List of women botanists

This is a list of women botanists.

NameDescriptionBirth dateDeath dateCountryImage A.S. Losina-Losinskaja Soviet botanist (1903–1958) 1903 1958 Russian EmpireSoviet Union Adeline Ames American mycologist 1879 1976 United States Adriana Hoffmann Chilean botanist 1940-01-29 2022-03-20 Chile Adrienne Clarke Australian botanist 1938-01-06 Agnes Arber British botanist 1879-02-23 1960-03-22 United Kingdom Agnes Block Dutch botanist and art collector 1629-10-29 1704-04-20 Netherlands Agnes Ibbetson British physiologist 1757 1823-02 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Agnes Quirk American botanist 1884 1974 United States Aime Mäemets Estonian scientist 1930-09-29 1996-07-17 Aimée Antoinette Camus French botanist 1879-05-01 1965-04-17 France Aino Henssen German lichenologist 1925-04-12 2011-08-29 Germany Alice Eastwood Canadian American botanist 1859-01-19 1953-10-30 CanadaUnited States Alice Faber Tryon American botanist 1920 2009 United States Alice Haskins American botanist 1880-04-24 1971-10-16 United States Alice Lounsberry Botanist 1872 1949 United States Alice Pegler South African botanist 1861-07-21 1929-06-17 South Africa Alicia Amherst English horticulturist and author of the first scholarly account of English gardening history. 1865 1941 Alicia Lourteig Argentine botanist 1913-12-17 2003-07-30 Argentina Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps American educator and botanist 1793-07-15 1884-07-15 United States Almut Gitter Jones German-American botanist and plant taxonomist 1923-09-08 2013-10-12 United States Amalie Dietrich German naturalist 1821-05-26 1891-03-09 Germany Amelia Griffiths British amateur phycologist 1768 1858United KingdomAmparo de ZeledónCosta Rican botanist and philanthropist 1870-08-071951-04-20Costa Rica Amy Jacot Guillarmod South African botanist 1911-05-23 1992 South Africa Angela Piskernik botanist and conservationist 1886-08-27 1967-12-23 Slovenia Angélica M. Arambarri botanist and mycologist 1945-04-22 2012-12-11 Argentina Angie Beckwith American phytopathologist 1881-01-27 1964-10-02 United States Ann Bishop British biologist 1899-12-19 1990-05-07 Ann Marvet Estonian botanist 1939-04-21Estonia Anna Amelia Obermeyer South African botanist 1907-07-30 2001-10-10 British EmpireSouth Africa Anna Atkins English botanist and photographer 1799-03-16 1871-06-09 United Kingdom Anna Maria Walker British botanist in Ceylon 1778 1852-09-08United Kingdom Anna Maurizio Swiss botanist 1900-11-26 1993-07-24 Switzerland Anna Murray Vail American botanist 1863-01-07 1955-12-18 United States Anna Russell British botanist 1807 1876 Anna Schchian Russian botanist 1905-07-09 1990-05-15 Soviet Union Anna Vickers British phycologist 1852-06-28 1906-08-01 United Kingdom Anna Weber-Van Bosse Dutch marine biologist 1852-03-27 1942-10-29 Kingdom of the Netherlands Lady Anne Brewis British botanist 1911-03-26 2002 United Kingdom Anne Catherine Hof Blinks American botanist 1903 1995 United States Anne Elizabeth Ball Irish botanist, algologist, and botanical illustrator 1808 1872 Ireland Annie Gravatt American phytopathologist 1894 1986 United States Annie Lorrain Smith British lichenologist 1854-10-23 1937-09-07 United Kingdom Annie Morrill Smith American botanist 1856-02-13 1946 United States Anthea Phillipps Malaysian botanist 1956-06-03 Malaysia Antonina Borissova Russian botanist 1903 1970 Soviet Union Antonina Pojarkova Russian expert on caucasian flora 1897 1980 Soviet Union Arabella Elizabeth Roupell British artist 1817-03-23 1914-07-31 South Africa Astrid Cleve Botanist, geologist, chemist 1875-01-22 1968-04-08 SwedenAudrey BrooksBritish botanist and plant pathologist19332018United Kingdom Augusta Vera Duthie South African botanist and mycologist (1881-1963) 1881-07-18 1963-08-08 South Africa Avishag Zahavi Israeli biologist 1922 2021-10-31 Israel Barbara G. Briggs Botanist 1934-06-151934-11-221934 Australia Barbara Pickersgill British botanist 1940 Beatrice Willard botanist 1927-12-191925 2003 United States