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* Ma – Yu Chuan Ma (born 1916) * Maack – Richard Karlovich Maack (1825–1886) * Maas – Paul Maas (born 1939) * Maas Geest. –
Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus Rudolf Arnold Maas Geesteranus (20 January 1911 in The Hague – 18 May 2003 in Oegstgeest), was a Dutch mycologist whose work on both ascomycetes and basidiomycetes helped to refine fungal taxonomy over a career of nearly six decades. Early li ...
(1911–2003) * M.A.Baker – Marc A. Baker (born 1952) * Mabb. –
David Mabberley Professor David John Mabberley , (born May 1948) is a British botanist, educator and writer. Among his varied scientific interests is the taxonomy of tropical plants, especially trees of the families Labiatae, Meliaceae and Rutaceae (in parti ...
(born 1948) * Mabry – Tom J. Mabry (1932–2015) * Macarthur –
William Macarthur The Honourable Sir William Macarthur (December 1800 – 29 October 1882) was an Australian botanist and vigneron. He was one of the most active and influential horticulturists in Australia in the mid-to-late 19th century. Among the first vitic ...
(1800-1882) * MacDan. – Laurence Howland MacDaniels (1888–1986) * MacDougal – Daniel Trembly MacDougal (1865–1958) * Macfarl. –
John Muirhead Macfarlane John Muirhead Macfarlane FRSE LLD (28 September 1855, Kirkcaldy, Fife – 16 September 1943, Lancaster) was a Scottish botanist. Life He was born in Kirkcaldy in Fife on 28 September 1855. He was educated locally, then studied sciences at the ...
(1855–1943) * Machado – Othon Xavier de Brito Machado (1896–1951) * Mack. –
Kenneth Kent Mackenzie Kenneth Kent Mackenzie (1877–1934) was a lawyer and amateur botanist who wrote extensively on the genus ''Carex'' in North America. Taxa Cyperaceae He described the following taxa in the family Cyperaceae (sedges); alternative combinations are ...
(1877–1934) * Macklin – Ellen Dulcie Macklin (1901–1979) * Macklot –
Heinrich Christian Macklot Heinrich Christian Macklot (20 October 1799, Frankfurt am Main – 12 May 1832) was a German naturalist. He studied medicine at the University of Heidelberg, earning his doctorate in 1822. Later that year, he found employment at the Rijksmus ...
(1799–1832) * MacLeay – William Sharp Macleay (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1842) * M.A.Clem. –
Mark Alwin Clements Mark Alwin Clements () is an Australian botanist and orchidologist. He obtained his doctorate at the Australian National University defending his thesis entitled ''Reproductive Biology in relation to phylogeny of the Orchidaceae, especially the ...
(born 1949) * MacMill. –
Conway MacMillan Conway MacMillan (August 26, 1867 – June 5, 1929) was an American botanist from Minnesota. Life MacMillan was born in Hillsdale, Michigan. He took his first and master's degrees in Nebraska. After this he spent a year at Johns Hopkins Universi ...
(1867–1929) * Maconochie –
John Richard Maconochie John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Ep ...
(1941–1984) * Macoun –
John Macoun John Macoun (17 April 1831 – 18 June 1920) was an Irish-born Canadian naturalist. Early life Macoun was born in Magheralin, County Down, Ireland in 1831, the third child of James Macoun and Anne Jane Nevin. In 1850, the worsening econ ...
(1831–1920) * MacOwan –
Peter MacOwan Peter MacOwan (14 November 1830 in Hull, England – 30 November 1909 in Uitenhage, Cape Province) was a British colonial botanist and teacher in South Africa. Early life and education He was the son of Peter McOwan, a Wesleyan minister from Sco ...
(1830–1909) * M.A.Curtis –
Moses Ashley Curtis Moses Ashley Curtis (11 May 1808 – 10 April 1872) was a noted American botanist. Biography Curtis was born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts and educated at Williams College in Massachusetts. After graduating, he became a tutor for the children of ...
(1808–1872) * Madani –
Leopold Madani Leopold may refer to: People * Leopold (given name), including a list of people named Leopold or Léopold * Leopold (surname) Fictional characters * Leopold (''The Simpsons''), Superintendent Chalmers' assistant on ''The Simpsons'' * Leopold B ...
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1993) * Madden – Edward Madden (1805–1856) * Madenis –
Claude Benoit Madenis Claude may refer to: People and fictional characters * Claude (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Claude (surname), a list of people * Claude Callegari (1962–2021), English Arsenal supporter * Claude Debussy (1862–1918), F ...
(1798–1863) * Madhus. – Pandara Valappil Madhusoodanan (born 1950) * M.A.Diniz – (born 1941) * Madison – Michael T. Madison (born 1948) * M.A.Dix –
Margaret A. Dix Margaret Ann Dix (19 May 1939 – 2 June 2025) was a British-born Guatemalan botanist and taxonomist. In 1972, she founded the Center for Environmental Studies and Biodiversity (') at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala in Guatemala City. Her ...
(1939–2025) * Mädler –
Karl Mädler Karl A. Mädler (born 9 December 1902 – 22 October 2003) was a German paleobotanist and palynologist. Mädler was initially a pharmacist in Seifhennersdorf for a few years and studied the Oligocene fossil flora in the nearby region. From 1931 he ...
(1902–2003) * Madore – (born 1948) * Madrigal –
Xavier Madrigal-Sánchez Xavier or Xabier may refer to: Place * Xavier, Spain People * Xavier (surname) * Xavier (given name) * Francis Xavier (1506–1552), Catholic saint ** St. Francis Xavier (disambiguation) * St. Xavier (disambiguation) * Xavier (footballer, born ...
(born 1935) * Madriñán – Santiago Madriñán (born 1964) * Madsen – Jens E. Madsen (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1989) * M.A.Fenton –
Mildred Adams Fenton Mildred Adams Fenton (November 14, 1899 – December 7, 1995) trained in paleontology and geology at the University of Iowa. She coauthored dozens of general science books with her husband, Carroll Lane Fenton, including ''Records of Evolution' ...
(1899–1995) * M.A.Fisch. – (born 1942) * Maek. – Tokujirô(Tokijiro) Maekawa (born 1886) * Mägd. – (1907–1999) * Magill – Robert Earle Magill (born 1947) * Magnin –
Antoine Magnin Antoine Magnin (15 February 1848, Trévoux – 15 April 1926, Beynost) was a French physician and botanist. Biography He served as an interne at the ''Hôpitaux de Lyon'', later becoming a professor of botany to the medical faculty at Lyon ...
(1848–1926) * Magnol –
Pierre Magnol Pierre Magnol (8 June 1638 – 21 May 1715) was a French botanist. He was born in the city of Montpellier, where he lived and worked for most of his life. He became Professor of Botany and Director of the Royal Botanic Garden of Montpellier and h ...
(1638–1715) * Magnus –
Paul Wilhelm Magnus Paul Wilhelm Magnus (29 February 1844 – 13 March 1914) was a German botanist and mycologist. Magnus was born in Berlin. He studied natural sciences at the Universities of Berlin and Freiburg. As a student of Alexander Braun at Berlin, he obtain ...
(1844–1914) * Maguire –
Bassett Maguire Bassett Maguire (August 4, 1904 – February 6, 1991) was an American botanist, head curator of the New York Botanical Garden, and a leader of scientific expeditions to the Guyana Highlands in Brazil and Venezuela. Life Maguire was born in Gadsde ...
(1904–1991) * M.Ahmed. – Mohammed Ahmedullah (fl. 2018) * Mai –
Dieter Hans Mai Dieter or dieter may refer to: * A person committed to dieting People Dieter is a German given name, a short form of Dietrich, from ''theod+ric'' "people ruler", see Theodoric. Rarely, it is a German form of the given name Theodore. Given ...
(1934–2013) * Maiden –
Joseph Maiden Joseph Henry Maiden (25 April 1859 – 16 November 1925) was a botanist who made a major contribution to knowledge of the Australian flora, especially the genus ''Eucalyptus''. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation when citing ...
(1859–1925) * Maille –
Alphonse Maille Alphonse Maille (1813, Rouen – 30 September 1865, Paris) was a French botanist. In Paris, he studied botany under Adrien-Henri de Jussieu and worked on exsiccatae with Timothée Puel.Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 ''IndExs – Index o ...
(1813–1865) * Maingay – Alexander Carroll Maingay (1836–1869) * Maire –
René Maire René Charles Joseph Ernest Maire (; 29 May 1878, Lons-le-Saunier – 24 November 1949) was a French botanist and mycologist. His major work was the ''Flore de l'Afrique du Nord'' in 16 volumes published posthumously in 1953. He collected plants ...
(1878–1949) * Maitul. – Yulia Konstantinovna Maitulina (born 1954) * Makar. – Maria Florianivna Makarevich (1906–1989) * Makino –
Tomitaro Makino was a pioneer Japanese botanist noted for his taxonomic work. He has been called "Father of Japanese Botany", having been one of the first Japanese botanists to work extensively on classifying Japanese plants using the system developed by Carl ...
(1862–1957) * Makinson – Robert Owen Makinson (born 1956) * Makowsky – Alexander Makowsky (1833–1908) * Malaisse – François Malaisse (born 1934) * M.A.Lane – Meredith A. Lane (born 1951) * M.A.Lawson – Marmaduke Alexander Lawson (1840–1896) * Malbr. –
Alexandre François Malbranche Alexandre François Malbranche (6 April 1818, Bernay, Eure – 16 May 1888, Rouen) was a French pharmacist, botanist and mycologist. He is known for his botanical and mycological studies associated with Normandy, He received his education in Rouen ...
