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* Q.D.Clarkson – Quentin Deane Clarkson (born 1925) * Q.E.Yang – Qin Er Yang (born 1964) * Q.F.Wang – Guang Wan Hu (

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) * Q.R.Liu – Quan Ru Liu (born 1963) * Quehl –

Leopold Quehl Leopold Quehl (1849–1922, Halle an der Saale) was a German amateur botanist who specialized in Cactaceae. Biography Quehl was employed as a postal worker in Halle. Around 1873 he developed an interest in cacti, and subsequently amassed a large ...

(1849–1922) * Quél. –

Lucien Quélet Lucien Quélet (; 14 July 1832 – 25 August 1899) was a French natural history, naturalist and mycologist. Quélet discovered several species of fungi and was the founder of the Société mycologique de France, a society devoted to mycological ...

(1832–1899) * Quézel – Pierre Ambrunaz Quézel (1926–2015) * Quinn –

Christopher John Quinn Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρει ...

(born 1936) * Quiñones – Luz Mila Quiñones (

1995) * Quinq. – Charles-Eugène Quinquaud (1841–1894) * Quisumb. – Eduardo Quisumbíng y Argüelles (1895–1986) * Quoy –

Jean René Constant Quoy Jean René Constant Quoy (10 November 1790 in Maillé, Vendée, Maillé – 4 July 1869 in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Rochefort) was a French naval surgeon, zoologist and anatomist. In 1806, he began his medical studies at the school of naval ...

(1790–1869) * Qureshi – Rizwana Aleem Qureshi (born 1950) * Q.Wang – Qi Wang (

1989) * Q.W.Meng – Qian Wan Meng (

2008) * Q.W.Zeng – Qing Wen Zeng (1963–2012) * Q.X.Guan –

Qiu Xiang Guan Qiu may refer to: *Qiū (surname), Chinese surnames written 丘, 邱, or 秋 *Qiú (surname), Chinese surnames written 仇 or 裘 *Qiu County, in Hebei, China *Kǒng Qiū (), better known as Confucius Confucius (; pinyin: ; ; ), born Kong Qi ...

(

2014) * Q.Xu – Qing Xu (botanist) (

2014)

R

* Raab-Straube – Eckhard von Raab-Straube (

2003) * Rabeh. – David Rabehevitra (

2006) * R.A.Black – Raleigh Adelbert Black (1880–1963) * Rach – Louis Theodor Rach (1821–1859) * R.A.Clement – Rose A. Clement (c. 1953–1996) * Radcl.-Sm. – Alan Radcliffe-Smith (1938–2007) * Raddi –

Giuseppe Raddi Giuseppe Raddi (9 July 1770 in Florence, Italy – 6 September 1829 the island of Rhodes) was an Italian botanist and curator at the Museum of Natural History of Florence. He was among the first Europeans to explore and document the flora of Sout ...

(1770–1829) * Raderm. – Jacob Cornelis Matthieu Radermacher (1741–1783) * Radford – Albert Ernest Radford (1918–2006) * Radius – Justus Wilhelm Martin Radius (1797–1884) * Radlk. –

Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer (19 December 1829, in Munich – 16 February 1927, in Munich), was a Bavarian taxonomist and botanist. Radlkofer became a physician in 1854 and earned a PhD in botany at University of Jena, Jena the following yea ...

(1829–1927) * R.A.Dyer –

Robert Allen Dyer Robert Allen Dyer (21 September 1900 in Pietermaritzburg – 26 October 1987 in Johannesburg) was a South African botanist and taxonomist, working particularly on Amaryllidaceae and succulent plants, contributing to and editing of ''Bothalia'' ...

(1900–1987) * Raeusch. –

Ernst Adolf Raeuschel Ernst Adolf Raeuschel (1740–1800) was a German lichenologist, active between 1772 and 1797, specializing in bryophytes and spermatophytes. Sometimes spelled ''Rauschel''. He was the author of Nomenclator botanicus omnes plantas : ab illustr. C ...

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1772–1797) * Raf. –

Constantine Samuel Rafinesque Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (; 22 October 178318 September 1840) was a French early 19th-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France. He traveled as a young man in the United States, ult ...

(1783–1840) * Raffles – Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (1781–1826) * Rafn –

Carl Gottlob Rafn Carl Gottlob Rafn (31 July 1769 – 17 May 1808) was a Danish Enlightenment scientist and civil servant. He wrote influential papers on a broad array of basic and applied sciences. Life Rafn was born in Viborg, Denmark as the son of a judge. ...

(1769–1808) * R.A.Foster – Robert A. Foster (1938–2002) * R.A.Harper – Robert Almer Harper (1862–1946) * Rahn –

Knud Rahn Knut (Norwegian language, Norwegian and Swedish language, Swedish), Knud (Danish language, Danish), or Knútur (Icelandic language, Icelandic) is a Scandinavia, Scandinavian and German language, German first name, of which the anglicised form is ...

(1928–2013) * R.A.Howard –

Richard Alden Howard Richard Alden Howard (July 1, 1917 – September 18, 2003) was an American botanist and plant taxonomist. Howard, who served as director of Arnold Arboretum between 1954 and 1977, was known for his work in tropical biology and as author of the 6- ...

(1917–2003) * Rajakumar – T.J.S. Rajakumar (

2009) * Raim. – Rudolph Raimann (1863–1896) * R.A.Kerrigan – Raelee A. Kerrigan (

2012) * Raleigh – Ruth E. Raleigh (fl. 1994) * Ralfs –

John Ralfs John Ralfs (13 September 1807 – 14 July 1890) was an English botanist. Born in Millbrook, near Southampton, he was the second son of Samuel Ralfs, a yeoman of an old family in Hampshire. He has been commemorated in the names of many plant gro ...

(1807–1890) * Ralph Hoffm. – Ralph Hoffmann (1870–1932) * Ramamoorthy – Thennilapuram Parasuraman Ramamoorthy (born 1945) * R.A.Meissn. – Rachel A. Meissner (

2007) * Ram.Goyena – (1857–1927) * Ramond –

Louis Ramond de Carbonnières Louis François Élisabeth Ramond, baron de Carbonnières (4 January 1755 Strasbourg – 14 May 1827), was a French politician, geologist and botanist. He is regarded as one of the first explorers of the high mountains of the Pyrenees who can be d ...

(1755–1827) * Rand –

Isaac Rand Isaac Rand (1674–1743) was an English botanist and apothecary, who was a lecturer and director at the Chelsea Physic Garden. Life Isaac was probably son of James Rand, who in 1674 agreed, with thirteen other members of the Society of Apothecar ...

(1674–1743) * Randall – Roderick Peter Randall (born 1960) * Randell – Barbara Rae Randell (born 1942) * Randle – Christopher P. Randle (

2006) * Randolph –

Lowell Fitz Randolph Lowell Fitz Randolph (7 October 1894 – 28 May 1980) was an American scientist, in the field of genetics, botany and horticulture. He was a Cornell College graduate who became Professor of Botany and was also employed as an associate cytologi ...

(1894–1980) * Randrian. – Armand Randrianasolo (

1994) * Rands –

Robert Delafield Rands Robert Delafield Rands (1890–1970) was an American agronomist and mycologist. He served as chief director of Agriculture Office of Rubber Plant Investigations in the United States Department of Agriculture. Biography Rands was born in 1890. His P ...