Bernadette Cozart American gardener and botanist 1949-05-17 2009-07-27 Bernice Giduz Schubert American botanist 1913-10-06 2000-08-14 United States Bertha Stoneman 1866-08-18 1943-04-30 United States Berthe Hoola van Nooten Dutch botanist 1817-10-12 1892-04-12 Kingdom of the Netherlands Blanca Renée Arrillaga Uruguayan scientist 1917 2011 Argentina Bonnie C. Templeton American botanist 1906-10-23 2002 United States Carlotta Case Hall American botanist 1880 1949 United States Carmen Lelia Cristóbal Botanist 1932 Argentina Carmen Pujals Argentinian botanist 1916 2003 Argentina Carrie Derick Canadian botanist and geneticist 1862-01-14 1941-11-10 Canada Catharine Furbish American botanist 1834-05-09 1931-12-06 United States Catharine Parr Traill English-Canadian author 1802-01-09 1899-08-29 Canada Catherine Gage Irish botanist 1815-05-18 1892-02-16 Cecile Hulse Matschat American botanist and geographer 1895 1976 Charlotte Cortlandt Ellis American plant collector 1874-06-27 1956-03-17 United States Charlotte Elliott American plant physiologist 1883 1974 Charlotte Grace O'Brien Irish writer 1845 1909 Charlotte Nichols Saunders Horner American botanist 1823-07-05 1906-07-18 United States Chen Hang Botanist 1931 Chicita F. Culberson American lichenologist 1931-11-01 2023-03-05 United StatesChristine Marie von CappelenNorwegian botanist1766-09-211849-04-08Norway Christine Buisman Dutch botanist 1900-03-22 1936-03-27 Kingdom of the Netherlands Christine Marie Berkhout Dutch biologist 1893 1932 Kingdom of the NetherlandsChristine H. Sophie KabuyeUgandan ethnobotanist1938Uganda and Kenya Clara Eaton Cummings American cryptogamic botanist 1855-07-13 1906-12-28 United States Clara Ethelinda Larter English botanist 1847-06-27 1936-05-13 United Kingdom Clara H. Hasse American botanist 1880 1926-10-10 United States Clarissa Tracy American botanist 1818-11-12 1905-11-13 United States Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi Botanist, aristocrat 1760 1830 Cleofé Caldéron Botanist 1929-10-26 2007-03-19 Argentina Constance Endicott Hartt American biologist 1900-11-02 1984-12-21 United States Cythna Letty South African botanical artist 1895-01-01 1985-05-03 South Africa Daphne Osborne Botanist 1930-03-07 2006-06-16 United Kingdom Deborah M. Pearsall American paleoethnobotany 1950 United States Dianne Edwards Palaeobotanist 1942 United Kingdom Doris Löve Swedish-Icelandic botanist (1918–2000) 1918-01-02 2000-02-25 Sweden Dorothea Pertz Pertz, Dorothea Frances Matilda [Dora] (1859–1939), botanist 1859-03-14 1939-03-06 Dorothy Adlington Cadbury British botanist and company director 1892-10-14 1987-08-21 United Kingdom Dorothy Popenoe English botanist and archaeologist 1899-061899 1932 United Kingdom Éanna ni Lamhna Entomologist, botanist, ecologist, radio and television presenter, author 1950 Edith Coleman Australian naturalist 1874 1951 Australia Edith Gertrude Schwartz botanist (1877-1971) 1877-10-05 1971-07-26 United States Edith Katherine Cash American mycologist 1890-10-04 1992-04-06 Edith Layard Stephens South African botanist 1884 1966 South Africa Edna H. Fawcett American botanist 1879 1960 United States Edna P. Plumstead Paleobotanist 1903-09-15 1989-09-23 Effie Almira Southworth American botanist 1860 1947 Eileen Adelaide Bruce British botanist (1905–1955) 1905 1955 United Kingdom Elaine Bullard British botanist 1915 2011 Eleanor Marion Bennett botanist 1942 Australia Eleanor Mary Reid British palaeobotanist 1860-11-13 1953-09-28 United Kingdom Eleanor Vachell Welsh botanist 1879-01-081879 1948-12-061948 United Kingdom Elena Paunero Ruiz Spanish botanist 1906-09-21 2009-03-09 Spain Elisa Caroline Bommer Belgian botanist 1832-01-19 1910-01-17 Elisa de Vilmorin French horticulturalist 1826-05-03 1868-08-05 France Elisabeth Christina von Linné Swedish botanist 1743-06-14 1782-04-15 Sweden Elisabeth Gantt American botanist 1934 United States Elisabeth Schiemann botanist, geneticist 1881-08-15 1972-01-03 GermanyElisabeth Tschermak-WoessAustrian cytologist, phycologist and