceae Bu
Sauvallea Francisco Adolfo Sauvalle (1807–1879), Cuban botanist and expert in molluscs Commelinaceae Bu
Savia Gaetano Savi (1769–1844) Phyllanthaceae Bu
Savignya Marie Jules César Savigny (1777–1851) Brassicaceae Bu
Saxegothaea Albert, Prince Consort (1819–1861) Podocarpaceae Co
Saxofridericia Frederick Augustus II of Saxony (1797–1854) Rapateaceae Bu
Scabrethia Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth (1802–1856), businessman and explorer Asteraceae Bu
Scagea Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw (1902–1985) Picrodendraceae Bu
Scalesia William Alexander Stables (1810–1890) Asteraceae Bu
Scaligeria Julius Caesar Scaliger (1484–1558) Apiaceae Bu
Schaefferia Jacob Christian Schäffer (1718–1790) Celastraceae Bu
Schaueria Johannes Conrad Schauer (1813–1848) and his brother Sebastian Schauer (1814–1850), German botanist at botanical gardens in present-day Wrocław and Berlin Acanthaceae St
Schefferomitra Rudolph Scheffer (1844–1880) Annonaceae Qu
Schefflera Johann Peter Ernst von Scheffler (b. 1739), Polish physician Araliaceae Co
Schefflerodendron Georg Richard Otto Scheffler (c. 1875 – 1911), German gardener and botanist at the botanical garden in Dahlem, Berlin Fabaceae Bu
Schelhammera Günther Christoph Schelhammer (1649–1716), German doctor and professor of botany at the universities in Helmstedt, Jena and Kiel Colchicaceae Bu
Schenckochloa Heinrich Schenck (1860–1927) Poaceae Bu
Schenkia August Schenk (1815–1891) Gentianaceae Bu
Scherya Robert Walter Schery (1917–1987), American botanist at the Missouri Botanical Garden Asteraceae Bu
Scheuchzeria Johann Gaspar Scheuchzer (1684–1738) and his brother Johann Jacob Scheuchzer (1672–1733) Scheuchzeriaceae Bu
Schickendantziella Friedrich Schickendantz (1837–1896) Amaryllidaceae Bu
Schiedea Christian Julius Wilhelm Schiede (1798–1836) Caryophyllaceae Bu
Schiedeella Orchidaceae Bu
Schiekia Friedrich Wilhelm Schieck (1790–1870), German optician and artist Haemodoraceae Bu
Schimpera Georg Wilhelm Schimper (1804–1878) Brassicaceae Qu
Schindleria Anton Karl Schindler (1879–1964) Petiveriaceae Bu
Schinziella Hans Schinz (1858–1941) Gentianaceae Qu
Schinziophyton Euphorbiaceae Qu
Schippia William A. Schipp (1891–1967) Arecaceae Qu
Schischkinia Boris Schischkin (1886–1963) Asteraceae Bu
Schivereckia Swibert Burkhart Schivereck (1742–1806), Austrian botanist Brassicaceae St
Schkuhria Christian Schkuhr (1741–1811) Asteraceae Bu
Schlagintweitia Adolf Schlagintweit (1829–1857) and his brothers Hermann (1826–1882) and Robert (1833–1885) Asteraceae Bu
Schlechtendalia Diederich Friedrich Karl von Schlechtendal (1767–1842), German lawyer and botanist in Berlin, Minden und Paderborn; father of the botanist Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal Asteraceae Bu
Schlechteranthus Max Schlechter (1874–1960), brother and colleague of Rudolf Schlechter Aizoaceae Bu
Schlechterella Rudolf Schlechter (1872–1925) Apocynaceae Qu
Schlechterina Passifloraceae Qu
Schlegelia Hermann Schlegel (1804–1884) Schlegeliaceae Bu
Schleichera Johann Christoph Schleicher (1768–1834), German-Swiss apothecary and botanist in Bex Sapindaceae Bu
Schleinitzia Georg von Schleinitz (1834–1910), German vice-admiral and colonial administrator Fabaceae Bu
Schlimia Louis Joseph Schlim (1819–1863), Belgian plant collector in South and Central America Orchidaceae Bu
Schlumbergera Frédéric Emile Schlumberger (1823–1893), cactus collector Cactaceae Co
Schmardaea Ludwig Karl Schmarda (1819–1908) Meliaceae Bu
Schmidtia Franz Wilibald Schmidt (1764–1796), Bohemian doctor, zoologist and professor of botany; also a botanical painter Poaceae Bu
Schmidtottia Friedrich Schmidt-Ott (1860–1956), lawyer, politician, Prussian official Rubiaceae Bu
Schnabelia Rudolf Schnabel (20th century), merchant in Changsha, China, who assisted Heinrich von Handel-Mazzetti Lamiaceae Bu
Schnella Jakob Rudolf Schnell (1778–1856), Swiss industrialist, banker and philanthropist Fabaceae Bu
Schoenefeldia Wladimir de Schoenefeld (1816–1875) Poaceae Bu
Schoenia Johann or Johannes Matthias Albrecht Schoen (1800–1870), German eye doctor, botanist and illustrator Asteraceae Bu
Schoepfia Johann David Schoepff (1752–1800) Schoepfiaceae Bu
Scholtzia Johann Eduard Heinrich Scholtz (1812–1859), German doctor, botanist and entomologist in present-day Wrocław Myrtaceae Bu
Schomburgkia Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804–1865) Orchidaceae St
Schotia Richard van der Schot (d. 1819), gardener at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna Fabaceae St
Schottariella Heinrich Wilhelm Schott (1794–1865) Araceae Bu
Schottarum Araceae Bu
Schoutenia Willem Schouten (c. 1580 – 1625), navigator Malvaceae Bu
Schouwia Joakim Frederik Schouw (1789–1852) Brassicaceae Bu
Schradera Heinrich Schrader (1767–1836) Rubiaceae Bu
Schrebera Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739–1810) Oleaceae Bu
Schreiteria Carlos Rodolfo Schreiter (1877–1942), German-Argentinian botanist, student of Miguel Lillo Montiaceae Bu
Schrenkia Alexander von Schrenk (1816–1876) Apiaceae Bu
Schtschurowskia Gregory Ephimovich Shchurovsky (1803–1884) Apiaceae Bu
Schubertia Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert (1780–1860) Apocynaceae St
Schuitemania André Schuiteman (b. 1960) Orchidaceae Bu
Schultesia Josef August Schultes (1773–1831) Gentianaceae Bu
Schultesianthus Richard Evans Schultes (1915–2001) Solanaceae Bu
Schultesiophytum Cyclanthaceae Bu
Schulzia Karl Friedrich Schultz (1766–1837), German doctor and botanist, and Johann Heinrich Schulze (1687–1744) Apiaceae Bu
Schumacheria Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher (1757–1830) Dilleniaceae Bu
Schumannianthus Karl Moritz Schumann (1851–1904) Marantaceae Bu
Schumanniophyton Rubiaceae Bu
Schunkea Vital Schunk (fl. 1990–1999), co-collector of this plant in southeast Brazil Orchidaceae Bu
Schuurmansia Jacobus Hermanus Schuurmans Stekhoven (1792–1855), Dutch botanical garden curator in Leiden Ochnaceae Qu
Schuurmansiella Ochnaceae Qu
Schwackaea Carl August Wilhelm Schwacke (1848–1904) Melastomataceae Bu
Schwalbea Georg Christian Schwalbe (1691–1761), Dutch doctor and botanist Orobanchaceae Bu
Schwantesia Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes (1891–1960) Aizoaceae Bu
Schwartzia Olof Swartz (1760–1818) Marcgraviaceae Bu
Schweiggeria August Friedrich Schweigger (1783–1821) Violaceae Bu
Schweinfurthia Georg August Schweinfurth (1836–1925) Plantaginaceae Bu
Schwenckia Martinus Wilhelmus Schwencke (1707–1785), Dutch doctor and botanist in The Hague with a medicine garden Solanaceae Bu
Schwendenera Simon Schwendener (1829–1919) Rubiaceae Bu
Scopolia Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723–1788) Solanaceae Co
Scottellia George Francis Scott Elliot (1862–1934) Achariaceae Bu
Searsia Paul Sears (1891–1990) Anacardiaceae Bu
Sebaea Albertus Seba (1665–1736) Gentianaceae Bu
Sebastiania Francesco Antonio Sebastiani (1782–1821), Italian doctor, professor of botany and university botanical garden director in Rome Euphorbiaceae Bu
Sebastiano-schaueria Sebastian Schauer (1814–1850), German gardener and botanist at botanical gardens in present-day Wrocław and Berlin Acanthaceae Bu
Secondatia Jean-Baptiste de Secondat (1716–1796) Apocynaceae Bu
Seegeriella Hans Gerhard Seeger (b. 1939), German gardener at botanical gardens in Göttingen, Hanover and Heidelberg Orchidaceae Bu
Seemannaralia Berthold Carl Seemann (1825–1871) Araliaceae Bu
Seemannia Gesneriaceae Bu
Seetzenia Ulrich Jasper Seetzen (1767–1811) Zygophyllaceae Bu
Seguieria Jean-François Séguier (1703–1784) Petiveriaceae Bu
Seidelia perhaps Carl Friedrich Seidel (d. 1898), German painter and botanist, and/or Jacob Friedrich Seidel (1789–1860), German gardener, and/or Johann Heinrich Seidel (1744–1815), German court gardener, and/or Traugott Leberecht Seidel (1775–1815), German gardener Euphorbiaceae Bu
Seidenfadenia Gunnar Seidenfaden (1908–2001) Orchidaceae Bu