(1818–1888) * Mald. – Carla Maldonado (fl. 2014) * M.Allemão –
Manoel Allemão Manoel may refer to: People * Manoel (name), a given name and surname * Manoel (footballer, born 1953) (1953–2015), Brazilian football forward * Manoel (footballer, born 1978), Brazilian football forward * Manoel (footballer, born 1989), Brazi ...
(died 1863) * Malm – Jacob von Malm (born 1901) * Malme –
Gustaf Oskar Andersson Malme Gustaf Oskar Andersson Malme (24 October 1864, Stora Malm in Södermanland County – 5 March 1937) was a Swedish botanist. He studied at Uppsala University, earning his PhD in 1892. From 1895 - 1905, he was a curator at the Swedish Museum of ...
(1864–1937) * Malmgren –
Anders Johan Malmgren Anders Johan Malmgren (21 November 1834 – 14 April 1897) was a Finnish zoologist and government official. Malmgren was a student in Helsinki in 1854, Master primus 1860, PhD 1864, Acting Commissioner of the fisheries in 1865, extraordinary pro ...
(1834–1897) * Maly – Joseph Karl Maly (1797–1866) * M.A.M.Renner –
Matthew Anton Martyn Renner Matthew may refer to: * Matthew (given name) * Matthew (surname) * ''Matthew'' (album), a 2000 album by rapper Kool Keith * Matthew (elm cultivar), a cultivar of the Chinese Elm ''Ulmus parvifolia'' Christianity * Matthew the Apostle, one of ...
(born 1978) * Manden. – Ida P. Mandenova (1907–1995) * Mandon – Gilbert (Gustav) Mandon (1799–1866) * Mani – Bince Mani (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
2015) * Manik. – U. Manikandan (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
2001) * Manilal – Kattungal Subramaniam Manilal (1938–2025) * M.A.N.Müll. – Michiel Adriaan Niklaas Müller (1948–1997) * Mansf. –
Rudolf Mansfeld Rudolf Mansfeld (17 January 1901, Berlin – 1960) was a German botanist and agricultural scientist. For more than twenty years, he served as a curator at the Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum in Berlin-Dahlem, where he specialized in th ...
(1901–1960) * Manton –
Irene Manton Irene Manton, Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS Linnean Society of London, FLS (born Irène Manton; 17 April 1904, in Kensington – 13 May 1988) was a British botanist who was Professor of Botany at the University of Leeds. She was noted for st ...
(1904–1988) * Mappus – Marcus Mappus (1666–1736) * Marais –
Wessel Marais Wessel Marais B.Sc., M.Sc. (1929–2013) was a South African botanist and plant collector. Wessel was born in Colesberg, Northern Cape Province, on 28 December 1929, the youngest of the ten children of Barend Pieter Marais, the last blacksmith ...
(1929–2013) * Maranta –
Bartolomeo Maranta Bartolomeo Maranta, also Bartholomaeus Marantha (1500 – 24 March 1571) was an Italian physician, botanist, and literary theorist. The Marantaceae, a family of herbaceous perennials related to the gingers, are named after him. His name was als ...
(also as Bartholomaeus Marantha) (1500–1571) * Maratti – Giovanni Francesco Maratti (1723–1777) * Marc.-Berti –
Luis Marcano-Berti Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish language, Spanish form of the originally Germanic language, Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese language, Portuguese and G ...
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1967) * Marcgr. – Georg Marcgrave (Marcgraf, Markgraf) (1610–1644) * Marchal –
Élie Marchal Élie Marchal (1 March 1839, in Wasigny – 19 February 1923, in Gembloux) was a Belgian botanist and mycologist. From 1861 to 1871, he was a middle-school teacher in the communities of Virton, Ath, Visé and Maeseyck. From 1871 to 1879 he was as ...
(1839–1923) * Marchand – Nestor Léon Marchand (1833–1911) * Marchesi – Eduardo Marchesi (born 1943) * Marchoux –
Émile Marchoux Émile Marchoux (24 March 1862 – 19 August 1943) was a French physician and biologist born in Saint-Amant-de-Boixe, Charente. He studied medicine in Paris, defending his doctorate with a dissertation titled ''Histoire des épidémies de fièvre ...
(1862–1943) * Marcks – Brian Marcks (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1974) * Marg. –
Hanna Bogna Margońska Hannah or Hanna may refer to: People, biblical figures, and fictional characters * Hannah (name), a female given name of Hebrew origin * Hanna (Arabic name), a family and a male given name of Christian Arab origin * Hanna (Irish surname) (inclu ...
(born 1968) * Margulis –
Lynn Margulis Lynn Margulis (born Lynn Petra Alexander; March 5, 1938 – November 22, 2011) was an American evolutionary biologist, and was the primary modern proponent for the significance of symbiogenesis, symbiosis in evolution. In particular, Margulis tr ...
(1938–2011) * Marion –
Antoine Fortuné Marion Antoine is a French given name (from the Latin ''Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin. The name is most common in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, Frenc ...
(1846–1900) * Mariz – (1847–1916) * Markgr. –
Friedrich Markgraf Friedrich Markgraf (1 February 1897 in Berlin-Friedenau – 8 March 1987 in Zurich) was a German botanist. Life and work After secondary school, Markgraf studied biology at the Friedrich Wilhelm University Berlin. In 1922 he was awarded a P ...
(1897–1987) * Markgr.-Dann. –
Ingeborg Markgraf-Dannenberg Ingeborg Markgraf-Dannenberg (18 March 1911 – 22 March 1996) was a Swiss naturalist, botanist, plant taxonomy, taxonomist, and teacher noted for her work at the Institute for Systematic Botany at the University of Zurich, in particular her w ...
(1911–1996) * Markham – Clements Robert Markham (1830–1916) * Markl. – George Gunnar Marklund (1892–1964) * Marline – Lovanomenjanahary Marline (born 1986) * Marloth –
Hermann Wilhelm Rudolf Marloth Hermann Wilhelm Rudolf Marloth (28 December 1855 Lübben, Germany – 15 May 1931 Caledon, Cape Province) was a German-born South African botanist, pharmacist and analytical chemist, best known for his ''Flora of South Africa'' which appeared i ...
(1855–1931) * Marn.-Lap. – Julien Marnier-Lapostolle (1902–1976) * Marnock –
Robert Marnock Robert Marnock (1800–1889) was one of the leading Scottish horticulturalists and garden designers of the 19th century. He was considered by his contemporaries to be the best exponent of the Gardenesque school of landscape gardening. Life Befor ...
(1800–1889) * Marquand – Ernest David Marquand (1848–1918) * Marquis – Alexandre Louis Marquis (1777–1828) * Marrero Rodr. – Águedo Marrero Rodriguez (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1988) * Marriott – Neil R. Marriott (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1993) * Marroq. – Jorge S. Marroquín (born 1935) * Marsh – Charles Dwight Marsh (1855–1932) * Marshall –
Humphry Marshall Humphry Marshall (October 10, 1722 – November 5, 1801) was an American botanist and plant dealer. Biography Humphry Marshall was born at Derbydown Homestead in the village of Marshallton, Pennsylvania (within West Bradford Township) on Oct ...
(1722–1801) * Mart. –
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius Carl Friedrich Philipp (Karl Friedrich Philipp) von Martius (17 April 1794 – 13 December 1868) was a German botany, botanist and explorer. Between 1817 and 1820, he travelled 10,000 km through Brazil while collecting botanical specimens. His m ...
(1794–1868) * Mart.-Azorín – Mario Martínez-Azorín (born 1979) * Mart.Crov. – (1921–1988) * Martelli –
Ugolino Martelli Ugolino Martelli (1860–1934) was an Italian botanist, biologist, and mycology, mycologist. Martelli is known for his studies of and contributions to the systematics of the tropical genus ''Pandanus'' and his taxonomic definition of the flora o ...
(1860–1934) * Mårtensson – Olle Mårtensson (1915–1995) * Mart.Flores – Fernando Martínez Flores (born 1979) * Martín Bol. – Manuel Martín Bolaños (1897–c. 1970) * Martín-Bravo – Santiago Martín-Bravo (born 1980) * Martinelli – Gustavo Martinelli (born 1954) * Martinet – (1840–) * Martínez – Maximino Martínez (1888–1964) * Martini –
Alessandro Martini Alessandro Martini (16 May 1812 – 14 March 1905) was an Italian businessman, founder of one of the most important vermouth companies in the world, Martini & Rossi, which produces the Martini vermouth. In 1830 he purchased a small wine compan ...
(1934–2011) * Martinoli – (1911–1970) * Martinov – Ivan Ivanovič Martinov (1771–1833) * Martinovský – Jan Otakar Martinovský (1903–1980) * Martins – Charles Frédéric Martins (1806–1889) * Mart.-Laborde – Juan Bautista Martínez-Laborde (born 1955) * Mart.Mart. – M. Martínez Martínez (1907–1936) * Martos – Florent Martos (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
2015) * Mart.Parras – José María Martinez Parras (born 1953) * Martrin-Donos –
Julien Victor de Martrin-Donos Julien may refer to: People * Julien (given name) * Julien (surname) Music * ''Julien'' (opera), a 1913 poème lyrique by Gustave Charpentier * ''Julien'' (album), by Dalida, 1973 * "Julien" (song), by Carly Rae Jepsen, 2019 Places Un ...
