List of plant genera named for people (K–P)

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]

old photograph of a man
Albert Kellogg (see Kelloggia)

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).

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, except as noted.

Genera

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Kadua
 
Cartouche of Engelbert Kaempfer
 
Kageneckia
 
Kallstroemia
 
Kennedia
 
Kingia
 
Kirkia
 
Klasea
 
Klattia
 
Knautia
 
Kniphofia
 
Koellensteinia
 
Kohleria
 
Kopsia
 
Kosteletzkya
 
Krigia
 
Kuhlhasseltia
 
Kunzea
 
Labichea
 
Laelia
 
Lallemantia
 
Langloisia
 
Lapiedra
 
Lasthenia
 
Lavatera
 
Leavenworthia
 
Lebeckia
 
Legousia
 
Lennea
 
Leobordea
 
Leocereus
 
Lespedeza
 
Lessingia
 
Leuchtenbergia
 
Lewisia
 
Libertia
 
Lindera
 
Lindmania
 
Linnaea
 
Lobelia
 
Loeselia
 
Alicia Lourteig
 
Lueddemannia
 
Lumnitzera
 
Lymania
 
Maackia
 
Macadamia
 
Macleania
 
Magnolia
 
Mahonia
 
Malcolmia
 
Malpighia
 
Marianthus
 
Marsdenia
 
Martynia
 
Maurocenia
 
Medinilla
 
Mertensia
 
Meyerophytum
 
Miconia
 
Milla
 
Monarda
 
Montia
 
Moraea
 
Morina
 
Albert Mousson
 
Muhlenbergia
 
Munnozia
 
Muraltia
 
Mutisia
 
Nassauvia
 
Navarretia
 
Negria
 
Neillia
 
Neobathiea
 
Neocogniauxia
 
Neolamarckia
 
Neomoorea
 
Neoregelia
 
Neoveitchia
 
Nicandra
 
Niemeyera
 
Obregonia
 
Oedera
 
Olearia
 
Ornduffia
 
Ourisia
 
Ovieda
Genera
Genus[11][c] Person honored[d] Plant family[11] Ref
Kabuyea Christine H. Sophie Kabuye (b. 1938), director of the East African Herbarium in Nairobi, Kenya Tecophilaeaceae Bu
Kadenicarpus Nikolai Nikolayevich Kaden (1914–1976), Russian botanist Cactaceae Bu
Kadua Kadu (19th century), an advisor to the king of Micronesia; joined one of Otto von Kotzebue's expeditions Rubiaceae Bu
Kaempferia Engelbert Kaempfer (1651–1716) Zingiberaceae St
Kageneckia Johann Friedrich von Kageneck (1741–1800), Austrian ambassador in Stockholm, Copenhagen, London and Madrid; a botanical patron Rosaceae Bu
Kailarsenia Kai Larsen (1926–2012) Rubiaceae Qu
Kaisupeea Supee Saksuwan Larsen (b. 1939) and her husband Kai Larsen (1926–2012) Gesneriaceae Bu
Kajewskiella Sethrick Frank Kajewski (1904–1970), plant collector in Australia and the South Pacific Rubiaceae Bu
Kalbreyeriella Guillermo Kalbreyer (1847–1912) Acanthaceae Bu
Kallstroemia Anders Kallstroem (1733–1812), Scandinavian botanist Zygophyllaceae Bu
Kalmia Pehr Kalm (1716–1779) Ericaceae Co
Kamelinia Rudolf Vladimirovich Kamelin (1938–2016), Russian botanist at the university in Saint Petersburg; interested in plant systematics and distribution Apiaceae Bu
Kardomia Karel Domin (1882–1953) Myrtaceae Bu
Karelinia Grigory Karelin (1801–1872), Russian naturalist; studied botany under Eduard Friedrich Eversmann; explored Siberia, the Kyrgyz steppes and the Caspian shore Asteraceae Bu
Karina Karin Tanguy, granddaughter of Raymond Boutique (1906–1985) Gentianaceae Bu
Karpatiosorbus Zoltán Kárpáti (1909–1972), Hungarian (Geo-)Botanist, Taxonomist, Dendrologist and specialist in Sorbus Rosaceae Bt
Karwinskia Wilhelm Friedrich Karwinsky von Karwin (1780–1855) Rhamnaceae Bu
Kaufmannia Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann (1818–1882), colonial administrator Primulaceae Bu
Kaunia Edward Gordon Kaun (1922–1992), American researcher from Baltimore, Maryland; assisted Robert Merrill King and others Asteraceae Bu
Kayea Robert Kaye Greville (1794–1866) Calophyllaceae Bu
Kearnemalvastrum Thomas Henry Kearney (1874–1956) Malvaceae Bu
Keayodendron Ronald William John Keay (1920–1998) Phyllanthaceae Bu
Keckiella David D. Keck (1903–1995) Plantaginaceae Ba
Keetia Johan Diederik Möhr Keet (1882–1976), South African botanist and plant collector; forest director in the Transvaal Rubiaceae Bu
Kefersteinia Christoph Ludwig Albrecht Keferstein (1792–1872), German entrepreneur; orchid enthusiast who maintained a botanical park Orchidaceae Bu
Kegeliella Hermann Aribert Heinrich Kegel (1819–1856), German gardener at a botanical garden in Halle Orchidaceae Bu
Kelleria possibly Johann Christoph Keller (1737–1795), German illustrator and engraver, or Johann Christoph Keller (fl. c. 1590), Austrian mathematician, or Engelhardt Keller, who wrote Über den Wein ("On Wine", 1838) Thymelaeaceae Bu
Kelleronia Conrad Keller (1848–1930), Swiss zoologist and botanist, professor of zoology at ETH Zurich Zygophyllaceae Bu
Kellochloa Elizabeth Anne Kellog (b.1951) an American botanist from Harvard University Poaceae Bt
Kelloggia Albert Kellogg (1813–1887) Rubiaceae Qu
Kelseya Francis Duncan Kelsey (1849–1905), reverend; authority on the plants of the US state of Montana Rosaceae Qu
Kemulariella Liubov Kemularia-Nathadze (1891–1985) Asteraceae Bu
Kendrickia George Henry Kendrick Thwaites (1811–1882) Melastomataceae Bu
Kengyilia Yi Li Keng (1898–1975) Poaceae Bu
Kennedia John Kennedy (1759–1842), original partner of Lee and Kennedy (nurseries) Fabaceae St
Kentiopsis Willem Kent (1779–1827), Dutch head gardener of the botanical garden of the former university in Harderwijk and botanical garden curator in Bogor in present-day Indonesia[e] Arecaceae Bu
Keraymonia Monique Keraudren (1928–1981) Apiaceae Bu
Kerbera Edmund Kerber (c. 1848 – c. 1887), plant collector in Mexico and China Apocynaceae Bu
Kermadecia Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec (1748–1793), naval officer Proteaceae Bu
Kernera Johann Simon von Kerner (1755–1830) Brassicaceae St
Kerria William Kerr (1799–1814) Rosaceae Co
Kerriochloa Arthur Francis George Kerr (1877–1942) Poaceae Bu
Kerriodoxa Arecaceae Bu
Kerriothyrsus Melastomataceae Bu
Keteleeria Jean Baptiste Keteleer (1813–1903), French horticulturalist Pinaceae St
Keysseria Christian Keyser (1877–1961) Asteraceae Bu
Kickxia Jean Kickx (1803–1864) Plantaginaceae St
Kielmeyera Carl Friedrich Kielmeyer (1765–1844) Calophyllaceae Bu
Kiggelaria Franz Kiggelaer (1648–1722) Achariaceae Bu
Killickia Donald Joseph Boomer Killick (1926–2008), South African botanist at Kew Gardens and elsewhere Lamiaceae Bu
Killipia Ellsworth Paine Killip (1890–1968) Melastomataceae Bu
Kingdonia Selina Mary Ward (born Kingdon) (1854–1922), wife of Harry Marshall Ward Circaeasteraceae Bu
Kinghamia Diana Louise Kingham (fl. 1976); wrote a study on African pollen at the University of Leeds in England Asteraceae Bu
Kingia Phillip Parker King (1791–1856) and Philip Gidley King (1758–1808) Dasypogonaceae Bu
Kingianthus Robert Merrill King (1930–2007), American botanist who worked at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Asteraceae Bu
Kippistia Richard Kippist (1812–1882) Asteraceae Qu
Kirkbridea Joseph Harold Kirkbride (b. 1943), American botanist who worked at the National Arboretum and as a curator at the Department of Agriculture herbarium Melastomataceae Bu
Kirkia John Kirk (1832–1922) Kirkiaceae Bu
Kitagawia Masao Kitagawa (1910–1995) Apiaceae Bu
Kitaibelia Pál Kitaibel (1757–1817). Previously Kitaibela. Malvaceae Co
Kjellbergiodendron Gunnar Konstantin Kjellberg (1885–1943), Swedish botanist who collected in Europe and around the Celebes Sea Myrtaceae Bu
Klackenbergia Jens Klackenberg (b. 1951), Swedish professor of botany at Stockholm University Gentianaceae Bu
Klaineanthus Théophile Klaine (1842–1911), French clergyman and plant collector Euphorbiaceae Bu
Klainedoxa Irvingiaceae Bu
Klaprothia Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743–1817) Loasaceae Bu
Klarobelia Robert Elias Fries (1876–1966), Swedish botanist and mycologist, botanical garden director in Stockholm Annonaceae Bu
Klasea Lars Magnus Klase (1722–1766), Swedish doctor in Jönköping, student of Carl Linnaeus Asteraceae Bu
Klattia Friedrich Wilhelm Klatt (1825–1897) Iridaceae Bu
Kleinhovia Christiaan Kleynhoff, later Lord van Enspijk (d. 1777), German-born Dutch doctor in the service of the Dutch West India Company; director of the medicinal garden of the Dutch East India Company in Jakarta Malvaceae Bu
Kleinia Jacob Theodor Klein (1685–1759) Asteraceae St
Klossia C. Boden Kloss (1877–1949) Rubiaceae Bu
Klotzschia Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (1805–1860) Apiaceae Bu
Knautia Christian Knaut (1656–1716) and his brother Christoph Knaut Caprifoliaceae Co
Knightia Thomas Andrew Knight (1759–1838) Proteaceae St
Kniphofia Johann Hieronymus Kniphof (1704–1763) Asphodelaceae Co
Knorringia Olga Knorring (1887–1978) Polygonaceae Bu
Knowltonia Thomas Knowlton (1692–1781) Ranunculaceae Bu
Knoxia Robert Knox (1641–1720), sea captain Rubiaceae Bu
Kochummenia Kizhakkedathu Mathai Kochummen (1931–1999), Indian-born Malaysian botanist at the Forest Research Institute Malaysia in Kepong; specialist in Malaysian trees Rubiaceae Bu
Koeberlinia Christoph Ludwig Köberlin (1794–1862), German botanist and clergyman who researched plants near Memmingen and in the Alps Koeberliniaceae Bu
Koehneola Bernhard Adalbert Emil Koehne (1848–1918) Asteraceae Qu
Koehneria Lythraceae Qu
Koeleria Georg Ludwig Koeler (1764–1807), German personal physician and professor of botany and medicine in Mainz; focused on grasses Poaceae Ba
Koellensteinia Karl Kellner von Koellenstein (1807–1849), Austrian military officer who collected plants near Venice and Verona Orchidaceae Bu
Koelpinia Alexander Bernhard Kölpin (1739–1801), German doctor and botanical garden director in Greifswald Asteraceae Bu
Koelreuteria Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter (1733–1806) Sapindaceae Co
Koenigia Johann Gerhard König (1728–1785) Polygonaceae Bu
Koernickanthe Friedrich August Körnicke (1828–1908) Marantaceae Bu
Kohautia Franz Kohaut (d. 1822) Rubiaceae Bu
Kohleria Johann Michael Kohler (1812–1884), Swiss teacher Gesneriaceae St
Komarovia Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov (1869–1945) Apiaceae Bu
Koordersiochloa Sijfert Hendrik Koorders (1863–1919), Dutch-Indonesian botanist and mycologist in Bogor, and herbarium director beginning in 1903 Poaceae Bu
Koordersiodendron Anacardiaceae Bu
Kopsia Jan Kops (1765–1849) Apocynaceae Bu
Kopsiopsis Orobanchaceae Bu
Korshinskia Sergéi Korzhinski (1861–1900), Russian botanist who studied plant distribution, professor at the university in Tomsk; later worked at a botanical garden and botanical museum in Saint Petersburg Apiaceae Bu
Korthalsella Pieter Willem Korthals (1807–1892), Dutch botanist Santalaceae Bu
Korthalsia Arecaceae St
Kosteletzkya Vincenz Kosteletzky (1801–1887), medical botanist in Prague (present-day Czech Republic) Malvaceae St
Kostermansia André Joseph Guillaume Henri Kostermans (1906–1994) Malvaceae Bu
Kostermanthus Chrysobalanaceae Bu
Kotschya Theodor Kotschy (1813–1866) Fabaceae Bu
Koyamaea Tetsuo Michael Koyama (b. 1933), Japanese botanist at the New York Botanical Garden; specialist in Cyperaceae Cyperaceae Bu
Koyamasia Hiroshige Koyama (b. 1937) Asteraceae Bu
Kozlovia Pyotr Kozlov (1863–1935) Apiaceae Bu
Krameria Wilhelm Heinrich Kramer (1724–1765) Krameriaceae Ch
Krapovickasia Antonio Krapovickas (1921–2015) Malvaceae Qu
Krascheninnikovia Stepan Krasheninnikov (1711–1755) Amaranthaceae Bu
Krasnovia Andrey Krasnov (1862–1914), Russian naturalist; professor of geography and biology in Kharkiv, Ukraine; founded botanical gardens there and in Batumi in Georgia Apiaceae Bu
Krauseola Johannes Krause (1900–1979), German botanist Caryophyllaceae Bu
Kraussia Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Krauss (1812–1890) Rubiaceae Bu
Kremeriella Jean Pierre Kremer (1812–1867), French doctor and botanist from Metz Brassicaceae Bu
Krigia David Krieg (1667–1713), German physician and collector Asteraceae St
Krubera Johann Julius Kruber (d. 1826), doctor and botanist in Moscow, Russia Apiaceae Bu
Krugiodendron Karl Wilhelm Leopold Krug (1833–1898) Rhamnaceae Bu
Krukoviella Boris Alexander Krukoff (1898–1983), Russian-born American botanist who collected in South America, West Africa and Sumatra; was later a curator at the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden Ochnaceae Bu