Seidlitzia Nikolai Karl Samuel von Seidlitz (1831–1907), Baltic German botanist and statistician Amaranthaceae Bu
Selkirkia Alexander Selkirk (1676–1721), sailor and castaway Boraginaceae Bu
Selliera François Noël Sellier (1737–1809), French botanical illustrator Goodeniaceae St
Selloa Friedrich Sellow (1789–1831) Asteraceae Qu
Sellocharis Fabaceae Qu
Selysia Edmond de Sélys Longchamps (1813–1900) Cucurbitaceae Bu
Semenovia Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky (1827–1914) Apiaceae Bu
Semiria João Semir (b. 1937), Brazilian botanist, specialist in Asteraceae Asteraceae Bu
Senaea Joaquim Candido da Costa Sena (1852–1919), Brazilian geologist and plant collector Gentianaceae Bu
Senefeldera Alois Senefelder (1771–1834), lithographer Euphorbiaceae Bu
Senefelderopsis Euphorbiaceae Bu
Senra Buenaventura Serra y Ferragut (1728–1784), Spanish lawyer and professor at the university in Mallorca; a member of the royal academy of history and a cofounder of the Mallorcan branch of the Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País Malvaceae Bu
Sequoia Sequoyah (c. 1770 – 1843), Cherokee linguist Cupressaceae Co
Sequoiadendron Cupressaceae Co
Serenoa Sereno Watson (1826–1892) Arecaceae St
Sergia Serguéi Vassílievich Juzepczuk or Sergueï Vassilievitch Yuzepchúk (1893–1959), Russian botanist at the university botanical garden in Saint Petersburg, specialist in Solanaceae Campanulaceae Bu
Seringia Nicolas Charles Seringe (1776–1858) Malvaceae Bu
Serjania Philippe Sergeant (17th century), French monk and botanist Sapindaceae St
Serruria Joseph Serrurier (1663–1742), Dutch doctor and natural scientist; professor first in philosophy and mathematics, then in medicine and botany at the university in Utrecht Proteaceae Bu
Sersalisia Gerolamo Sersale (1584–1654), astronomer Sapotaceae Bu
Sesleria Leonard Sesler (d. 1785), German-Italian doctor and botanist who maintained a large botanical garden Poaceae Co
Sesleriella Poaceae Bu
Sessea Martín Sessé y Lacasta (1751–1808) Solanaceae Bu
Setchellanthus William Albert Setchell (1864–1943) Setchellanthaceae Bu
Severinia Marco Aurelio Severino (1580–1656), anatomist Rutaceae St
Sextonia André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans (1906–1994) Lauraceae Bu
Seymeria Henry Seymer (1745–1800), English amateur botanist Orobanchaceae Bu
Seymeriopsis Orobanchaceae Bu
Seyrigia André Seyrig (1897–1945), French amateur entomologist and botanist from Alsace; mining director in the Bekily District of Madagascar Cucurbitaceae Bu
Shafera John Adolph Shafer (1863–1918) Asteraceae Bu
Shaferocharis Rubiaceae Bu
Shangwua Shang Wu Liu (b. 1934), Chinese botanist, taxonomist and professor in the province of Qinghai, China Asteraceae Bu
Sheareria George Campbell Shearer (1836–1892), Scottish doctor; taught botany at the school of medicine in Liverpool Asteraceae Bu
Sheilanthera Sheila Williams, wife and colleague of Ion James Muirhead Williams (1912–2001), South African botanist and author of the genus Rutaceae Bu
Shepherdia John Shepherd (1765–1836), English botanist Elaeagnaceae Co
Sherardia William Sherard (c. 1658 – 1728) Rubiaceae Bu
Sherbournia Margaret Dorothea Sherbourne, born Willis (1791–1846), English plant collector Rubiaceae Bu
Shibataea Keita Shibata (1878–1949) Poaceae Co
Shinnersia Lloyd Herbert Shinners (1918–1971) Asteraceae Qu
Shinnersoseris Asteraceae Qu
Shiuyinghua Shiu-Ying Hu (1910–2012) Paulowniaceae Bu
Shonia Enid Lynette Henderson (d. 1991), wife of Rodney John Francis Henderson, the author of the genus Euphorbiaceae Bu
Shorea John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (1751–1834) Dipterocarpaceae Bu
Shortia Charles Wilkins Short (1794–1863) Diapensiaceae St
Shuteria James Shuter (1795–1826), English doctor and botanist; collected plants in present-day Chennai, India Fabaceae Bu
Sibbaldia Robert Sibbald (1641–1722) Rosaceae St
Sibbaldianthe Rosaceae Bu
Sibthorpia Humphry Sibthorp (1713–1797) Plantaginaceae St
Sidneya Sidney Fay Blake (1892–1959) Asteraceae Bu
Siebera Franz Sieber (1789–1844) Asteraceae Bu
Siemensia Werner von Siemens (1816–1892), inventor and industrialist Rubiaceae Bu
Sievekingia Friedrich Sieveking (1798–1872), German lawyer and politician in Hamburg Orchidaceae Bu
Sieversandreas Andreas Sievers (1931–2009), German botanist, director of the university botanical garden in Bonn, professor of cell biology Orobanchaceae Bu
Sieversia Johann August Carl Sievers (1762–1795) Rosaceae Bu
Sigesbeckia Johann Georg Siegesbeck (1686–1755), botanist and critic of Carl Linnaeus Asteraceae St
Silvianthus Francis De Silva, collector for Nathaniel Wallich Carlemanniaceae Bu
Silviella Baltasar da Silva Lisboa (1761–1840), Brazilian lawyer and natural historian Orobanchaceae Bu
Simmondsia Thomas William Simmonds (1767–1804), English doctor and naturalist Simmondsiaceae Ba
Simsia John Sims (1749–1831) Asteraceae Bu
Sinclairia Andrew Sinclair (1794–1861) Asteraceae Bu
Sinningia Wilhelm Werner Carl Sinning (1791–1874), German horticulturist Gesneriaceae Co
Sinochasea Mary Agnes Chase (1869–1963) Poaceae Bu
Sinodielsia Ludwig Diels (1874–1945) Apiaceae Bu
Sinofranchetia Adrien René Franchet (1834–1900) Lardizabalaceae Bu
Sinojackia John George Jack (1861–1949) Styracaceae Ba
Sinojohnstonia Ivan Murray Johnston (1898–1960) Boraginaceae Bu
Sinolimprichtia Hans Wolfgang Limpricht (b. 1877), German botanist; collected plants in China and Japan Apiaceae Bu
Sinowilsonia Ernest Henry Wilson (1876–1930) Hamamelidaceae St
Siraitia Harley Harris Bartlett (1886–1960) Cucurbitaceae Bu
Sirdavidia David Frederick Attenborough (b. 1926) Annonaceae Bt
Sirhookera Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911) Orchidaceae Bu
Sirindhornia Sirindhorn (b. 1955), princess Orchidaceae Bu
Sladenia Edward Bosc Sladen (1827–1890), army officer Sladeniaceae Bu
Sleumerodendron Hermann Otto Sleumer (1906–1993) Proteaceae Bu
Sloanea Hans Sloane (1660–1753) Elaeocarpaceae Bu
Smallanthus John Kunkel Small (1869–1938) Asteraceae Bu
Smelowskia Timotheus Smelowsky (1769–1815), Russian apothecary and botanist, professor of chemistry and medicine in Saint Petersburg Brassicaceae Bu
Smirnowia Sergej Smirnoff, student who accompanied Alexander von Middendorff to Kokand in present-day Uzbekistan and collected plants on the southeast coast of the Aral Sea Fabaceae Bu
Smithia James Edward Smith (1759–1828) Fabaceae Bu
Smithiantha Matilda Smith (1854–1926) Gesneriaceae St
Smithsonia James Smithson (c. 1765 – 1829) Orchidaceae Bu
Smitinandia Tem Smitinand (1920–1995), director of the Royal Thailand Department of Forestry; orchid taxonomist Orchidaceae Bu
Smythea William James Smythe (1816–1887), military officer Rhamnaceae Bu
Snowdenia Joseph Devenport Snowden (1886–1973), British gardener, botanist and mycologist; worked at Kew Gardens Poaceae Qu
Soaresia Sebastião or Sebastián Ferreira Soares (1820–1887), Brazilian administrator; wrote about agricultural finances and statistics Asteraceae Bu
Sobennikoffia Alexandra Vasilewna Schlechter, born Sobennikoff, wife of the author of the genus, Rudolf Schlechter Orchidaceae Bu
Sobolewskia Gregor Federovitch Sobolewsky or Gregoriy Federowich Sobolewski (1741–1807), Russian military doctor, botanist and mycologist; botanical garden director in Saint Petersburg and professor of botany Brassicaceae Bu
Sobralia Francisco Martinez Sobral (d. 1799), Spanish physician Orchidaceae St
Socratea Socrates (469–399 BC), philosopher Arecaceae Bu
Soehrensia Johannes Soehrens (d.1934) Dutch botanist and Professor and Director of the Botanical Garden in Santiago de Chile Cactaceae Bt
Soejatmia Soejatmi Dransfield (b. 1939) Poaceae Bu
Soemmeringia Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring (1755–1830), anatomist Fabaceae Bu
Sohmaea Kankichi Sohma (1755–1830), Japanese botanist who worked at Tohoku University, Japan Fabaceae Bt
Sohnreyia Heinrich Sohnrey (1859–1948), German teacher and writer Rutaceae Bu