(1890–1970) * Raoul – Etienne Fiacre Louis Raoul (1815–1852) * Rapaics – Raymund Rapaics von Rumwerth (or Ruhmwerth) (1885–1953) (forename also as Rajmond, Rajmund, or Raumund) * Rapin – Daniel Rapin (1799–1882) * R.A.Rodr. –

Roberto A. Rodríguez Roberto is an Italian, Portuguese and Spanish variation of the male given name Robert. Notable people named Roberto include: * Roberto (footballer, born 1912) * Roberto (footballer, born 1977) * Roberto (footballer, born 1978) * Roberto (footb ...

(1944–2022) * Rasm. – Rasmus Rasmussen (1871–1962) * Raspail – François Vincent Raspail (1794–1878) * Rassulova – Mukharram Rassulovna Rassulova (1926–2006) * Rataj –

Karel Rataj Karel may refer to: People * Karel (given name) * Karel (surname) * Charles Karel Bouley (born 1962), American talk radio personality known on air as Karel * Christiaan Karel Appel (1921–2006), Dutch painter and sculptor Business * Karel Elec ...

(1925–2014) * Rathbone – Damien A. Rathbone (born 1980) * Rathvon – Simon Snyder Rathvon (1812–1891) * R.A.Towns. –

Roberta Ann Townsend Roberta Ann Townsend (born 1954) is an Australian botanist, phycologist and archivist. She is also known as a plant collector under the name Roberta Ann Cowan. Life Townsend was born in 1954 in Melbourne, Victoria. She completed a BSc (hons) in ...

(born 1954) * Rattan – Volney Rattan (1840–1915) * Ratzeb. –

Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg Julius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg (16 February 1801– 24 October 1871) was a German zoology, zoologist, botany, botanist, entomology, entomologist, and forestry, forester. Biography Ratzeburg was born in Berlin, the son of a professor at th ...

(1801–1871) * Rau – Ananda R. Rao (born 1924) * Rauh –

Werner Rauh Werner Rauh (16 May 1913 in Niemegk – 7 April 2000 in Heidelberg) was a German biologist, botanist and author. Biography Born in the town of Niemegk near Bitterfeld, Rauh studied at Biology faculty at the University of Halle under the morp ...

(1913–2000) * Raunk. –

Christen C. Raunkiær Christen Christensen Raunkiær (29 March 1860 – 11 March 1938) was a Danish botanist, who was a pioneer of plant ecology. He is mainly remembered for his scheme of plant strategies to survive an unfavourable season ("life forms") and his demon ...

(1860–1938) * Raup – Hugh Miller Raup (1901–1995) * Rausch – (1928–2022) * Rauschert –

Stephan Rauschert Stephan may refer to: * Stephan, South Dakota, United States * Stephan (given name), a masculine given name * Stephan (surname), a Breton-language surname See also * Sankt-Stephan * Stefan (disambiguation) * Stephan-Oterma * Stephani * Stephe ...

(1931–1986) * Rauwolff – Leonhard (Leonhart) Rauwolf(f) (1535–1596) * Raven – John Earle Raven (1914–1980) * Ravenna –

Pierfelice Ravenna Pierfelice (Pedro Félix, Pierre Félice) Ravenna (1938–2022) was a Chilean botanist of Italian Jewish origin. His research interests were mainly in the field of South American Amaryllidaceae, Alstromeriaceae and Iridaceae. Selected publica ...

(1938–2022) * Ravi –

N. Ravi Narasimhan Ravi is an Indian journalist and the current director of Kasturi & Sons Ltd. He served as the editor-in-chief of ''The Hindu'' from 1991 to 2003 and then again took over the position in October 2013. Early life and education Ravi ...

() * Rawé – Rolf Rawé (born 1938) * R.A.W.Herrm. – Rudolf Albert Wolfgang Herrmann (born 1885) * R.A.White – Richard Alan White (born 1935) * Rawitscher – (1890–1957) * Rawson – Rawson W. Rawson (1812–1899) * Ray –

John Ray John Ray Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (November 29, 1627 – January 17, 1705) was a Christian England, English Natural history, naturalist widely regarded as one of the earliest of the English parson-naturalists. Until 1670, he wrote his ...

(1627–1705) * Raym.-Hamet – Raymond-Hamet, also Raymond Hamet (1890–1972) * Raymond – Louis-Florent-Marcel Raymond (1915–1972) * Raynaud – Christian Raynaud (1939–1993) * Rayner – John Frederick Rayner (1854–1947) * Rayss –

Tscharna Rayss Tscharna Rayss (; 1890-1965) was a Russian-Israeli botanist, phycologist, and mycologist Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their taxonomy, genetics, biochemical properties, and use by humans. Fungi ...

(1890–1965) * Razaf. – Alfred Razafindratsira (

1987) * Razafim. – Sylvain G. Razafimandimbison (

1999) * Razi – Basheer Ahmed Razi (1916–1999) * R.Baron – Richard Baron (1847–1907) * R.B.Clark – Robert Brown Clark (1914–2005) * R.Bernal –

Rodrigo Bernal Rodrigo Bernal González (born June 6, 1959 in Medellín) is a Colombian botanist who specialises in the palm family. Bernal was a faculty member at the Institute of Natural Sciences, National University of Colombia until 2007. He received his ...

(born 1959) * R.Bustam. – Rene Alfred Anton Bustamante (born 1979) * R.B.Pike – Radcliffe Barnes Pike (1903–1979) * R.Br. –

Robert Brown Robert Brown may refer to: Robert Brown (born 1965), British Director, Animator and author Entertainers and artists * Washboard Sam or Robert Brown (1910–1966), American musician and singer * Robert W. Brown (1917–2009), American printmaker ...

(1773–1858) * R.Braga – Ruby Braga (

1964) * R.Br.bis –

(1820–1906) * R.Br.ter –

(1842–1895) * R.B.Singer – Rodrigo Bustos Singer (born 1970) * R.B.Thomson – Robert Boyd Thomson (1870–1947) * R.Butcher – Ryonen Butcher (born 1972) * R.B.Wallis – Robert B. Wallis (

2002) * R.Carbajal – Rodrigo Carbajal (

2017) * R.C.Clark – Ross C. Clark (born 1940) * R.C.Foster – Robert Crichton Foster (1904–1986) * R.C.Gaur – R.C. Gaur (born 1933) * R.Chan – Raymund Chan (born 1965) * Rchb. –

Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (8 January 1793 – 17 March 1879) was a German botanist, ornithologist and illustrator. It was he who first requested Leopold Blaschka to make a set of glass marine invertebrate models for scientific educatio ...

(1793–1879) * Rchb.f. –

Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (Dresden, 3 January 1823 – Hamburg, 6 May 1889) was a botanist and the foremost Germany, German orchidologist of the 19th century. His father Ludwig Reichenbach, Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (author of ''Ico ...

(1824–1889) * R.C.Jacks. – Raymond Carl Jackson (1928–2008) * R.C.K.Chung – Richard Cheng Kong Chung (

1996) * R.Clark – Ruth Clark (born 1975) * R.C.Moran – Robbin C. Moran (born 1956) * R.C.Nash – R.C.Nash (

1976) * R.C.Palmer – Richard Charles Palmer (1935–2005) * R.C.Schneid. – Richard Conrad Schneider (born 1890) * R.C.Sinclair – Robert C. Sinclair (

1979) * R.Cunn. – Richard Cunningham (1793–1835) * R.Dahlgren – Rolf Martin Theodor Dahlgren (1932–1987) * R.D.Edwards – Robert David Edwards (born 1981) * R.D.Good –

Ronald D'Oyley Good Ronald D'Oyley Good (5 March 1896 – 11 December 1992) was a British Botany, botanist notable for his Phytochorion, floristic regionalization. Good was born in Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester. He studied botany at Downing College, Cambridge, ...