Kubitzkia Klaus Kubitzki (b. 1933) Lauraceae Bu
Kudoacanthus Yūshun Kudō (1887–1932), Japanese professor of botany and botanical garden director in Taipei, Taiwan; founded a herbarium Acanthaceae Bu
Kudrjaschevia Serafim Nikolaevich Kudrjaschev (1907–1943), botanical author Lamiaceae Bu
Kuepferia Philippe Küpfer (b. 1942), Swiss professor of botany at the University of Neuchâtel; specialist in Gentianaceae and Ranunculaceae Gentianaceae Bu
Kuhlhasseltia Heinrich Kuhl (1797–1821) and Johan Conrad van Hasselt (1797–1823) Orchidaceae Bu
Kuhlmanniodendron João Geraldo Kuhlmann (1882–1958) Achariaceae Bu
Kummerowia Heinrich Johannes Gotthilf Kummerow (1860–1929), Polish professor in Bromberg Fabaceae Bt
Kundmannia Johann Christian Kundmann (1684–1751), German doctor in Wrocław with a large naturalist collection Apiaceae Bu
Kunhardtia Henry Rudolf Kunhardt (1889–1963), president of a petroleum company in Venezuela; financed botanical expeditions for the New York Botanical Garden; also an orchid collector Rapateaceae Bu
Kunstleria Jacob Heinrich Hermann Kunstler (1837–1887), German naturalist from Haldensleben; collected plants and insects in Australia, and plants in present-day Malaysia for a botanical garden in Kolkata Fabaceae Bu
Kuntheria Carl Sigismund Kunth (1788–1850) Colchicaceae Qu
Kunzea Gustav Kunze (1793–1851) Myrtaceae St
Kurzamra Federico Kurtz (1854–1920) Lamiaceae Bu
Kutchubaea Viktor Kochubey (1768–1834), statesman Rubiaceae Bu
Kydia Robert Kyd (1746–1793) Malvaceae Bu
Kyhosia Donald William Kyhos (1929–2022), American professor of botany at the University of California, Los Angeles; focused on the genetics of Asteraceae Asteraceae Bu
Kyrsteniopsis Johann Jakob Kirsten (1710–1765), German doctor, botanist, chemist and theologian; professor and dean in Altdorf bei Nürnberg Asteraceae Bu
Labichea Jean Jacques Labiche (1784–1819), French naval officer Fabaceae St
Labourdonnaisia Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1699–1753), colonial administrator Sapotaceae Bu
Labramia Jonas David Labram (1785–1852), Swiss botanical artist and illustrator Sapotaceae Bu
Lachenalia Werner de la Chenal (1736–1800), Swiss professor of botany Asparagaceae St
Lackeya James A. Lackey (b. 1943), American botanist at Iowa State University and the Smithsonian Institution; specialist in Fabaceae and Phaseoleae Fabaceae Bu
Ladeania LaDean H. Egan (b. 1949), mother of Ashley Noel Egan (b. 1977), the author of the genus Fabaceae Bu
Ladenbergia Johann Philipp von Ladenberg (1769–1847), Prussian lawyer who founded an educational institute for the sons of underprivileged forest officials Rubiaceae Bu
Ladyginia Veniamin Fedorovich Ladygin (1860–1932), Russian botanist who collected in East Asia Apiaceae Bu
Laelia Laelia, one of the Vestal Virgins Orchidaceae St
Laennecia René Laennec (1781–1826), doctor Asteraceae Bu
Laestadia Carl Petter Laestadius (1835–1920), Swedish botanist and teacher in Umeå Asteraceae Bu
Lafoensia João Carlos de Bragança e Ligne, 2nd Duke of Lafões (1719–1806) Lythraceae Bu
Lafuentea Tadeo Lafuente (b. c. 1780), Spanish military doctor who wrote about yellow fever Plantaginaceae Bu
Lagascea Mariano Lagasca (1776–1839) Asteraceae Bu
Lagerstroemia Magnus von Lagerström (d. 1759), Swedish merchant and naturalist, and friend of Carl Linnaeus Lythraceae Co
Lagrezia Adrien Rose Arnaud Lagrèze-Fossat (1814 or 1818 – 1874), French botanist and lawyer in Moissac Amaranthaceae Bu
Lagunaria Andréa Laguna (d. 1560), Spanish botanist Malvaceae St
Lalldhwojia Lall Dhwoj (fl. 1927–1930), plant collector Apiaceae Bu
Lallemantia Julius Léopold Eduard Avé-Lallemant (1803–1867) Lamiaceae St
Lamanonia Robert de Lamanon (1752–1787) Cunoniaceae Bu
Lamarckia Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744–1829) Poaceae St
Lambertia Aylmer Bourke Lambert (1761–1842) Proteaceae St
Lamiodendron Herman Johannes Lam (1892–1977) Bignoniaceae Bu
Lamourouxia Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux (1779–1825) Orobanchaceae Bu
Lamyropappus Claude Marie Louise de Lamyre-Moryy, Comtesse de Neuville (1754–1791), French wife of Dominique, comte de Cassini Asteraceae Bt
Lamyropsis Asteraceae Bt
Lancea John Henry Lance (1793–1878), English lawyer and botanist; a lawyer and judge in Suriname for six years; orchid enthusiast Mazaceae Bu
Landiopsis Jérôme Lalande (1732–1807), astronomer Rubiaceae Bu
Landolphia Jean-François Landolphe (1747–1825), naval officer Apocynaceae Bu
Langloisia Auguste Berthélemy Langlois (1832–1900), French-born American clergyman and botanist Polemoniaceae Bu
Langsdorffia Georg von Langsdorff (1774–1852) Balanophoraceae Qu
Lankesterella Charles Herbert Lankester (1879–1969), English-born Costa Rican naturalist and botanist; coffee planter; specialist in orchids Orchidaceae Bu
Lankesteria Edwin Lankester (1814–1874) Acanthaceae Bu
Lapageria Empress Joséphine (Marie de La Pagerie) Philesiaceae Co
Lapeirousia Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse (1744–1818) Iridaceae St
Lapiedra Maria Josefa Martínez (1775–1858), Spanish botanist Amaryllidaceae Bu
Laportea possibly named for M. Laporte, a companion of Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré on his botanical voyage on the ship Uranie Urticaceae St
Lardizabala Manuel de Lardizábal y Uribe (1744–1824), politician Lardizabalaceae Ch
Larrea Juan Antonio Hernández Pérez de Larrea (1731–1803) Zygophyllaceae St
Larryleachia Leslie Charles Leach (1909–1996) Apocynaceae Bu
Larsenaikia Kai Larsen (1926–2012) Rubiaceae Bu
Larsenianthus Zingiberaceae Bu
Lasjia Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson (1925–1997) Proteaceae Bu
Lastarriaea José Victorino Lastarria (1817–1888), politician Polygonaceae Bu
Lasthenia Lastheneia of Mantinea (4th century BC), student of Plato Asteraceae St
Latouchea John David Digues La Touche (1861–1935) and his wife, née Caroline Dawson Focken (c. 1871 – c. 1945) Gentianaceae Bu
Latrobea Charles La Trobe (1801–1875), colonial administrator who established a botanical garden Fabaceae Bu
Laubertia Carlo Lauberg (1762–1834), French military apothecary from Naples, Italy; senior health inspector in civil service (succeeding Antoine-Augustin Parmentier); wrote about Cinchona and quinine Apocynaceae Bu
Launaea Jean Claude Mien Mordant de Launey (1750–1816), French lawyer and natural scientist; librarian at the National Museum of Natural History Asteraceae Bu
Laurembergia Peter Lauremberg (1585–1639), polymath Haloragaceae Bu
Lauterbachia Carl Adolf Georg Lauterbach (1864–1937) Monimiaceae Bu
Lavatera Johann Lavater (1611–1691) Malvaceae St
Lavigeria Charles Lavigerie (1825–1892), Roman Catholic cardinal Icacinaceae Bu
Lavoisiera Antoine Lavoisier (1743–1794), chemist Melastomataceae Bu
Lavrania John Jacob Lavranos (b. 1926) Apocynaceae Bu
Lawrencella Robert William Lawrence (1807–1833) Asteraceae Bu
Lawrencia Malvaceae Bu
Lawsonia Isaac Lawson (1704–1747) Lythraceae St
Laxmannia Erik Laxmann (1737–1796) Asparagaceae Bu
Layia George Tradescant Lay (1799–1845) Asteraceae St
Leandra Leandro do Santíssimo Sacramento (1778–1829), Brazilian clergyman and botanist; botanical garden director in Rio de Janeiro Melastomataceae Bu
Leandriella Jacques Désiré Leandri (1903–1982) Acanthaceae Bu
Leavenworthia Melines Conklin Leavenworth (1796–1862), American doctor; collected plants in southern states and in Mexico Brassicaceae Bu
Lebeckia Hendrik Julius Lebeck (1772–1800), Dutch botanist and plant collector; merchant in the service of the Dutch East India Company Fabaceae Bu
Lebronnecia Guillaume Le Bronnec (1884–1968), French naturalist in the Marquesas Islands Malvaceae Bu
Lebrunia Jean Paul Antoine Lebrun (1906–1985), Belgian agricultural scientist and botanist at the university in Leuven Clusiaceae Bu
Lebruniodendron Fabaceae Bu
Lechea Johan Leche (1704–1764), Swedish doctor and naturalist; professor of medicine in Turku Cistaceae Bu
Lecointea Paul Georges Aimé Le Cointe (1870–1956), French botanist who worked in Brazil; director of a museum in Belém Fabaceae Qu
Lecokia Henri Lecoq (1802–1871) Apiaceae Bu
Lecomtedoxa Paul Henri Lecomte (1856–1934) Sapotaceae Bu
Lecomtella Poaceae Bu
Ledebouria Carl Friedrich von Ledebour (1785–1851) Asparagaceae Ba
Ledebouriella Apiaceae Bu
Ledenbergia Johann Philipp von Ladenberg (1769–1847), Prussian lawyer who founded an educational institute for the sons of underprivileged forest officials Petiveriaceae Bu
Ledermanniella Carl Ludwig Ledermann (1875–1958), Swiss botanist and garden designer; traveled in Kamerun (now Cameroon) and around the Pacific Podostemaceae Bu
Leea James Lee (1715–1795) of Lee and Kennedy (nurseries) Vitaceae St
Leersia Johann Georg Daniel Leers (1727 – c. 1774), German botanist and apothecary in Herborn, Hesse; taught pharmacology; collected plants in the area, especially grasses Poaceae Bu
Leeuwenbergia Anthonius Josephus Maria Leeuwenberg (1930–2010) Euphorbiaceae Bu
Lefebvrea Charlemagne Théophile Lefebvre (1811–1860), French naval officer and explorer; took part in a scientific expedition in Ethiopia Apiaceae Bu
Legenere Edward Lee Greene (1843–1915) Campanulaceae Bu
Legousia Bénigne Legouz de Gerland (1695–1774), French historian and botanist Campanulaceae Co
Legrandia Carlos Maria Diego Enrique Legrand (1901–1986), Uruguayan naturalist and botanist; specialist in Portulacaceae and Myrtaceae; national museum director Myrtaceae Bu
Lehmanniella Friedrich Carl Lehmann (1850–1903) Gentianaceae Bu
Leibnitzia Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716), philosopher and mathematician Asteraceae Bu
Leiboldia Friedrich Ernst Leibold (1804–1864) Asteraceae Bu
Leidesia 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 Euphorbiaceae Bu
Leipoldtia C. Louis Leipoldt (1880–1947), poet Aizoaceae Bu
Leitneria Edward Frederick Leitner (1812–1838) Simaroubaceae St
Lelya Hugh Vandervaes Lely (1891–1947), English botanist and forester in Nigeria Rubiaceae Bu
Lemaireocereus Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800–1871) Cactaceae Bu
Lemeltonia Elton Martinez Carvalho Leme (b. 1960), Brazilian botanist, specialist in Brazilian Bromeliaceae at a herbarium in Rio de Janeiro Bromeliaceae Bu
Lemooria Spencer Le Marchant Moore (1850–1931) Asteraceae Bu
Lennea Peter Joseph Lenné (1789–1866) Fabaceae Bu
Lennoa Joaquín Leño, Mexican independence fighter Boraginaceae Bu
Lenwebbia Leonard Webb (1920–2008) Myrtaceae Bu
Lenzia Harald Othmar Lenz (1798–1870), German teacher and naturalist in Thuringia; historian of science; specialist in fungi and sponges Montiaceae Bu
Leobordea Léon de Laborde (1807–1869) Fabaceae Bu
Leocereus Antonio Pacheco Leão (1872–1931), Brazilian botanist, botanical garden director in Rio de Janeiro Cactaceae Bu
Leonardoxa Jean Joseph Gustave Léonard (1920–2013), Belgian botanist at a botanical garden in Brussels Fabaceae Bu
Leonia Francisco León, lawyer; patron of the botanists Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez Violaceae Bu
Leonis Frère León (1871–1955) Asteraceae Bu
Leopoldia Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747–1792) Asparagaceae Bu
Leopoldinia Maria Leopoldina of Austria (1797–1826) Arecaceae Qu
Lepechinia Ivan Lepyokhin (1740–1802) Lamiaceae Bu
Lepechiniella Boraginaceae Bu
Lepinia Jules Joseph Lépine (1817–1884), French naval apothecary Apocynaceae Bu
Lepiniopsis Apocynaceae Bu
Leplaea Edmond Leplae (1868–1941), Belgian agricultural engineer, professor of agriculture in Liège Meliaceae Bu
Lerchea Johann Jakob Lerche (1703–1780), German-born Russian military doctor and botanist in Saint Petersburg Rubiaceae Bu
Lereschia Louis François Jules Rodolphe Leresche (1808–1885), Swiss clergyman, botanist and plant collector in the Canton of Vaud Apiaceae Bu
Leretia Jean de Léry (c. 1536 – c. 1613), clergyman Icacinaceae Bu
Lescaillea Lescaille, coffee grower Asteraceae Bu
Leschenaultia Jean-Baptiste Leschenault de La Tour (1773–1826) Goodeniaceae Bu