Sohnsia Ernest Reeves Sohns (1917–2001), American botanist at the National Museum of Natural History Poaceae Bu
Solandra Daniel Solander (1733–1782) Solanaceae St
Soleirolia Henri-Augustin Soleirol, French military engineer and botanist in Corsica (1792–1860) Urticaceae Co
Soliva Salvador Soliva (c. 1750 – 1793), Spanish botanist and doctor at the Spanish court in Madrid; professor of botany Asteraceae Bu
Solms-laubachia Hermann zu Solms-Laubach (1842–1915) Brassicaceae Qu
Solmsia Thymelaeaceae Qu
Solonia Solon (c. 640 BC – c. 560 BC), statesman Primulaceae Bu
Sommera Christian Niefeldt Sommer (1821–1878), entomologist; supported the research of author of the genus, Diederich Friedrich Carl von Schlechtendal Rubiaceae Bu
Sommerfeltia Søren Christian Sommerfelt (1794–1838) Asteraceae Qu
Sommieria Carlo Pietro Stefano Sommier (1848–1922), French-born Italian botanist and natural historian who collected across Europe and in the Caucasus Arecaceae Bu
Somrania Somran Suddee (fl. 1998); worked at the Forest Herbarium in Bangkok in Thailand Gesneriaceae Bu
Sondottia Otto Wilhelm Sonder (1812–1881) Asteraceae Bu
Sonneratia Pierre Sonnerat (1749–1814) Lythraceae Bu
Sotoa Miguel Ángel Soto Arenas (1963–2009), Mexican botanist, specialist in Mexican and Central American orchids Orchidaceae Bu
Souroubea James Sowerby (1757–1822) Marcgraviaceae Bu
Sowerbaea Asparagaceae Bt
Soyauxia Hermann Soyaux (1852–1928), German gardener, botanist and African explorer Peridiscaceae Bu
Spachea Édouard Spach (1801–1879) Malpighiaceae Bu
Sparrmannia Anders Sparrman (1748–1820) Malvaceae St
Specklinia Veit Rudolf Specklin (d. 1550), engraver in Strasbourg (now a French city) Orchidaceae Bu
Spegazziniophytum Carlo Luigi Spegazzini (1858–1926) Euphorbiaceae Bu
Spenceria Spencer Le Marchant Moore (1850–1931) Rosaceae St
Speranskia Mikhail Speransky (1772–1839), statesman Euphorbiaceae Bu
Spetaea Franz Speta (1941–2015) Asparagaceae Bu
Spigelia Adriaan van den Spiegel (1578–1625), anatomist Loganiaceae Co
Spragueanella Thomas Archibald Sprague (1877–1958) Loranthaceae Bu
Sprekelia Johann Heinrich von Sprekelsen (1691–1764), botanist in Hamburg Amaryllidaceae St
Sprengelia Christian Konrad Sprengel (1750–1816) Ericaceae Bu
Staavia Martin Staaf (1731–1788), correspondent with Carl Linnaeus, in Gothenburg Bruniaceae Bu
Staberoha Johann Heinrich Ludwig Staberoh (1785–1857), German apothecary and teacher at a veterinary school; member of the examination board for apothecaries Restionaceae Bu
Stackhousia John Stackhouse (1742–1819) Celastraceae Bu
Stadtmannia Jean Frédéric Stadtmann (1762–1807), French doctor, botanist and draftsman Sapindaceae Bu
Staehelina Benedikt Stähelin (1695–1750), Swiss doctor and natural scientist; professor of physics at the University of Basel Asteraceae Bu
Staelia Auguste Louis de Staël-Holstein (1790–1827), French philanthropist Rubiaceae Bu
Stalkya Galfrid Clement Keyworth Dunsterville (1905–1988), English engineer; specialist in orchids Orchidaceae Bu
Standleya Paul Carpenter Standley (1884–1963) Rubiaceae Bu
Standleyanthus Asteraceae Bu
Stanfieldiella Dennis Percival Stanfield (1903–1971), British botanist and taxonomist in the Nigerian Civil Service Commelinaceae Bu
Stangeria William Stanger (1811–1854) Zamiaceae St
Stanhopea Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope (1781–1855) Orchidaceae St
Stanleya Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby (1775–1851) Brassicaceae Bu
Stanmarkia Paul Carpenter Standley (1884–1963) and Julian Alfred Steyermark (1909–1988) Melastomataceae Bu
Stapelia Johannes Bodaeus van Stapel (c. 1600 – 1636) Apocynaceae St
Stapelianthus Apocynaceae Qu
Stapeliopsis Apocynaceae Qu
Stapfiella Otto Stapf (1857–1933) Passifloraceae Bu
Stapfochloa Poaceae Bu
Staudtia Alois Staudt (d. 1897), German botanist; collected plants in Kamerun (now Cameroon) Myristicaceae Bu
Staufferia Hans Ulrich Stauffer (1929–1965), Swiss botanist who traveled in South Africa, Australia and New Guinea; specialist in Santalaceae Santalaceae Bu
Stauntonia George Staunton, 1st Baronet (1737–1801), botanist Lardizabalaceae Co
Stawellia William Stawell (1815–1889), politician and judge Asphodelaceae Bu
Stayneria Frank J. Stayner (1907–1981), South African horticulturist, specialist in succulents; curator at the Karoo botanical garden Aizoaceae Bu
Steenisia Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan van Steenis (1901–1986) Rubiaceae Bu
Stefanoffia Boris Stefanoff (1894–1979), Bulgarian botanist, curator at the herbarium of Sofia University Apiaceae Bu
Steinbachiella José Steinbach (1856–1929), collector in Bolivia and Argentina Fabaceae Bu
Stellera Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709–1746) Thymelaeaceae St
Stephanbeckia Stephan Georg Beck (b. 1944), botanist from Missouri Botanical Garden Asteraceae Bt
Sternbergia Kaspar Maria von Sternberg (1761–1838) Amaryllidaceae Co
Stetsonia Francis Lynde Stetson (1846–1920), lawyer Cactaceae St
Steudnera Hermann Steudner (1832–1863) Araceae Bu
Stevenia Christian von Steven (1781–1863) Brassicaceae Bu
Steveniella Orchidaceae Bu
Stevensia Edward Stevens (1755–1834), doctor and diplomat Rubiaceae Bu
Stevia Pedro Jaime Esteve (c. 1500 – 1556) Asteraceae St
Steviopsis Asteraceae Bu
Stewartia John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713–1792), prime minister of Great Britain Theaceae Co
Stewartiella Ralph Randles Stewart (1890–1993) Apiaceae Bu
Steyerbromelia Julian Alfred Steyermark (1909–1988) Bromeliaceae Bu
Steyermarkia Rubiaceae Bu
Steyermarkina Asteraceae Bu
Steyermarkochloa Poaceae Bu
Stifftia Andreas Joseph Freiherr von Stifft (1760–1836), Austrian doctor in Vienna; also an imperial personal physician Asteraceae Bu
Stillingia Benjamin Stillingfleet (1702–1771) Euphorbiaceae Bu
Stimpsonia William Stimpson (1832–1872) Primulaceae Bu
Stirlingia James Stirling (1791–1865), colonial administrator Proteaceae Qu
Stirtonanthus Charles Howard Stirton (b. 1946), South African botanist and taxonomist; later a director at Kew Gardens Fabaceae Bu
Stocksia John Ellerton Stocks (1822–1854) Sapindaceae Bu
Stockwellia Victor Charles Stockwell (1918–1999), Australian forest ranger in Queensland Myrtaceae Bu
Stoeberia Ernst Stoeber (1889–1927?), German teacher and botanist in Lüderitz in present-day Namibia Aizoaceae Bu
Stokesia Jonathan Stokes (1755–1831) Asteraceae Co
Stonesia Margaret Stones (b. 1920) Podostemaceae Bu
Stonesiella Fabaceae Bu
Storckiella Jacob Storck (1836–1893), German-born Australian gardener from Darmstadt; accompanied the author of the genus, Berthold Carl Seemann, on a plant-collecting expedition Fabaceae Bu
Strangea Frederick Strange (1826–1854), English-born Australian seaman who operated an export business in Sydney for plant and animal specimens, most collected by him Proteaceae Bu
Stranvaesia William Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester (1795–1865) Rosaceae St
Strasburgeria Eduard Strasburger (1844–1912) Strasburgeriaceae Bu
Strelitzia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818) Strelitziaceae Ch
Strempeliopsis Johannes Carl Friedrich Strempel (1800–1872), German eye doctor and natural scientist; later a professor in Rostock Apocynaceae Bu
Strotheria John Lance Strother (b. 1941), American botanist at the university herbarium in Berkeley, California Asteraceae Bu
Strumpfia Christoph Carl Strumpff (d. 1754), German doctor, professor of chemistry in Halle Rubiaceae Bu
Stuartina Charles Stuart (1802–1877), English botanist, gardener and traveler; collected in Australia and New Zealand Asteraceae Qu
Stuckenia Wilhelm Adolf Stucken (1860–1901), German teacher of Latin, Greek and German at a school in Bremen; built up a herbarium and botanical garden Potamogetonaceae Bu
Stuhlmannia Franz Stuhlmann (1863–1928) Fabaceae Qu
Stutzia Howard Stutz (1918–2010) Amaranthaceae Bu