lichenologist1917-01-282001-04-26Austria Elise Hofmann Austrian paleobotanist 1889-02-05 1955-03-14 Austria Eliza Amy Hodgson Botanist 1888-10-10 1983-01-07 New Zealand Eliza Ann Youmans American botanist 1826-12-17 1914-09-27 United States Eliza Standerwick Gregory Botanist 1840-12-06 1932-03-22 United Kingdom Elizabeth A. Widjaja botanist 1951 Elizabeth Blackwell Scottish botanical illustrator and author 1707 1758 United Kingdom Elizabeth Coleman White Blueberry botanist 1871-10-05 1954-11-11 United States Elizabeth Gertrude Britton American botanist 1857-01-09 1934-02-25 United States Elizabeth Jill Cowley British botanist 1940 United Kingdom Elizabeth Lomax English botanist 1810-02-22 1895-03-16 United Kingdom Elizabeth McClintock Botanist 1912 2004 United StatesElizabeth Stack (nee Jones)Collector of ferns and mosses18291919New Zealand Elizabeth Twining English botanical illustrator 1805 1889 United Kingdom Elke Mackenzie British-American lichenologist 1911-09-11 1990-01-18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ellen Hutchins Irish botanist 1785 1815 Ireland Ellen Schulz Quillin American botanist, author and museum director 1892-06-16 1970-05-06 United States Ellen Willmott English horticulturist 1858-08-19 1934-09-27 United Kingdom Ellen Wright Blackwell Writer, botanist 1864-10-07 1952-02-24 New Zealand Elsa Beata Bunge Botanist 1734-04-18 1819-01-19 Sweden Elsa Nyholm Swedish botanist 1911 2002 Sweden Elsie Conway British botanist and phycologist 19021902-03-15 19921992-07-22 United Kingdom Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen South African botanist 1912 2006 South Africa Elsie M. Burrows British Botanist 1913 1986 United Kingdom Elsie Mary Griffin Botany teacher, community organisation administrator 1884-11-01 1968-05-03 New Zealand Elsie Maud Wakefield British mycologist 1886-07-03 1972-06-17 United Kingdom Elva Lawton American botanist 1896-04-03 1993-02-03 United States Elzada Clover American botanist 1896 1980 United States Emilie Snethlage Brazilian naturalist and ornithologist 1868-04-13 1929-11-25 BrazilGermany Emily Collins British botanist 1858 1945 United Kingdom Emily Dix Paleobotanist 1904-05-21 1972 United KingdomEmma ColeAmerican botanist1845-01-231910-04-25United States Emma Laughlin 1866 1962 Emma Lucy Braun American botanist 1889-04-19 1971-03-05 United States Enid Lucy Robertson Australian botanist and conservationist 1925-11-20 2016-07-10 Australia Estella Leopold American botanist 1927-01-08 2024-02-25 United States Esther Orozco Mexican biologist, researcher and politician 1945-04-25 Mexico Ethel Anson Peckham botanist (1879-1965) 1879 1965 Ethel Bailey Higgins American botanist 1866 1963 United States Ethel de Fraine British botanist 1879 1918 United Kingdom Ethel Sargant Botanist 1863-10-28 1918-01-16 United Kingdom Ethel Thomas English botanist 1876 1944 Ethel Zoe Bailey American botanist (1889-1983) 1889-11-17 1983 United States Eva Mameli Calvino Botanist 1886-02-12 1978-03-31 Italy Eva Schönbeck-Temesy botanist (1930-2011) 1930 2011 Eve Palmer South African non-fiction writer and botanist 1916-02-20 1998 South Africa Evelyn Booth Irish botanist 1897-10-30 1988 Ireland Flora Wambaugh Patterson American mycologist 1847 1928 United States Florence Hedges American botanist 1878-08-24 1956-12-17 United States Florence Meier Chase American botanist 1902 1978-05-06 United States Florence Woolward British botanical illustrator and botanist 1854 1936-01-03 United Kingdom Frances Acton British botanist, archaeologist and artist (1794-1881) 1794-07-07 1881-01-24 United Kingdom Frances Margaret Leighton South African botanist 1909-03-08 2006-01-08 Union of South AfricaSouth AfricaAustralia Frances Meehan Latterell Botanist 1920-12-21 2008-11-05 United States Frances Theodora Parsons Botanist 1861-12-05 1952-06-10 United States Françoise Ardré French botanist 1931 2010 France Gabriele Rabel Austrian botanist 1880 1963 Austria Gabrielle Howard British botanist 1876-10-03 1930-08-18 United Kingdom Georgia Mason Botan