Lespedeza Vicente Manuel de Céspedes (1721? – 1794), colonial administrator Fabaceae Co
Lessertia Jules Paul Benjamin Delessert (1773–1847) Fabaceae Bu
Lessingia Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781), writer, and his grandnephews Karl Friedrich Lessing (1808–1880), painter, and Christian Friedrich Lessing (1809–1862) Asteraceae Bu
Lessingianthus Christian Friedrich Lessing (1809–1862) Asteraceae Bu
Letestua Georges Marie Patrice Charles Le Testu (1877–1967), French colonial administrator in tropical Africa; later at a botanical garden in Caen Sapotaceae Bu
Letestudoxa Annonaceae Bu
Letestuella Podostemaceae Bu
Lettowianthus Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870–1964), army officer Annonaceae Bu
Leuchtenbergia Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1781–1824) Cactaceae St
Leuenbergeria Beat Ernst Leuenberger (1946–2010), Swiss curator of tropical collections at a botanical garden in Berlin; specialist in Pereskioideae Cactaceae Bu
Leunisia Johannes Leunis (1802–1873), German clergyman and botanist in Hildesheim; taught natural history and geography Asteraceae Bu
Leutea Gerfried Horand Leute (b. 1941), Austrian botanist, botanical curator at the Natural History Museum, Vienna Apiaceae Bu
Leuzea Joseph-Philippe-François Deleuze (1753–1835) Asteraceae Bu
Levenhookia Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723) Stylidiaceae Bu
Levieria Emilio Levier (1839–1911), Swiss-born Italian botanist, mycologist and plant collector in Florence Monimiaceae Bu
Lewisia Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809), explorer Montiaceae Co
Lewisiopsis Montiaceae Bu
Leycesteria William Leycester (1775–1831), judge and horticulturist in Bengal Caprifoliaceae Co
Leysera Friedrich Wilhelm von Leysser (1731–1815) Asteraceae Bu
Liberatia Liberato Joaquim Barroso (1900–1949), Brazilian botanist and agronomist Acanthaceae Bu
Libertia Marie-Anne Libert (1782–1865) Iridaceae Co
Lichtensteinia Hinrich Lichtenstein (1780–1857) Apiaceae Bu
Lidbeckia Eric Gustav Lidbeck (1724–1803), Swedish botanist, student of Carl Linnaeus, curator of a botanical garden and professor of natural history at Lund University Asteraceae Bu
Liebigia Justus von Liebig (1803–1873) Gesneriaceae Bu
Lijndenia D. W. J. C. Baron Van Lijnden (1813–1852), administrator in Bogor in the former Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia); supported botanical research Melastomataceae Bu
Lilaeopsis Alire Raffeneau Delile (1778–1850) Apiaceae Qu
Limahlania Ah-Lan Lim, Malaysian Botanist and Professor at the University of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur Gentianaceae Bt
Lindackeria Johann Thaddaeus Lindacker (1768–1816), Bohemian mineralogist from Banská Štiavnica; collected plants for his herbarium Achariaceae Bu
Lindelofia Friedrich von Lindelof (1794–1882), German botanical patron (c. 1850). Boraginaceae St
Lindenbergia Johann Bernhard Wilhelm Lindenberg (1781–1851) Orobanchaceae Bu
Lindera Johan Linder (1678–1724), Swedish botanist Lauraceae Co
Lindernia Franz Balthasar von Lindern (1682–1755), French doctor and botanist in Strasbourg; university botanical garden director Linderniaceae Bu
Linderniella Linderniaceae Bu
Lindheimera Ferdinand Lindheimer (1801–1879) Asteraceae St
Lindleya John Lindley (1799–1865) Rosaceae Bu
Lindmania Carl Axel Magnus Lindman (1856–1928) Bromeliaceae Bu
Lindsayomyrtus Lindsay Stuart Smith (1917–1970) Myrtaceae Bu
Lingelsheimia Alexander von Lingelsheim (1874–1937) Phyllanthaceae Bu
Linnaea Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) Caprifoliaceae Co
Linnaeosicyos Cucurbitaceae Bu
Linzia Johann Michael Linz (c. 1770 – 1855), German botanist, entomologist, royal secretary and tax supervisor in Speyer Asteraceae Bu
Lippia Augustin Lippi (1678–1705) Verbenaceae St
Lipschitziella Sergej Julievitsch Lipschitz (1905–1983), Russian botanist, bibliographer and historian in present-day Saint Petersburg Asteraceae Bu
Lipskya Vladimir Lipsky (1863–1937) Apiaceae Bu
Lisaea Domenico Lisa (1801–1867), Italian botanist, head gardener at a botanical garden in Turin Apiaceae Bu
Listia Friedrich Ludwig List (b. 1799), Prussian botanist and teacher Fabaceae Bu
Littledalea St. George Littledale (1851–1931) Poaceae Bu
Litwinowia Dmitry Litvinov (1854–1929) Brassicaceae Bu
Livistona Patrick Murray, Baron of Livingston, whose 17th-century garden stocked the Edinburgh Botanic Garden Arecaceae St
Llagunoa Eugenio de Llaguno y Amírola (1724–1799), Spanish politician Sapindaceae Bu
Llerasia Lleras, a supporter of natural science in New Granada (present-day Colombia) Asteraceae Bu
Lobelia Matthias de l'Obel (1538–1616) Campanulaceae Co
Lockhartia David Lockhart (1786–1846) Orchidaceae St
Lodoicea Louis XV (1710–1774) Arecaceae St
Loefgrenianthus Johan Albert Constantin Löfgren (1854–1918) Orchidaceae Bu
Loeflingia Pehr Löfling (1729–1756) Caryophyllaceae Bu
Loeselia Johannes Loesel (1607–1655), German doctor and botanist, professor of medicine in Königsberg (present-day Kaliningrad) Polemoniaceae St
Loeseliastrum Polemoniaceae Bu
Loesenera Ludwig Eduard Theodor Loesener (1865–1941) Fabaceae Bu
Loeseneriella Celastraceae Bu
Loewia Ernst Loew (1843–1908), German botanist and teacher Passifloraceae Bu
Logania James Logan (1674–1751) Loganiaceae Ch
Loheria August Loher (1874–1930), German pharmacist and botanist Primulaceae Bu
Longetia François Achille Longet (1811–1871), anatomist Picrodendraceae Bu
Lonicera Adam Lonicer (1528–1586) Caprifoliaceae Co
Lopezia Tomás Lopez, Spanish botanist and writer c. 1540 Onagraceae St
Lopriorea Giuseppe Lopriore (1865–1928), Italian professor of botany at the institute of oenology in Catania and botanical garden director there; director of the agricultural research station in Modena Amaranthaceae Bu
Lorandersonia Loran Crittenden Anderson (b. 1936), American botanist and plant taxonomist; professor at Florida State University; worked on Asteraceae and Cannabis Asteraceae Bu
Lordhowea Ontong Java Atoll, formerly the Lord Howe Atoll in the Solomon Islands, named for Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726–1799) Asteraceae Bt
Lorentzianthus Paul Günther Lorentz (1835–1881) Eupatorieae Bt
Lorenzia Harri Lorenzi (b. 1949) Araceae Bt
Lorenzochloa Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi (1895–1966) Poaceae Bt
Loudetia Edward Loudet (1811–1867), German dentist and surgeon in Karlsruhe Poaceae Qu
Loudetiopsis Poaceae Qu
Louisiella Jean Laurent Prosper Louis (1903–1947), Belgian botanist and professor of agronomy in Gembloux Poaceae Bu
Lourteigia Alicia Lourteig (1913–2003) Asteraceae Bu
Lourtella Lythraceae Bu
Lowia[f] Hugh Lowe (1824–1905), English colonial administrator and naturalist Lowiaceae Bu
Lozanella José Filemón Guadalupe Lozano y Lozano (1877 – after 1940), Mexican traveling companion of Cyrus Pringle during his Mexican expedition Cannabaceae Bu
Lozania Jorge Tadeo Lozano (1771–1816), politician Lacistemataceae Bu
Lucya Rose Lucie (or Lucy) Dunal (1798–1827), sister of Michel Félix Dunal (1789–1856); investigated Rubiaceae in Montpellier Rubiaceae Bu
Ludovia Maria Luisa of Parma (1751–1819) and her husband Charles IV of Spain (1748–1819) Cyclanthaceae Bu
Ludwigia Christian Gottlieb Ludwig (1709–1773) Onagraceae Co
Lueckelia Emil Lückel (b. 1927), German botanist and taxonomist from Frankfurt; specialist in orchids and president of the German Orchid Society Orchidaceae Bu
Lueddemannia Gustav Adolf Lueddemann (1821–1884), German gardener in Paris, France; later had his own orchid nursery Orchidaceae Bu
Luehea Carl Emil von der Luehe or Lühe (1751–1801), German botanist and chamberlain of Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark; later a chamberlain in Vienna, Austria Malvaceae Bu
Lueheopsis Malvaceae Bu
Luetkea Friedrich Benjamin von Lütke (1797–1882) Rosaceae Bu
Luetzelburgia Philipp von Luetzelburg (1880–1948), German pharmacist and botanist who traveled and collected in northeast Brazil Fabaceae Bu
Luisia Luis de Torres (19th century), Spanish botanist Orchidaceae St
Lulia Ángel Lulio Cabrera (1908–1999) Asteraceae Bu
Lumnitzera István Lumnitzer (1750–1806), Hungarian doctor and botanist in present-day Bratislava, Slovakia Combretaceae Bu
Lunania John Lunan (1771–1839) Salicaceae Bu
Lundellianthus Cyrus Longworth Lundell (1907–1994) Asteraceae Bu
Lundia Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801–1880) Bignoniaceae Bu
Lundinia Roger Lundin (1955–2005), Swedish botanist at the natural history museum in Stockholm Asteraceae Bu
Lutheria Harry Edward Luther (1952–2012), American botanist at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens; specialist in Bromeliaceae Bromeliaceae Bu
Lutzia Louis Charles Lutz (1871–1952), French pharmacist and botanist; professor with a focus on spore-bearing plants and microbiology in Paris Brassicaceae Bu
Luxemburgia Charles Emmanuel Sigismond de Montmorency-Luxembourg (1774–1861), French duke of Piney-Luxembourg; botanical patron Ochnaceae Bu
Luzuriaga Ignacio Maria Ruiz de Luzuriaga (1763–1822), Spanish doctor and botanist Alstroemeriaceae Bu
Lyallia David Lyall (1817–1895) Montiaceae Bu
Lycoris Volumnia Cytheris (fl. 1st century BC), Roman actress Amaryllidaceae St
Lymanbensonia Lyman David Benson (1909–1993), American botanist, specialist in cactus Cactaceae Bu
Lymania Lyman Bradford Smith (1904–1997) Bromeliaceae Bu
Lyonia John Lyon (c. 1765 – c. 1816) Ericaceae St
Lyonothamnus William Scrugham Lyon (1851–1916), American collector who sent specimens to Asa Gray Rosaceae Co
Lysakia Martin A. Lysák (b.1973), Czech scientist and botanist Brassicaceae Bt
Lysimachia probably Lysimachus (c. 360 BC – 281 BC), king Primulaceae Co
Maackia Richard Maack (1825–1886) Fabaceae Co
Maasia Paul Maas (b. 1939) Annonaceae Bu
Mabrya Tom J. Mabry (1932–2015), American botanist and plant chemist and Professor at University of Texas at Austin Plantaginaceae Bt
Macadamia John Macadam (1827–1865) Proteaceae St
Macairea Isaac François Macaire, Swiss plant physiologist and chemist from Geneva Melastomataceae Bu
Macarthuria William Macarthur (1800–1882) Macarthuriaceae Qu
Macbridea James Macbride (1784–1817), American botanist and doctor in Charleston, South Carolina Lamiaceae Bu
Macbrideina James Francis Macbride (1892–1976) Rubiaceae Bu
Macgregoria John MacGregor (1828–1884), politician Celastraceae Bu
Mackaya James Townsend Mackay (1775–1862) Acanthaceae St
Mackinlaya John McKinlay (1819–1872) Apiaceae Bu
Maclaudia Charles Maclaud (1866–1933), French doctor and zoologist; plant and animal collector Apocynaceae Bu
Macleania John Maclean (1786–1857), Scottish merchant in Peru Ericaceae Ba
Macleaya Alexander Macleay (1767–1848) Papaveraceae Co
Maclura William Maclure (1763–1840) Moraceae Co
Maclurochloa Floyd Alonzo McClure (1897–1970) Poaceae Bu
Maclurodendron Rutaceae Bu
Maclurolyra Poaceae Bu
Macphersonia Pieter Daniël Eugenius MacPherson (1792–1846), politician, and Rose Marie Jeanne MacPherson, née van Meeuwen (1801–1889), noblewoman Sapindaceae Bu
Macrohasseltia Johan Conrad van Hasselt (1797–1823) Salicaceae Bt
Macvaughiella Rogers McVaugh (1909–2009) Asteraceae Bu
Magnolia Pierre Magnol (1638–1715) Magnoliaceae Ch
Magonia Mago Barca (243 BC – 203 BC), military officer Sapindaceae Bu
Maguireanthus Bassett Maguire (1904–1991) Melastomataceae Qu
Maguireocharis Rubiaceae Qu
Maguireothamnus Rubiaceae Qu
Mahonia Bernard McMahon (c. 1775 – 1816) Berberidaceae Co
Maillardia Louis Gaspard Dominique Maillard (1780–1867), French engineer Moraceae Bu
Maingaya Alexander Carroll Maingay (1836–1869) Hamamelidaceae Bu
Maireana Joseph François Maire (1780–1867), Parisian plant collector who eventually gave his herbarium to Ernest Cosson Amaranthaceae Bu
Mairetis René Maire (1878–1949) Boraginaceae Bu
Mairia Louis Maire (d. 1885), German doctor and botanist who collected under the name of Mund and Maire Asteraceae Bu