Suarezia Carola Lindberg de Súarez, South American orchid collector and illustrator Orchidaceae Bu
Succowia Georg Adolf Suckow (1751–1813) Brassicaceae Bu
Suchtelenia Paul van Suchtelen (1788–1833), Dutch-born Russian military officer Boraginaceae Bu
Suckleya George Suckley (1830–1869) Amaranthaceae Bu
Suessenguthia Karl Suessenguth (1893–1955) Acanthaceae Bu
Suessenguthiella Molluginaceae Bu
Suksdorfia Wilhelm Nikolaus Suksdorf (1850–1932) Saxifragaceae Bu
Sullivantia William Starling Sullivant (1803–1873) Saxifragaceae Bu
Summerhayesia V. S. Summerhayes (1897–1974) Orchidaceae Bu
Sunhangia Hang Sun (b.1963), Chinese botanist, Professor of Botany and Director of the Kunming Institute of Botany in Yunnan Fabaceae Bt
Suriana Joseph Donat Surian (1650–1691), French doctor, chemist and botanist Surianaceae Bu
Surreya Surrey Wilfrid Laurance Jacobs (1946–2009), Australian botanist and botanical garden taxonomist in Sydney Amaranthaceae Bu
Sutera Johann Rudolf Suter (1766–1827) Scrophulariaceae Bu
Sutherlandia James Sutherland (1639–1719) Fabaceae St
Suzukia Shigeyoshi Suzuki (1894 – c. 1934), Japanese botanist and plant collector Lamiaceae Bu
Svenkoeltzia Sven Koeltz (b. 1941), German book dealer and publisher of scientific books in Königstein in Taunus Orchidaceae Bu
Swainsona Isaac Swainson (1746–1812) Fabaceae Co
Swallenia Jason Richard Swallen (1903–1991) Poaceae Bu
Swartzia Olof Swartz (1760–1818) Fabaceae Bu
Sweetia Robert Sweet (1783–1835) Fabaceae Bu
Swertia Emanuel Sweert (c. 1552 – 1612) Gentianaceae St
Swietenia Gerard van Swieten (1700–1772), doctor Meliaceae St
Swinglea Walter Tennyson Swingle (1871–1952) Rutaceae Bu
Swintonia George Swinton (1780–1854) Anacardiaceae Bu
Symonanthus David Eric Symon (1920–2011), Australian botanist and taxonomist from the University of Adelaide and Waite Agricultural Research Institute Solanaceae Bt
Symmeria Robert Symmer (1707–1763), physicist Polygonaceae Bu
Syreitschikovia Dmitry Petrovich Syreyshchikov (1868–1932), Russian botanist, curator at the university herbarium in Moscow Asteraceae Bu
Szovitsia Johann Nepomuk Szovits (1782–1830), Hungarian-born Russian apothecary and botanist Apiaceae Bu
Tabernaemontana Jacobus Theodorus Tabernaemontanus (1522–1590) Apocynaceae St
Tabernanthe Apocynaceae Bu
Takhtajania Armen Takhtajan (1910–2009) Winteraceae Qu
Takhtajaniantha Asteraceae Qu
Takhtajaniella Brassicaceae Bu
Talbotiella Dorothy Amaury Talbot (1871–1916) and her husband Percy Amaury Talbot (1877–1945), African anthropologists, explorers and plant collectors Fabaceae Bu
Tamamschjanella Sofya Georgiyevna Tamamshyan (1901–1981) Apiaceae Bu
Tamayorkis Roberto González Tamayo (1940–2014), Mexican engineer and botanist, professor at the University of Guadalajara Orchidaceae Bu
Tamijia Tamiji Inoue (1947–1997), Japanese botanist and zoologist (entomologist) Zingiberaceae Bu
Tammsia Georg Tamms, German doctor from Altona (near Hamburg), also a collector Rubiaceae Bu
Tanakaea Tanaka Yoshio (1838–1916) Saxifragaceae St
Tannodia Alfred Moquin-Tandon (1804–1863) Euphorbiaceae Bu
Taplinia Theodore Ernest Holmes Aplin (1927–1991), Burmese-Australian botanist at the Western Australian Herbarium; found this plant Asteraceae Bu
Tashiroea Antei Tashiro (1856–1928), Japanese botanist and anthropologist, cofounder of a botanical garden in Taiwan Melastomataceae Bu
Tasmannia Abel Tasman (1603–1659), seafarer and explorer Winteraceae Qu
Tateanthus George Henry Hamilton Tate (1894–1953) Melastomataceae Bu
Tateishia Yoichi Tateishi (b.1948), Japanese botanist and Professor at University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa Fabaceae Bt
Tatianyx Tatiana Skvortzov Sendulsky (1922–2004), Russian-born Brazilian botanist who worked at the botanical institute of the University of São Paulo Poaceae Bu
Tauschia Ignaz Friedrich Tausch (1793–1848) Apiaceae Bu
Tavaresia José Tavares de Macedo (19th century), colonial administrator in Portuguese Angola (present-day Angola) Apocynaceae Bu
Taverniera Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605–1689), gem merchant and traveler Fabaceae Bu
Teagueia Walter Teague (1925–2013), American botanist in San Francisco, collector of orchids Orchidaceae Bu
Tecophilaea Tecophila Billotti (1802 or 1803 – 1885 or 1886), Italian botanical artist Tecophilaeaceae Ch
Teedia Johann Georg Teede, German botanist who collected plants in Portugal Scrophulariaceae Bu
Teesdalia Robert Teesdale (1740–1804), English botanist who worked as head gardener for Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle; cofounder of the Linnean Society of London Brassicaceae Bu
Teijsmanniodendron Johannes Elias Teijsmann (1808–1882) Lamiaceae Bu
Teixeiranthus Alcides Ribeiro Teixeira (1918–2003), Brazilian botanist and mycologist in São Paulo Asteraceae Bu
Telekia Sámuel Teleki (1739–1822), nobleman and patron Asteraceae Co
Telfairia Charles Telfair (1778–1833) Cucurbitaceae Bu
Templetonia John Templeton (1766–1825) Fabaceae St
Tennantia James Robert Tennant (b. 1928), British botanist at Kew Gardens Rubiaceae Bu
Tenrhynea Willem ten Rhijne (1647–1700) Asteraceae Bu
Ternstroemia Christopher Tärnström (1703–1746), student of Linnaeus Pentaphylacaceae St
Tersonia Joséphine Louise Moquin-Tandon, born de Terson (1819–1890), wife of the French botanist Alfred Moquin-Tandon, the author of this genus Gyrostemonaceae Bu
Tessaria Ludovico Tessari (18th century), Italian doctor and professor of botany in Ancona Asteraceae Qu
Tessiera Henri-Alexandre Tessier (1741–1837), French doctor and agronomist Rubiaceae Bu
Tessmannia Günther Tessmann (1884–1969), German-Brazilian ethnologist and botanist; African explorer and plant collector; settled in Brazil Fabaceae Qu
Tessmanniacanthus Acanthaceae Qu
Tessmannianthus Melastomataceae Qu
Testulea Georges Marie Patrice Charles Le Testu (1877–1967), French colonial administrator in tropical Africa; later worked at a botanical garden in Caen Ochnaceae Bu
Teuscheria Henry Teuscher (1891–1984) Orchidaceae Bu
Teyleria Pieter Teyler van der Hulst (1702–1778), merchant, collector and patron Fabaceae Bu
Thalia Johannes Thal (1542–1583), German botanist Marantaceae Co
Thamnoldenlandia Henrik Bernard Oldenland (1663–1697) Rubiaceae Bu
Thawatchaia Thawatchai Santisuk (b. 1944), Thai herbarium director in Bangkok, and Thawatchai Wongprasert (fl. 2000), plant collector Podostemaceae Bu
Theilera Arnold Theiler (1867–1936), veterinarian Campanulaceae Bu
Themistoclesia Themistocles (c. 525 BC – c. 459 BC), politician and military leader Ericaceae Bu
Thenardia Louis Jacques Thénard (1777–1857), chemist Apocynaceae Bu
Theodorovia Andrey A. Fedorov (1908–1987) Campanulaceae Bu
Theophrasta Theophrastus (c. 371 BC – 287 BC) Primulaceae St
Thepparatia Sirindhorn (b. 1955), princess Malvaceae Bu
Thevenotia Jean de Thévenot (1633–1667) Asteraceae Bu
Thevetia André Thevet (1516–1590), clergyman and explorer Apocynaceae St
Thibaudia Étienne Thibaud (d. 1813), French doctor and professor of botany, member of a natural history society in Edinburgh and the Linnean Society of London Ericaceae Bu
Thinouia André Thouin (1747–1824) Sapindaceae Bu
Thiollierea Victor Thiollière (1801–1859) Rubiaceae Bu
Thiseltonia George Henry Thiselton-Dyer (1879–1944), English engineer; collected in Australia and New Zealand Asteraceae Bu
Thismia Thomas Smith (d. 1825?), English microscopist; worked with Robert Brown Burmanniaceae Bu
Thomandersia Thomas Anderson (1832–1870) Thomandersiaceae Bu
Thomasia Pierre Thomas (1708–1781) and family, 18th- and 19th-century Swiss collectors Malvaceae St
Thompsonella Charles Henry Thompson (1870–1931), American botanist who taught at the Missouri Botanical Garden Crassulaceae Bu
Thonningia Peter Thonning (1775–1848) Balanophoraceae Bu
Thoreauea Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), writer and philosopher Apocynaceae Bu
Thorncroftia Georg Thorncroft (1857–1934), English-born South African businessman, botanist and plant collector Lamiaceae Bu