(1896–1992) * R.Doll – Reinhard Doll (born 1941) * R.D.Spencer –

Roger David Spencer Roger David Spencer (born 6 October 1945) is a British-Australian horticultural botanist who was born at Alfreton, Derbyshire. He has an honours degree in botany from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, a master's degree and doctorate fr ...

(born 1945) * R.D.Thomas – Roy Dale Thomas (1936–2022) * Reader – Felix Reader (1850–1911) * Reboul – Eugène de Reboul (1781–1851) * R.E.Brooks – Ralph Edward Brooks (born 1950) * R.E.Buchanan — Robert Earle Buchanan (1883–1973) * Rebut –

Pierre Rebut Pierre Rebut (1827-1902) was a French botanist who specialized in cacti. The genus ''Rebutia'' is named after him. He was born in France in the year 1827 and died in the year 1902. He was awarded a gold medal by the Côte-d'Or Society of Horticul ...

(1827–1902) * Rech. – Karl Rechinger (1867–1952) * Rech.f. –

Karl Heinz Rechinger Karl Heinz Rechinger (16 October 1906, Vienna – 30 December 1998, Vienna) was an Austrian botanist and phytogeographer. Life Karl Heinz Rechinger was born in Vienna on 16 October 1906. He was the son of Dr Karl Rechinger, then assistant at ...

(1906–1998) * R.E.Clausen – Roy Elwood Clausen (1891–1956) * R.E.Cleland –

Ralph Erskine Cleland Ralph Erskine Cleland (20 October 1892 – 11 June 1971) was an American botanist. In 1947, he was the President of the Botanical Society of America. He was also a professor at the Department of Botany at Indiana University. Cleland's most semina ...

(1892–1971) * R.E.Cook – Rachel E. Cook (

2004) * Record –

Samuel James Record Samuel James Record (10 March 1881 – 3 February 1945) was an American botanist who played a prominent role in the study of wood. Born at Crawfordsville, Indiana, Crawfordsville, Indiana, Record graduated from Wabash College in 1903 and rec ...

(1881–1945) * R.E.Daniels – Roger Edward Daniels (born 1943) * R.E.D.Baker – Richard Eric Defoe Baker (1908–1954) * Redf. – Paul Leslie Redfearn (1926–2018) * Redfield –

John Howard Redfield John Howard Redfield (July 10, 1815 – February 27, 1895) was an American botanist, conchologist, and businessman. He was a founder of the Botany section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and his chief botanical works include " ...

(1815–1895) * Redouté –

Pierre-Joseph Redouté Pierre-Joseph Redouté (, 10 July 1759 – 19 June 1840), was a Painting, painter and botanist from the Austrian Netherlands, known for his watercolours of roses, lily, lilies and other flowers at the Château de Malmaison, many of which we ...

(1759–1840) * Reeder – John Raymond Reeder (1914–2009) * Rees –

Abraham Rees Abraham Rees (1743 – 9 June 1825) was a Welsh nonconformist minister, and compiler of '' Rees's Cyclopædia'' (in 45 volumes). Life He was the second son of Esther, daughter of Abraham Penry, and her husband Lewis Rees, and was born i ...

(1743–1825) * R.E.Fr. –

Robert Elias Fries (Klas) Robert Elias Fries (11 July 1876, Uppsala – 29 January 1966, Stockholm), the youngest son of Theodor Magnus Fries (1832–1913) and grandson of Elias Magnus Fries (1794–1878) and an expert on mushrooms. A Swedish botanist who was a m ...

(1876–1966) * Regel –

Eduard August von Regel Eduard Model Accessories is a Czech manufacturer of plastic models and finescale model accessories. History Formed in 1989 in the city of Most, Eduard began in a rented cellar as a manufacturer of photoetched brass model components. Fol ...

(1815–1892) * Rehder –

Alfred Rehder Alfred Rehder (4 September 1863 in Waldenburg, Saxony – 25 July 1949 in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts) was a German-American botanical taxonomist and dendrologist who worked at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. He is generally re ...

(1863–1949) * Rehmann –

Anton Rehmann Antoni Rehman aka Anton Rehman (13 May 1840 Kraków – 13 January 1917 Lwow, Galicia) was a Polish geographer, geomorphologist, botanist and explorer. He published mostly in German journals in Austria and is regarded as an Austrian botanist, as ...

(1840–1917) * Reichard –

Johann Jacob Reichard Johann Jacob Reichard (7 August 1743 in Frankfurt – 21 January 1782 in Frankfurt) was a German physician and botanist. He studied medicine, philosophy and natural sciences at the University of Göttingen, receiving his doctorate in 1768. While w ...

(1743–1782) * Reichardt – (1835–1885) * Reiche –

Karl Friedrich Reiche Karl Friedrich Reiche (, October 31, 1860 – February 26, 1929) was a German botanist who worked as a university professor in Chile and Mexico. Life Reiche was born in Dresden and earned his doctorate in 1885 in Leipzig. He worked as a profe ...

(1860–1929) * Reichert – Israel G. Reichert (1889–1975) * Reichst. – Tadeus Reichstein (1897–1996) * Reider – Jakob Ernst von Reider (1784–1853) * Reimers – Hermann Johann O. Reimers (1893–1961) * Reinh. –

Otto Wilhelm Hermann Reinhardt Otto Wilhelm Hermann Reinhardt (1838 in Potsdam – 1924 in Berlin) was a German botanist and conchologist. He was a teacher at a trade school in Berlin. Reinhardt was a friend of Paul Friedrich August Ascherson and co-founder of the botanical soc ...

(1838–1924) * Reinke –

Johannes Reinke Johannes Reinke (February 3, 1849 – February 25, 1931) was a German botanist and philosopher, born in Ziethen, Lauenburg. He is remembered for his research of benthic marine algae. Academic background Reinke studied botany with his father ...

(1849–1931) * Reinsch – Paul Friedrich Reinsch (1836–1914) * Reinw. –

Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (5 June 1773 in Lüttringhausen – 6 March 1854 in Leiden) was a Germans, Prussian-born Netherlands, Dutch botanist. He is considered to be the founding father of Bogor Botanical Garden in Indonesia. Biography ...

(1773–1854) * Reiss – Frederick Reiss (

1968) * Reissek –

Siegfried Reisseck Siegfried Reissek (11 April 1819 in Teschen – 9 November 1871 in Vienna) was an Austrian naturalist and botanist who specialized in spermatophytes. He is known for his studies involving plant anatomy and histology. From 1837 to 1841 he was ...

(1819–1871) * Reitter –

Johann Daniel von Reitter Johann Daniel von Reitter (21 October 1759 – 6 February 1811) was a German forester, hunter, educator, and botanist who worked in the court of the rulers of Württemberg. Reitter was born in Böblingen Böblingen (; ) is a town in Baden-Wü ...

(1759–1811) * R.E.Kunze – Richard Ernest Kunze (1838–1919) * R.E.Lee –

Robert Edwin Lee Robert Edwin Lee (October 15, 1918 – July 8, 1994) was an American playwright and lyricist. In the early years of World War II, Lee partnered with Jerome Lawrence to create Armed Forces Radio while serving together in the U.S. Army.

(born 1911) * R.Emers. – Ralph Emerson (1912–1979) * Renault – Bernard Renault (1836–1904) * Rendle –

Alfred Barton Rendle Alfred Barton Rendle FRS (19 January 1865 – 11 January 1938) was an English botanist. Rendle was born in Lewisham to John Samuel and Jane Wilson Rendle. He was educated in Lewisham where he first became interested in plants, St Olave's G ...

