List of authors of South African botanical taxa

List of authors of South African botanical taxa is a list of authors who have named South African plants and the standard abbreviations used for those authors in the botanical literature.

The entry for each author is given on a single line showing their name, dates and other names by which they have been known. Following this comes a list of the major groups they have worked on, separated by commas, and finally the standard form for their name (in bold).

The major groups are S - Spermatophytes/Phanerogams (flowering plants and gymnosperms) M - Fungi and Lichens (Mycology) A - Algae P - Pteridophytes B - Bryophytes F - Fossils L - Pre-Linnaean (from ') C - Cryptogamic (from ')

The dates given are those of birth and death where one or both are available. If neither is known, a date on which the author is known to have published a name (usually the earliest if more than one is known) is given preceded by 'fl.' (floruit).

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