Thottea Otto Thott (1703–1785), minister of state Aristolochiaceae Bu
Thouinia André Thouin (1747–1824) Sapindaceae Qu
Thouinidium Sapindaceae Qu
Threlkeldia Caleb Threlkeld (1676–1728) Amaranthaceae Bu
Thuarea Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars (1758–1831) Poaceae Bu
Thulinia Mats Thulin (b. 1948), Swedish botanist who worked at Uppsala University Orchidaceae Bu
Thunbergia Carl Peter Thunberg (1743–1828) Acanthaceae Co
Thunia Franz Anton von Thun-Hohenstein (1786–1873), Austrian nobleman and statesman who supported science and was knowledgeable about orchids Orchidaceae Bu
Thurnia Everard im Thurn (1852–1932) Thurniaceae Bu
Thurovia Frederick William Thurow (1852–1931), German-born American plant collector in Texas Asteraceae Bu
Thurya Jean Marc Antoine Thury (1822–1905), Swiss naturalist; professor of botany at the university in Geneva Caryophyllaceae Bu
Tidestromia Ivar Frederick Tidestrøm (1864–1956), Swedish-born American botanist in medical service in the military Amaranthaceae Bu
Tiedemannia Friedrich Tiedemann (1781–1861) Apiaceae Bu
Tieghemella Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem (1839–1914) Sapotaceae Bu
Tietkensia William Tietkens (1844–1933) Asteraceae Bu
Tilesia Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau (1769–1857) Asteraceae Bu
Tilingia Heinrich Sylvester Theodor Tiling (1818–1871) Apiaceae Bu
Tillandsia Elias Tillandz (1640–1693) Bromeliaceae St
Tinantia François Auguste Tinant (1803–1853), botanist in Luxembourg Commelinaceae St
Tinnea Alexine Tinne (1835–1869), along with her mother and aunt, in honour of their African expedition in 1861 Lamiaceae St
Tirpitzia Alfred von Tirpitz (1849–1930), admiral Linaceae Bu
Tisonia Eugène Édouard Augustin Tison (1842–1932), French doctor and professor of botany Salicaceae Bu
Todaroa Agostino Todaro (1818–1892) Apiaceae Bu
Tofieldia Thomas Tofield (1730–1779), English hydrological engineer and botanist Tofieldiaceae Bu
Tolmiea William Fraser Tolmie (1812–1886), doctor Saxifragaceae Co
Tomzanonia Thomas A. Zanoni (b. 1949), American botanist at the New York Botanical Garden Orchidaceae Bu
Torenia Olof Torén (1718–1753), reverend Linderniaceae St
Torralbasia José Ildefonso Torralbas (1842–1903), Cuban botanist and agronomist; director of the university botanical museum in Havana and professor at the university Celastraceae Bu
Torreya John Torrey (1796–1873) Taxaceae St
Torreyochloa Poaceae Bu
Torricellia Evangelista Torricelli (1608–1647), physicist and mathematician Torricelliaceae Bu
Touchardia Philippe Victor Touchard (1810–1879), French vice-admiral Urticaceae Bu
Tournaya Roland Louis Jules Alfred Tournay (1925–1972), Belgian botanist; publisher of the bulletin of the National Botanic Garden of Belgium (now the Meise Botanic Garden) Fabaceae Bu
Tournefortia Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656–1708) Heliotropiaceae St
Tourneuxia Aristide-Horace Letourneux (1820–1890), French magistrate, botanist and zoologist in Algeria, and Henri René Letourneux de la Perraudière (1831–1861), French botanist who collected in France and Algeria and on the islands of Madeira and the Canaries Asteraceae Bu
Tournonia Dominique Jérôme Tournon (1758–1829), French doctor and botanist, botanical garden director in Toulouse Basellaceae Bu
Tourrettia Marc Antoine Louis Claret de La Tourrette (1729–1793) Bignoniaceae Qu
Toussaintia Léon Louis Emile Toussaint (1914–1997), Belgian botanist and agronomist Annonaceae Bu
Tovaria Simón de Tovar, Spanish doctor and botanist Tovariaceae Bu
Townsendia David Townsend (1787–1858), American botanist in Pennsylvania Asteraceae St
Townsonia William Townson (1850–1926), English-born New Zealander; pharmacologist and plant collector Orchidaceae Bu
Tozzia Bruno Tozzi (1656–1743), Italian clergyman, botanist and mycologist Orobanchaceae Bu
Tracyina Joseph Prince Tracy (1879–1953), American botanist and plant collector Asteraceae Bu
Tradescantia John Tradescant (1608–1662) Commelinaceae Co
Tragia Hieronymus Bock (1498–1554), Latinised as Hieronymus Tragus Euphorbiaceae Bu
Tragiella Euphorbiaceae Bu
Tragus Poaceae Bu
Trailliaedoxa Clementina Forrest, born Traill (1877–1937), collected this plant in Yunnan, China; wife and colleague of George Forrest Rubiaceae Bu
Trattinnickia Leopold Trattinnick (1764–1849) Burseraceae Bu
Traubia Hamilton Paul Traub (1890–1983) Amaryllidaceae Bu
Traunsteinera Joseph Traunsteiner (1798–1850), Austrian apothecary and botanist Orchidaceae Bu
Trautvetteria Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter (1809–1889) Ranunculaceae St
Traversia William Travers (1819–1903) Asteraceae Bu
Treculia Auguste Trécul (1818–1896) Moraceae Bu
Treichelia Alexander Johann August Treichel (1837–1901), German lawyer; secretary of the botanical union in Brandenburg Campanulaceae Bu
Trembleya Abraham Trembley (1710–1784), Jean Trembley (1704–1785), Swiss mathematician, and Jacques-André Trembley (1714–1763), Swiss botanist Melastomataceae Qu
Treutlera William John Treutler (1841–1915), British doctor who also worked at Kew Gardens Apocynaceae Bu
Trevesia Enrichetta Treves de Bonfigli (1790–1858), Italian botanical patron, and her grandsons Araliaceae St
Trevoria Trevor Lawrence, 2nd Baronet (1831–1913) Orchidaceae Bu
Trianaea José Jerónimo Triana (1828–1890) Solanaceae Bu
Tribounia Pramote Triboun (fl. 1990–2002), Thai botanist at the Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research Gesneriaceae Bu
Trieenea Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen (1912–2006) Scrophulariaceae Bu
Trimenia Henry Trimen (1843–1896) Trimeniaceae Bu
Trinia Carl Bernhard von Trinius (1778–1844) Apiaceae Bu
Triniochloa Poaceae Bu
Tristania Jules Marie Claude de Tristan (1776–1861), French botanist; botanical garden administrator in Orléans Myrtaceae St
Tristaniopsis Myrtaceae Bu
Triumfetta Giovanni Battista Triumfetti (1658–1708), Italian doctor and director of the university botanical garden in Rome Malvaceae Bu
Trochetia Henri Dutrochet (1776–1847) Malvaceae Bu
Trochetiopsis Malvaceae Bu
Trozelia Clas Blechert Trozelius (1719–1794), Swedish clergyman and botanist; professor of economics at Lund University Solanaceae Bu
Tryonia Alice Faber de Tryon (1920–2009), American botanist (mainly Pteridology) Pteridaceae Bt
Tsaiorchis Cai Xitao (1911–1981) Orchidaceae Qu
Tuctoria anagram of Orcuttia, for Charles Russell Orcutt (1864–1929) Poaceae Qu
Tugarinovia Arkadi Jakovlevits Tugarinov (1880–1948), Russian biologist (ornithologist), director of the museum in Krasnoyarsk Asteraceae Bu
Tulbaghia Ryk Tulbagh (1699–1771), colonial administrator Amaryllidaceae Co
Tupeia Tupaia (1725–1770), Polynesian navigator Loranthaceae Bu
Turczaninovia Nikolai Turczaninow (1796–1863) Asteraceae Bu
Turgenia Alexander Turgenev (1784–1845), historian Apiaceae Bu
Turgeniopsis Apiaceae Bu
Turnera William Turner (c. 1508 – 1568) Passifloraceae St
Turpinia Pierre Jean François Turpin (1775–1840) Staphyleaceae Bu
Turraea Antonio Turra (1730–1796), Italian doctor and botanist in Vicenza Meliaceae St
Turraeanthus Meliaceae Bu
Turrillia William Bertram Turrill (1890–1961) Proteaceae Bu
Tweedia John Tweedie (1775–1862), Scottish-born Argentinian gardener and botanist Apocynaceae Ba
Tyleria Sidney Frederick Tyler (1907–1993), American banker and cattle rancher; supporter of charitable organizations Ochnaceae Bu
Tyleropappus Asteraceae Bu
Tzveleviochloa Nikolai Tzvelev (1925–2015), Russian botanist, specialist in grasses and ferns Poaceae Bt
Tzvelevopyrethrum Asteraceae Bu
Uebelinia Johann Jakob Übelin (1793–1873), Swiss clergyman, botanical enthusiast Caryophyllaceae Bu
Uebelmannia Werner Uebelmann (1921–2014) Cactaceae Bu
Uittienia Hendrik Uittien (1898–1944), Dutch botanist, curator in Utrecht and Deventer Fabaceae Bu
Uleanthus Ernst Heinrich Georg Ule (1854–1915) Fabaceae Qu
Ulearum Araceae Qu
Uleiorchis Orchidaceae Qu
Uleophytum Asteraceae Qu