(1800–1870) * Mart.Schmid –
Martin Schmid Martin Schmid, also known as ''Esmid'' (September 26, 1694 – March 10, 1772), was a Swiss Jesuit, missionary, musician and architect, who worked mainly in the Chiquitos Province of what is now Bolivia. Life Martin Schmid was born in B ...
(1969–2002) * Martyn – Thomas M. Martyn (1736–1825) * Masam. –
Genkei Masamune was a Japanese botanist. Biography Masamune Genkei worked on the island of Formosa and then, after World War II, at Kanazawa University. He was noted for his comprehensive botanical indexes of Borneo Borneo () is the List of islands by a ...
(1899–1993) * Masclef –
Amédée Masclef Amédée Masclef (9 August 1858 Béthune – 1916) was a French abbé and botanist best known for his three-volume 400-plate work 'Atlas des plantes de France' published in Paris in 1891 and re-issued in 1893. It was regarded as complementary to ...
(1858–1916) * Maslin – Bruce R. Maslin (born 1946) * Massart –
Jean Massart Jean Massart (7 March 1865 in Etterbeek – 16 August 1925) was a Belgian botanist. Biography In 1894 he earned his PhD from the University of Brussels, where later in his career he worked as a professor. From 1902 to 1906 he was curator of th ...
(1865–1925) * Massee –
George Edward Massee George Edward Massee (20 December 1845 – 16 February 1917) was an English mycologist, plant pathologist, and botanist. Background and education George Massee was born in Scampston, East Riding of Yorkshire, the son of a farmer. He was educ ...
(1845–1917) * Masson –
Francis Masson Francis Masson (August 1741 – 23 December 1805) was a Scotland, Scottish botanist and gardener, and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kew Gardens’ first Botanical expedition, plant hunter. Life Masson was born in Aberdeen. In the 1760s, he w ...
(1741–1805) * Mast. –
Maxwell Tylden Masters Maxwell Tylden Masters Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (15 April 1833 – 30 May 1907) was an English botanist and taxonomist. He was the son of William Masters (botanist), William Masters, the nurseryman and botanist of Canterbury and autho ...
(1833–1907) * Mateo – (born 1953) * Mathias –
Mildred Esther Mathias Mildred Esther Mathias (September 19, 1906 – February 16, 1995) was an American botanist and professor. She was a professor at UCLA from 1962 until 1974. She also served as president of the American Society for Plant Taxonomists and the B ...
(1906–1995) * Mathieu – Charles Marie Joseph Mathieu (1791–1873) * Matr. – Alphonse Louis Paul Matruchot (1863–1921) * Matsum. –
Jinzō Matsumura was a Japanese botanist. Biography Matsumura was born in Ibaraki Prefecture, of a samurai family. He took a great interest in botany as a young man. In 1883, he had been made assistant professor of botany in the University of Tokyo under Ry ...
(1856–1928) * Matt. –
Heinrich Gottfried von Mattuschka Heinrich may refer to: People * Heinrich (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Heinrich (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Hetty (given name), a given name (including a list of peo ...
(1734–1779) * Mattana – Efisio Mattana (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
2012) * Mattei – (1865–1943) * Matteri – Celina Maria Matteri (1943–2004) * Mattf. –
Johannes Mattfeld Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin Classical Latin is the form of Literary Latin recognized as a Literary langua ...
(1895–1951) * Matthäs –
Ursula Matthäs Ursula commonly refers to: * Ursula (name), feminine name (and a list of people and fictional characters with the name) * Ursula (The Little Mermaid), Ursula (''The Little Mermaid''), a fictional character who appears in ''The Little Mermaid'' (198 ...
(born 1949) * Matthei – Oscar R. Matthei (born 1935) * Matthew –
George Frederick Matthew George Frederick Matthew (August 12, 1837 – April 14, 1923) was a Canadian botanist and geologist. Described as an amateur geologist, he is nevertheless recognized for his work in the then-nascent field of ichnology. His work grew from study of ...
(1837–1923) * Matthews – Henry John Matthews (1859–1909) * Matthiesen – Franz Matthiesen (1878–1914) * Mattick – Wilhelm Fritz Mattick (1901–1984) * Mattioli – Pietro (Pier) Andrea Gregorio Mattioli (Matthiolus) (1501–1577) * Mattir. –
Oreste Mattirolo Oreste Mattirolo (7 December 1856, in Turin – 3 December 1947, in Turin) was an Italian botanist and mycologist, who specialized in hypogeous fungi, hypogeal fungi. He studied medicine and sciences at the University of Turin, and from 1879 ...
(1856–1947) * Mattos – Joáo Rodrigues de Mattos (1926–2022) * Mattox – Karl R. Mattox (born 1936) * Matuda –
Eizi Matuda (1894–1978) was a Mexican botanist of Japanese origin. In scholarly works, his name is generally romanised as "Eizi Matuda" following the "Kunrei" system. Personal life Matuda and his wife, Miduho Kaneko de Matuda, were naturalized Mexican c ...
(1894–1978) * Maturb. – Rudi A. Maturbongs (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
2000) * Maulder – Ricky G. Maulder (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1995) * Maund –
Benjamin Maund Benjamin Maund (1790–1863) was a British pharmacist, botanist, printer, bookseller, fellow of the Linnean Society (1827) and publisher of the ''Botanic Garden'' and ''The Botanist''. He served on the committee of the ''Worcestershire Natural H ...
(1790–1863) * Maurizio – Adam M. Maurizio (1862–1941) * Maury – Paul Jean Baptiste Maury (1858–1893) * Mavrodiev –
Evgenij Vladimirovich Mavrodiev Yevgeni (), also transliterated as Yevgeny, Yevgenii, Yevgeniy, Evgeni, Evgeny, Evgenii, Evgeniy, Evgenyi or Evgenij, is the Russian form of the masculine given name Eugene. The short form is Zhenya (Женя), also transliterated as Jenya or Sheny ...
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fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1999) * M.A.Wall – M. A. Wall (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
2007) * Maxim. –
Carl Maximowicz Carl Johann Maximovich, also Karl Ivanovich Maximovich (Russian language, Russian: Карл Иванович Максимович; 23 November 1827 – 16 February 1891) was a Russian botanist. Maximovich spent most of his life studying the flor ...
(1827–1891) * Maxon –
William Ralph Maxon William Ralph Maxon, (February 27, 1877 – February 25, 1948) was an American botanist and pteridologist. He graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Philosophy, B.Ph. in biology, in 1898, and spent about one year at Columbia Univers ...
(1877–1948) * Maxwell – T.C.Maxwell (1822–1908) * Maynard – David J. Maynard (
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2008) * Mayr –
Heinrich Mayr Heinrich Mayr (29 October 1854 – 24 January 1911) was a German forest scientist, dendrologist and university professor whose research and teaching shaped forest botany in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His standard botani ...
(1854–1911) * M.Backlund –
Maria Backlund Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial * 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 * Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...
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2007) * M.Baker –
Matthew L. Baker Matthew may refer to: * Matthew (given name) * Matthew (surname) * ''Matthew'' (album), a 2000 album by rapper Kool Keith * Matthew (elm cultivar), a cultivar of the Chinese Elm ''Ulmus parvifolia'' Christianity * Matthew the Apostle, one of ...
(fl. 2016) * M.B.Bayer – Martin Bruce Bayer (born 1935) * M.Bieb. –
Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein Baron Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein (30 July 1768 – 28 June 1826) was an early explorer of the flora and archeology of the southern portion of Imperial Russia, including the Caucasus and Novorossiya. He compiled the first comprehen ...
(1768–1826) * M.Blackw. –
Meredith Blackwell Meredith May Blackwell (born 1940) is an American mycologist, known as one of the world's leading experts on fungi associated with arthropods. Education and career Meredith Blackwell graduated in 1961 with B.S. in biology from the University of ...
(born 1940) * M.B.Moss – Marion Beatrice Moss (born 1903) * M.Broun – Maurice Broun (1906–1979) * M.B.Schwarz –
Marie Beatrice Schol-Schwarz Marie Beatrice "Bea" Schol-Schwarz (12 July 1898 – 27 July 1969) was the Dutch phytopathologist who discovered the causal fungus of Dutch elm disease. She first studied pathogens afflicting peanuts and later the fungus '' Phialophora''. B ...
(1898–1969) * M.B.Scott – Munro Briggs Scott (1887–1917) * M.B.Thomas – Mason Blanchard Thomas (1866–1912) * M.B.Viswan. – M. B. Viswanathan (
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2000) * M.B.Welch – Marcus Baldwin Welch (1895–1942) * M.Caball. –
Miguel Caballero Deloya --> Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to: Places * Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands * São Miguel (disam ...
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1969) * McAll. – Hugh A. McAllister (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1993) * McCann – Yale Mervin Charles McCann (1899–1980) * M.C.Chang – Mei Chen Chang (born 1933) * McClell. – John McClelland (1805–1883) * McClure –
Floyd Alonzo McClure Floyd Alonzo McClure (14 August 1897, Shelby County, Ohio – 15 April 1970, Bethesda, Maryland) was an American botanist and plant collector. He was one of the world's leading experts on bamboo and worked in China for 24 years. Biography McClur ...
(1897–1970) * McComb – Jennifer Anne McComb (born 1943) * McCord – David Ross McCord (1844–1930) * McCormick – Robert McCormick (1800–1890) * McCoy –
Frederick McCoy Sir Frederick McCoy (1817 – 13 May 1899), was an Irish palaeontologist, zoologist, and museum administrator, active in Australia. He is noted for founding the Botanic Garden of the University of Melbourne in 1856. Early life McCoy was the s ...