(1865–1938) * Renvoize – Stephen Andrew Renvoize (born 1944) * Renz – Jany Renz (1907–1999) * Req. –

Esprit Requien Esprit Requien (6 May 1788, Avignon – 30 May 1851, Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud) was a French naturalist, who made contributions in the fields of conchology, paleontology and especially botany. From the age of 18, he was associated with the bo ...

(1788–1851) * R.E.Schult. –

Richard Evans Schultes Richard Evans Schultes (''SHULL-tees'';Jonathan Kandell ''The New York Times'', April 13, 2001, Accessed April 26, 2020. January 12, 1915 – April 10, 2001) was an American biologist, considered to be the father of modern ethnobotany. He is kno ...

(1915–2001) * R.Escobar – Rodrigo Escobar (1935–2009) * Resv.-Holms. – Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen (1873–1943) * Resvoll –

Thekla Resvoll Thekla Susanne Ragnhild Resvoll (22 May 1871 – 14 June 1948) was a Norwegian botanist and educator. She was a pioneer in Norwegian natural history education and nature conservation together with her sister, Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen. Biography ...

(1871–1948) * Retz. –

Anders Johan Retzius Anders Jahan Retzius (3 October 1742 – 6 October 1821) was a Swedish chemist, botanist and entomologist. Biography Born in Kristianstad, he matriculated at Lund University in 1758, where he graduated as a filosofie magister in 1766. He also ...

(1742–1821) * Reut. –

George François Reuter George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorg ...

(1805–1872) * R.E.Vaughan –

Reginald Edward Vaughan Reginald Edward Vaughan Order of the British Empire, OBE Royal Institute of Chemistry, FRIC (27 October 1895 – 29 April 1987) was a British botanist who lived and worked in Mauritius from 1923. Biography Vaughan was born in Wooburn, Buckingham ...

(1875–1987) * Reveal –

James Lauritz Reveal James Lauritz Reveal (March 29, 1941 – January 9, 2015) was a U.S. botanist best known for his contributions to the genus ''Eriogonum'' and for his work on suprageneric names. His website, at PlantSystematics.org, also presents material on plant ...

(1941–2015) * Reyneke – (born 1945) * Reynel – Carlos Reynel (

1995) * Reynolds – Gilbert Reynolds (1895–1967) * Reznicek – Anton Albert Reznicek (born 1950) * R.Fern. –

Rosette Batarda Fernandes Rosette Mercedes Saraiva Batarda (1 October 1916 in Redondo, Alentejo – 28 May 2005) was a Portuguese botanist and taxonomist who was married to Abílio Fernandes (1906–1994), another Portuguese botanist and taxonomist. Career She enrolled ...

(1916–2005) * R.F.Martin – Robert Franklin Martin (born 1910) * R.G.Garcia – Ricardo G. García (

1992) * R.H.Anderson – Robert Henry Anderson (1899–1969) * R.H.Archer – Robert H. Archer (born 1965) * R.Harkn. – Robert Harkness (1816–1878) * R.Hartig – Heinrich Julius Adolph Robert Hartig (1839–1901) * R.Hedw. –

Romanus Adolf Hedwig Romanus Adolf Hedwig (1772 – 1806), sometimes styled as Romano Adolpho Hedwigio or simply R.A.H., was a German botanist best known for his studies into pteridophytes, spermatophytes, mycology, and bryology. He is the son of notable bryologist Jo ...

(1772–1806) * Rheede – Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Drakenstein (1636–1691) * R.H.Jones – Rodney H. Jones (born 1951) * R.H.Miao – Ru Huai Miao (born 1943) * Rhode – Johann Gottlieb Rhode (1762–1827) * R.Hoffm. – Reinhold Hoffmann (born 1885) * R.Hogg – Robert Hogg (1818–1897) * R.H.Petersen – Ronald H. Petersen (born 1934) * R.H.Roberts – Richard Henry Roberts (1910–2003) * R.H.Schomb. –

Robert Hermann Schomburgk Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk (5 June 1804 – 11 March 1865) was a Holy Roman Empire-born explorer for Great Britain who carried out geographical, ethnological and botanical studies in South America and the West Indies, and also fulfilled diplo ...

(1804–1865) * R.H.Wallace – R. H. Wallace (

1955) * Riccob. – Vincenzo Riccobono (1861–1943) * Rich. – Louis Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821) * Richardson – John Richardson (1787–1865) * Richens – Richard Hook Richens (1919–1984) * Richerson – Peter James Richerson (born 1943) * Ricken – Adalbert Ricken (1851–1921) * Ricker –

Percy Leroy Ricker The English surname Percy is of Norman origin, coming from Normandy to England, United Kingdom. It was from the House of Percy, Norman lords of Northumberland, and derives from the village of Percy-en-Auge in Normandy. From there, it came into ...

(1878–1973) * Ricketson – Jon M. Ricketson (

1997) * Riddell –

John Leonard Riddell John Leonard Riddell (February 20, 1807 – October 7, 1865) was a science lecturer, botanist, geologist, medical doctor, chemist, microscopist, numismatist, politician, and science fiction author in the United States. He was born in Leyden, Massa ...

(1807–1865) * Riddle – Lincoln Ware Riddle (1880–1921) * Ridl. –

Henry Nicholas Ridley Henry Nicholas Ridley CMG (1911), MA (Oxon), FRS, FLS, F.R.H.S. (10 December 1855 – 24 October 1956) was an English botanist, geologist and naturalist who lived much of his life in Singapore. He was instrumental in promoting rubber trees i ...

(1855–1956) * Ridsdale –

Colin Ernest Ridsdale Colin may refer to: * Colin (given name) * Colin (surname) * ''Colin'' (film), a 2008 Cannes film festival zombie movie * Colin (horse) (1905–1932), Thoroughbred racehorse * Colin (humpback whale), a humpback whale calf abandoned north of Sydney, ...

(1944–2017) * Riedel –

Ludwig Riedel Ludwig Riedel (2 March 1790, Berlin, Germany – 6 August 1861, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was a German botanist. Riedel described relatively few species himself, but collected hundreds of new species, many named after him. The genus '' Riedelia'' (E ...

(1790–1861) * Rieder – Conly Leroy Rieder (born 1950) * Riedl – Harald Udo von Riedl (born 1936) * Rigg – George Burton Rigg (1872–1961) * Rigoni – Victor A. Rigoni (

1958) * Říha – Jan Říha (1947–2022) * Rink – Hinrich (Henrik) Johannes Rink (1819–1893) * Riocreux – Alfred Riocreux (1820–1912) * Ripková – Soňa Ripková (fl. 2004) * Risso –

Antoine Risso Giuseppe Antonio Risso (8 April 1777 – 25 August 1845), called Antoine Risso, was a naturalist from Nice. Risso was born in the city of Nice in the Duchy of Savoy, and studied under Giovanni Battista Balbis. He published ' (1810), ' (1826) an ...

(1777–1845) * Ritgen –

Ferdinand August Maria Franz von Ritgen Ferdinand August Maria Franz von Ritgen (11 October 1787 – 14 April 1867) was a German obstetrician and naturalist born in the Westphalian village of Wulfen (now part of Dorsten). He is remembered for instruction in the field of midwifery. H ...

(1787–1867) * Ritter – Karl Ritter (1800–) * Riv. –

Augustus Quirinus Rivinus Augustus Quirinus Rivinus (9 December 1652 – 20 December 1723) is the professional name of August Bachmann or A. Q. Bachmann (Rivinus from '' rīvus'' latinizing the German '' Bach'') who was a German physician and botanist who helped to devel ...

(also as August Bachmann) (1652–1723) * Rivadavia –

Fernando Rivadavia Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, and former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa and Asia (like the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka). It is e ...