Ulleria Jean Ruel (1474–1537) Acanthaceae Bu
Ungeria Franz Unger (1800–1870) Malvaceae Bu
Ungernia Franz Ungern-Sternberg (1808–1885), Baltic German botanist and doctor in Turin, Italy Amaryllidaceae Bu
Ungnadia David Ungnad von Sonnegg (1530–1600), ambassador Sapindaceae St
Urbanodendron Ignatz Urban (1848–1931) Lauraceae Bu
Urbinella Manuel Urbina y Altamirano (1843–1906), Mexican doctor, apothecary, botanist and zoologist Asteraceae Bu
Uribea Antonio Lorenzo Uribe Uribe (1900–1980), Colombian clergyman, botanist and zoologist, and his father Joachim Antonio Uribe (1858–1935), Colombian instructor and naturalist Fabaceae Bu
Urmenetea Hieronymus Urmeneta (1816–1881), Chilean administrator; agricultural society president Asteraceae Bu
Uroskinnera George Ure Skinner (1804–1867), English merchant, ornithologist and plant collector Plantaginaceae Bu
Ursinia Johannes Heinrich Ursinus (1608–1667) Asteraceae St
Urvillea Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790–1842) Sapindaceae Bu
Usteria Paul Usteri (1768–1831) Loganiaceae Bu
Utleya Kathleen Burt-Utley (b. 1944) and her husband John F. Utley (b. 1944), American botanists at the University of Florida and the University of New Orleans Ericaceae Bu
Uvedalia Robert Uvedale (1642–1722) Phrymaceae Bu
Vachellia George Harvey Vachell (1799–1839), clergyman Fabaceae Qu
Vahlia Martin Vahl (1749–1804) Vahliaceae Qu
Vahlodea Jens Vahl (1796–1854) Poaceae Bu
Vailia Anna Murray Vail (1863–1955) Apocynaceae Bu
Valantia Sébastien Vaillant (1669–1722) Rubiaceae Bu
Valdivia Pedro de Valdivia (1497–1553), conquistador Escalloniaceae Bu
Vallea Felice Spirito Valle (1715–1747), Italian military doctor and botanist; collected in the Alps and on Corsica Elaeocarpaceae Bu
Vallesia Francisco Vallés (1524–1592), doctor Apocynaceae Bu
Vallisneria Antonio Vallisneri (1661–1730) Hydrocharitaceae St
Vancouveria George Vancouver (1758–1798), explorer Berberidaceae Co
Vandasina Karel Vandas (1861–1923), Bohemian-born Czech botanist and teacher in Prague Fabaceae Bu
Vandellia Domenico Vandelli (1735–1816) Linderniaceae Bu
Vanheerdea Pieter van Heerde (1893–1979), South African teacher and plant collector Aizoaceae Bu
Vanhouttea Louis van Houtte (1810–1876) Gesneriaceae Bu
Vanoverberghia Morice Vanoverbergh (1885–1987), Belgian clergyman and amateur botanist Zingiberaceae Bu
Van-royena Pieter van Royen (1923–2002) Sapotaceae Bu
Vanwykia Pieter van Wyck (1931–2006), South African botanist and ecologist Loranthaceae Bu
Vanzijlia Dorothy Constantia van Zijl (1886–1938), South African plant collector Aizoaceae Bu
Vargasiella Julio César Vargas Calderón (1903–2002), Peruvian naturalist, professor of botany and director of the botanical museum in Cusco Orchidaceae Bu
Varronia Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 BC), polymath and writer Boraginaceae Bu
Vasconcellea Simão de Vasconcelos (1597 – c. 1672), Brazilian clergyman, historian and writer Caricaceae Bu
Vaseyochloa George Vasey (1822–1893) Poaceae Qu
Vasqueziella Roberto Vásquez (1941–2015), Bolivian naturalist, professor of botany, specialist in Bolivian orchids Orchidaceae Bu
Vateria Abraham Vater (1684–1751) Dipterocarpaceae Bu
Vateriopsis Dipterocarpaceae Bu
Vatovaea Aristocle Vatova (1897–1992), Italian botanist (with a focus on algae) in Rovinj Fabaceae Bu
Vatricania Louis Félix Vatrican (1904–2007), agricultural engineer from Monaco, director of the national Jardin Exotique Cactaceae Bu
Vauquelinia Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763–1829) Rosaceae Bu
Vavilovia Nikolai Vavilov (1887–1943) Fabaceae Bu
Veitchia James Veitch Jr. (1815–1869) and his son John Gould Veitch Arecaceae St
Velascoa José María Velasco Gómez (1840–1912), painter and naturalist Crossosomataceae Bu
Veldkampia Jan Frederik Veldkamp (1941-2017) Poaceae Bt
Velleia Thomas Velley (1748–1806) Goodeniaceae Bu
Vellosiella José Mariano de Conceição Vellozo (1742–1811) Orobanchaceae Bu
Vellozia Joaquim Velloso de Miranda (1733–1815), Brazilian clergyman and plant collector Velloziaceae Bu
Veltheimia August Ferdinand von Veltheim (1741–1801) Asparagaceae St
Venegasia Miguel Venegas (1680–1764) Asteraceae Bu
Ventenata Étienne Pierre Ventenat (1757–1808) Poaceae Bu
Verdesmum Bernard Verdcourt (1925–2011) Fabaceae Bu
Verhuellia Quirijn Maurits Rudolph Ver Huell (1787–1860), Dutch rear admiral, illustrator and entomologist Piperaceae Bu
Vernonanthura William Vernon (1666 or 1667 – c. 1713), English plant collector; collected in the US state of Maryland for the Royal Society Asteraceae Bu
Vernonia Asteraceae Co
Vernoniopsis Asteraceae Qu
Verreauxia Jules Verreaux (1807–1873) Goodeniaceae Bu
Verschaffeltia Ambroise Verschaffelt (1825–1886) Arecaceae St
Vesalea Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564), Belgian anatomist and physician to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor Caprifoliaceae Bt
Veselskya Friedrich Veselský (1813–1866), Bohemian lawyer in present-day Prešov; amateur botanist with a focus on mushrooms Brassicaceae Bu
Vesper Fengjie Sun (b. 1968) and Stephen Roy Downie (b. 1959), American botanists and evolutionary biologists in Georgia Apiaceae Bu
Vesselowskya E. Vesselowsky, Russian scientist from Saratov Cunoniaceae Bu
Vestia Lorenz Chrysanth von Vest (1776–1840) Solanaceae Co
Veyretella Yvonne Veyret (b. 1925), French botanist and plant collector at the National Museum of Natural History; specialist in orchids Orchidaceae Bu
Veyretia Orchidaceae Bu
Vicatia Philippe-Rodolphe Vicat (1742–1783), Swiss doctor and botanist in Warsaw, Poland, and Lausanne Apiaceae Bu
Vicoa Giambattista Vico (1668–1744), philosopher Asteraceae Bu
Victoria Queen Victoria (1819–1901) Nymphaeaceae St
Vidalasia Jules Eugène Vidal (1914 – after 2016), French botanist at the National Museum of Natural History; specialist in the flora of Southeast Asia Rubiaceae Bu
Vieraea José de Viera y Clavijo (1731–1813) Asteraceae Bu
Vigna Dominico Vigna (d. 1647), Italian botanist Fabaceae St
Viguiera Louis Guillaume Alexandre Viguier (1790–1867), French doctor and botanist from Montpellier Asteraceae Bu
Viguieranthus René Viguier (1880–1931) Fabaceae Bu
Viguierella Poaceae Bu
Villadia Manuel Maria Villada (1841–1924), Mexican mineralogist, geologist and paleobotanist Crassulaceae Bu
Villanova Tomás Manuel Vilanova Muñoz y Poyanos (1737–1802), Spanish doctor and botanist; professor of botany and chemistry at the University of Valencia Asteraceae Bu
Villaria Celestino Fernández-Villar (1838–1907) Rubiaceae Bu
Villarsia Dominique Villars (1745–1814) Menyanthaceae St
Villasenoria José Luis Villaseñor (b. 1954), Mexican professor of botany in Mexico City; specialist in New World tropical flora Asteraceae Bu
Virgilia Virgil (70–19 BC), poet Fabaceae St
Viridivia Percy James Greenway (1897–1980), South African botanist at the agricultural research station and herbarium in Nairobi, Kenya Passifloraceae Bu
Virotia Robert Virot (1915–2002) Proteaceae Bu
Viscainoa Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548 – c. 1625), military officer and explorer Zygophyllaceae Qu
Vismia Gérard de Visme (c. 1725 – c. 1797), French and English merchant in Lisbon, Portugal Hypericaceae Bu
Vismianthus Connaraceae Bu
Visnea Pentaphylacaceae Bu
Vitekorchis Ernst Vitek (b. 1953), Austrian botanist at the museum of natural history in Vienna Orchidaceae Bu
Vittadinia Carlo Vittadini (1800–1865) Asteraceae St
Vittetia Nelly Elsa Vittet (d. 1995), Argentinian botanist at the natural science museum in Buenos Aires Asteraceae Bu
Viviania Domenico Viviani (1772–1840) Francoaceae Bu
Vlokia Johannes Hendrik Jacobus Vlok (b. 1957), forester in South Africa Aizoaceae Bu
Volkameria Johann Georg Volkamer, the Younger (1662–1744), German doctor and botanist in Nuremberg Lamiaceae Bu
Volkensinia Georg Volkens (1855–1917) Amaranthaceae Bu
Vossia Johann Heinrich Voss (1751–1826), classicist Poaceae Bu
