Taxonomic Authorities Index
Browse all botanists and institutions who have named or classified plants in this database.
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400 authoritiesKer
John Bellenden Ker (prior to 1804, John Gawler), 1764-1842. British botanist.
1 names
Kiger
Robert William Kiger, 1940-. United States of America.
2 names
King
George King, 1840-1909. British botanist; worked many years in India.
1 names
Knerr
Ellsworth Browned Knerr, 1861-1942, American botanist.
1 names
Kuhn
Friedrich Adalbert Maximilian Kuhn, 1842-1894, German botanist.
0 names
Kükenth.
Georg Kükenthal, 1864-1955. Germany.
0 names
Kunth
Carl Sigismund Kunth, 1788-1850. German botanist.
5 names
Kuntze
Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze, 1843-1907. German botanist who advocated strict priority in...
3 names
L.
Carl Linnaeus, 1707-1778. Swedish botanist considered to be the "Father of Taxonomy". Author...
271 names
L. S. Beard
Luther Stanford Beard, 1929-
0 names
L.D. Benson
Lyman David Benson, 1909-1993, U.S. professor of botany.
0 names
L'Her.
Charles-Louis L'Heritier de Brutelle, 1746-1800. French magistrate and botanist.
3 names
Lag.
Mariano Lagasca y Segura, 1776-1839. Spanish professor and director of the Madrid botanic...
2 names
Lam.
Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck, 1744-1829. French botanist that...
6 names
Larisey
Mary Maxine Larisey, 1909-. School of Pharmacy, Medical College of South Carolina.
0 names
Lawson
G. Lawson
0 names
Laxm.
Erich Gustav Laxmann, 1737-1796. Finland.
1 names
Ledeb.
Carl Friedrich von Ledebour, 1785-1851. Professor and author of two major floras.
1 names
Lehm.
Johann Georg Christian Lehman, 1792-1860. Director of the botanic garden in Hamburg.
3 names
Less.
Christian Friedrich Lessing, 1809-1862. German physician.
1 names
Leyss.
Friedrich Wilhelm von Leysser, 1731-1815. German botanist.
1 names
Lindl.
John Lindley, 1799-1865. London professor of botany.
1 names
Link
Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, 1767-1851. Director of the botanic garden and professor of...
4 names
Loud.
John Claudius Loudon, 1783-1843, English horticulturist and author of garden books.
0 names
Luer
Carlyle August Luer, 1922-
0 names
Lye
Kaare Arnstein Lye, 1940-. Norway.
1 names
M. Bieb.
Baron Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein, 1768-1826. German explorer who wrote about the...
0 names
M. Gómez
Manuel Gómez de la Maza y Jimenez, 1867-1916. Cuban botanist.
1 names
M. Hopkins
Milton Hopkins, 1906-, United States botanist.
1 names
Mack.
Kenneth Kent Mackenzie, 1877-1934. Corporation attorney in New York City and well-known botanist.
9 names
MacMill.
Conway MacMillan, 1867-1929. Minnesota state botanist.
4 names
Maguire
Bassett Maguire, 1904-?. New York Botanical Garden. Specialist in the flora of the Great...
0 names
Makino
Tomitaro Makino, 1862-1957. Japanese botanist.
1 names
Marcks
Brian G. Marcks, ? University of Wisconsin.
1 names
Marsh.
Humphrey Marshall, 1722-1801. Called the "father of American dendrology", (dendrology = the...
3 names
Marshall
Humphry Marshall, 1722-1801. Considered the father of American dendrology.
3 names
Martens
Martin Martens, 1797-1863. Belgian taxonomist and physician who collected in Mexico.
1 names
Mattf.
Johannes Mattfeld, 1895-1951. Berlin, Germany.
1 names
Maxim.
Carl Johann Maximowicz, 1827-1891. Russian botanist and director of the St. Petersberg botanic garden.
3 names
Medic.
Friedrich Kasimir Medicus, 1736-1808. German botanist.
3 names
Meerb.
Nicolaas Meerburgh, 1734-1814. Gardener in the Netherlands.
1 names
Merr.
Elmer Drew Merrill, 1876-1956. American botanist; director of the New York Botanical Garden;...
1 names
Mett.
Georg Heinrich Mettenius, 1823-1866, German botanist.
1 names
Meyen
Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen, 1804-1840. Germany; traveled around the world 1830-1832.
0 names
Michx.
Andre Michaux, 1746-1802. French botanist and explorer of North America.
49 names
Mill.
Philip Miller, 1691-1771, English botanist.
3 names
Moench
Conrad Moench, 1744-1805, Germany.
5 names
Moq.
Christian Horace Benedict Alfred Moquin-Tandon, 1804-1863. French botanist.
5 names
Moric.
Moise Etienne Moricand, 1779-1854. Swiss botanist.
0 names
Morong
0 names