(

2003) * Rivas Mart. – (1935–2020) * Rivière –

Marie Auguste Rivière Marie may refer to the following. People Given name * Marie (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** List of people named Marie * Marie (Japanese given name) Surname * Jean Gabriel-Marie, French compose ...

(1821–1877) * Rix – Edward Martyn Rix (born 1943) * Rizzini –

Carlos Toledo Rizzini Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhere ...

(born 1921) * R.J.Bates –

Robert John Bates Robert J. "Rob" Bates (born 1946) is an Australian botanist, plant collector, and illustrator. Biography Bates grew up in Mylor, South Australia, and has been living in Fairview Park, Adelaide for more than 40 years. Professionally, Bates ...

(born 1946) * R.J.Bayer – Randall James Bayer (born 1955) * R.J.Carp. – Raymond J. Carpenter (

2008) * R.J.D.Graham –

Robert James Douglas Graham Robert James Douglas Graham FRSE (1884–1950) was a Scottish botanist. Life He was born on 20 July 1884 in Perth, the son of Dr John Thomas Graham. His family lived at 4 Athole Crescent in Perth. He was educated at Perth Academy then attended ...

(1884–1950) * R.J.Eaton – Richard Jefferson Eaton (1890–1976) * R.J.F.Hend. –

Rodney John Francis Henderson Rodney John Francis Henderson (15 January 1938 – 9 March 2025) was an Australian botanist, who specialised in taxonomy. He worked for more than 48 years for the Queensland Public Service, 41 of those years at the Queensland Herbarium until his ...

(born 1938) * R.J.McKenzie – Robert J. McKenzie (

2006) * R.J.Moore –

Raymond John Moore Raymond John Moore (1918–1988) was a Canadian botanist best known for his researches into ''Buddleja'' hybridization at the Blandy Experimental Farm in Boyce, Virginia, USA,Moore, R. J. (1949). ''Am. J. Bot.'' 36, p.513. 1949. and lat ...

(1918–1988) * R.J.Roberts – Ronald John Roberts (born 1941) * R.J.Scheff. – R. J. Scheffer (

1984) * R.J.Wang – Rui Jiang Wang (

1999) * R.Keller – Robert Keller (1854–1939) * R.K.Godfrey – (1911–2000) * R.Kiesling – Roberto Kiesling (born 1941) * R.King – Robert King (

1879) * R.K.Jansen – Robert K. Jansen (born 1954) * R.Klebs – (1850–1911) * R.Knuth –

Reinhard Gustav Paul Knuth Reinhard Gustav Paul Knuth (1874–1957) was a German taxonomist, botanist and pteridologist responsible for "''Initia florae venezuelensis''" in 1928, and numerous contributions to Adolf Engler's "''Das Pflanzenreich''" on Geraniaceae, Oxalidac ...

(1874–1957) * R.K.S.Lee – Robert Kui Sung Lee (born 1931) * R.L.Barrett – Russell Lindsay Barrett (born 1977) * R.Lesson –

René Primevère Lesson René (''Born again (Christianity), born again'' or ''reborn'' in French language, French) is a common given name, first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus. René is th ...

(1794–1849) * R.L.Giles – Robyn L. Giles (

2008) * R.Mason –

Ruth Mason Ruth Mason (7 November 1913 – 14 May 1990) was a New Zealand Botany, botanist specialising in the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and ecology of freshwater plants. She was employed at the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research ...

(1913–1990) * R.M.Barker – Robyn Mary Barker (born 1948) * R.M.Beauch. – Ruble Mitchel Beauchamp (born 1946) * R.M.Fonseca – Rosa María Fonseca (

2005) * R.M.Fritsch – Reinhard Michael Fritsch (born 1944) * R.M.Harper – Roland McMillan Harper (1878–1966) * R.Millar – Richard Millar (died 1833) * R.M.Johnst. – Robert Mackenzie Johnston (1844–1918) * R.M.King –

Robert Merrill King The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, reno ...

(1930–2007) * R.M.K.Saunders –

Richard M.K. Saunders Richard M. K. Saunders (born 1964) is a botanist. Work Among other subjects, his work has focused on the systematics and evolution of Annonaceae, a family of flowering plants. Legacy He is the authority for the following taxa In bio ...

(born 1964) * R.Morales – Ramón Morales Valverde (born 1950) * R.Morgan – Robert Morgan (1863–1900) * R.Morris – Richard Morris (fl. 1820–1830) * R.M.Patrick –

Ruth Patrick Ruth Myrtle Patrick (November 26, 1907 – September 23, 2013) was an American botanist and limnologist specializing in diatoms and freshwater ecology. She authored more than 200 scientific papers, developed ways to measure the health of freshwa ...

(1907–2013) * R.M.Schust. – (1921–2012) * R.M.Sm. –

Rosemary Margaret Smith Rosemary Margaret Smith (1933–2004) was a Scottish botanist and illustrator who specialized in the taxonomy of the Zingiberaceae, or ginger family. Many of the species she classified and identified as being placed into improper genera were fou ...

(1933–2004) * R.M.Tryon – Rolla Milton Tryon, Jr. (1916–2001) * R.N.R.Br. –

Robert Neal Rudmose-Brown Robert Neal Rudmose-Brown (13 September 1879 – 27 January 1957) was a Scottish academic botany, botanist and polar region, polar exploration, explorer. Early life Rudmose-Brown was born on 13 September 1879, the younger son of an Arctic enth ...

(1879–1957) * Rob. – William Robinson (1838–1935) * Robatsch – Karl Robatsch (1929–2001) * Robbertse – (born 1932) * Robbr. –

Elmar Robbrecht Elmar may refer to: * Elmar (given name) * Elmar (lens), Leitz Elmar, photographic lens * N. V. Elmar, Power companies of Aruba {{Disambiguation ...

(born 1946) * Roberg – Lars Roberg (1664–1742) * Robert – Gaspard Nicolas Robert (1776–1857) * Robertson – David Robertson (1806–1896) * Roberty – (1907–1971) * Robyns –

Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns (1901-1986), known as Walter Robyns, was a Belgian botanist. His son, André Robyns (1935–2003), was also a botanist. Biography He received his doctorate in sciences at the University of Louvain.

(1901–1986) * Rochebr. –

Alphonse Trémeau de Rochebrune Alphonse Amédée Trémeau de Rochebrune was a French botanist, malacologist and a zoologist. He was born on 18 September 1836 in Saint-Savin, and died on 23 April 1912 in Paris. Biography The son of a curator of the Museum of Angoulême, he bec ...

(1834–1912) * Rochel – Anton Rochel (1770–1847) * Rock –

Joseph Rock Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1884 – 1962) was an Austrian-American botanist, List of explorers, explorer, geographer, linguistics, linguist, ethnographer and photographer. Life Josef Franz Karl Rock was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of a s ...

(1884–1962) * Rockley – Alicia Margaret Amherst Cecil Rockley (1865–1941) * R.O.Cunn. –

Robert Oliver Cunningham Robert Oliver Cunningham (27 March 1841 – 14 July 1918) was a Scottish naturalist. Birth and early life Cunningham was born on 27 March 1841, in Prestonpans, the second son of the Rev. William Bruce Cunningham (1806–78), Free Church of Scot ...

(1841–1918) * Rodd – Anthony N. Rodd (born 1940) * Rodin – Hippolyte Rodin (1829–1886) * Rodion. – (1913–2014) * Rodr. – José Demetrio Rodríguez (1780–1846) * Rodrigo – América del Pilar Rodrigo (

1938–1941) * Rodway –

Leonard Rodway Leonard Rodway (5 October 1853 – 9 March 1936) was an English-born Australian dentist and botanist. Early life Rodway was born in Torquay Devon, England, the thirteenth child of Henry Barron Rodway, a dentist and inventor of the Rodway life b ...