Majidea Majid bin Said of Zanzibar (c. 1834 – 1870) Sapindaceae Bu
Majovskya Jozef Májovský, (1920–2012), Slovakian botanist and Professor of Botany in Bratislava Rosaceae Bt
Malcolmia William Malcolm (d. 1798), London nurseryman who published a plant catalogue in 1771. Previously Malcomia. Brassicaceae St
Malesherbia Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721–1794), government minister Passifloraceae Bu
Malmea Gustaf Oskar Andersson Malme (1864–1937) Annonaceae Bu
Malmeanthus Asteraceae Bu
Malouetia Pierre Victor, baron Malouet (1740–1814) Apocynaceae Bu
Malperia Edward Palmer (1829–1911) Asteraceae Bu
Malpighia Marcello Malpighi (1628–1694) Malpighiaceae Ch
Malpighiodes Malpighiaceae Bu
Maltebrunia Conrad Malte-Brun (1775–1826) Poaceae Bu
Mammilloydia Francis Ernest Lloyd (1868–1947) Cactaceae Bu
Mandevilla Henry John Mandeville (1773–1861), British minister in Buenos Aires Apocynaceae Co
Mandirola Agostino Mandirola (d. 1661), Italian clergyman, naturalist and botanist with a focus on medicinal plants and citrus Gesneriaceae Bu
Manekia Erik Leonard Ekman (1883–1931) Piperaceae Bu
Manettia Saverio Manetti (1723–1785) Rubiaceae St
Mangenotiella Georges Marie Mangenot (1899–1985), French botanist and Professor of Botany Primulaceae Bt
Mankyua Man Kyu Pak (1906–1988), South Korean researcher and botanist (Pteridology) Ophioglossaceae Bt
Mannagettaea Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau (1856–1931) Orobanchaceae Bu
Manniella Gustav Mann (1836–1916) Orchidaceae Bu
Manniophyton Euphorbiaceae Bu
Mansoa Antônio Luiz Patrício da Silva Manso (1788–1848) Bignoniaceae Bu
Mansonia Francis Bruce Manson (c. 1850 – 1908), plant collector in Burma (present-day Myanmar) with the Indian Forest Service Malvaceae Bu
Maoutia Emmanuel Le Maout (1799–1877) Urticaceae Bu
Mappia Marcus Mappus (1666–1736), French doctor and botanist from Alsace; son of Marc or Marcus Mappus (1632–1701) Icacinaceae Bu
Mappianthus Icacinaceae Bu
Maranta Bartolomeo Maranta (1500–1571) Marantaceae Ch
Marantochloa Marantaceae Bu
Marcania Alexander Marcan (1883–1953), English collector of plants in Southeast Asia and Thailand Acanthaceae Bu
Marcelliopsis Claudia Marcella Major (fl. 1st century BC), Roman noblewoman Amaranthaceae Bu
Marcetella Adeodato Francisco Marcet (1875–1964), Spanish clergyman, botanist and agronomist; worked in a botanical garden in Blanes Rosaceae Bu
Marcetia François Marcet (1803–1883), Swiss doctor, physiologist, inventor, and professor of physics Melastomataceae Bu
Marcgravia Georg Marcgrave (1610–1644) Marcgraviaceae Qu
Marcgraviastrum Marcgraviaceae Bu
Maresia Paul Marès (1826–1900), French botanist who explored in Algeria and the Balearic Islands Brassicaceae Bu
Mareya Étienne-Jules Marey (1830–1904), scientist Euphorbiaceae Bu
Mareyopsis Euphorbiaceae Bu
Margaretta Margaret Laurie Grant (1834–1918), wrote about plants collected by her husband James Augustus Grant (1827–1892) on an expedition to find the source of the Nile Apocynaceae Bu
Marianthus Princess Marie von Metternich, Austrian botanical patron Pittosporaceae Bu
Marina La Malinche (1505–1530), interpreter for the conquistador Hernán Cortés Fabaceae Bu
Mariosousa Mario Sousa Sánchez (1940–2017), Mexican botanist and plant collector, director of the university herbarium in Mexico City Fabaceae Bu
Markea Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744–1829) Solanaceae Bu
Markhamia Clements Markham (1830–1916) Bignoniaceae Bu
Marlothiella Rudolf Marloth (1855–1931) Apiaceae Bu
Marlothistella Aizoaceae Bu
Marquesia Agostinho Sessinando Marques (1847–1925), plant collector in Angola Dipterocarpaceae Bu
Marsdenia William Marsden (1754–1836), orientalist Apocynaceae St
Marshallia Humphry Marshall (1722–1803) Asteraceae St
Marshalljohnstonia Marshall Conring Johnston (b. 1930) Asteraceae Bu
Marshallocereus William Taylor Marshall (1886–1957), American botanist, botanical garden director in Phoenix, Arizona; specialist in cactus Cactaceae Bu
Martellidendron Ugolino Martelli (1860–1934) Pandanaceae Bu
Martensianthus Martin Martens (1797–1863) Rubiaceae Bu
Marthella Martha Urban, née Kurtz (1854–1920), wife of Ignatz Urban (1848–1931) Burmanniaceae Bu
Martianthus Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794–1868) Lamiaceae Bu
Marticorenia Clodomiro Fidel Segundo Marticorena (1929–2013), Chilean botanist and pharmacist, professor in Concepción and elsewhere Asteraceae Bu
Martinella Joseph Martin (d. 1826) Bignoniaceae Bu
Martiodendron Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794–1868) Fabaceae Bu
Martretia Vincent Martret (1875–1904), French botanist who was responsible for a botanical research garden in the Central African Republic Phyllanthaceae Bu
Martynia John Martyn (1699–1768) Martyniaceae Ch
Mascagnia Paolo Mascagni (1755–1815), anatomist Malpighiaceae Bu
Masdevallia José Masdevall (d. 1801), Spanish physician and botanist Orchidaceae St
Massonia Francis Masson (1741–1805) Asparagaceae Bu
Mastersia Maxwell T. Masters (1833–1907) Fabaceae Bu
Mastersiella Restionaceae Bu
Mathewsia Andrew Mathews (1801–1841), English gardener, plant collector in Chile and Peru Brassicaceae Bu
Mathiasella Mildred Esther Mathias (1906–1995) Apiaceae Ba
Mathieua Louis Mathieu (1793–1867), German gardener; a director of an institute of gardening in Berlin Amaryllidaceae Bu
Matisia Francisco Javier Matís (1763–1851) Malvaceae Bu
Matsumurella Jinzō Matsumura (1856–1928) Lamiaceae Bu
Mattfeldanthus Johannes Mattfeld (1895–1951), German botanist at the botanical museum in Dahlem, Berlin Asteraceae Bu
Mattfeldia Asteraceae Bu
Matthaea Matteo di San Giuseppe (1612–1691), Italian doctor, botanist, linguist, and missionary in Palestine, Mesopotamia, the Malabar region and Persia (present-day Iran) Monimiaceae Bu
Matthiola Pietro Andrea Mattioli (c. 1500 – 1577) Brassicaceae Co
Mattiastrum Elisabeth von Matt (1762–1814), astronomer Boraginaceae Bu
Matudaea Eizi Matuda (1894–1978) Hamamelidaceae Qu
Matudanthus Commelinaceae Qu
Maundia John Maund (1823–1858), English-born Australian doctor and analytical chemist; worked in water analysis; was a doctor in Melbourne Maundiaceae Bu
Maurandella Catalina Pancratia Maurandy, wife and colleague of Agostin Juan y Poveda (1770–1854), professor of botany and botanical garden director in Cartagena, Colombia Plantaginaceae Bu
Maurandya Plantaginaceae Co
Mauria Ernesto Mauri (1791–1836), Italian botanist and mycologist; professor of botany and botanical garden director in Rome Anacardiaceae Bu
Mauritiella John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1604–1679) Arecaceae Bu
Maurocenia Giovanni Francesco Morosini or Maurocenius (1658–1739), Venetian senator, botanical patron; had a large garden built up in Padua Celastraceae Bu
Maxburretia Max Burret (1883–1964) Arecaceae Bu
Maxwellia Maxwell T. Masters (1833–1907) Malvaceae Bu
Mayodendron Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822–1872) Bignoniaceae Bu
Mazaea Manuel Gómez de la Maza y Jiménez (1867–1916), Cuban doctor; professor and director of the university botanical garden in Havana Rubiaceae Bu
Mcvaughia Rogers McVaugh (1909–2009) Malpighiaceae Bu
Mecardonia Antoni de Meca-Caçador-Cardona (1726–1788), 4th Marquess of Ciutadilla, Spanish botanist or enthusiast; donated lands to the city of Barcelona for a botanical garden Plantaginaceae Bu
Mechowia Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander von Mechow (1831–1890) Amaranthaceae Bu
Medinilla José de Medinilla, governor of Mauritius (c. 1820) Melastomataceae St
Medranoa Francisco González Medrano (1939–2017), Mexican botanist Asteraceae Bt
Meeboldia Alfred Meebold (1863–1952) Apiaceae Bu
Meehania Thomas Meehan (1826–1901) Lamiaceae Bu
Megacorax Peter H. Raven (b. 1936) Onagraceae Bu
Meineckia Johann Ludwig Georg Meinecke (1721–1823), German physicist, biologist and teacher; professor of technology in Halle Phyllanthaceae Bu
Meistera George Meister (1653–1713), German botanist and court gardener in Dresden for the Electorate of Saxony; also worked as a gardener in Japan Zingiberaceae Bu
Mellera Charles James Meller (c. 1835 – 1869), English doctor, botanist and naturalist; joined one of David Livingstone's African expeditions Acanthaceae Bu
Melliniella Adolf Mellin (c. 1873 – c. 1910), German botanist; collected plants in present-day Togo Fabaceae Bu
Mendoncia José Francisco Miguel António de Mendonça (1725–1818), Roman Catholic cardinal Acanthaceae Bu
Menkea Karl Theodor Menke (1791–1861) Brassicaceae Bu
Menonvillea Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry de Menonville (1739–1780) Brassicaceae Bu
Mentzelia Christian Mentzel (1622–1701), German doctor, botanist and sinologist Loasaceae Co
Merciera Marie Philippe Mercier (1781–1831), French botanist; plant collector in Geneva Campanulaceae Bu
Meriania Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717) Melastomataceae Bu
Merremia Blasius Merrem (1761–1824) Convolvulaceae St
Merrilliodendron Elmer Drew Merrill (1876–1956) Icacinaceae Bu
Merrilliopanax Araliaceae Bu
Merrittia Melvin Leroy Merritt (1879–1961), American forester for the Philippine Bureau of Forestry and the US Forest Service Asteraceae Bu
Mertensia Franz Carl Mertens (1764–1831) Boraginaceae Co
Merwilla Frederick Ziervogel Van der Merwe (1894–1968), South African doctor, botanist, and school inspector Asparagaceae Bu
Merxmuellera Hermann Merxmüller (1920–1988) Poaceae Qu
Mesua Masawaiyh (c. 777 – c. 857) Calophyllaceae Bu
Metasequoia Sequoyah (c. 1770 – 1843), Cherokee linguist Cupressaceae Co
Metcalfia Charles Russell Metcalfe (1904–1991), British researcher, botanist and plant anatomist; director of the Jodrell Laboratory at Kew Gardens Poaceae Bu
Metrodorea Metrodorus (c. 1st century BC), student of a healer named Sabinus Rutaceae Bu
Metteniusa Georg Heinrich Mettenius (1823–1866) Metteniusaceae Bu
Metternichia Klemens von Metternich (1773–1859), diplomat Solanaceae Bu
Mexianthus Ynes Mexia (1870–1938) Asteraceae Bu
Meyerophytum Louis Gottlieb Meyer (1867–1958), German clergyman, explorer, and botanical researcher Aizoaceae Bu
Mezia Carl Christian Mez (1866–1944) Malpighiaceae Bu
Mezilaurus Lauraceae Bu
Mezzettia Ignazio Mezzetti (1820–1876), Italian clergyman and teacher of natural science in Lucca und Rome Annonaceae Bu
Michauxia André Michaux (1746–1802) Campanulaceae St
Michelsonia Alexandr Alexandrovich Michelson or Mikhelson (1907–1973), Russian-born Belgian agricultural engineer and botanist; director of the forestry service Fabaceae Bu
Micholitzia Wilhelm Micholitz (1854–1932) Apocynaceae Bu
Mickelia John Thomas Mickel (b.1934) American botanist and pteridologist Dryopteridaceae Bt
Micklethwaitia John Patrick Micklethwait Brenan (1917–1985) Fabaceae Bu
Miconia Francisco Mico (b. 1528), Spanish botanist Melastomataceae St
Miersia John Miers (1789–1879) Amaryllidaceae Bu
Miersiella Burmanniaceae Bu
Mikania Joseph Gottfried Mikan (1743–1814) Asteraceae St
Mikaniopsis Asteraceae Bu
Mildbraedia Johannes Mildbraed (1879–1954) Euphorbiaceae Bu
Mildbraediodendron Fabaceae Bu
Milicia Milici (19th and 20th centuries), administrator in Portuguese East Africa (in modern-day Mozambique) who supported the work of the author of the genus, Thomas Robertson Sim Moraceae Bu
Miliusa Pierre Bernard Milius (1773–1829), French naval officer; joined the expedition of Nicolas Baudin Annonaceae Bu
Milla Julian Milla, gardener to the Spanish king (18th century) Asparagaceae St
Milleria Philip Miller (1691–1771) Asteraceae Bu
Millettia Charles Millett (1792–1873), English merchant and plant collector; worked for the East India Company in the tea trade Fabaceae Ba
Milligania Joseph Milligan (1807–1884), Scottish doctor and botanist, also a geologist; worked as a doctor for the Van Diemen's Land Company Asteliaceae Bu
Millingtonia Thomas Millington (1628–1704) Bignoniaceae Bu
Millotia possibly Claude-François-Xavier Millot (1726–1785), historian Asteraceae Bu
