Botany

Discover prominent individuals who have shaped the field of Botany. Explore the contributions of notable biologists, scientists, and researchers who have advanced our understanding of plant life.

Robert Bentley
Robert Bentley
Great Britain
English botanist, physician, pharmacist
Konstantin Sytnik
Konstantin Sytnik
Ukraine
Ukrainian scientist and politician. Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Augustin Pyramus DeCandolle
Augustin Pyramus DeCandolle
Switzerland
Swiss and French botanist
Martinus Beijerinck
Martinus Beijerinck
Netherlands
Dutch microbiologist and botanist
Matthias Jakob Schleiden
Matthias Jakob Schleiden
Germany
German botanist
Aylmer Lambert
Aylmer Lambert
Great Britain
English botanist
William Aiton
William Aiton
Great Britain
Scottish botanist and gardener
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
France
French natural scientist
Adam Afzelius
Adam Afzelius
Sweden
Swedish botanist, student of Linnaeus.
Jan Gronovius
Jan Gronovius
Netherlands
Dutch botanist
Alexis Jordan
Alexis Jordan
France
French botanist.
Norman Ernest Borlaug
Norman Ernest Borlaug
USA
American breeder and plant pathologist, father of the so-called. "green revolution"
Mariam Aghababyan
Mariam Aghababyan
Armenia
Armenian botanist
Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent
Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent
France
French botanist, naturalist, volcanologist and traveler
Thilo Irmisch
Thilo Irmisch
Germany
German botanist.
Goran Wahlenberg
Goran Wahlenberg
Sweden
Swedish botanist
Hugo De Vries
Hugo De Vries
Netherlands
Dutch botanist and geneticist. Discovered the existence of heritable mutations
Carlo Allioni
Carlo Allioni
Italy
Italian physician, professor of botany at the University of Turin.
August-Quirinus Rivinus
August-Quirinus Rivinus
Germany
German naturalist (botanist, anatomist, astronomer),
David Don
David Don
Great Britain
English botanist of the first half of the 19th century
Birgitta Bremer
Birgitta Bremer
Sweden
Swedish botanist, professor
Johann Amman
Johann Amman
Switzerland
Doctor and botanist
Boris Kozo-Polyansky
Boris Kozo-Polyansky
Soviet botanist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Adelbert Chamisso
Adelbert Chamisso
Germany
German writer and botanist
Fedor Brandt
Fedor Brandt
Germany
German naturalist, physician, zoologist and botanist
Gaspard Bauhin
Gaspard Bauhin
Switzerland
Swiss anatomist and botanist, plant taxonomist
Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers
Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers
Germany
19th century German botanist
Carl Adolph Agardh
Carl Adolph Agardh
Sweden
Swedish botanist, algologist, bishop of the Church
Albert Francis Blakeslee
Albert Francis Blakeslee
USA
American botanist and geneticist
Robert Abolin
Robert Abolin
Russian and Soviet geobotanist, soil scientist, physical geographer
William Hooker
William Hooker
Great Britain
English botanist and taxonomist
Petter Adolf Karsten
Petter Adolf Karsten
Finland
Professor of Botany
George King
George King
Great Britain
English botanist.
Osip Baranetsky
Osip Baranetsky
Botanist, professor of botany at Kiev University
Johann Christoph Doll
Johann Christoph Doll
Germany
19th century German botanist
Wilhelm Hofmeister
Wilhelm Hofmeister
Germany
German botanist.
Frederic Clements
Frederic Clements
USA
American botanist, plant ecologist and mycologist.
John Gilbert Baker
John Gilbert Baker
Great Britain
English botanist
Karl Ludwig Willdenow
Karl Ludwig Willdenow
Germany
German botanist
George Bentham
George Bentham
Great Britain
English botanist
Nikolay Vavilov
Nikolay Vavilov
Russian botanist, plant breeder, geneticist, geographer
Adolphe-Theodore Brongniart
Adolphe-Theodore Brongniart
France
French botanist. Founder of modern paleobotany and developer of the classification of fossil plants.
Jean Bulliard
Jean Bulliard
France
French physician and botanist.
Nikolay Kuznetsov
Nikolay Kuznetsov
Russian and Soviet botanical geographer, florist and taxonomist
Nikolay Bush
Nikolay Bush
Russian botanist of the late 19th – early 20th centuries
Ferdinand Julius Cohn
Ferdinand Julius Cohn
Germany
Famous German botanist and bacteriologist
Siro Kitamura
Siro Kitamura
Japan
Japanese Botanist
Allan Cunningham
Allan Cunningham
Great Britain
English botanist, brother of Richard Cunningham. Collected and studied the flora of Australia and partly New Zealand.
Oscar Drude
Oscar Drude
Germany
German botanist, ecologist and geobotanist
Hugo Gunckel Luer
Hugo Gunckel Luer
Chile
Pharmacist, botanist and university professor in Chile.