(1853–1936) * Roem. –

Johann Jacob Roemer Johann Jacob Roemer (8 January 1763, Zürich – 15 January 1819) was a Swiss physician and professor of botany in Zürich, Switzerland. He was also an entomologist. With Austrian botanist Joseph August Schultes, he published the 16th edition of ...

(1763–1819) * Roezl –

Benedikt Roezl Benedikt Roezl (13 August 1824, Horoměřice – 14 October 1885, Prague) was a traveller, gardener and botanist (sometimes Benedict or Benito Roezl as called by the Indians). Probably the most famous collector of orchids of his time. Despite th ...

(1824–1885) * Roffavier – Georges Roffavier (1775–1866) * Rogerson – Clark Thomas Rogerson (1918–2001) * Rogow. – Athanasi Semenovich Rogowicz (1812–1878) * Rohde – Michael Rohde (1782–1812) * Röhl. – Johann Christoph Röhling (1757–1813) * Rohr – Julius Philip Benjamin von Rohr (1737–1793) * Rohrb. – Paul Rohrbach (1846–1871) * Rohwer –

Jens Gunter Rohwer Jens may refer to: * Jens (given name), a list of people with the name * Jens (surname), a list of people * Jens, Switzerland, a municipality * 1719 Jens, an asteroid See also

* Jensen (disambiguation) * Jenssi {{disambiguation ...

(born 1958) * Roiv. – (1900–1983) * Rojas – Teodoro Rojas (1877–1954) * Rojas Acosta – Nicolás Rojas Acosta (1873–1946) * Rolfe –

Robert Allen Rolfe Robert Allen Rolfe (1855, Wilford, Nottinghamshire – 1921, Richmond, London, Richmond, Surrey) was an English botanist specialising in the study of orchids. For a time he worked in the gardens at Welbeck Abbey. He entered Kew in 1879 and became ...

(1855–1921) * Rolland –

Léon Louis Rolland Léon Louis Rolland (10 December 1841 – 11 June 1912) was a French mycologist. Early life Rolland, whose father was an engineer and director of the Coal mining, coal mines in the region, began his secondary education at the lycée (high scho ...

(1841–1912) * Rollim – Isis Rollim (

2020) * Rollins –

Reed Clark Rollins Reed Clark Rollins (7 December 191128 April 1998) was an American botanist, professor at Harvard University and one of the founders of both the International Association for Plant TaxonomyCowan, R. S. and Stafleu, F. A. (1982) "The origin and earl ...

(1911–1998) * Romagn. –

Henri Romagnesi Henri Charles Louis Romagnesi (7 February 1912 – 18 January 1999) was a French mycologist who was notable for a thorough review and monograph of the agaric genus ''Entoloma'' (or ''Rhodophyllus'' as it was known in the early 20th century), as w ...

(1912–1999) * Romans –

Bernard Romans Bernard Romans ( 1720–1784) was a Dutch-born navigator, surveyor, cartographer, naturalist, engineer, soldier, promoter, and writer who worked in the British American colonies and the United States. His best known work, ''A Concise Natural History ...

(c. 1720–1784) * Rondelet –

Guillaume Rondelet Guillaume Rondelet (27 September 150730 July 1566), also known as Rondeletus/Rondeletius, was Regius professor of medicine at the University of Montpellier in southern France and Chancellor of the University between 1556 and his death in 1566. He ...

(1507–1566) * Ronse Decr. – Louise-Philippe Ronse Decraene (born 1962) * Rooke –

Hayman Rooke Major Hayman Rooke (1723–1806) was an English antiquarian and British Army soldier who discovered the Major Oak tree in Sherwood Forest and two Roman Villas near Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire. The Major Oak is named after him. Bio ...

(1723–1806) * Rönn – Hans Ludwig Karl Rönn (1886–) * Roque – (

1997) * Rosatti –

Thomas James Rosatti Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

(born 1951) * Roscoe –

William Roscoe William Roscoe (8 March 175330 June 1831) was an English banker, lawyer, and briefly a Member of Parliament. He is best known as one of England's first abolitionists, and as the author of the poem for children '' The Butterfly's Ball, and th ...

(1753–1831) * Rose –

Joseph Nelson Rose Joseph Nelson Rose (January 11, 1862 – May 4, 1928) was an American botanist. He was born in Union County, Indiana. His father died serving during the Civil War when Joseph Rose was a young boy. He later graduated from high school in Liberty, ...

(1862–1928) * Rosell. – Ferdinando Rosellini (1817–1873) * Rosend. –

Carl Otto Rosendahl Carl Otto Rosendahl (1875–1956) was a botanist, whose areas of interest were mycology and spermatophytes. He both preceded and succeeded James Arthur Harris (1880–1930) as Head of the Department of Botany at the University of Minnesota. Arth ...

(1875–1956) * Roseng. –

Bernardo Rosengurtt Bernardo Rosengurtt Gurvich (1916–1985) was a Uruguayan Uruguayans () are people identified with the country of Uruguay, through citizenship or descent. Uruguay is home to people of different ethnic origins. As a result, many Uruguayans do ...

(1916–1985) * Rosenstein (also N.Rosén) –

Nils Rosén von Rosenstein Nils Rosén von Rosenstein (11 February 1706 – 16 July 1773) was a Swedish physician. He is considered the founder of modern pediatrics, while his work ''The diseases of children, and their remedies'' is considered to be "the first modern textb ...

(1706–1773) * Rosentr. – Roger Rosentreter (born 1951) * Rosenv. –

Janus Lauritz Andreas Kolderup Rosenvinge Janus Lauritz Andreas Kolderup-Rosenvinge (10 May 1792 – 4 August 1850) was a Danish jurist and a leading historian of Danish law. He taught at the University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen (, KU) is a public university, publi ...

(1858–1939) * Roshev. – Roman Julievich Roshevitz (1882–1949) * Ross – John Ross (1777–1856) * Rossi – Pietro Rossi (1738–1804) * Rossm. – Emil Adolf (Adolph) Rossmässler (1806–1867) * Rostaf. –

Józef Thomasz Rostafiński Józef is a Polish variant of the masculine given name Joseph. Art * Józef Chełmoński (1849-1914), Polish painter * Józef Gosławski (1908-1963), Polish sculptor Clergy * Józef Glemp (1929-2013), Polish cardinal * Józef Kowalski (19 ...

(1850–1928) * Rostk. – Friedrich Wilhelm Gottlieb Theophil Rostkovius (1770–1848) * Rostr. – Frederik Georg Emil Rostrup (1831–1907) * Rota – (1819–1855) * Roth –

Albrecht Wilhelm Roth Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (6 January 1757 – 16 October 1834) was a physician and botanist born in Dötlingen, Germany. He studied medicine at the Universities of University of Halle, Halle and University of Erlangen, Erlangen, where he received his ...

(1757–1834) * Rothm. –

Werner Hugo Paul Rothmaler Werner Walter Hugo Paul Rothmaler (born 20 August 1908 in Sangerhausen, died 13 April 1962 in Leipzig) was a German botanist and from 1953 until 1962 head of the Institute for Agricultural Biology of the University of Greifswald. His areas of exper ...

(1908–1962) * Rothman –

Göran Rothman Göran Rothman (30 November 1739 – 3 December 1778) was a Swedish physician, naturalist and translator, remembered as an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. Trained at Uppsala during the final flowering of the Linnaean school, he combined medical pract ...