Miltonia Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 5th Earl Fitzwilliam (1786–1857), Viscount Milton Orchidaceae St
Miltoniopsis Orchidaceae Ba
Minuartia Juan Minuart (1693–1768), Spanish botanist Caryophyllaceae St
Miquelia Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811–1871) Icacinaceae Bu
Miqueliopuntia Cactaceae Bu
Mirandea Faustino Miranda Gonzalez (1905–1964), Spanish-born Mexican botanist Acanthaceae Bu
Mirbelia Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel (1776–1854) Fabaceae Bu
Misbrookea Winifred Mary Adelaide Brooke (1894–1975) Asteraceae Bu
Mitchella John Mitchell (1711–1768) Rubiaceae Co
Mnesithea Mnesitheus (4th century BC), doctor Poaceae Bu
Mocquerysia Albert Mocquerys (1860–1926), French dentist; also an entomologist, naturalist and explorer; collected plants and insects in Africa and Venezuela Salicaceae Bu
Moenchia Conrad Moench (1744–1805) Caryophyllaceae Qu
Moldenhawera Johann Jacob Paul Moldenhawer (1766–1827) Fabaceae Bu
Molinadendron José Antonio Molina Rosito (1926–2012) Hamamelidaceae Bu
Molinaea Jean Desmoulins or Johannes Molinaeus (1530–1622), French doctor and botanist, student of Jacques Daléchamps and Guillaume Rondelet Sapindaceae Bu
Molineriella Ignazio Bernardo Molineri (1741–1818), Italian head gardener at a botanical garden in Turin Poaceae Bu
Molinia Juan Ignacio Molina (1740–1829) Poaceae Ba
Moliniopsis Poaceae Bu
Mollia Karl von Moll (1760–1838) Malvaceae Bu
Mollinedia Francisco de Mollinedo (18th century), Spanish naturalist who contributed to a botanical garden in Madrid Monimiaceae Bu
Moltkia Joachim Godske Moltke (1746–1818), statesman Boraginaceae St
Moltkiopsis Boraginaceae Bu
Monarda Nicolás Monardes (c. 1493 – 1588) Lamiaceae Co
Monardella Lamiaceae St
Monimia Monime (d. 71 BC), noblewoman Monimiaceae Bu
Monnina José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca (1728–1808) Polygalaceae Bu
Monrosia Francisco de Asis Monrós (1922–1958), Argentinian agricultural engineer who discovered this plant's fruit Polygalaceae Bu
Monsonia Lady Anne Monson (1726–1776) Geraniaceae St
Montanoa Luis José Ignacio Montaña (1755–1820), Mexican naturalist and physician Asteraceae St
Monteiroa Honório da Costa Monteiro Filho (1900–1978), Brazilian professor of botany and director of the national school of agriculture in Rio de Janeiro; specialist in Malvaceae Malvaceae Bu
Montia Giuseppe Monti (1682–1760) Montiaceae Ch
Montinia Lars Jonasson Montin (1723–1785), Swedish botanist and doctor in Lund and Halland; maintained a large herbarium; student of Carl Linnaeus Montiniaceae Bu
Montiopsis Giuseppe Monti (1682–1760) Montiaceae Bu
Montrichardia Gabriel de Montrichard, resident of Trinidad; friend of the author of the genus, Hermann Crüger Araceae Bu
Montrouziera Xavier Montrouzier (1820–1897) Clusiaceae Bu
Monttea Manuel Montt (1809–1880), president of Chile Plantaginaceae Bu
Moonia Alexander Moon (1755–1825), Scottish gardener and botanist at Kew Gardens, collected in Gibraltar and North Africa Asteraceae Bu
Moquinia Alfred Moquin-Tandon (1804–1863) Asteraceae Qu
Moquiniastrum Asteraceae Bu
Moquiniella Loranthaceae Qu
Moraea Robert More (1703–1780), English botanist Iridaceae St
Morangaya Reid Venable Moran (1916–2010), Edward G. Gay (1916–1997) and Betty Gay (b. 1919) Cactaceae Bu
Morelia Morel (d. 1824), French plant collector who died in Senegal Rubiaceae Bu
Morelotia Simon Morelot (1751–1809), French apothecary, member and professor at the college of pharmacy Cyperaceae Bu
Morettia Giuseppe Moretti (1782–1853) Brassicaceae Bu
Moricandia Stefano Moricand (1779–1854) Brassicaceae St
Moriera James Justinian Morier (c. 1780 – 1849), diplomat and author Brassicaceae Bu
Morina Louis Morin (1635–1715), French botanist Caprifoliaceae Co
Morisia Giuseppe Giacinto Moris (1796–1869) Brassicaceae St
Morisonia Robert Morison (1620–1683) Capparaceae St
Morithamnus Scott Alan Mori Asteraceae Bu
Moritzia Alexander Moritzi (1806–1850) Boraginaceae Bu
Morkillia William Lucius Morkill (1858–1936), general manager of the Mexican national railroad Zygophyllaceae Bu
Morronea Osvaldo Morrone (1957–2011), Argentinian botanist and former director of the Instituto de Botánica Darwinion in San Isidro Poaceae Bt
Morsacanthus Walter Baptist Mors (1920–2008), Brazilian chemist who researched useful plants Acanthaceae Bu
Mortonia Samuel George Morton (1799–1851) Celastraceae Bu
Mortoniella Conrad Vernon Morton (1905–1972) Apocynaceae Bu
Mortoniodendron Malvaceae Bu
Mosannona Paul Maas (b. 1939) Annonaceae Bu
Mosiera Charles A. Mosier (1871–1936), American botanist; a co-writer with the author of the genus, John Kunkel Small Myrtaceae Bu
Mossia Charles Edward Moss (1870–1930) Aizoaceae Bu
Mostuea Jens Vahl (1796–1854) Gelsemiaceae Bu
Motherwellia James Bridgeham Motherwell (c. 1815 – 1886), Irish-born Australian doctor Araliaceae Bu
Motleyia James Motley (1822–1859) Rubiaceae Bu
Motleyothamnus Timothy 'Tim' J. Motley (1966–2013), American botanist, Professor of Botany at the Old Dominion University and Director of the Botanical Garden in Norfolk, Virginia Rubiaceae Bt
Moultonianthus John Coney Moulton (1886–1926) Euphorbiaceae Bu
Mouretia Marcellin Mouret (1881–1915), French botanist and soldier in Vietnam and Morocco Rubiaceae Bu
Moussonia Albert Mousson (1805–1890) Gesneriaceae Bu
Muehlbergella Friedrich Mühlberg (1840–1915) Campanulaceae Bu
Muehlenbeckia Heinrich Gustav Mühlenbeck (1798–1845) Polygonaceae Co
Muellera Otto Friedrich Müller (1730–1784) Fabaceae Bu
Muelleranthus Ferdinand von Mueller (1825–1896) Fabaceae Bu
Muellerargia Johannes Müller Argoviensis (1828–1896) Cucurbitaceae Bu
Muellerina Ferdinand von Mueller (1825–1896) Loranthaceae Bu
Muhlenbergia Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (1753–1815) Poaceae St
Muiria John Muir (1874–1947) Aizoaceae Bu
Muiriantha Thomas Muir (b. 1899), rancher in Western Australia who collected plants and accompanied the author of the genus, Charles Gardner Rutaceae Bu
Mulguraea María E. Múlgura (b. 1943), Argentinian botanist; curator and professor at the Instituto de Botánica Darwinion; specialist in Junellia Verbenaceae Bu
Mullerochloa Lennox Muller (born 1932), gardener and bamboo importer in Innisfail, Queensland, Australia Poaceae Bu
Mummenhoffia Klaus Mummenhoff (b.1956), German botanist, specialist in Brassicaceae and Professor at the Osnabrück University Brassicaceae Bt
Munnozia Juan Bautista Muñoz (1745–1799) Asteraceae Bu
Munroa William Munro (1818–1880) Poaceae Qu
Munronia Meliaceae Qu
Muntingia Abraham Munting (1626–1683) Muntingiaceae Bu
Munzothamnus Philip A. Munz (1892–1974) Asteraceae Bu
Muraltia Johannes von Muralt (1645–1733), Swiss botanist and doctor in Zürich, professor of physics Polygalaceae Bu
Murbeckiella Svante Samuel Murbeck (1859–1946) Brassicaceae Bu
Murdannia Aly Murdann, Indian plant collector; supervised a herbarium in Saharanpur Commelinaceae Bu
Murraya Johan Andreas Murray (1740–1791) Rutaceae St
Muschleria Reinhold Conrad Muschler (1882–1957) Asteraceae Bu
Musella Antonius Musa (63 BC – 14) Musaceae Bu
Musgravea Anthony Musgrave (1828–1888), colonial administrator Proteaceae Bu
Musschia Jean Henri Mussche (1765–1834), Belgian gardener, curator at a botanical garden in Ghent Campanulaceae Bu
Mutisia José Celestino Mutis (1732–1808) Asteraceae St
Mwasumbia Leonard B. Mwasumbi (b.1938), Tanzanian botanist, plant taxonomist, specialist in Tanzanian flora, and head of the Herbarium at the University of Dar es Salaam Annonaceae Bt
Nanuza Nanuza Luiza de Menezes (b. 1934), Brazilian botanist; curator and professor at the University of São Paulo Velloziaceae Bu
Napoleonaea Napoleon (1769–1821), emperor Lecythidaceae Bu
Nashia George Valentine Nash (1864–1921) Verbenaceae Bu
Nassauvia Karl Heinrich von Nassau-Siegen (1743–1808), naval officer and explorer Asteraceae Bu
Nathaliella Nathalie A. Desjatova-Shostenko (1889–1969) Scrophulariaceae Bu
Naudinia Charles Victor Naudin (1815–1899) Rutaceae Bu
Navarretia Francisco Fernandez de Navarrete (d. 1742), Spanish personal physician and professor of medicine in Granada Polemoniaceae Bu
Navia Bernhard Sebastian von Nau (1766–1845), German naturalist, professor of natural history in Mainz; later active as a (political) administrator Bromeliaceae Bu
Nayariophyton Madhavan Parameswarau Nayar (1905–1978) Malvaceae Bu
Nealchornea Stanesby Alchorne (1727–1800), English botanist at the Chelsea Physic Garden Euphorbiaceae Bu
Nectouxia Hippolyte Nectoux (1759–1836), French botanist, botanical garden director in Santo Domingo; head gardener in Fontainebleau; founded a botanical garden in Rome Solanaceae Bu
Neea Luis Née (1734–1807) Nyctaginaceae Bu
Needhamiella John Needham (1713–1781) Ericaceae Bu
Neeopsis Luis Née (1734–1807) Nyctaginaceae Bu
Neesenbeckia Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776–1858) Cyperaceae Bu
Neesia Theodor Friedrich Ludwig Nees von Esenbeck (1787–1837) Malvaceae Bu
Neesiochloa Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776–1858) Poaceae Bu
Negria Cristoforo Negri (1809–1896) Gesneriaceae Bu
Neillia Patrick Neill (1776–1851) Rosaceae Co
Nelia Gert Cornelius Nel (1885–1950) Aizoaceae Bu
Nelmesia Ernest Nelmes (1895–1959), English botanist, gardener and librarian; worked at Kew Gardens in the herbarium and library; specialist in Carex and Cyperaceae Cyperaceae Bu
Nelsia Louis Nels (1855–1910), colonial administrator Amaranthaceae Bu
Nelsonia David Nelson (c. 1740 – 1789) Acanthaceae Bu
Nelsonianthus Edward William Nelson (1855–1934) Asteraceae Bu
Neobaclea César Hipólito Bacle (1794–1838), Swiss naturalist, lithographer and periodicals publisher; collected plants, animals, minerals and cultural materials in South America and elsewhere Malvaceae Bu
Neobassia Ferdinando Bassi (1710–1774), Italian botanist Amaranthaceae Bu
Neobathiea Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie (1873–1958) Orchidaceae Bu
Neobeguea Louis Henri Bégué (1906–1979), French civil servant in the forestry service in Madagascar Meliaceae Bu
Neobertiera Bertier, a French Guianese woman who helped Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet with native plants, including this genus, found on her property Rubiaceae Bu
Neoblakea Sidney Fay Blake (1892–1959) Rubiaceae Qu
Neobolusia Harry Bolus (1834–1911) Orchidaceae Bu
Neobouteloua Claudio Boutelou (1774–1842), Spanish gardener and botanist, and his brother Esteban Boutelou (1776–1813), botanist and agronomist Poaceae Bu
Neoboutonia Louis Bouton (1800–1878), French-Mauritian botanist in Port Louis, Mauritius Euphorbiaceae Bu
Neobracea Lewis Jones Knight Brace (1852–1938), English botanist; collected plants in the Bahamas; worked at a botanical garden in Kolkata in West Bengal Apocynaceae Bu
Neobrittonia Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859–1934) Malvaceae Bu
Neobuchia Wilhelm Buch (1862–1943), German pharmacist and botanist, and his wife Amalia Pauline Wilhelmine Buch (c. 1867–1900) Malvaceae Bu
Neochevalierodendron Auguste Chevalier (1873–1956) Fabaceae Bu
Neocogniauxia Alfred Cogniaux (1841–1916) Orchidaceae Bu
Neocollettia Henry Collett (1836–1901) Fabaceae Bu
Neocuatrecasia José Cuatrecasas (1903–1996) Asteraceae Bu
Neocussonia Pierre Cusson (1727–1783) Araliaceae Bu
Neodillenia Johann Jacob Dillenius (1684–1747) Dilleniaceae Bu
Neodriessenia Peter van Driessen (1753–1828), Dutch doctor, pharmacist, chemist and botanist; professor of medicine in Harderwijk und Groningen Melastomataceae Bu
Neofabricia Philipp Conrad Fabricius (1714–1774), German doctor and professor of botany in Helmstedt Myrtaceae Bu
Neogardneria George Gardner (1810–1849) Orchidaceae Bu
Neogaya Jaques Étienne Gay (1786–1864) Apiaceae Bu
Neoglaziovia Auguste François Marie Glaziou (1828–1906) Bromeliaceae St
Neogoezia Edmund Goeze (1838–1929), German gardener and botanist; botanical museum director in Coimbra, Portugal; botanical garden inspector in Greifswald Apiaceae Bu
