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.

Johann Christoph Doll
Johann Christoph Doll
Germany
19th century German botanist
Otto Degener
Otto Degener
USA
American botanist and collector
Fedor Brandt
Fedor Brandt
Germany
German naturalist, physician, zoologist and botanist
Eugeniy Woolf
Eugeniy Woolf
Russian botanist, florist and biogeographer
Jakub Waga
Jakub Waga
Poland
Polish botanist
Richard Wettstein
Richard Wettstein
Austria
Austrian botanist.
Vladimir Lipskiy
Vladimir Lipskiy
Ukraine
Ukrainian scientist, botanist, member of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences
Siro Kitamura
Siro Kitamura
Japan
Japanese Botanist
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Koch
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Koch
Germany
German botanist, mycologist and doctor of theology.
Gunther Beck
Gunther Beck
Austria
Austrian (German, Czech) botanist, professor
Albert Kellogg
Albert Kellogg
USA
American botanist and physician
Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch
Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch
Germany
German botanist, taxonomist.
John Hutton Balfour
John Hutton Balfour
Great Britain
Scottish botanist and bryologist.
John Gilbert Baker
John Gilbert Baker
Great Britain
English botanist
Joseph Henry Maiden
Joseph Henry Maiden
Great Britain
Australian Botanist
Johann HEDWIG
Johann HEDWIG
Germany
German botanist
Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent
Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent
France
French botanist, naturalist, volcanologist and traveler
George Shull
George Shull
USA
American botanist, geneticist, publisher and editor.
Egbert Wolf
Egbert Wolf
Germany
Botanist, dendrologist, taxonomist, introducer.
Wilhelm Hofmeister
Wilhelm Hofmeister
Germany
German botanist.
Konstantin Sytnik
Konstantin Sytnik
Ukraine
Ukrainian scientist and politician. Academician of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Rembert Dodoens
Rembert Dodoens
Netherlands
Famous southern Dutch (Flemish) and northern Dutch botanist
Philibert Commerson
Philibert Commerson
France
French botanist and naturalist.
Johann Jakob Dillenius
Johann Jakob Dillenius
Great Britain
English botanist of German origin.
Carl Adolph Agardh
Carl Adolph Agardh
Sweden
Swedish botanist, algologist, bishop of the Church
Karl Wilhelm Dalla Torre
Karl Wilhelm Dalla Torre
Austria
Austrian botanist and entomologist.
Michel Adanson
Michel Adanson
France
French botanist, famous explorer of tropical Africa
Johann Gustav Gassner
Johann Gustav Gassner
Germany
German botanist, phytopathologist.
Allan Cunningham
Allan Cunningham
Great Britain
English botanist, brother of Richard Cunningham. Collected and studied the flora of Australia and partly New Zealand.
Matthias Jakob Schleiden
Matthias Jakob Schleiden
Germany
German botanist
Paul Sorauer
Paul Sorauer
Germany
Botanist, specialist in plant diseases.
Johann Friedrich Gmelin
Johann Friedrich Gmelin
Germany
German physician, botanist and chemist
Evgeniy Korovin
Evgeniy Korovin
Russian botanist
Adam Zaluzansky
Adam Zaluzansky
Czech botanist, physician, theologian, poet
Aimee Antoinette Camus
Aimee Antoinette Camus
France
French botanist.
Petter Adolf Karsten
Petter Adolf Karsten
Finland
Professor of Botany
Alexandr Fomin
Alexandr Fomin
Ukraine
Russian (Ukrainian) Soviet botanist
Anna Shiyan
Anna Shiyan
Soviet botanist
Osip Baranetsky
Osip Baranetsky
Botanist, professor of botany at Kiev University
Joseph Gartner
Joseph Gartner
Germany
German botanist and physician
George King
George King
Great Britain
English botanist.
Henry Gleason
Henry Gleason
USA
American botanist, geobotanist, ecologist
Charles Plumie
Charles Plumie
France
French botanist.
Adolphe-Theodore Brongniart
Adolphe-Theodore Brongniart
France
French botanist. Founder of modern paleobotany and developer of the classification of fossil plants.
Frederick Manson Bailey
Frederick Manson Bailey
Great Britain
Botanist
Gustav Bongard
Gustav Bongard
Germany
German botanist in Russian service
Karl Negeli
Karl Negeli
Germany
One of the most prominent botanists of the 19th century.
Giovanni Grassi
Giovanni Grassi
Italy
Italian zoologist and parasitologist.
George Don
George Don
Great Britain
19th century Scottish botanist and plant collector.
Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers
Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers
Germany
19th century German botanist