Votschia Oskar Hermann Wilhelm Votsch (1879–1927), German botanist and teacher in Delitzsch Primulaceae Bu
Vriesea Willem Hendrik de Vriese (1806–1862) Bromeliaceae St
Vrydagzynea Theodor Daniel Vrydag or Vrydag Zijnen (1799–1863), Dutch apothecary from The Hague; wrote about Cinchona Orchidaceae Bu
Vulpiella Johann Samuel Vulpius (1760–1846), German apothecary in Stuttgart and Pforzheim Poaceae Bu
Vvedenskya Aleksai Ivanovich Vvedensky (1898–1972), Russian botanist at herbariums in Penza and Tashkent Apiaceae Bu
Wachendorfia Evert Jacob van Wachendorff (1702–1758), Dutch botanist Haemodoraceae St
Wahlenbergia Göran Wahlenberg (1780–1851) Campanulaceae St
Waitzia Karl Friedrich Waitz (1774–1848), German botanist and agronomist in Saxe-Altenburg Asteraceae Bu
Waldsteinia Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein (1759–1823) Rosaceae Co
Wallacea Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) Ochnaceae Bu
Wallaceodendron Fabaceae Bu
Wallenia Mathew Wallen (18th century), Irish naval officer and botanical enthusiast; raised native and exotic plants near Kingston, Jamaica Primulaceae Qu
Walleria Horace Waller (1833–1896) Tecophilaeaceae Bu
Wallichia Nathaniel Wallich (1786–1854) Arecaceae St
Wallisia Gustav Wallis (1830–1878) Bromeliaceae Bu
Walteranthus Hans Paul Heinrich Walter (b. 1882), German botanist who worked with Adolf Engler Gyrostemonaceae Bu
Waltheria Augustin Friedrich Walther (1688–1746) Malvaceae Qu
Waltillia Walter Till (b. 1956), Austrian botanist, herbarium director in Vienna Bromeliaceae Bu
Walwhalleya Ralph Derwyn Broughton Whalley (b. 1933), American botanist; specialist in grasses Poaceae Bu
Wangenheimia Friedrich Adam Julius von Wangenheim (1749–1800) Poaceae Bu
Warburgia Otto Warburg (1859–1938) Canellaceae Bu
Warczewiczella Józef Warszewicz (1812–1866) Orchidaceae St
Warionia Adrien Warion (1837–1880) Asteraceae Bu
Warmingia Eugenius Warming (1841–1924) Orchidaceae Bu
Warneckea Otto Warnecke (b. c. 1873), German gardener and plant collector in German East Africa (roughly present-day Tanzania) and Ballenstedt Melastomataceae Bu
Warnockia Barton Holland Warnock (1911–1998) Lamiaceae Bu
Warrea Frederick James Warre (1798–1872), English businessman, mining association director in Rio de Janeiro; collected orchids Orchidaceae Bu
Warreella Orchidaceae Bu
Warreopsis Orchidaceae Bu
Warszewiczia Józef Warszewicz (1812–1866) Rubiaceae Bu
Washingtonia George Washington (1732–1799), president of the United States Arecaceae Co
Watsonia William Watson (1715–1787) Iridaceae Co
Weberbauera Augusto Weberbauer (1871–1948) Brassicaceae Qu
Weberbauerella Fabaceae Qu
Weberbauerocereus Cactaceae Qu
Weberocereus Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber (1830–1903) Cactaceae Bu
Weddellina Hugh Algernon Weddell (1819–1877) Podostemaceae Bu
Wedelia Georg Wolfgang Wedel (1645–1721) Asteraceae St
Weigela Christian Ehrenfried Weigel (1748–1831) Caprifoliaceae Co
Weinmannia Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683–1741) Cunoniaceae St
Welchiodendron Marcus Baldwin Welch (1895–1942), New Zealand botanist and chemist in the sugar industry, in munitions manufacturing in Scotland, and in other jobs in Australia Myrtaceae Bu
Weldenia Ludwig von Welden (1780–1853), army officer Commelinaceae St
Welfia George V of Hanover (1819–1878) Arecaceae Bu
Wellstedia James Raymond Wellsted (1805–1842), naval officer Boraginaceae Bu
Welwitschia Friedrich Welwitsch (1806–1872) Welwitschiaceae Ch
Welwitschiella Asteraceae Bu
Wenchengia Wen Chen Wu (1898–1942), Chinese professor of botany with a focus on Chinese flora Lamiaceae Bu
Wendlandia Heinrich Wendland (1792–1869) and possibly Johann Christoph Wendland (1755–1828) Rubiaceae Bu
Wendlandiella Heinrich Wendland (1792–1869) Arecaceae Bu
Wenzelia Chester A. Wenzel (1882–1929), American teacher, cattle rancher and plant collector in the Philippines Rutaceae Bu
Werauhia Werner Rauh (1913–2000) Bromeliaceae Bu
Wercklea Karl Wercklé (1860–1924), French-Lorrainer and Costa Rican gardener and botanist; also worked in the United States Malvaceae Bu
Werneria Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749–1817) Asteraceae Bu
Westoniella Arthur Stewart Weston (b. 1932), American botanist with a focus on Costa Rican plants Asteraceae Qu
Westringia Johan Peter Westring (1753–1833), Swedish physician and lichenologist Lamiaceae St
Wetria Christoph Jacob Trew (1695–1769) Euphorbiaceae Bu
Wettinia Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1750–1827) Arecaceae Bu
Wettsteiniola Richard Wettstein (1863–1931) Podostemaceae Bu
Whipplea Amiel Weeks Whipple (1818–1863), military officer Saxifragaceae Bu
Whiteochloa Cyril Tenison White (1890–1950) Poaceae Bu
Whiteodendron Myrtaceae Bu
Whitesloanea Alain Campbell White (1880–1951), American botanist, and Boyd Lincoln Sloane (1885–1955), American botanist Apocynaceae Bu
Whitfieldia Thomas Whitfield, plant and animal collector in the 1840s in West Africa Acanthaceae Bu
Whitfordiodendron Harry Nichols Whitford (1872–1941), American forester and professor of tropical forestry at Yale University Fabaceae Bu
Whitmorea Timothy Charles Whitmore (1935–2002), English ecologist, botanist, geologist and climatologist Stemonuraceae Bu
Whittonia Brian Alan Whitton (b. 1935), English botanist at Durham University Peridiscaceae Bu
Whytockia James Whytock (1845–1926), English gardener in Ireland and at various Scottish castles and estates; president of the Scottish Horticultural Association and the Botanical Society of Edinburgh Gesneriaceae Bu
Wiborgia Erik Viborg (1759–1822) Fabaceae Bu
Wiborgiella Fabaceae Bt
Widdringtonia Samuel Edward Cook (1787–1856) Cupressaceae Bu
Wielandia Joseph Fridolin Wieland (1804–1872), German-born Swiss botanist and doctor in Aargau Phyllanthaceae Bu
Wiesneria Julius Wiesner (1838–1916) Alismataceae Bu
Wigandia Johann Wigand (1523–1587), bishop Hydrophyllaceae St
Wightia Robert Wight (1796–1872) Paulowniaceae Qu
Wikstroemia Johan Emanuel Wikström (1789–1856) Thymelaeaceae Ba
Wilbrandia Johann Bernhard Wilbrand (1779–1846) Cucurbitaceae Bu
Wilhelmsia Wilhelms, Russian botanist; collected plants in Georgia Caryophyllaceae Bu
Wilkesia Charles Wilkes (1798–1877), naval officer Asteraceae Bu
Wilkiea David Elliott Wilkie (1815–1885), Scottish-born Australian doctor in Melbourne; vice-president of what is now the Royal Society of Victoria Monimiaceae Bu
Willdenowia Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765–1812) Restionaceae Bu
Willemetia Pierre Rémi Willemet (1735–1807), French botanist, professor of natural history and botanical garden director in Nancy Asteraceae Bu
Williamodendron William Antônio Rodrigues (b. 1928) Lauraceae Bu
Willisia John Christopher Willis (1868–1958) Podostemaceae Bu
Willkommia Heinrich Moritz Willkomm (1821–1895) Poaceae Bu
Willughbeia Francis Willughby (1635–1672) Apocynaceae Bu
Wilsonia John Wilson (1696–1751), English shoemaker, baker and botanist Convolvulaceae Bu
Wimmerella Franz Elfried Wimmer (1881–1961), Austrian clergyman and botanist; professor of natural history in Istanbul, Turkey; Viennese priest; specialist in Lobeliaceae Campanulaceae Bu
Wimmeria Christian Friedrich Heinrich Wimmer (1803–1868) Celastraceae Bu
Windsorina George V (1865–1936) and the House of Windsor Rapateaceae Bu
Winifredia Winifred Curtis (1905–2005) Restionaceae Bu
Winklerella Hubert Winkler (1875–1941) Podostemaceae Bu
Wintera[g] John Winter (16th century), one of the ship captains of Francis Drake's circumnavigation Winteraceae Bu
Wisteria Caspar Wistar (1761–1818), doctor Fabaceae Co
Withania Henry Witham (1779–1844) Solanaceae Qu
Witheringia William Withering (1741–1799) Solanaceae Bu
Witsenia Nicolaes Witsen (1641–1717), statesman and writer Iridaceae Bu
Wittmackanthus Ludwig Wittmack (1839–1929) Rubiaceae Bu
Wittmackia Bromeliaceae Bu
Wittsteinia Georg Christian Wittstein (1810–1887) Alismataceae Bu
Wodyetia Wodyeti (c. 1900 – 1978), Aboriginal Australian who first reported on this palm genus Arecaceae Bu