Neogontscharovia Nikolái Gontscharow (1900–1942), Russian botanist and collector Plumbaginaceae Bu
Neoguillauminia André Guillaumin (1885–1974) Euphorbiaceae Bu
Neoharmsia Hermann Harms (1870–1942) Fabaceae Bu
Neohemsleya James Hatton Hemsley (b. 1923), English botanist at Kew Gardens; specialist in African Sapotaceae Sapotaceae Bu
Neohenricia Margaret Gertrude Anna Henrici (1892–1971), Swiss-born South African botanist and physiologist Aizoaceae Bu
Neoholmgrenia Patricia Kern Holmgren (b. 1940), Noel Herman Holmgren (b. 1937), and Arthur Herman Holmgren (1912–1992) Onagraceae Bu
Neohouzeaua Jean Houzeau de Lehaie (1867–1959), (Poaceae Bt
Neojeffreya Charles Jeffrey (b. 1934), English botanist at Kew Gardens and in Saint Petersburg in Russia; specialist in Asteraceae and Cucurbitaceae Asteraceae Bu
Neojobertia Clément Léger Nicolas Jobert (1840–1910), plant collector in Brazil Bignoniaceae Bu
Neokochia Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch (1771–1849), German doctor and botanist; professor of medicine and botany in Erlangen, and botanical garden director there Amaranthaceae Bu
Neolamarckia Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744–1829) Rubiaceae Bu
Neolemonniera George Le Monnier (1843–1931), French botanist and mycologist; professor of botany in Nancy Sapotaceae Bu
Neolloydia Francis Ernest Lloyd (1868–1947) Cactaceae St
Neoluederitzia Franz Adolf Eduard Lüderitz (1834–1896), German merchant involved in the creation of German South West Africa (now Namibia); namesake of Lüderitz Bay Zygophyllaceae Qu
Neomezia Carl Christian Mez (1866–1944) Primulaceae Bu
Neomillspaughia Charles Frederick Millspaugh (1854–1923), American doctor and botanist; professor of medical botany in Chicago Polygonaceae Bu
Neomirandea Faustino Miranda Gonzalez (1905–1964), Spanish-born Mexican botanist Asteraceae Bu
Neomoorea Frederick William Moore (1857–1949) Orchidaceae Bu
Neomortonia Conrad Vernon Morton (1905–1972) Gesneriaceae Bu
Neonelsonia Edward William Nelson (1855–1934) Apiaceae Bu
Neonicholsonia George Nicholson (1847–1908) Arecaceae Bu
Neonotonia Benjamin Noton (1784–1869), English mint director in present-day Mumbai with an interest in natural science; collected in southern India Fabaceae Bu
Neopallasia Peter Simon Pallas (1741–1811) Asteraceae Bu
Neoparrya Charles Christopher Parry (1823–1890) Apiaceae Bu
Neopringlea Cyrus Pringle (1838–1911) Salicaceae Bu
Neoraimondia Antonio Raimondi (1826–1890) Cactaceae Bu
Neorautanenia Martti Rautanen (1845–1926) Fabaceae Bu
Neoregelia Eduard August von Regel (1815–1892) Bromeliaceae St
Neoregnellia Anders Fredrik Regnell (1807–1884) Malvaceae Bu
Neoroepera Johannes August Christian Roeper (1801–1885), German doctor and botanist; professor of botany in Basel and in Rostock; later also the university librarian at Rostock Picrodendraceae Bu
Neorudolphia Karl Rudolphi (1771–1832) Fabaceae Bu
Neoschmidia Maurice Schmid (1922–2018), French botanist in Africa, Southeast Asia and New Caledonia; specialist in the flora of New Caledonia; then at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris Rutaceae Bu
Neoschumannia Karl Moritz Schumann (1851–1904) Apocynaceae Bu
Neoscortechinia Benedetto Scortechini (1845–1886) Euphorbiaceae Bu
Neosprucea Richard Spruce (1817–1893) Salicaceae Bu
Neostapfia Otto Stapf (1857–1933) Poaceae Bu
Neostapfiella Poaceae Bu
Neotatea George Henry Hamilton Tate (1894–1953) Bonnetiaceae Bu
Neotessmannia Günther Tessmann (1884–1969), German-Brazilian ethnologist and botanist; explorer and plant collector in western tropical Africa; worked at the Paranaense Museum in Curitiba Muntingiaceae Bu
Neothorelia Clovis Thorel (1833–1911) Capparaceae Bu
Neotinea Vincenzo Tineo (1791–1856) Orchidaceae Bu
Neotysonia Isaac Tyson (1859–1942), plant collector in Western Australia Asteraceae Bu
Neoveitchia John Veitch (1752–1839) Arecaceae Bu
Neowerdermannia Erich Werdermann (1892–1959) Cactaceae Bu
Nepsera Fridolin Karl Leopold Spenner (1798–1841), German doctor and botanist; director of the university botanical garden in Freiburg and professor of medical botany there Melastomataceae Bu
Neraudia Jules Néraud (1794–1855) Urticaceae Bu
Nernstia Walther Hermann Nernst (1864–1941), German chemist Rubiaceae Bt
Neslia Jacques Amable Nicolas Denesle (1735–1819), French botanist in Liège und Caen; later a teacher of natural science and a botanical garden director in Poitiers Brassicaceae Bu
Nesomia Guy L. Nesom (b. 1945) Asteraceae Bu
Nestlera Chrétien Géofroy Nestler (1778–1832) Asteraceae Qu
Neuburgia Christophorus (Christoffel) Thun von Neuburg (Thum-Neuburg); built up a botanical garden in Swabia in Germany Loganiaceae Bu
Neuwiedia Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied (1782–1867) Orchidaceae Bu
Nevillea Neville Stuart Pillans (1884–1964), South African botanist at the Bolus Herbarium in Cape Town Restionaceae Bu
Neviusia Ruben Denton Nevius (1827–1913), the plant's discoverer Rosaceae St
Newbouldia William Williamson Newbould (1819–1886), British clergyman in Kew and elsewhere; also a botanist and collector Bignoniaceae Bu
Newcastelia Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle (1811–1864) Lamiaceae Bu
Newmania Mark Fleming Newman (b. 1959), British botanist at a botanical garden in Edinburgh, specialist in Zingiberaceae Zingiberaceae Bu
Newtonia Isaac Newton (1642–1727) Fabaceae Bu
Neyraudia Auguste Adolphe Marc Reynaud (1804–1867) Poaceae Bu
Nicandra Nicander Loganiaceae Co
Nichallea Nicolas Hallé, French botanist at the National Museum of Natural History; specialist in Rubiaceae Rubiaceae Bu
Nicolasia N. E. Brown (1849–1934) Asteraceae Bu
Nicolletia Joseph Nicollet (1786–1843) Asteraceae Bu
Nicotiana Jean Nicot (1530–1604), diplomat Solanaceae Co
Niedenzuella Franz Josef Niedenzu (1857–1937) Malpighiaceae Bu
Niemeyera Felix von Niemeyer (1820–1871), doctor Sapotaceae Bu
Nierembergia Juan Eusebio Nieremberg (1595–1658) Solanaceae Co
Nietneria Eduard I. Nietner (1796–1859), German royal court gardener in Berlin and Potsdam; took a position at the royal institute for gardening education Nartheciaceae Bu
Nissolia Guillaume Nissole (1647–1735), French botanist, historian of science and doctor in Montpellier; identified plants for the French Academy of Sciences in Paris and Montpellier Fabaceae Bu
Nivellea Robert Nivelle (1856–1924), military officer Asteraceae Bu
Nivenia James Niven (1774–1826), Scottish botanist Iridaceae St
Noaea François Thomas "Frank", Marquis De Noé (1806–1887) French author on North African Lamiaceae Amaranthaceae Bu
Noccaea Domenico Nocca (1758–1841), Italian clergyman and botanist; director of botanical gardens in Mantua and Pavia; professor of botany in Pavia Brassicaceae Bu
Noccaeopsis Brassicaceae Bu
Nohawilliamsia Norris Hagan Williams (b. 1943), American botanist, specialist in orchids; curator and professor of botany at the Florida Museum of Natural History Orchidaceae Bu
Noisettia Louis Claude Noisette (1772–1849) Violaceae Bu
Nolina Abbé Pierre Charles Nolin (1717–1795), French botanist and writer Asparagaceae St
Nolletia Jean-Antoine Nollet (1700–1770), physicist Asteraceae Bu
Noltea Ernst Ferdinand Nolte (1791–1875) Rhamnaceae St
Nonea Johann Philipp Nonne (1729–1772), German doctor and botanist; professor of medicine in Erfurt Boraginaceae Bu
Nordenstamia Bertil Nordenstam (b. 1936) Asteraceae Bu
Normanbya George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby (1819–1890) Arecaceae Bu
Normandia Sébastien René Lenormand (1796–1871) Rubiaceae Bu
Normeyera Norbert Meyer (1954– ), German botanist, specialist in Sorbus in central Europe and curator of the Herbarium at Natural History Museum in Nürnberg Rosaceae Bt
Normandiodendron Didier Normand (1908–2002), research director for tropical forests in Nogent-sur-Marne, France; specialist in tropical wood Fabaceae Bu
Noronhia Francisco Noronha (c. 1748 – 1788) Oleaceae Bu
Norrisia William Norris (1793–1859), judge and justice Loganiaceae Bu
Northia Marianne North (1830–1890) Sapotaceae Bu
Nouelia André Edmé Nouel (1801–1887), French mathematician and scientist at the Collège royal in Orléans; director of the natural history museum there Asteraceae Bu
Nouhuysia Jan Willem van Nouhuys (1869–1963), Dutch naval officer and seafarer; collected plants in New Guinea; director at two museums in Rotterdam Clusiaceae Bu
Noveloa Luis Alejandro Novelo Retana (1951–2006), Mexican botanist at the University of Mexico; specialist in native aquatic plants and Podostemaceae of the neotropics Podostemaceae Bu
Nowickea Joan W. Nowicke (b. 1938) Phytolaccaceae Qu
Nuttallanthus Thomas Nuttall (1786–1859) Plantaginaceae Bu
Nuxia Jean Baptiste François de Lanux (1702–1772), French amateur botanist on Réunion Stilbaceae Bu
Nuytsia Pieter Nuyts (1598–1655) Loranthaceae Bu
Nymania Carl Fredrik Nyman (1820–1893) Meliaceae Bu
Obetia possibly Arthur Obet (1802–1842) or Louis Jean Marie Obet (1777–1856), both French naval surgeons Urticaceae Bu
Obregonia Álvaro Obregón (1880–1928), president of Mexico Cactaceae Ba
Ochagavia Silvestre Ochagavía Errázuriz (b. 1820), Chilean minister of education Bromeliaceae St
Ochoterenaea Isaac Ochoterena (1885–1950), Mexican botanist and histologist; taught at the University of Mexico Anacardiaceae Bu
Oddoniodendron Adolf Oddon (1863–1906), Belgian clergyman in Namur and Liège; collected plants in Africa for a botanical garden in Brussels Fabaceae Bu
Odonellia Carlos Alberto O'Donell (1912–1954), Argentinian botanist at the Miguel Lillo Foundation in San Miguel de Tucumán Convolvulaceae Bu
Oedera Georg Christian Oeder (1728–1791) Asteraceae Bu
Oemleria Augustus Gottlieb Oemler (1773–1852), German-American naturalist Rosaceae Co
Oestlundia Karl Erik Magnus Östlund (1875–1938), Swedish plant collector; collected orchids in Mexico Orchidaceae Bu
Ohwia Jisaburo Ohwi (1905–1977) Fabaceae Bu
Okenia Lorenz Oken (1779–1851) Nyctaginaceae Bu
Oldenburgia Franz Pehr Oldenburg (1740–1774), Swedish plant collector; traveled as a soldier in the service of the Danish East India Company to South Africa and Madagascar; collected for Kew Gardens Asteraceae Bu
Oldenlandia Henrik Bernard Oldenland (1663–1697) Rubiaceae Bu
Oldenlandiopsis Rubiaceae Bu
Oldfeltia Karin Oldfelt Hjertonsson (b. 1940), Swedish artist who collaborated with the author Bertil Nordenstam; was the Swedish ambassador to Cuba for several years Asteraceae Bu
Oldfieldia Richard Albert Kearns Oldfield (1809–1859), British doctor and colonial administrator Picrodendraceae Bu
Olearia Johann Gottfried Olearius (1635–1711), German theologian Asteraceae Co
Olfersia Ignaz Franz Werner Maria von Olfers, (1793–1871) Dryopteridaceae Bt
Olgaea Olga Fedchenko (1845–1921) Asteraceae Bu
Olinia Johan Henrik Olin (1769–1824), Swedish student of Carl Peter Thunberg Penaeaceae St
Oliverella Daniel Oliver (1830–1916) Loranthaceae Bu
Oliveria Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (1756–1814) Apiaceae Bu
Oliveriana Daniel Oliver (1830–1916) Orchidaceae Bu
Olmediella Vicente de Olmedo (c. 1763 – 1854), botanist and royal warden of Cinchona groves (for quinine) Salicaceae Bu
Olneya Stephen Thayer Olney (1812–1878) Fabaceae Bu
Ooia Ooi Im Hin, student of the authors of the genus, Sin Yeng Wong and Peter Charles Boyce Araceae Bu
Orania William I of the Netherlands (1772–1843) Arecaceae Bu
Oraniopsis Arecaceae Bu
Orcuttia Charles Russell Orcutt (1864–1929) Poaceae Qu
Oreomunnea Francisco María Oreamuno Bonilla (1801–1856), politician Juglandaceae Bu
Oreoschimperella Georg Wilhelm Schimper (1804–1878) Apiaceae Bu
Orfilea Mathieu Orfila (1787–1853), toxicologist Euphorbiaceae Bu
Orlaya János Orlay (1770–1829), Hungarian theologist and doctor; military doctor in Russian service Apiaceae Ba
Orleanesia Prince Gaston, Count of Eu (1842–1922) Orchidaceae Bu
Ornduffia Robert Ornduff (1932–2000) Menyanthaceae Bu