(1817–1899) * McCraith – Gerald McCraith (1909–2009) * McCune – Bruce Pettit McCune (born 1952) * McDade – Lucinda A. McDade (born 1953) * McDonald – William H. McDonald (1837–1902) * M.C.E.Amaral –
Maria do Carmo Estanislau do Amaral Maria do Carmo Estanislau do Amaral (born 1959) is a Brazilian botanist, biologist, curator, and academic., who has worked, since 2011, on teaching and research in the Department of Biology, Universidad Estatal de Campinas. Biography In 1980, s ...
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1991) * M.C.Ferguson – Margaret Clay Ferguson (1863–1951) * McGill. – Donald McGillivray (1935–2012) * McGregor – Ronald Leighton McGregor (1919–2012) * M.Chandler –
Marjorie Elizabeth Jane Chandler Marjorie Chandler (1897–1983) was a British paleobotanist who made her own reputation as a scientist after a long partnership with Eleanor Mary Reid, as a research assistant. Life Marjorie Elizabeth Jane Chandler was born in Leamington Spa, ...
(1897–1983) * M.Cheng – Mien Cheng (1899–1987) * McIlv. – Charles McIlvaine (1840–1909) * McIvor –
William Graham McIvor William Graham McIvor (1824 or 1825 - 8 June 1876) was a Scottish gardener and superintendent of the Neilgherry Cinchona plantations in Ootacamund, India who was responsible for the successful introduction of cinchona plants in the Nilgiris in th ...
(1824–1876) * M.C.Johnst. –
Marshall Conring Johnston Marshall Conring Johnston (born May 10, 1930) is an American botanist who made several explorations in Mexico and specialized in plants in the family Gesneriaceae. Johnston was born in San Antonio in the family of Theodore Harris Johnston and Luci ...
(born 1930) * McKie –
Ernest Norman McKie Ernest Norman McKie, (1 July 1882 – 19 May 1948) was an Australian clergyman who was also an amateur botanist with a detailed knowledge of the eucalypts and grasses of the New England district of New South Wales. He was born in Barraba in 1882 ...
(1882–1948) * McKinney – Harold Hall McKinney (1889–1976) * McLennan – Ethel Irene McLennan (1891–1983) * M.C.Martínez – (born 1974) * McMillan – Adrian John Stuart McMillan (1915–2008) * McNeill – John McNeill (born 1933) * M.C.Pace – Matthew C. Pace (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
2017) * McQuoid – Nathan K. McQuoid (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
2002) * McVaugh –
Rogers McVaugh Rogers McVaugh (May 30, 1909 – September 24, 2009) was a research professor of botany and the UNC Herbarium's curator of Mexican plants. He was also Adjunct Research Scientist of the Hunt Institute in Carnegie Mellon University and a Professor ...
(1909–2009) * M.D.Barrett –
Matthew David Barrett Matthew David Barrett (born 1974) is a West Australian botanist. He has published some 100 botanical names. See also Taxa named by Matthew David Barrett. He worked at Kings Park and Botanic Garden and is currently (July 2020) employed by the ...
(born 1974) * M.D.Correa – Mireya D. Correa A. (1940–2022) * M.D.Ferrero – Michael D. Ferrero (born 1968) * M.D.Hend. – Mayda Doris Henderson (1928–2015) * M.D.Yuan – Ming-Deng Yuan (
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2020) * Mears –
James Austin Mears James may refer to: People * James (given name) * James (surname) * James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician * James, brother of Jesus * King James (disambiguation), various kings named James * Prince James ...
(born 1944) * M.E.Collinson – Margaret E. Collinson (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1980) * Medik. –
Friedrich Kasimir Medikus Friedrich Kasimir Medikus (or Friedrich Casimir Medicus; 6 January 1738 – 8 July 1808) was a German physician and botanist. He was born at Grumbach and became director of the University of Mannheim (Theodoro Palatinae Mannheim) and curator of t ...
(1736–1808) * Medlicott –
Henry Benedict Medlicott Henry Benedict Medlicott, FRS (3 August 1829 – 6 April 1905) was an Irish geologist who worked in India. He was a coauthor of a text on the geology of India and is credited with the coining of the term "Gondwana" which was later used to cre ...
(1829–1905) * Meehan – Thomas Meehan (1826–1901) * Meekiong – Kalu Meekiong (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
2005) * Meenks – Jan L. D. Meenks (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1985) * Meerb. –
Nicolaas Meerburgh Nicolaas Meerburgh (1734 in Leiden – 20 March 1814 in Leiden) was a Netherlands gardener, botanist and botanical illustrator. His date of birth is unknown, but he was baptized on February 3, 1734. He was possibly trained by the gardener Adriaan ...
(1734–1814) * Meerow –
Alan W. Meerow Alan W. Meerow is an American botanist, born in New York City in 1952. He specializes in the taxonomy of the family Amaryllidaceae and the horticulture of palms and tropical ornamental plants. He also works on the population genetics and molecu ...
(born 1952) * Meese –
David Meese file:Florafrisica.jpg, Cover of the ''Flora frisica'' David Meese (25 December 1723 – 23 August 1770) was a Dutch botanist notable for his authorship of the ''Flora frisica'' in 1760. Career Born into a low class family, Meese became a self ta ...
(1723–1770) * Meeuwen – M. S. Knaap-van Meeuwen (born 1936) * M.E.French –
Malcolm E. French Malcolm, Malcom, Máel Coluim, or Maol Choluim may refer to: People * Malcolm (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters * Malcom (footballer) (born 1997), Brazilian football forward * Clan Malcolm * Maol Choluim de Innerpef ...
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2007) * Mehrotra – Bishan N. Mehrotra (born 1936) * Meier – Fred Campbell Meier (1893–1938) * Meigen –
Johann Wilhelm Meigen Johann Wilhelm Meigen (3 May 1764 – 11 July 1845) was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera. Life Early years Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margare ...
(1764–1845) * Meijden – (1945–2007) * Meijer –
Willem Meijer Willem Meijer (1923 – 22 October 2003) was a Dutch botanist and plant collector. Background and education Meijer was born in 1923 in The Hague, Netherlands. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Amsterdam in 1951. Meijer travelled to ...
(1923–2003) * Meijer Drees – E. Meijer Drees (
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1938) * Meikle –
Robert Desmond Meikle Robert Desmond Meikle OBE (18 May 1923 – 8 February 2021) was a British botanist from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Life and career Meikle was born in May 1923 in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland. He became most notable for his t ...
(1923–2021) * Meinecke – (1721–1823) * Meins – Claus Meins (1806–1873) * Meinsh. – Karl Friedrich Meinshausen (1819–1899) * Meisel – Max Meisel (1892–1969) * Meisn. – Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1800–1874) * M.E.Jones – Marcus Eugene Jones (1852–1934) * Mela – Aukusti Juhana Mela (1846–1904) * M.E.L.Archer – Mary Ellinor Lucy Archer (fl. 1917) * Melch. – Hans Melchior (1894–1984) * Melikyan –
Aleksander Pavlovich Melikyan Alexander () is a male given name, name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in anc ...
(1935–2008) * Melvill – James Cosmo Mevill (1845–1929) * Melville – Ronald Melville (1903–1985) * Melvin – Lionel Melvin (1907–1997) * M.E.Morales – (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
2008) * Menabde – Vladimir Levanovich Menabde (1898–1981) * Menadue – Yvonne Menadue (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1986) * Mendel –
Gregor Mendel Gregor Johann Mendel Order of Saint Augustine, OSA (; ; ; 20 July 1822 – 6 January 1884) was an Austrian Empire, Austrian biologist, meteorologist, mathematician, Augustinians, Augustinian friar and abbot of St Thomas's Abbey, Brno, St. Thom ...
(1822–1884) * Mend.-Heuer – Ilse R. Mendoza-Heuer (born 1919) * Mendonça –
Francisco de Ascencão Mendonça Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Meaning of the name Francisco In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Commu ...
(1889–1982) * M.E.Newton –
Martha Elizabeth Newton Martha Elizabeth Newton (11 November 1941 - 4 January 2020) was a British bryologist and botanist, specialising in cytology and field surveying. Early life and education Newton was born in 1941 at her family's Lumm Farm, Littlemoss, Limehurs ...
(1941–2020) * Menezes – Carlos Azevedo de Menezes (1863–1928) * Menge –
Franz Anton Menge Franz Anton Menge (15 February 1808 in Arnsberg – 27 January 1880 in Danzig) was a German entomologist. Menge was a student of Physics, Chemistry and Natural History at the University of Bonn He became professor at the Petrischule in Danzig. ...
(1808–1880) * Mennega – Alberta Maria Wilhelmina Mennega (1912–2009) * Mentz – August Mentz (1867–1944) * Menyh. –
László Menyhárth László Menyhárth (30 May 1849 – 16 November 1897 in Boroma, South Africa) was a Hungarian missionary and botanical collector. He studied theology and philosophy in Innsbruck, later serving as a gymnasium teacher in Kalocsa. Here he conducted ...
(1849–1897) * Menzel – Paul Julius Menzel (1864–1927) * Menzies –
Archibald Menzies Archibald Menzies ( ; 15 March 1754 – 15 February 1842) was a Scottish surgeon, botanist and naturalist. He spent many years at sea, serving with the Royal Navy, private merchants, and the Vancouver Expedition. During his naval expeditions, h ...