(1739–1778) * Rothr. – Joseph Trimble Rothrock (1839–1922) * Rothsch. – (1838–1900) * Rot Schreck. – Friedrich Rot von Schreckenstein (1753–1808) * Rottb. –

Christen Friis Rottbøll Christen Friis Rottbøll (3 March 1727, at Hørbygård, Denmark – 15 June 1797, in Copenhagen) was a Danish physician and botanist: He was a pupil of Carolus Linnaeus. Early life Rottbøll was born on the Hørbygaard estate at Holbæk, the ...

(1727–1797) * Rottler – Johan Peter Rottler (1749–1836) * Roubaud –

Émile Roubaud Émile Roubaud (2 March 1882 in Paris – 30 September 1962 in Paris) was a French biologist and entomologist known for his work on paludism, yellow fever and sleeping sickness. Biography In 1906-08 he worked in the French Congo, where he ...

(1882–1962) * Roupell – Arabella Elizabeth Roupell (1817–1914) * Rourke –

John Patrick Rourke John Patrick Rourke FMLS (born 26 March 1942 in Cape Town) is a South African botanist, who worked at the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden and became curator of the Compton Herbarium. He is a specialist in the flora of the Cape Floristic ...

(born 1942) * Roush – Eva Myrtelle Roush (1886–1954) * Rousseau –

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau (, ; ; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Republic of Geneva, Genevan philosopher (''philosophes, philosophe''), writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment through ...

(1712–1778) * Roussel –

Henri François Anne de Roussel Henri François Anne de Roussel (11 July 1748 in Saint-Bômer-les-Forges – 17 February 1812 in Caen) was a French naturalist. He studied humanities and philosophy at the University of Caen, obtaining the rank of "maître ès-arts" in 1767. Af ...

(1747–1812) * Roux –

Jacques Roux Jacques Roux (; 21 August 1752 – 10 February 1794) was a radical Roman Catholic Red priest who took an active role in politics during the French Revolution. He skillfully expounded the ideals of popular democracy and classless society to cro ...

(1773–1822) * Rouy –

Georges Rouy Georges Rouy (2 December 1851, Paris – 25 December 1924, Asnières-sur-Seine) was a French botanist who was among the first to identify infraspecific (i.e., below the level of species) taxa, including: subspecies, varieties, and forms. Publish ...

(1851–1924) * R.O.Williams – Robert Orchard Williams (1891–1967) * Rowland – Verner Hawsbrook Rowland (born 1883) * Rowntree – Lester Gertrude Ellen Rowntree (1879–1979) * Roxb. –

William Roxburgh William Roxburgh FRSE FRCPE Linnean Society of London, FLS (3/29 June 1751 – 18 February 1815) was a Scottish people, Scottish surgeon and botanist who worked extensively in India, describing species and working on economic botany. He is known ...

(1751–1815) * Royen – Adriaan van Royen (1704–1779) * Royle –

John Forbes Royle John Forbes Royle (10 May 1798 – 2 January 1858), British Botany, botanist and teacher of materia medica (pharmacology), was born in Kanpur (then Cawnpore) in India in 1798. He was in charge of the botanical garden at Saharanpur and played a r ...

(1798–1858) * Roy L.Taylor – Roy Lewis Taylor (1932–2013) * Rozanova – Maria Aleksandrovna Rozanova (Maria Alexandrovna Rozanova) (1885–1957) * Rozefelds – Andrew Carl Frank Rozefelds (born 1960) * Rozier –

François Rozier Jean-Baptiste François Rozier (23 January 1734 in Saint-Nizier parish, Lyon – 28/29 September 1793 in Lyon) was a French botanist and agronomist. Life Rozier was the son of Antoine Rozier (a squire, king's counselor and provincial controll ...

(Jean-François) (1734–1793) * R.Parker –

Richard Neville Parker Richard Neville Parker (1884 - 1958) was an English botanist and forester who worked extensively in India. Publications *1921 . NW Himalayan Astragali of the subgenus Aegacantha *1924 . Botanical notes on some plants of the Kali valley *1925 . O ...

(1884–1958) * R.Patt. –

Robert Patterson Robert Patterson (January 12, 1792 – August 7, 1881) was an Irish-born American military officer who served in the United States Army during the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War and the Civil War. He was the commander of the Pennsy ...

(born 1947) * R.P.Ellis – Roger Pearson Ellis (born 1944) * R.P.Murray –

Richard Paget Murray Richard Paget Murray (1842, Isle of Man – 1908, Shapwick, Dorset) was an English clergyman, botanist and lepidopterist. After secondary education at King William's College, he matriculated in 1864 at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. There h ...

(1842–1908) * R.Pott –

Reino Pott Reino Pott ''née'' Leendertz (2 January 1869 – 14 June 1965) was a Dutch-born South African botanist and chemist. She was the first woman to be appointed as a botanist in the civil service of the South African Republic, and greatly expanded t ...

(1869–1965) * R.P.White – Richard Peregrine White (born 1896) * R.Rabev. – (born 1946) * R.R.Bloxam – Richard Rowland Bloxam (1798–1877) * R.R.Haynes – Robert Ralph Haynes (born 1945) * R.Rice –

Rod Rice Rod, Ród, Rőd, Rød, Röd, ROD, or R.O.D. may refer to: Devices * Birch rod, made out of twigs from birch or other trees for corporal punishment * Ceremonial rod, used to indicate a position of authority * Connecting rod, main, coupling, or s ...

(born 1963) * R.Ross – Robert Ross (1912–2005) * R.R.Rao – R.Raghavendra Rao (born 1945) * R.R.Scott – Robert Robinson Scott (1827–1877) * R.R.Stewart – Ralph Randles Stewart (1890–1993) * R.S.Almeida – Rafael S. Almeida (

1998) * R.Schultz – Richard Schultz (1858–1936) * R.S.Cowan –

Richard Sumner Cowan Richard Sumner Cowan (January 23, 1921 – November 17, 1997) was an American botany, botanist. Early life Richard Sumner Cowan was born on January 23, 1921, in Crawfordsville, Indiana. His family moved to Florida and he was educated in the Tam ...

(1921–1997) * R.S.Hill – Robert Southey Hill (born 1954) * R.S.Irving – Robert Stewart Irving (born 1942) * R.S.Rogers –

Richard Sanders Rogers Richard Sanders Rogers (2 December 1861 – 28 March 1942) was a distinguished Australian medical doctor, and world authority on Australasian orchids. He described over 80 Australian orchid species, three from New Zealand and 30 from New Guinea ...

(1861–1942) * R.S.Wallace – Robert S. Wallace (

1997) * R.S.Williams – Robert Statham Williams (1859–1945) * R.T.Baker –

Richard Thomas Baker Richard Thomas Baker (1 December 1854 – 14 July 1941) was an Australian economic Botany, botanist, museum curator and educator. Early life Baker was born in Woolwich, England, son of Richard Thomas Baker, a blacksmith, and his wife Sarah, née ...

(1854–1941) * R.T.Clausen –

Robert Theodore Clausen The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, reno ...

(1911–1981) * R.T.Mill. – R. T. Miller (

2012) * R.T.Veitch –

Robert Veitch Robert Toswill Veitch (1823–1885) was a member of the family of horticulturists who established the renowned family business Veitch Nurseries. Veitch was the younger son of James Veitch and grandson of John Veitch. He spent some time farmi ...

(1823–1885) * Rudall – Paula J. Rudall (born 1954) * Rudd – Velva Elaine Rudd (1910–1999) * Rudge –

Edward Rudge Edward Rudge (27 June 1763 – 3 September 1846) was an English botanist and antiquary. Life He was the son of Edward Rudge, a merchant and alderman of Salisbury, who possessed a large portion of the abbey estate at Evesham. He matriculated ...