Ortegia José Ortega (d. 1761), Spanish military apothecary at the court of Ferdinand VI; secretary of the royal academy of medicine; director of a medicinal botanical garden in Madrid Caryophyllaceae Bu
Ortegocactus Francisco Ortega (20th century), plant collector, and his extended family from San José Lachiguiri in Mexico Cactaceae Ba
Orthopichonia Marcel Pichon (1921–1954) Apocynaceae Bu
Osbeckia Pehr Osbeck (1723–1805) Melastomataceae St
Osbertia Osbert Salvin (1835–1898) Asteraceae Bu
Osbornia John Walter Osborne (1828–1902), chemist Myrtaceae Bu
Oschatzia Adolph Oschatz (1812–1857), German doctor and botanist; an inventor of microtomy Apiaceae Bu
Oserya Alexandre Victor Eugène Hulot d'Osery (1819–1846), French geologist and engineer Podostemaceae Bu
Ossaea José Antonio de la Ossa (d. c. 1829), Cuban botanist; botanical garden director in Havana Melastomataceae Bu
Ostrowskia Michael Nicholazewitsch von Ostrowsky (1827–1901), Russian minister of the interior Campanulaceae St
Osvaldoa Osvaldo Morrone (1957–2011), Argentinian botanist and former director of the Instituto de Botánica Darwinion in San Isidro Poaceae Bt
Oteiza Juan José de Oteiza y Vértiz (1777–1810), Mexican clergyman and natural scientist; professor of physics and mineralogy Asteraceae Bu
Ottleya Alice Maria Ottley (1882–1971) Fabaceae Bu
Ottoa Christoph Friedrich Otto (1783–1856) Apiaceae Bu
Ottochloa Otto Stapf (1857–1933) Poaceae Bu
Ottoschmidtia Otto Christian Schmidt (1900–1951), German botanist, professor in Berlin und Münster; specialist in algae Rubiaceae Bu
Ottoschulzia Otto Eugen Schulz (1874–1936) Metteniusaceae Bu
Ottosonderia Otto Wilhelm Sonder (1812–1881) Aizoaceae Bu
Ourisia Oury, governor of the Falkland Islands in the 1760s Plantaginaceae St
Ovidia Ovid (43 BC – c. 17), poet Thymelaeaceae Bu
Ovieda Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (1478–1557), colonialist and historian Lamiaceae Bu
Owenia Richard Owen (1804–1892) Meliaceae Bu
Oyedaea Alfonso Oyeda, Spanish seafarer; brought Amerigo Vespucci to the New World Asteraceae Bu
Pabstia Guido Frederico João Pabst (1914–1980) Orchidaceae Bu
Pabstiella Orchidaceae Bu
Packera John G. Packer (1929–2019), Canadian botanist at the university in Alberta, specialist in Albertan, alpine and arctic flora Asteraceae Ba
Padbruggea Robbert Padtbrugge (1638–1703), Dutch doctor in the service of the Dutch East India Company; governor of Ternate Fabaceae Bu
Painteria Joseph Hannum Painter (1879–1908), American plant collector; collected with the author of the genus, Joseph Nelson Rose Fabaceae Bu
Palafoxia perhaps José de Palafox y Melci (1776–1847), military officer, or Juan de Palafox y Mendoza (1600–1659), bishop and politician Asteraceae St
Palaua Antonio Palau y Verdera (1734–1793), Spanish naturalist Malvaceae St
Palisota Palisot de Beauvois (1752–1820) Commelinaceae St
Palmerella Edward Palmer (c. 1829 – 1911) Campanulaceae Qu
Palmeria James Frederick Palmer (1803–1871), doctor and politician Monimiaceae Qu
Pamianthe Albert Pam (1875–1955), financier and Fellow of the Linnean Society Amaryllidaceae St
Pancheria Jean Armand Isidore Pancher (1814–1877) Cunoniaceae Bu
Panda Paul Panda Farnana (1888–1930)[g] Pandaceae Ch
Paneroa José L. Panero (b. 1959), American botanist from University of Texas in Austin Asteraceae Bt
Panzerina Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer (1755–1829) Lamiaceae Bu
Pappea Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Pappe (1803–1862) Sapindaceae Bu
Paradisea Giovanni Paradisi (1760–1826), mathematician, writer and senator Asparagaceae Co
Parishia Charles Samuel Pollock Parish (1822–1897), Indian-born English clergyman and botanist, missionary in Burma (present-day Myanmar); collected mosses and orchids Anacardiaceae Bu
Parkia Mungo Park (1771–1806) Fabaceae Bu
Parkinsonia John Parkinson (1567–1650) Fabaceae St
Parlatoria Filippo Parlatore (1816–1877) Brassicaceae Bu
Parmentiera Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (1737–1813) Bignoniaceae St
Parodia Domingo Parodi (1823–1890) Cactaceae Qu
Parodianthus Lorenzo Raimundo Parodi (1895–1966), Argentinian botanist and agricultural engineer, professor of botany in Buenos Aires and La Plata with a focus on South American grasses Verbenaceae Bu
Parodiodendron Picrodendraceae Bu
Parodiodoxa Brassicaceae Bu
Parodiophyllochloa Poaceae Bu
Parolinia Alberto Parolini (1788–1867), Italian botanist from Bassano del Grappa; student of Giovanni Battista Brocchi Brassicaceae Bu
Parrotia Friedrich Parrot (1792–1841) Hamamelidaceae Co
Parrotiopsis Hamamelidaceae St
Parrya William Edward Parry (1790–1855), naval officer and explorer Brassicaceae Bu
Parryella Charles Christopher Parry (1823–1890) Fabaceae Bu
Parsana Ahmad Parsa (1907–1997) Urticaceae Bu
Parsonsia James Parsons (1705–1770), doctor and antiquary Apocynaceae Bu
Pasaccardoa Pier Andrea Saccardo (1845–1920) Asteraceae Bu
Pascalia Diego Baldassare Pascal (1768–1812), French-born Italian doctor and botanist; professor of botany in Parma and botanical garden director Asteraceae Bu
Passovia Friedrich Passow (19th century), German consul in Puerto Cabello in Venezuela; member of Rostock's naturalist society Loranthaceae Bu
Patersonia William Paterson (1755–1810) Iridaceae Ba
Patinoa Víctor Manuel Patiño (1912–2001), Colombian agricultural technologist Malvaceae Bu
Patrinia Eugène Louis Melchior Patrin (1742–1814) Caprifoliaceae Co
Patzkea Erwin Patzke (1929–2018), German botanist and professor, specialist in grasses Poaceae Bu
Pauia Hermenegild Santapau (1903–1970) Solanaceae Bu
Pauldopia Paul Louis Amans Dop (1876–1954) Bignoniaceae Bu
Paulita (Paul) Pavel Nikolaevich Ovczinnikov (1903–1979), Russian Botanist Apiaceae Bt
Paullinia Simon Paulli (1603–1680) Sapindaceae St
Paulownia Anna Pavlovna of Russia (1795–1865) Paulowniaceae Ch
Pavonia José Antonio Pavón Jiménez (1754–1844) Malvaceae St
Payena Anselme Payen (1795–1871) Sapotaceae Bu
Payera Jean-Baptiste Payer (1818–1860), French doctor, botanist (bryologist) and naturalist; professor of geology and mineralogy at the university in Rennes Rubiaceae Bu
Paysonia Edwin Blake Payson (1893–1927), American botanist, specialist in Lesquerella Brassicaceae Bu
Pearcea Richard Pearce (c. 1835 – 1868) Gesneriaceae Bu
Pearsonia Henry Harold Welch Pearson (1870–1916) Fabaceae Bu
Pechuel-loeschea Eduard Pechuël-Loesche (1840–1913) Asteraceae Bu
Peddiea John Peddie (d. 1840), British military officer and plant collector; fought in South Africa and elsewhere; namesake of Fort Peddie there Thymelaeaceae Bu
Pedersenia Troels Myndel Pedersen (1916–2000), Danish-born Argentinian botanist with a large herbarium; specialist in Amaranthaceae Amaranthaceae Bu
Pedleya Leslie Pedley (1930–2018), was an Australian botanist who specialised in the genus Acacia Fabaceae Bt
Peersia Victor Stanley Peers (1874–1940), Australian botanist, plant collector, and amateur archeologist Aizoaceae Qu
Pegolettia Francesco Balducci Pegolotti (fl. 1310 – 1347), merchant Asteraceae Bu
Pehria Pehr Löfling (1729–1756) Lythraceae Bu
Peixotoa Domingos Ribeiro II (1790–1846), Brazilian personal physician at the Brazilian court in Rio de Janeiro Malpighiaceae Bu
Pellegrinia François Pellegrin (1881–1965) Ericaceae Bu
Pelliciera Guillaume Pellicier (1490–1568) Tetrameristaceae Bu
Pellionia Marie Joseph Alphonse Pellion (1796–1868), French naval officer (later an admiral); took part in a global expedition on the ship Uranie Urticaceae Ba
Pembertonia Pemberton Walcott (1834–1883), English plant collector who settled in Western Australia; namesake of the city Pemberton Asteraceae Bu
Penaea Pierre Pena (1535–1605), French doctor and botanist; assistant to Matthias de l'Obel in Montpellier and in England; also a royal personal physician Penaeaceae Bu
Pennantia Thomas Pennant (1726–1798) Pennantiaceae Bu
Pennellia Francis W. Pennell (1886–1952) Brassicaceae Bu
Pennellianthus Plantaginaceae Bu
Pentzia Carl Johann or Carolus Johannes Pentz (18th and 19th centuries), Swedish student of Carl Peter Thunberg Asteraceae Bu
Pereskia Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580–1637) Cactaceae St
Pereskiopsis Cactaceae St
Perezia Lorenzo or Lázaro Perez, 16th-century Spanish apothecary and author Asteraceae St
Periandra Periander (627 BC – 584 BC), ruler Fabaceae Bu
Periclesia Pericles (c. 490 BC – 429 BC), statesman Ericaceae Bu
Perralderia 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
Perriera Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie (1873–1958) Simaroubaceae Bu
Perrierbambus Poaceae Bu
Perrierodendron Sarcolaenaceae Bu
Perrierophytum Malvaceae Bu
Perrierosedum Crassulaceae Bu
Perrottetia George Samuel Perrottet (1793–1870) Dipentodontaceae Bu
Perryodendron Lily May Perry (1895–1992) Rutaceae Bu
Persoonia Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1761–1836) Proteaceae St
Pertya Maximilian Perty (1804–1884) Asteraceae Bu
Pervillaea Auguste Pervillé (d. c. 1868), French botanist at the National Museum of Natural History; collected on Réunion, Madagascar and neighboring islands Apocynaceae Bu
Pescatoria Jean-Pierre Pescatore (1793–1865), merchant and orchid enthusiast Orchidaceae St
Petagnaea Vincenzo Petagna (1734–1810) Apiaceae Bu
Petchia Tom Petch (1870–1948) Apocynaceae Bu
Petelotiella Paul Alfred Pételot (1885–1965) Urticaceae Bu
Peteravenia Peter H. Raven (b. 1936) Asteraceae Bu
Peteria Robert Peter (1805–1894), English-born American botanist, chemist, doctor, zoologist and geologist; founder of the University of Louisville School of Medicine Fabaceae Bu
Petermannia August Heinrich Petermann (1822–1878) Petermanniaceae Bu
Peterodendron Gustav Albert Peter (1853–1937) Achariaceae Bu
Petersianthus Wilhelm Peters (1815–1883) Lecythidaceae Bu
Petiniotia Richard Petiniot (d. before 1980), Belgian air force officer in the Sahara and Iran Brassicaceae Bu
Petitia François Pourfour du Petit (1664–1741), doctor Lamiaceae Qu
Petitiocodon Ernest Marie Antoine Petit (1927–2007), Belgian professor of botany and botanical garden director Rubiaceae Bu
Petiveria James Petiver (c. 1660 – 1718) Petiveriaceae Ch
Petrea Robert Petre, 8th Baron Petre (1713–1742) Verbenaceae St
Petroedmondia Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810–1885) Apiaceae Bu
Petrosavia Pietro Savi (1811–1871), Italian professor of botany in Pisa; botanical garden director Petrosaviaceae Bu
Petrosimonia Peter Simon Pallas (1741–1811) Amaranthaceae Bu
Petteria Franz Petter (1798–1853), Austrian botanist in Dalmatia Fabaceae St
Peyritschia Johann Joseph Peyritsch (1835–1889) Poaceae Bu
Pfaffia Christoph Heinrich Pfaff (1773–1852) Amaranthaceae Bu
Pfeiffera Ludwig Karl Georg Pfeiffer (1805–1877) Cactaceae Bu
Phania Phaenias of Eresus (4th century BC), philosopher Asteraceae Bu
Pharnaceum Pharnaces II of Pontus (died 47 BC) Molluginaceae Bu
Phelpsiella William H. Phelps Sr. (1875–1965) and his son William H. Phelps Jr. (1902–1988) and daughter-in-law Katherine Deery Phelps (1908–2001) Rapateaceae Bu
Phelypaea Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain (1643–1727) and Jérôme Phélypeaux (1674–1747), politician Orobanchaceae Bu
Philadelphus perhaps Ptolemy II Philadelphus (c. 308 BC – 246 BC) Hydrangeaceae Co
Philcoxia David Philcox (1926–2003), English botanist at Kew Gardens who worked extensively in tropical Scrophulariaceae Plantaginaceae Bt
Philibertia Jean-Baptiste-Charles Legendre de Luçay (1754–1836), French administrator and landowner; wrote an introduction to botany and a botanical dictionary Apocynaceae Bu
Philippiella Rodolfo Amando Philippi (1808–1904) Caryophyllaceae Bu
Phippsia Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave (1744–1792) Poaceae Bu
Phitosia Dimitrios Phitos (b. 1930), Greek professor of botany at the university in Patras; specialist in Greek flora Asteraceae Bu
Picardaea Louis Picarda (1848–1901), French clergyman, professor of natural science, natural history and botany on Martinique Rubiaceae Bu