(1754–1842) * Mérat –
François Victor Mérat de Vaumartoise François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter * François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; 1 ...
(1780–1851) * Meredith –
Louisa Anne Meredith Louisa Anne Meredith (20 July 1812 – 21 October 1895), also known as Louisa Anne Twamley, was an Anglo-Australian writer, illustratorSally O'Neill,Meredith, Louisa Ann (1812–1895), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 5, Melbourne U ...
(1812–1895) * Mereles – Fátima Mereles (born 1953) * Mereschk. – Konstantin Mereshkovski (1855–1921) * Merkl. – Felix F. Merklinger (
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2017) * Merr. –
Elmer Drew Merrill Elmer Drew Merrill (October 15, 1876 – February 25, 1956) was an American botanist and taxonomist. He spent more than twenty years in the Philippines where he became a recognized authority on the flora of the Asia-Pacific region. Through ...
(1876–1956) * Merriam –
Clinton Hart Merriam Clinton Hart Merriam (December 5, 1855 – March 19, 1942) was an American zoologist, mammalogist, ornithologist, entomologist, ecologist, ethnographer, geographer, natural history, naturalist and physician. He was commonly known as the "father o ...
(1855–1942) * Mert. –
Franz Carl Mertens Franz Carl Mertens (3 April 1764 – 19 June 1831) was a German botanist who was a native of Bielefeld. He specialized in the field of phycology. Mertens studied theology and languages at the University of Halle, and after graduation taught ...
(1764–1831) * Merxm. –
Hermann Merxmüller Hermann Merxmüller (30 August 1920 Munich – 8 February 1988) was a German botanist and taxonomist. Merxmüller's interest in botany was noticed at an early age by his mentors, and he was encouraged to collect in the Bavarian Alps and count ...
(1920–1988) * Mesfin – Mesfin Tadesse (born 1951) * Mesnil – Félix Étienne Pierre Mesnil (1868–1938) * Messina – Andre Messina (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
2010) * Messmer – Pearl R. Messmer (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1940s–1950s) * Mett. –
Georg Heinrich Mettenius Georg Heinrich Mettenius (24 November 1823 – 18 August 1866) was a German botanist born in Frankfurt am Main. He was son-in-law to botanist Alexander Braun (1805–1877). In 1845 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Heidelb ...
(1823–1866) * Metusala – Destario Metusala (
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2009) * Metzg. – (1789–1852) * Mexia – Ynés Enriquetta Julietta Mexía (1870–1938) * Mey.-Berth. – Brigitte Meyer-Berthaud (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
2001) * Meyen –
Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen (28 June 1804 – 2 September 1840) was a Prussian physician and botanist. Meyen was born in Tilsit, East Prussia. In 1830 he wrote ''Phytotomie'', the first major study of plant anatomy. Between 1830 and 1832, he to ...
(1804–1840) * Meyl. –
Charles Meylan Charles Meylan (23 June 1868, Le Brassus – 3 June 1941, Sainte-Croix) was a Swiss botanist. From 1888 to 1926 he was a schoolteacher in the community of La Chaux, located near Sainte-Croix (Canton of Vaud). In 1922 he obtained an honorary d ...
(1868–1941) * Mez –
Carl Christian Mez Carl Christian Mez (26 March 1866 – 8 January 1944) was a German botanist and university professor. He is denoted by the author abbreviation when citing a botanical name. Life and work Mez came from a family of industrialists in Frei ...
(1866–1944) * M.F.Bourdon – M. F. Bourdon (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
2004) * M.F.Fay –
Michael Francis Fay Michael Francis Fay (born 1960) is a British geneticist and botanist currently serving as Senior Research Leader, Conservation Genetics, at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Life After studying at University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and t ...
(born 1960) * M.Fleisch. –
Max Fleischer Max Fleischer (born Majer Fleischer ; July 19, 1883 – September 11, 1972) was an American animator and studio owner. Born in Kraków, in Austrian Poland, Fleischer immigrated to the United States where he became a pioneer in the development ...
(1861–1930) * M.F.L.Fitzp. – Mary Frances Linder Fitzpatrick (fl. 1898) * M.F.Newman – Mark Fleming Newman (born 1959) * M.G.Brooks – Maurice Graham Brooks (1900–1993) * M.G.Calder –
Mary Gordon Calder Mary Gordon Calder (c. 1906–1992) was a Scottish paleobotanist. She is known for her work on Carboniferous fossil plants and Jurassic conifers. Early years Mary Gordon Calder was born in Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland to William Cal ...
(c. 1906–1992) * M.G.Gilbert – Michael George Gilbert (born 1943) * M.G.Harr. –
M.G. Harrington MG, Mg, or mg and variants may refer to: Arts Entertainment * MG, a character in ''The Perhapanauts'' comics * Magilla Gorilla, a cartoon character * ''Match Game'', a television game show Music * '' Main gauche'', "left hand" in piano playi ...
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2010) * M.G.Henry – Mary Gibson Henry (1884–1967) * M.Gómez –
Manuel Gómez de la Maya y Jiménez Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name), a given name and surname * Manuel (''Fawlty Towers''), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manuel I of Portugal, king of Po ...
(1867–1916) * M.Gordon – M. Gordon (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1920) * M.Gray – Max Gray (1929–2015) * M.H.Alford – Mac Haverson Alford (born 1975) * M.HeLi – Min Hui Li (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
2004) * M.Hiroe – Minosuke Hiroe (1914–2000) * M.H.Hoffm. – Matthias H. Hoffmann (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1998) * M.H.J.van der Meer – Maarten H.J. van der Meer (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
2019) * M.Hopkins – Milton Hopkins (1906–1983) * M.Hotta –
Mitsuru Hotta (23 July 1935 – 8 July 2015) was a Japanese botanist best known for his research on Araceae.van Steenis-Kruseman, M.J., ''et al.'' 2006Cyclopaedia of Malesian Collectors: Mitsuru Hotta Nationaal Herbarium Nederland. Hotta was born in Osaka, Ja ...
(1937–2015) * M.Howe –
Marshall Avery Howe Marshall Avery Howe (June 6, 1867 in Newfane, Vermont1000 Men
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(1867–1936) * Micevski – Kiril Micevski (1926–2002) * Michaelis –
Peter Michaelis Peter Michaelis (28 May 1900 in Munich – 3 August 1975 in Cologne) was a German plant geneticist who focused most of his research on cytoplasm inheritance and segregation. Most of his work was carried out during the period from the 1940s to 197 ...
(1900–1975) * Michelang. – Fabián Armando Michelangeli (born 1970) * Micheli –
Marc Micheli Marc or MARC may refer to: People * Marc (given name), people with the first name * Marc (surname), people with the family name Acronyms * MARC standards, a data format used for library cataloging, * MARC Train, a regional commuter rail system ...
(1844–1902) * Michelis – Friedrich Bernhard (Bernard) Ferdinand Michelis (1815–1886) * Mich.Möller –
Michael Möller Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * he He ..., a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name * Michael (bishop elect)">Michael (surname)">he He ..., a given nam ...
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2009) * Michon –
Jean-Hippolyte Michon Jean-Hippolyte Michon (21 November 1806 – 8 May 1881) was a French priest, an archaeologist, and the founder of graphology. Born in Laroche-près-Feyt, department of Corrèze, he studied in Angoulême and at the seminary in Église Saint-Sulpi ...
(1806–1881) * Michx. –
André Michaux André Michaux (' → ahn- mee-; sometimes Anglicisation, anglicised as Andrew Michaud; 8 March 174611 October 1802) was a French botanist and explorer. He is most noted for his study of North American flora. In addition Michaux collected specime ...
(1746–1803) * Mickel – John Thomas Mickel (1934–2024) * M.I.Dawson – Murray Ian Dawson (born 1962) * Middend. –
Alexander von Middendorff Alexander Theodor von Middendorff (; 18 August 1815 – 24 January 1894) was a Russian zoologist and explorer of Baltic German and Estonian extraction. He was known for his expedition in 1843–45 to the extreme north and east of Siberia, des ...
(1815–1894) * Middled. – Harry Middleditch (born 1927) * Miehe – Hugo Miehe (1875–1932) * Miers – John Miers (1789–1879) * Mig. – Emil Friedrich August Walter (Walther) Migula (1863–1938) * Migo –
Hisao Migo Hisao Migo (御江 久夫 ''Migo Hisao'', (See Bunzō Hayata.) 1900–1985) was a Japanese botanist. Hisao Migo was employed at the Shanghai Science Institute from 1933 to 1945 during the Japanese occupation of Shanghai. During his employment at ...
(1900–1985) * Migush. – Emilia Filippovna Migushova (1923–2000) * Mik – Josef (Joseph) Mik (1839–1900) * Mike L.Grant –
Michael Livingstone Grant Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * he He ..., a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name * Michael (bishop elect)">Michael (surname)">he He ..., a given nam ...
(born 1962) * Mikl.-Maclay – Nikolaj Nikolajewitsch Miklouho-Maclay (1846–1888) * Mildbr. –
Johannes Mildbraed Gottfried Wilhelm Johannes Mildbraed (19 December 1879 – 24 December 1954) was a German botanist who specialized in mosses, ferns, and various spermatophytes. He is well known for authoring the most current monograph and taxonomic treatment of ...
(1879–1954) * Milde –
Carl August Julius Milde Carl August Julius Milde (2 November 1824 – 3 July 1871) was a German bryologist and pteridologist born in Breslau. In 1850 he obtained his medical doctorate from the University of Breslau, where he was a student of Heinrich Göppert (1800 ...