Wolffia Johann Friedrich Wolff (1778–1806) Araceae Qu
Wolffiella Araceae Qu
Wollastonia William Hyde Wollaston (1766–1828), chemist Asteraceae Bu
Woodburnia John Woodburn (1843–1902), colonial administrator Araliaceae Bu
Woodfordia John Alexander Woodford (fl. 1790s), English lawyer who maintained a large greenhouse in Vauxhall Lythraceae Bu
Woodia John Medley Wood (1827–1915) Apocynaceae Bu
Wooleya Charles Hugh Frederick Wooley (1894–1969), English naval officer, natural scientist and citrus grower; supplied Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden with succulents from around South Africa Aizoaceae Bu
Woollsia William Woolls (1814–1893) Ericaceae Bu
Worsleya Arthington Worsley (1861–1944) Amaryllidaceae St
Wrightia William Wright (1735–1819) Apocynaceae Bu
Wulfenia Franz Xaver von Wulfen (1728–1805) Plantaginaceae St
Wulfeniopsis Plantaginaceae Qu
Wullschlaegelia Heinrich Wullschlägel (1805–1864) Orchidaceae Bu
Wunderlichia Christian Karl Wunderlich (1778–1855), German-born Russian apothecary's assistant, teacher, botanist, office worker and organist in present-day Volgograd; built up a herbarium Asteraceae Bu
Wurdastom John Julius Wurdack (1921–1998), American botanist at the New York Botanical Garden and the Smithsonian Institution Melastomataceae Bu
Wurfbainia Johann Siegmund Wurffbain (1613–1661), German traveler in the service of the Dutch East India Company as a soldier and merchant; also a councilman in Nuremberg Zingiberaceae Bu
Wurmbea Friedrich von Wurmb (1742–1781) Colchicaceae Bu
Wydleria Heinrich Wydler (1800–1883) Apiaceae Bu
Wyethia Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth (1802–1856), businessman and explorer Asteraceae St
Xatardia Barthélemy Joseph Paul Xatard (1774–1846), French apothecary and botanist who collected in the eastern Pyrenees Apiaceae Bu
Ximenia Francisco Ximénez (d. 1620), Spanish clergyman and naturalist (botanist), missionary in Spanish Florida Olacaceae Bu
Yabea Yoshitaka Yabe (1876–1931), Japanese professor of botany at the College of Arts and Sciences in Tokyo Apiaceae Bu
Yeatesia William Smith Yeates (1856–1908), American geologist, professor in Georgia; collected along the Flint River Acanthaceae Bu
Yoania Udagawa Yōan (1798–1846), chemist and translator Orchidaceae Bu
Youngia Edward Young (1684–1765), poet, and Thomas Young (1773–1829), scientist Asteraceae Bu
Yvesia Alfred Marie Augustin Saint-Yves (1855–1933), French soldier and botanist who settled in Nice and focused on grasses Poaceae Bu
Zabelia Hermann Zabel (1832–1912) Caprifoliaceae Bu
Zaluzania Adam Zalužanský ze Zalužan (1558–1613), Bohemian botanist and doctor in Prague; also taught at Charles University Asteraceae Bu
Zaluzianskya Scrophulariaceae Co
Zandera Robert Zander (1892–1969), German botanist and horticulturist in Berlin Asteraceae Bu
Zannichellia Gian Girolamo Zannichelli (1661–1729), Italian apothecary and natural scientist in Venice Potamogetonaceae Bu
Zanonia Giacomo Zanoni (1615–1682), Italian botanist, botanical garden director in Bologna Cucurbitaceae Bu
Zantedeschia Giovanni Zantedeschi (1773–1846) Araceae Co
Zehnderia Alfons Zehnder (1920–1985), Swiss teacher and botanist in Wettingen with a focus on algae Podostemaceae Bu
Zehneria Josef Zehner (19th century) Cucurbitaceae Bu
Zelenkoa Harry Zelenko (b. 1928), American marketing designer and orchid grower Orchidaceae Bu
Zeltnera Louis Zeltner (b. 1938) and his wife Nicole Zeltner (b. 1934), Swiss botanists with a focus on Gentianaceae Gentianaceae Bu
Zenia H. C. Zen, scientist and government official Fabaceae Bu
Zenkerella Georg August Zenker (1855–1922) Fabaceae Bu
Zenkeria Jonathan Carl Zenker (1799–1837) Poaceae Bu
Zenobia Zenobia (b. c. 240), queen Ericaceae Co
Zexmenia José Mariano Jiménez (1781–1811), independence fighter Asteraceae Bu
Zeyheria Johann Michael Zeyher (1770–1843) Bignoniaceae Bu
Zieria John Zier (d. 1793), Polish and English apothecary and botanist, specialist in spore-bearing plants Rutaceae Bu
Zingeria Vasili Yakovlevich Zinger (1836–1907) Poaceae Bu
Zinnia Johann Gottfried Zinn (1727–1759) Asteraceae Co
Zinowiewia Paul Zinowiew, botanist, curator at the university in present-day Kharkiv, Ukraine Celastraceae Bu
Zippelia Alexander Zippelius (1797–1828) Piperaceae Bu
Zizia Johann Baptist Ziz (1779–1829) Apiaceae Bu
Zizkaea Georg Zizka (b. 1955), German evolutionary botanist; specialist in Bromeliaceae Bromeliaceae Bu
Zoegea Johan Zoëga (1742–1788) Asteraceae Bu
Zollernia Frederick William III of Prussia (1770–1840) Fabaceae Bu
Zollingeria Heinrich Zollinger (1818–1859) Sapindaceae Bu
Zornia Johannes Zorn (1739–1799) Fabaceae Bu
Zosima Nikolaos Zosima (1758–1842), Anastasios Zosima (1754–1828) and Zois Zosima (1764–1828), Greek-Russian brothers and merchants in Moscow who supported naturalists Apiaceae Bu
Zotovia Victor Zotov (1908–1977) Poaceae Bu
Zoysia Karl von Zois (1756–1800) Poaceae St
Zuccagnia Attilio Zuccagni (1754–1807), Italian botanist Fabaceae Bt
Zuccarinia Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini (1797–1848) Rubiaceae Bt
Zuloagaea Fernando Omar Zuloaga (b.1951), Argentinian botanist and Professor of Phytogeography from the National University of La Plata Poaceae Bt
Zuloagocardamum Brassicaceae Bt

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Other naturalists have also been honored, including agronomists, apothecaries, geographers, geologists, meteorologists, mycologists, pharmacologists and zoologists.
  2. ^ Clicking on anything other than Q to Z will navigate away from this page.
  3. ^ Page numbers for references are omitted, since all the references list genera alphabetically except for Plants of the World, which is mainly cited for genera that match their family names.
  4. ^ Except for the people with an indication in their name or description that they were known for something else, all are remembered for their work as naturalists.
  5. ^ Present-day geographical names are used wherever possible.
  6. ^ Stearn lists Manuel Rodríguez (18th century). Quattrocchi lists three possibilities: Manuel Antonio Rodríguez de Vera (1780–1846), José Demetrio Rodríguez (1780–1847), or Manuel Rodríguez (no dates).
  7. ^ Winteraceae, but not Wintera, is accepted at Plants of the World Online.

Citations[edit]

References[edit]

  • Bayton, Ross (2020). The Gardener's Botanical: An Encyclopedia of Latin Plant Names. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-20017-0.
  • Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved January 1, 2021. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ for license.
  • Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ for license.
  • Christenhusz, Maarten; Fay, Michael Francis; Chase, Mark Wayne (2017). Plants of the World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Vascular Plants. Chicago, Illinois: Kew Publishing and The University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-52292-0.
  • Coombes, Allen (2012). The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. ISBN 978-1-60469-196-2.
  • Cullen, Katherine E. (2006). Biology: The People Behind the Science. New York, New York: Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8160-7221-7.
  • POWO (2019). "Plants of the World Online". London: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2021. See http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/terms-and-conditions Archived 2021-04-23 at the Wayback Machine for license.
  • Quattrocchi, Umberto (2019) [2000]. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume IV, R–Z. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-367-44750-2.
  • Stearn, William (2002). Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners. London: Cassell. ISBN 978-0-304-36469-5.

Further reading[edit]

  • Gledhill, David (2008). The Names of Plants. New York, New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3.