Picconia Giovanni Maria Piccone (1772–1832), Italian clergyman and agronomist, member of various scientific societies in Italy and in Paris Oleaceae Bu
Pichonia Louis Auguste Pichon (1838–1924), French naval doctor, consul in Shanhai, China Sapotaceae Bu
Pickeringia Charles Pickering (1805–1878) Fabaceae Bu
Pictetia Marc-Auguste Pictet (1752–1825) Fabaceae Bu
Pierranthus Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre (1833–1905) Linderniaceae Bu
Pierreodendron Simaroubaceae Bu
Pierrina Lecythidaceae Bu
Pigafetta Antonio Pigafetta (c. 1491 – c. 1531), explorer Arecaceae Bu
Pilgerina Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger (1876–1953) Santalaceae Bu
Pilgerodendron Cupressaceae Bu
Pillansia Neville Stuart Pillans (1884–1964), South African botanist at the Bolus Herbarium in Cape Town Iridaceae Bu
Pineda Antonio Pineda (1753–1792) Salicaceae Bu
Pinellia Gian Vincenzo Pinelli (1535–1601) Araceae St
Pinillosia Claudio Martinez de Pinillos y Ceballos (1782–1853), Cuban military officer, governor and economist who supported science, literature and the mechanization of industry Asteraceae Bu
Pinochia Marcel Pichon (1921–1954) Apocynaceae Bu
Pintoa Francisco Antonio Pinto (1785–1858), president of Chile Zygophyllaceae Bu
Pinzona Vicente Yáñez Pinzón (c. 1462 – after 1514), naval officer and explorer Dilleniaceae Bu
Pippenalia Richard Wayne Pippen (b. 1935), American botanist at the University of Michigan Asteraceae Bu
Piqueria Andrés Piquer (1711–1772) Asteraceae St
Piqueriella Asteraceae Bu
Piresia João Murça Pires (1917–1994) Poaceae Bu
Piresiella Poaceae Bu
Pisonia Willem Piso (1611–1678) Nyctaginaceae Ba
Pisoniella Nyctaginaceae Qu
Pistorinia Santiago Pistorini (d. 1776), Italian-Spanish doctor, personal physician to Charles III Crassulaceae Bu
Pitardella Charles-Joseph Marie Pitard (1873–1927) Rubiaceae Bu
Pitcairnia William Pitcairn (1711–1791) Bromeliaceae St
Pitraea Adolf Samoilovich Pitra (1830–1889), Russian professor of botany in Kharkiv Verbenaceae Bu
Pittoniotis Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656–1708) Rubiaceae Bu
Planchonella Jules Émile Planchon (1823–1888) Sapotaceae Bu
Planchonia Lecythidaceae Bu
Planera Johann Jakob Planer (1743–1789), German professor and botanist Ulmaceae St
Platonia Plato (427 BC – 347 BC), philosopher and writer Clusiaceae Bu
Platyschkuhria Christian Schkuhr (1741–1811) Asteraceae Bu
Plazia Juan Plaza (16th century), Spanish doctor and botanist; professor of medicine in Valencia Asteraceae Bu
Plenckia Joseph Jakob Plenck (1735–1807), doctor Celastraceae Bu
Plinia Pliny the Elder (c. 23 – 79) Myrtaceae Bu
Plowmania Timothy Plowman (1944–1989) Solanaceae Bu
Plowmanianthus Commelinaceae Bu
Pluchea Noël-Antoine Pluche (1688–1761) Asteraceae Bu
Plukenetia Leonard Plukenet (1642–1706) Euphorbiaceae Bu
Plumeria Charles Plumier (1646–1704) Apocynaceae St
Plutarchia Plutarch (c. 45 – c. 125), philosopher and writer Ericaceae Bu
Poeppigia Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798–1868) Fabaceae Bu
Poggea Paul Pogge (1838–1884) Achariaceae Bu
Pohlidium Richard Walter Pohl (1916–1993), American botanist at the University of Iowa; specialist in grasses Poaceae Bu
Pohliella Josef Pohl (1864–1939), German botanical illustrator Podostemaceae Bt
Poilanedora Eugène Poilane (1888–1964), French plant collector at the botanical institute in present-day Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; also worked in the forest service Capparaceae Bu
Poilannammia Melastomataceae Bu
Poiretia Jean Louis Marie Poiret (1755–1834) Fabaceae Bu
Poissonia Jules Poisson (1833–1919), French botanist at the National Museum of Natural History; collected plants in New Caledonia Fabaceae Bu
Poitea Pierre Antoine Poiteau (1766–1854) Fabaceae Bu
Pojarkovia Antonina Pojarkova (1897–1980) Asteraceae Bu
Polaskia Charles Polaski (1898–1986), American cactus and Camellia collector from Oklahoma City Cactaceae Bu
Polemannia Peter Heinrich Polemann (1779 – 1839), German chemist and apothecary who supported plant collectors in Schleswig-Holstein; went to Cape Town, South Africa Apiaceae Bu
Polemanniopsis Apiaceae Bu
Polevansia Illtyd Buller Pole-Evans (1879–1968) Poaceae Bu
Polhillia Roger Marcus Polhill (b. 1937), English botanist at Kew Gardens with a focus on Fabaceae; collected in Africa Fabaceae Bu
Polhillides Fabaceae Bt
Poljakanthema Petr Petrovich Poljakov (1902–1974), Russian botanist; specialist in Asteraceae and sub-Siberian plants Asteraceae Bu
Poljakovia Asteraceae Bu
Pollia Jan van der Poll (18th century), Dutch consul who supported Carl Peter Thunberg Commelinaceae Bu
Pollichia Johan Adam Pollich (1740–1780) Caryophyllaceae Bu
Polyclita Polykleitos (c. 480 BC – end of the 5th century BC), Greek sculptor of bronzes (copies of which probably persist as Roman marble statues) Ericaceae Bu
Pomaria Jaime Honorato Pomar (c. 1550 – 1606), Spanish doctor and botanist, professor of medicine in Valencia; also a royal personal physician Fabaceae Bu
Pombalia Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal (1699–1782) Violaceae Bu
Pometia Pierre Pomet (1658–1699) Sapindaceae Bu
Pommereschea Robert von Pommer Esche (1833–1898), Prussian official, director of a horticultural society Zingiberaceae Bu
Pommereulla (Madame) du Gage, born Elisabeth Julienne Pommereull (1733–1782); French botanist; specialist in grasses Poaceae Bu
Pontederia Giulio Pontedera (1688–1757) Pontederiaceae Ch
Ponthieva Henry de Ponthieu (1731–1808) Orchidaceae Qu
Poortmannia Hugo Anne Cornelis Poortman (1858–1953), Dutch garden architect; collected plants in Colombia and Ecuador; created various manor and castle gardens Solanaceae Bu
Popowia Johannes Siegmund Valentin Popowitsch (1705–1774), Austrian linguist and naturalist, professor of German language and linguistics at the university in Vienna; built up a large herbarium Annonaceae Bu
Porcelia Antonio Porcel Román (1755–1832), Spanish botanical patron who helped Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez Annonaceae Bu
Porlieria Antonio Porlier, Marques de Bajamar (1722–1813), Spanish lawyer and judge in Madrid and Lima, Peru Zygophyllaceae Bu
Portea Marius Porte (d. 1866), French explorer and naturalist Bromeliaceae St
Portenschlagiella Franz Edler von Portenschlag-Ledermayr (1772–1822), Austrian lawyer and botanist; collected in the Alps and the Dalmatian islands Apiaceae Bu
Porterandia George Isaac Porter (1800–1848), British gardener with the East India Company in present-day Kolkata; plant collector and teacher in Penang in present-day Malaysia Rubiaceae Bu
Porterella Thomas Conrad Porter (1822–1901) Campanulaceae Bu
Portlandia Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (1715–1785) Rubiaceae St
Poskea Friedrich Poske (1852–1925), German teacher and natural scientist in Berlin Plantaginaceae Bu
Postiella George Edward Post (1838–1909) Apiaceae Bu
Potaninia Grigory Potanin (1835–1920) Rosaceae Bu
Pottingeria Eldred Charles Pottinger (1868–1929), military doctor in the army in India; assisted the author of this genus with the flora in Kachin in Burma (present-day Myanmar) Celastraceae Bu
Pottsia John Potts (d. 1822), English gardener and plant collector for the Royal Horticultural Society Apocynaceae Bu
Pouchetia Félix Archimède Pouchet (1800–1872) Rubiaceae Bu
Poulsenia Viggo Albert Poulsen (1855–1919), Danish professor of botany at the pharmacy school in Copenhagen; also worked in present-day Bogor in Indonesia Moraceae Bu
Poupartia François Poupart (d. 1708) Anacardiaceae Bu
Poupartiopsis Anacardiaceae Bu
Pourthiaea J. A. Pourthié (1830–1866), French clergyman; missionary in Korea Rosaceae Bu
Pouzolzia Pierre Marie Casimir de Pouzolz (1785–1858), French botanist and plant collector from Nîmes Urticaceae Bu
Pozoa José Pozo (fl. 1800), Spanish botanist at a botanical garden in Madrid Apiaceae Bu
Pradosia Camilo Maria Ferreira Armond, Conde de Prados (1815–1882), Brazilian doctor and politician, director of the observatory in Rio de Janeiro Sapotaceae Bu
Prainea David Prain (1857–1944) Moraceae Bu
Pranceacanthus Ghillean Prance (b. 1937) Acanthaceae Bu
Pratia Charles Louis Prat-Bernon (1795–1817), French naval officer Campanulaceae St
Prescottia John D. Prescott (1760–1837), English doctor and botanist in Saint Petersburg in Russia Orchidaceae Bu
Presliophytum Carl Borivoj Presl (1794–1852) Loasaceae Bu
Prestelia Michael August Friedrich Prestel (1809–1880), German mathematician, meteorologist and cartographer; professor of mathematics and natural science at a school in Emden, and director of the naturalist society there Asteraceae Bu
Prestoea Henry Prestoe (1842–1923), British naturalist, gardener and botanist; botanical garden director in Trinidad Arecaceae Bu
Prestonia Charles Preston (1660–1711), Scottish doctor and botanist Apocynaceae Bu
Preussiella Paul Rudolf Preuss (1861–1926), German botanist and researcher; founded and directed a botanical garden in Kamerun (now Cameroon) Melastomataceae Bu
Preussiodora Rubiaceae Bu
Pringlea John Pringle, 1st Baronet (1707–1782) Brassicaceae Bu
Prinsepia James Prinsep (1799–1840) Rosaceae Co
Printzia Jacob Printz (1740–1779), Swedish botanist, student of Carl Linnaeus Asteraceae Bu
Prioria Alexander Prior (1809–1902), English doctor and botanist; collected in South Africa and North America Fabaceae Bu
Pritchardia William Thomas Pritchard (1829–1907), adventurer Arecaceae St
Prockia Christian Leberecht von Prøck (1718–1780), baron Salicaceae Bu
Prockiopsis Achariaceae Bu
Prolongoa Pablo Prolongo y García (1806–1885), Spanish apothecary and local plant collector; founded a pharmacology school in Málaga Asteraceae Bu
Promenaea Promenaea, Greek priestess of Dodona Orchidaceae St
Proustia Joseph Proust (1754–1826) Asteraceae Bu
Przewalskia Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839–1888) Solanaceae Bu
Puccinellia Benedetto Luigi Puccinelli (1808–1850), Italian doctor and botanist; taught chemistry, physics, pharmacology and agricultural science in Lucca; botanical garden director Poaceae Bu
Puelia Timothée Puel (1813–1890) Poaceae Bu
Pueraria Marc Nicolas Puerari (1766–1845), Swiss botanist Fabaceae St
Puhuaea Pu Hwa Huang (b.1932), Chinese botanist Fabaceae Bt
Pullea August Adriaan Pulle (1878–1955) Cunoniaceae Bu
Pullenia Royal 'Roy' Pullen (1925 - 2009), Australian plant collector Fabaceae Bt
Pultenaea Richard Pulteney (1730–1801) Fabaceae St
Purdiaea William Purdie (c. 1817 – 1857), Scottish gardener at botanical gardens in Edinburgh and Trinidad; collected in Jamaica, Colombia and Venezuela Clethraceae Bu
Purdieanthus Gentianaceae Bu
Purshia Frederick Traugott Pursh (1774–1820) Rosaceae Co
Puschkinia Apollo Mussin-Pushkin (1760–1805) Asparagaceae Co
Putterlickia Aloys Putterlick (1810–1845), Austrian doctor and botanist (bryologist); natural history museum curator in Vienna Celastraceae Bu

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Notes

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  1. ^ Other naturalists have also been honored, including agronomists, apothecaries, geographers, geologists, meteorologists, mycologists, pharmacologists and zoologists.
  2. ^ Clicking on anything other than K to P 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. ^ Lowiaceae, but not Lowia, is accepted at Plants of the World Online.
  7. ^ Not listed in Burkhardt

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References

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  • 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 (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9.
  • Quattrocchi, Umberto (2019) [2000]. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume III, M–Q. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-367-44751-9.
  • Stearn, William (2002). Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners. London: Cassell. ISBN 978-0-304-36469-5.

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