(1824–1871) * Mill. –
Philip Miller Philip Miller Royal Society, FRS (1691 – 18 December 1771) was an English botany, botanist and gardener of Scottish descent. Miller was chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden for nearly 50 years from 1722, and wrote the highly popular ...
(1691–1771) * Millais –
John Guille Millais John Guille Millais ( , also ; 24 March 1865 – 24 March 1931) was a British artist, naturalist, gardener and travel writer who specialised in wildlife and flower portraiture. He travelled extensively around the world in the late Victorian per ...
(1865–1931) * Millardet –
Pierre-Marie-Alexis Millardet Pierre-Marie-Alexis Millardet (13 December 1838 – 15 December 1902) was a French botanist and mycologist born in Montmirey-la-Ville. He was a student at the Universities of Heidelberg and Freiberg, and later became a professor of botany at ...
(1838–1902) * Millott –
Jacqueline C. Millott Jacqueline may refer to: People * Jacqueline (given name), including a list of people with the name * Jacqueline Moore Jacqueline DeLois Moore (born January 6, 1964) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and Manager ( ...
(born 1981) * Millsp. –
Charles Frederick Millspaugh Charles Frederick Millspaugh (June 20, 1854 – September 15, 1923) was an American botanist, botanical illustrator, and physician. He was the founding curator of botany at the Field Museum of Natural History from 1897 until his death, where ...
(1854–1923) * Milne – Colin Milne (1743–1815) * Milne-Edw. –
Alphonse Milne-Edwards Alphonse Milne-Edwards (Paris, 13 October 1835 – Paris, 21 April 1900) was a French mammalogist, ornithologist, and carcinologist. He was English in origin, the son of Henri Milne-Edwards and grandson of Bryan Edwards, a Jamaican planter who ...
(1835–1900) * Milne-Redh. – Edgar Wolston Bertram Handsley Milne-Redhead (1906–1996) * Miq. –
Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (24 October 1811 – 23 January 1871) was a Dutch botanist whose main focus of study was on the flora of the Dutch East Indies. Early life Miquel was born in Neuenhaus and studied medicine at the University of Gr ...
(1811–1871) * Miranda – (1905–1964) * Mirb. –
Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel (27 March 1776 – 12 September 1854) was a French botanist and politician. He was a founder of the science of plant cell biology, cytology. A native Parisian, at the age of twenty, he became an assistant- ...
(1776–1854) * Mirzoeva – Nina Vasilevna Mirzoeva (1908–1999) * Mitch. – John Mitchell (1711–1768) * Mitford –
Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale (24 February 1837 – 17 August 1916), was a British diplomat, collector and writer, whose most notable work is '' Tales of Old Japan'' (1871). Nicknamed "Bertie", he was the paternal grand ...
(1837–1916) * Mitt. –
William Mitten William Mitten (30 November 1819 – 20 July 1906) was an English people, English pharmaceutical chemist and authority on bryophytes who has been called "the premier bryologist of the second half of the nineteenth century". He built up a colle ...
(1819–1906) * Miyabe – Kingo Miyabe (1860–1951) * Miyake –
Kiichi Miyake was a Japanese botanist and professor at the University of Tokyo. His research focus was bryology and pteridology. His undergraduate studies were at Doshisha University and the University of Tokyo. His graduated studies were at Cornell Universi ...
(1876–1964) * Miyoshi –
Manabu Miyoshi was a Japanese botanist. Biography Miyoshi was born in 1861 in the village of Iwamura, now part of modern-day Ena. He was born in a samurai family from the former province of Mino. A graduate of the Imperial University of Tokyo in 1889, he c ...
(1861–1939) * Mizg. – Olga F. Mizgireva (born 1908) * Mizut. – Masami Mizutani (1930–2020) * M.Jacobs – (1929–1983) * M.J.A.Simpson – Margaret Jane Annand Simpson (1920–1996) * M.J.Reed – Merton J. Reed (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1939) * M.J.Roe – Margaret James Roe (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1961) * M.J.Turton – Margaret Joan Turton (born 1954) * M.J.Wingf. – Michael John Wingfield (born 1954) * M.J.Wynne –
Michael James Wynne Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * he He ..., a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name * Michael (bishop elect)">Michael (surname)">he He ..., a given nam ...
(born 1940) * M.Kato – Masahiro Kato (born 1946) * M.Knowles –
Matilda Cullen Knowles Matilda Cullen Knowles (31 January 1864 – 27 April 1933) is considered the founder of modern studies of Irish lichens following her work in the early twentieth century on the multi-disciplinary Clare Island Survey. From 1923 she shared curato ...
(1864–1933) * M.Koch – Marcus A. Koch (born 1967) * M.Kuhlm. –
Moysés Kuhlmann Moysés Kuhlmann (December 4, 1906 – January 12, 1972) was a Brazilian born botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, ...
(1906–1972) * M.Lainz – Manuel Laínz (1923–2024) * M.Lange – Knud Morten Lange (1919–2003) (son of
Jakob Emanuel Lange Jakob Emanuel Lange (2 April 1864 – 27 December 1941), was a Danish mycologist who studied the systematics of gilled mushrooms. His best-known work is ''Flora Agaricina Danica'', a five-volume plate work on the Agaricales of Denmark. He was also ...
) * M.L.Bowerman – Mary Leolin Bowerman (1908–2005) * M.Leon – Miguel de Leon (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
2015) * M.L.Green –
Mary Letitia Green Mary Letitia Sprague (née Green) (1886–1978) was a British botanist and bibliographer who worked at Kew Gardens. In 1938 she married Scottish botanist Thomas Archibald Sprague, the Deputy Keeper of the Kew Herbarium, and together they compiled ...
(1886–1978) * M.L.Williams – Mark L. Williams (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
2006) * M.Martens –
Martin Martens Martin Martens (8 December 1797 – 8 February 1863) was a Belgian botanist and chemist born in Maastricht, Netherlands. He studied medicine in Liège, afterwards serving as a physician in Maastricht from 1823 to 1835. From 1835 to 1863 he was ...
(1797–1863) * M.M.Mart.Ort. – María Montserrat Martínez Ortega (born 1969) * M.M.Mejía – Milciades Manuel Mejía (born 1952) * M.N.Correa –
Maevia Noemí Correa Maevia Noemí Correa (1914–2005) was an Argentine Botany, botanist, researcher, botanical curator, and professor. She studied at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Museum Studies at the National University of La Plata, and in 1953 completed a do ...
(1914–2005) * M.Neal – Marie Catherine Neal (1889–1965) * M.Nee – Michael Nee (born 1947) * M.Nishida –
Makoto Nishida is a Japanese politician who serves as secretary general of the Komeito since 2024. He has served as a member of the House of Councillors since 2004. Early life and education Makoto Nishida was born in Tanashi, Tokyo, on 27 August 1962. He grad ...
(1927–1998) * M.N.Philipson – Melva Noeline Philipson (1925–2015) * M.N.Tamura – Minoru N. Tamura (
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1993) * Moc. –
José Mariano Mociño José Mariano Mociño Suárez Lozano (24 September 1757 – 12 June 1820), or simply José Mariano Mociño, was a naturalist from Mexico. After having studied philosophy and medicine, he conducted early research on the botany, geology, and anthro ...
(1757–1820) * M.O.Dillon –
Michael O. Dillon Michael Owen Dillon (born 1947) is an American botanist with the botanical abbreviation M.O.Dillon. He received his BA and MA from the University of Northern Iowa and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. He acts as Emeritus Curator of ...
(born 1947) * Moeliono – B. Moeliono (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1960) * Moench –
Conrad Moench Conrad Moench (sometimes written Konrad Mönch; 15 August 1744 – 6 January 1805) was a German botanist, professor of botany at Marburg University from 1786 until his death. He wrote ''Methodus Plantas horti botanici et agri Marburgensis''; in ...
(1744–1805) * Moestrup –
Øjvind Moestrup Øjvind Moestrup (born 15 December 1941) is a Danish aquatic botanist, working particularly with the classification of algae. He worked at the Botanical Institute at the University of Copenhagen and is a professor emeritus in the Department of B ...
(born 1941) * Moezel – P.G.van der Moezel (
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1987) * Moffett – (born 1937) * Mogea – (born 1947) * Mogensen – Gert Steen Mogensen (born 1944) * Moggr. –
John Traherne Moggridge John Traherne Moggridge (8 March 1842 – 24 November 1874) was a British botanist, entomologist, and arachnologist. A Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, he was known as a keen naturalist with great observational skills, as well as his pai ...
(1842–1874) * Mohl –
Hugo von Mohl Hugo von Mohl FFRS HFRSE (8 April 1805 – 1 April 1872) was a German botanist from Stuttgart. He was the first person to use the word " protoplasm". Life He was a son of the Württemberg statesman (1766–1845), the family being connecte ...
(1805–1872) * Mohlenbr. – Robert H. Mohlenbrock (born 1931) * Möhring –
Paul Heinrich Gerhard Möhring Paul may refer to: People * Paul (given name), a given name, including a list of people * Paul (surname), a list of people * Paul the Apostle, an apostle who wrote many of the books of the New Testament * Ray Hildebrand, half of the singing duo P ...
(1710–1792) * Moir – (1896–1985) * Molau – (born 1949) * Moldenh. – Johann Jacob Paul Moldenhawer (1766–1827) * Moldenke –
Harold Norman Moldenke Harold Norman Moldenke, also known as simply Moldenke (1909–1996) was an American botanist/taxonomist. His expertise is largely in the study of Verbenaceae, Avicenniaceae, Stilbaceae, Dicrastylidaceae, Symphoremaceae, Nyctanthaceae and Er ...