(1763–1846) * Rudolph – Johann Heinrich Rudolph (1744–1809) * Rudolphi –

Karl Rudolphi Karl Asmund Rudolphi (14 July 1771 – 29 November 1832) was a Swedish-born German naturalist, who is credited with being the "father of helminthology". Life Rudolphi was born in Stockholm to German parents. He was awarded his PhD in 1793 ...

(1771–1832) * R.Uechtr. – Rudolf Friedrich von Uechtritz (1838–1886) * Rugel – Ferdinand Ignatius Xavier Rugel (1806–1879) * Ruhland – Wilhelm Otto Eugen Ruhland (1878–1960) * Ruiz –

Hipólito Ruiz López Hipólito Ruiz López (August 8, 1754 in Belorado, Burgos, Spain – 1816 in Madrid), or Hipólito Ruiz, was a Spanish botanist known for researching the floras of Peru and Chile during an expedition under Charles III of Spain, Carlos III from 17 ...

(1754–1815) * Rule –

Kevin James Rule Kevin James Rule was born at Daylesford, Victoria on 9 November 1941. He was a secondary school teacher and had a particular interest in the taxonomy of Australian eucalyptus. He discovered several new species in Victoria. He is an honorary as ...

(born 1941) * Rumph. –

Georg Eberhard Rumphius Georg Eberhard Rumphius (originally: Rumpf; baptized c. 1 November 1627 – 15 June 1702) was a German-born botanist employed by the Dutch East India Company in what is now eastern Indonesia, and is best known for his work ''Herbarium Amboinense ...

(1628–1702) * Rümpler –

Karl Theodor Rümpler Karl Theodor Rümpler (1817 in Alterstedt – 23 May 1891 in Erfurt) was a German botanist and horticulturist. He developed a passion for botany in his youth, and studied natural sciences at the gymnasium in Mühlhausen, where one of his classmat ...

(1817–1891) * Rundel – Philip Wilson Rundel (born 1943) * Runemark –

Hans Runemark Per Hans Bengt Runemark (7 January 1927 – 11 December 2014) was a Swedish people, Swedish botany, botanist and lichenologist who served as professor of systematic botany at Lund University from 1970 to 1992. Born in Chicago, USA, he graduated ...

(1927–2014) * Rupin – Ernest (Jean Baptiste) Rupin (1845–1909) * Rupp –

Herman Rupp Herman Montague Rucker Rupp (27 December 1872 – 2 September 1956) was an Australian clergyman and botanist who specialised in orchids. He was known throughout his life as Montague Rupp (pronounced "Rupe") and in later life as the "Orchid Man". ...

(1872–1956) * Ruppius – Heinrich Bernard Ruppius (1688–1719) * Rupr. –

Franz Josef Ruprecht Franz Josef Ruprecht (1 November 1814 – 4 April 1870) was an Austrian-born physician and botanist active in the Russian Empire, where he was known as Frants Ivanovič Ruprekht (). Life He was born in Freiburg im Breisgau, and grew up in Prague ...

(1814–1870) * Rusby –

Henry Hurd Rusby Henry Hurd Rusby (1855–1940) was an American botanist, pharmacist and explorer. He discovered several new species of plants and played a significant role in founding the New York Botanical Garden and developing research and exploration progra ...

(1855–1940) * Russow – Edmund August Friedrich Russow (1841–1897) * Rustan –

Øyvind H. Rustan Øyvind or Oyvind may refer to: *Øyvind Aasland (born 1967), Norwegian darts player * Øyvind Alapnes (born 1976), Norwegian football referee * Jon Øyvind Andersen (born 1965), Norwegian black metal guitarist * Carl Øyvind Apeland (born 1964), N ...

(born 1954) * Rutenb. – Diedrich Christian Rutenberg (1851–1878) * Rutherf. –

Daniel Rutherford Daniel Rutherford (3 November 1749 – 15 November 1819) was a Scottish physician, chemist and botanist who is known for the isolation of nitrogen in 1772. Life Rutherford was born on 3 November 1749, the son of Anne Mackay and Professor J ...

(1749–1819) * Rutk. – Piotr Rutkowski (born 1969) * Ruysch –

Frederik Ruysch Frederik Ruysch (; March 28, 1638 – February 22, 1731) was a Dutch botanist and anatomist. He is known for developing techniques for preserving anatomical specimens, which he used to create dioramas or scenes incorporating human parts. His ana ...

(1638–1731) * R.Vásquez – Roberto Vásquez (born 1941) * R.Vig. –

René Viguier René Viguier (19 May 1880, in Paris – 17 January 1931, in Caen) was a French botanist known for his investigations of plants within the family Araliaceae. He worked as a préparateur at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle with Philippe É ...

(1880–1931) * R.Vilm. –

Roger de Vilmorin Roger de Vilmorin (''Roger Marie Vincent Philippe Lévêque de Vilmorin''; 12 September 1905 – 20 July 1980) was a French botanist and geneticist, as well as an illegitimate son of Alfonso XIII of Spain. Biography Roger was born on 12 Septembe ...

(1905–1980) * R.V.Sm. – Raymond Vaughan Smith (born 1923) * R.Wagner –

Rudolf Wagner Rudolf Friedrich Johann Heinrich Wagner (30 July 1805 – 13 May 1864) was a German anatomist and physiologist and the co-discoverer of the germinal vesicle. He made important investigations on ganglia, nerve-endings, and the sympathetic nerve ...

(born 1872) * R.Wallis – Rannveig Wallis (

2002) * R.Warner – Robert Warner (c. 1815–1896) * R.W.Br. – Roland Wilbur Brown (1893–1961) * R.W.Darwin –

Robert Waring Darwin of Elston Robert Waring Darwin (17 October 1724 – 4 November 1816) of Elston Hall was an English botanist and the great-uncle of naturalist Charles Robert Darwin. Biography He was the eldest son of Robert Darwin of Elston (1682–1754), a lawyer, ...

(1724–1816) * R.W.Davis – Robert Wayne Davis (born 1959) * R.W.Ham – R.W.J.M.van der Ham (born 1951) * R.W.Jobson – Richard W. Jobson (

2007) * R.W.Long – Robert William Long (1927–1976) * R.W.Pohl – Richard Walter Pohl (1916–1993) * R.W.Wallace – Robert Whistler Wallace (1867–1955) * Rycroft –

Hedley Brian Rycroft Hedley may refer to: * Hedley, British Columbia, Canada, an unincorporated town * Hedley, Texas, United States, a city * Hedley railway station, South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia * Hedley (band), a Canadian pop-rock band formed in 2003 and na ...

(1918–1990) * Rydb. –

Per Axel Rydberg Per Axel Rydberg (July 6, 1860 – July 25, 1931) was a Swedish-born, American botanist who was the first curator of the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium. Biography Per Axel Rydberg was born in Odh, Västergötland, Sweden and emigrated to ...

(1860–1931) * Rye –

Barbara Lynette Rye Barbara Lynette Rye is an Australian botanist born in 1952. Barbara Rye has been associated with the Western Australian Herbarium, where her work as a taxonomist has been the source of many new descriptions of plants. The number of taxa recorded ...

(born 1952) * R.Yonzone – Rajendra Yonzone (

2012) * Ryppowa – Halina w Kowalskich Ryppowa (1899–1927) * Rzed. –

Jerzy Rzedowski Jerzy Rzedowski Rotter (27 December 1926 – March 2023) was a Polish-born Mexican botanist, whose focus was on Mexican floristics, taxonomy, and ecology. Early life and education Rzedowski was born in Lwów, Poland (now in Ukraine) to Arnold a ...

(1926–2023)

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