(1909–1996) * Molina –
Juan Ignacio Molina Fr. Juan Ignacio Molina (; (June 24, 1740 – September 12, 1829) was a Chilean-Spanish Jesuit priest, natural history, naturalist, historian, translator, geographer, botanist, ornithologist, and linguist. He is usually referred to as Abate Moli ...
(1737–1829) * Mollemans –
Frans Hendricus Mollemans Frans is an Afrikaans, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish given name, sometimes as a short form of ''François'' or ''Franciscus''. One cognate of Frans in English is ''Francis''. Given name * Frans van Aarssens (1572–164 ...
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1992) * Molliard –
Marin Molliard Marin Molliard (8 June 1866, in Châtillon-Coligny – 24 July 1944, in Paris) was a French botanist. From 1888 he studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, where he successively earned degrees in mathematics (1889), physics (1890) and n ...
(1866–1944) * Molloy –
Brian Peter John Molloy Brian Peter John Molloy (12 August 1930 – 31 July 2022) was a New Zealand plant ecologist, conservationist, and rugby union player. Early life, education and family Born in Wellington on 12 August 1930, and orphaned at a young age, Molloy g ...
(1930–2022) * Mols – Johan B. Mols (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
2000) * Molyneux – William Mitchell Molyneux (born 1935) * Momiy. – Yasuichi Momiyama (1904– 2000) * Moncada – Milagros Moncada Ferrera (born 1937) * Mönk. –
Wilhelm Mönkemeyer Wilhelm Mönkemeyer (24 December 1862, in Stadtoldendorf – 1 March 1938, in Leipzig) was a German bryologist. In 1883–85 he worked as a botanical collector in tropical Africa (present-day Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria). In 188 ...
(1862–1938) * Monnard – Jean Pierre Monnard (born 1791) * Mont. –
Jean Pierre François Camille Montagne Jean Pierre François Camille Montagne (15 February 1784 – 5 December 1866) was a French military physician and botanist who specialized in the fields of bryology and mycology. Life Montague was born in the commune of Vaudoy in the depar ...
(1784–1866) * Montgom. – Frederick Howard Montgomery (1902– 1978) * Montin – (1723–1785) * Montrouz. –
Jean Xavier Hyacinthe Montrouzier Reverendus Pater Jean Xavier Hyacinthe Montrouzier (3 December 1820 – 6 May 1897) was a French Marist priest, explorer, botanist, zoologist and entomologist. Abbé Montrouzier studied the flora and fauna of Melanesia especially New Caledonia. ...
(1820–1897) * Moon – Alexander Moon (died 1825) * Moore –
David Moore David Moore or Dave Moore may refer to: Politics * David E. Moore (1798-1875), American politician in Virginia * David Moore (Australian politician) (1824–1898), politician in Sandridge, Victoria, Australia * David Moore (Manx politician), ...
(1808–1879) * Moq. –
Christian Horace Bénédict Alfred Moquin-Tandon Christian Horace Benedict Alfred Moquin-Tandon (7 May 1804 – 15 April 1863) was a French naturalist and doctor. Moquin-Tandon was professor of zoology at Marseille from 1829 until 1833, when he was appointed professor of botany and director of ...
(1804–1863) * Morales – Sebastiàn Alfredo de Morales (1823–1900) * Moran –
Reid Venable Moran Reid Venable Moran (June 30, 1916 – January 21, 2010) was an American botanist and the curator of botany at the San Diego Natural History Museum from 1957 to 1982. Moran was the world authority on the Crassulaceae, a family of succulent plant ...
(1916–2010) * Morat –
Philippe Morat Philippe Morat (born 19 January 1937, in Saigon) is a researcher mainly in the field of tropical botany. He is a corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences. Biography Agricultural engineer from the Ecole nationale supérieure agronom ...
(born 1937) * Morawetz –
Wilfried Morawetz Wilfried Morawetz (born 17 November 1951 in Leoben, Austria - died 13 March 2007 in Leipzig, Germany) was an Austrian botanist. He made his doctorate 1980 at the University of Vienna The University of Vienna (, ) is a public university, publi ...
(1951–2007) * More –
Alexander Goodman More Alexander Goodman More (5 September 1830 – 22 March 1895) was a British naturalist. Life Born in London, More was educated at Rugby School, and matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1850. He did not graduate, however, though he remai ...
(1830–1895) * Moretti – Giuseppe L. Moretti (1782–1853) * Morgan –
Andrew Price Morgan Andrew Price Morgan (27 October 1836 – 19 October 1907) was an American botanist and mycologist. He investigated the flora of the Miami Valley in Ohio. While his interest included flowering plants, as noted by his ''Flora of the Miami Valley, O ...
(1836–1907) * Moric. – (1779–1854) (also known as Moïse Étienne Moricand) * Morillo –
Gilberto N. Morillo Gilberto N. Morillo (born 1944) is a Venezuelan scientist, author, and educator. He was known for botany. In 1995 he was chosen as an elected curator of Herbario Forestal (MER) of the University of the Andes (Venezuela), University of the Andes in ...
(born 1944) * Moris –
Giuseppe Giacinto Moris Giuseppe Giacinto Moris (25 April 1796, Orbassano – 18 April 1869, Turin) was an Italian botanist known for investigations of flora native to Sardinia. He studied medicine in Turin, from where he graduated while still in his teens. From 1822 t ...
(1796–1869) * Morison –
Robert Morison Robert Morison (162010 November 1683) was a Scottish botanist and Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist. A forerunner of John Ray, he elucidated and developed the first systematic classification of plants.Vines Biography Born in Aberdeen, Morison w ...
(1620–1683) * Moritz – Johann Wilhelm Karl Moritz (1797–1866) * Moritzi –
Alexander Moritzi Alexander Moritzi (1806–1850) was a Swiss naturalist and early proponent of evolution. Moritzi born in Chur, Graubünden. His ''Réflexions sur l'espèce en histoire naturelle'', which means "Reflections on Species in Natural History," was publ ...
(1806–1850) * Morong –
Thomas Morong Rev. Thomas Morong (April 15, 1827 – April 26, 1894) was an American botany, botanist and clergyman. Biography Morong was born in Cahawba, Alabama to a Massachusetts-born father, Thomas Morong, and a Maryland-born mother Jane Travers. His fathe ...
(1827–1894) * Morris – John Morris (1810–1886) * Morrison – Alexander Morrison (1849–1913) * Morrone – (1957–2011) * Mort – Mark E. Mort (
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2014) * Morton –
Julius Sterling Morton Julius Sterling Morton (April 22, 1832 – April 27, 1902) was a Nebraska newspaper editor and politician who served as President Grover Cleveland's United States Secretary of Agriculture, secretary of agriculture. He was a prominent Bourbon Dem ...
(1832–1902) * Moss –
Charles Edward Moss Charles Edward Moss (February 7, 1870 Hyde, Greater Manchester, Hyde, Cheshire – November 11, 1930 Johannesburg), was an English-born South African botanist, the youngest son of a nonconformist minister, and is noted for being the editor of th ...
(1870–1930) * Mosyakin –
Sergei Leonidovich Mosyakin Sergei Leonidovich Mosyakin (born 30 November 1963) is a Ukrainian botanist. Biography Born on November 30, 1961, in Kyiv. From 1978 to 1983, he studied at the Kyiv State Pedagogical Institute (now known as the National Pedagogical Drahomano ...
(born 1961) * Mot.Ito – Motomi Ito (born 1956) * Motley –
James Motley James Motley (2 May 1822 – 1 May 1859) was a Yorkshireman closely associated with South Wales and Borneo. Life Born in Leeds, the son of Thomas Motley (1781–1863) and Caroline Osburn (1795–1869), sister of noted Egyptologist William Osbur ...
(1822–1859) * Mottet – Séraphin Joseph Mottet (1861–1930) * Motyka –
Józef Motyka Józef Motyka (23 March 1900 – 6 July 1984) was a Polish botanist and lichenology, lichenologist. Early live and education Motyka was born on 23 March 1900 in Kąclowa. He obtained his PhD in 1925 at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków for ...
(1900–1984) * Moug. –
Jean-Baptiste Mougeot Jean-Baptiste Mougeot (25 September 1776, in Bruyères – 5 December 1858) was a French physician and botanist. From 1798 to 1802, he was stationed in Germany as an army health officer, afterwards returning to his hometown of Bruyères, where he ...
(1776–1858) * Mouill. –
Pierre Mouillefert Pierre Mouillefert was a French botanist who specialized in dendrology, the study of trees. He was professor of silviculture at ''l'École nationale d'Agriculture de Grignon'', and the present-day Arboretum de Grignon The Arboretum de Grignon ( ...
(1846–1903) * Mouterde – Paul Mouterde (1892–1972) * Moxley – George Loucks Moxley (1871–1963) * M.Peck – Morton Eaton Peck (1871–1959) * M.P.Nayar – Madhavan Parameswaran Nayar (1932–2016) * M.Prieto – María Prieto (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
2008) * M.Prins –
Marie Prins Marie Prins (born 1948, married name Marie Jordaan) is a South African botanist. Education and career Prins graduated from the University of Stellenbosch with a BSc in Botany. She completed her BSc(Hons) and MSc at the University of Preto ...
(born 1948) * M.Proctor – Michael Charles Faraday Proctor (1929–2017) * M.Q.Liang – Min Qing Liang (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1984) * M.R.Almeida – Marselein Rusario Almeida (1939–2017) * M.R.Davis – M. R. Davis (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1969) * M.R.Hend. – Murray Ross Henderson (1899–1982) * M.Roem. –
Max Joseph Roemer Max Joseph Roemer (1791, Munich – 1849) was a German botanist who worked in Weimar. Roemer served as ''Landrichter'' (country judge) in the Bavarian town of Aub before working as a private scientist in Würzburg. and is the taxonomic authority o ...
(1791–1849) * M.Roscoe – Margaret Roscoe (ca. 1786–1840) * M.R.Schomb. –
Moritz Richard Schomburgk Moritz Richard Schomburgk (5 October 1811 – 24 March 1891), generally known as Richard Schomburgk, was a German botanist and curator of the Adelaide Botanic Garden. Family Schomburgk was born in Freyburg, Saxony, the son of Johann Friedrich L ...
(1811–1891) * M.Sabu – Mamiyil Sabu (born 1959) * M.S.Baker – Milo Samuel Baker (1868–1961) * M.S.Balakr. – Madura S. Balakrishnan (1917–1990) * M.S.Br. –
Margaret Sibella Brown Margaret Sibella Brown (March 2, 1866November 16, 1961) was a Canadian amateur bryologist specializing in mosses and liverworts native to Nova Scotia. Early in her career she was involved with gathering supplies of sphagnum moss to be used as s ...
(1866–1961) * M.Schub. – Michael Schubert (1787–1860) * M.Schultze – Maximilian Johann Siegmund Schultze (1825–1874) * M.Seq. – Miguel Pinto da Silva Menezes de Sequeira (born 1964) * M.Serna – Marcela Serna-González (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
2009) * M.Serrano –
Miguel Serrano Miguel Joaquín Diego del Carmen Serrano Fernández (10 September 1917 – 28 February 2009), was a Chilean diplomat, writer, neopagan occultism, occultist, defender of a doctrine that supposedly would be true Christianity, the "Kristianism" an ...
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2017) * M.Serres – Pierre Marcel Toussaint de Serres de Mesplès (1783–1862) * M.Simmonds – Monique S.J. Simmonds (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
2003) * M.Sousa – Mario Sousa (1940–2017) * M.S.Tang – Mo Shih Tang (
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2013) * M.S.Young – Mary Sophie Young (1872–1919) * M.Taylor – Mary Ruth Fussel Jackson Taylor (born 1908) * M.T.Lange – Morten Thomsen Lange (1824–1875) * M.T.Martin – Margaret Trevena Martin (born 1905) * M.T.Mathieson –
Michael T. Mathieson Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * he He ..., a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name * Michael (bishop elect)">Michael (surname)">he He ..., a given nam ...
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2010) * M.T.Murillo – María Teresz Murillo (1929–2017) * M.T.Strong – Mark Tuthill Strong (born 1954) * Mudd –
William Mudd William Mudd (1829 - 1879) compiled the first flora of the lichens of the British Isles, in 1861. He was curator of Cambridge Botanic Garden in 1864. Personal life William Mudd was born in Bedale, Yorkshire, UK, on the Clifton Castle estate, w ...
(1830–1879) * Mudie –
Robert Mudie Robert Mudie (28 June 1777– 29 April 1842) was a British newspaper editor, journalist, and author. He wrote books on a wide range of subjects including mathematics and astronomy, English history, geography and life. He was also a keen naturali ...
(1777–1842) * Muehlenbeck – Heinrich Gustav Muehlenbeck (1798–1845) * Muehlenpf. –
Philipp August Friedrich Mühlenpfordt Philipp August Friedrich Mühlenpfordt (30 January 1803, Göttingen – 1891) was a German botanist. From 1819 he worked at "Hagenmarkt-Apotheke" (pharmacy) in Braunschweig, later studying medicine and sciences at the University of Göttingen. In ...
(1803–1891) * Muhl. –
Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg (17 November 1753 – 23 May 1815) was an American clergyman and botanist. Biography The son of Henry Muhlenberg, Heinrich Melchior Muhlenberg, he was born in Trappe, Pennsylvania, Trappe, Pennsylvania. He was ...
(1753–1815) * Muirhead –
Clara Winsome Muirhead Clara Winsome Muirhead (6 January 1916 – 7 March 1985) was a Scottish botanist and plant collector who spent most of her career at the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh and was an expert on mosses, cacti, and succulents. Life Clara Winsome M ...
(1915–1985) * Müll.Arg. –
Johannes Müller Argoviensis Johann Müller (9 May 1828 – 28 January 1896) was a Swiss botanist who was a specialist in lichens. He published under the name Johannes Müller Argoviensis to distinguish himself from other naturalists with similar names. Biography Müller ...
(1828–1896) * Müll.Dornst. – (1893–1955) * Müll.Frib. – (1881–1955) (of Freiburg) * Müll.Hal. – Johann Karl (Carl) August (Friedrich Wilhelm) Müller (1818–1899) * Müll.-Thurg. – Hermann Müller (1850–1927) * Mumm. – Klaus Mummenhoff (born 1956) * Munby –
Giles Munby Giles Munby (1813–1876) was an English botanist. His major work concerned plants in North Africa, where he lived for 15 years. Life Born at York, was the youngest son of Joseph Munby, a solicitor and under-sheriff of Yorkshire, but was orphaned ...
(1813–1876) * Münchh. –
Otto von Münchhausen Otto II. Freiherr von Münchhausen (11 June 1716 – 13 July 1774) was a German botanist. He was Chancellor of University of Göttingen and a correspondent of Carl Linnaeus, Linnaeus. He named several species of oaks by the Carl Linnaeus, Linne ...
(1716–1774) * Mund – Johannes Ludwig Leopold Mund (1791–1831) * Munn –
Mancel Thornton Munn Mancel Thornton Munn (January 31, 1887 in Plainwell, Michigan – November 16, 1956 in Arcadia, California) was a New York State botanist, an agronomist, and an expert in crop seed testing who pioneered some of the early American legislative effo ...
(1887–1956) * Muñoz –
Carlos Muñoz Pizarro Carlos Muñoz Pizarro (September 25, 1913 – May 12, 1976) was a Chilean botanist born in the city of Coquimbo and deceased on May 12, 1976 in New York City. He was well known for his studies of the Chilean flora, its conservation and as univers ...
(1913–1976) * Muñoz Garm. – (born 1949) * Munro – William Munro (1818–1880) * Munson –
Thomas Volney Munson Thomas Volney Munson (September 26, 1843 – January 21, 1913), often referred to simply as T.V. Munson, was an American horticulturist and breeder of grapes in Texas. In 1888, Munson was the second American, after Thomas Edison, to be named a ...
(1843–1913) * Munz –
Philip Alexander Munz Philip Alexander Munz (1892–1974) was an American botanist, plant taxonomist and educator who worked at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden and was a professor of botany at Pomona College, serving as dean there for three years. In 1935 Munz p ...
(1892–1974) * Murb. – Svante Samuel Murbeck (1859–1946) * Murch. –
Roderick Impey Murchison Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet (19 February 1792 – 22 October 1871) was a Scottish geologist who served as director-general of the British Geological Survey from 1855 until his death in 1871. He is noted for investigating and desc ...
(1792–1871) * Murdock – Andrew G. Murdock (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
2008) * Murith – (1742–1816) * Muroi – Hiroshi Muroi (born 1914) * Murr –
Josef Murr Josef Murr (6 June 1864, Brixen – 4 January 1932, Innsbruck) was an Austrian classical philologist and botanist. In 1887 he received his PhD from the University of Innsbruck, afterwards working as a high school instructor in several communities, ...
(1864–1932) * Murray –
Johan Andreas Murray Johan Andreas (Anders) Murray (27 January 1740 – 22 May 1791) was a Swedish physician of German descent and botanist, who published a major work on plant-derived medicines. Biography Johan Anders Murray was born in Stockholm on 27 January 1740 ...
(1740–1791) * Muschl. – Reinhold Conrad Muschler (1882–1957) * Mustaqim – Wendy A. Mustaqim (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
2019) * Mutis –
José Celestino Bruno Mutis José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...
(1732–1808) * M.V.Agab. – Mariam V. Agababjan (born 1964) * M.Vahl – (1869–1946) (not to be confused with Vahl –
Martin Vahl Martin Henrichsen Vahl (10 October 1749 – 24 December 1804) was a Denmark-Norway, Danish-Norwegian botanist, herbalist and zoologist. Biography Martin Vahl was born in Bergen, Norway and attended Bergen Cathedral School. He studied botany at ...
(1749–1804)) * M.V.Viswan. – M.Venkatesan Viswanathan (born 1942) * M.Walcott – Mary Morris Vaux Walcott (1860–1940) * M.Wallis – M. Wallis (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1866) * M.W.Chase –
Mark Wayne Chase Mark Wayne Chase (born 1951) is a US-born British botanist. He is noted for work in plant classification and evolution, and one of the instigators of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group-classification for flowering plants which is partly based on DNA ...
(born 1951) * M.Williams –
Margot Williams Margot Williams is an American investigative journalist and research editor, currently serving as the Research Editor for Investigations at ''The Intercept''. Throughout her career, she has worked at ''The Washington Post'', ''The New York Times' ...
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fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1984) * M.W.McDonald – Maurice W. McDonald (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1996) * M.Wolff – Manfred Wolff (born 1952)


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