List of plant genera named for people (A–C)

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seated woman in a faded photograph
Alice Eastwood (1859–1953), curator for the botanical collection of the California Academy of Sciences (see Aliciella)

Since the first printing of Carl Linnaeus's Species Plantarum in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species.[1] Thousands of plants have been named for people, including botanists and their colleagues, plant collectors, horticulturists, explorers, rulers, politicians, clerics, doctors, philosophers and scientists.[2] Even before Linnaeus, botanists such as Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Charles Plumier and Pier Antonio Micheli were naming plants for people, sometimes in gratitude for the financial support of their patrons.[3]

Early works researching the naming of plant genera include an 1810 glossary by Alexandre de Théis [fr] and an etymological dictionary in two editions (1853 and 1856) by Georg Christian Wittstein.[3] Modern works include The Gardener's Botanical by Ross Bayton, Index of Eponymic Plant Names and Encyclopedia of Eponymic Plant Names by Lotte Burkhardt, Plants of the World by Maarten J. M. Christenhusz (lead author), Michael F. Fay and Mark W. Chase, The A to Z of Plant Names by Allan J. Coombes, the four-volume CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names by Umberto Quattrocchi, and Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners by William T. Stearn; these supply the seed-bearing genera listed in the first column below. Excluded from this list are genus names not accepted (as of January 2021) at Plants of the World Online, which includes updates to Plants of the World (2017).

Key[edit]

Ba = listed in Bayton's The Gardener's Botanical[4]
Bt = listed in Burkhardt's Encyclopedia of Eponymic Plant Names[5]
Bu = listed in Burkhardt's Index of Eponymic Plant Names[6]
Ch = listed in Christenhusz's Plants of the World[7]
Co = listed in Coombes's The A to Z of Plant Names[8]
Qu = listed in Quattrocchi's CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names[9]
St = listed in Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners[10]

In addition, Burkhardt's Index is used as a reference for every row in the table not cited to Stearn.

Genera[edit]

flowers
Aaronsohnia
man, seated
Daguerreotype of Adrien-Henri de Jussieu
man holding illustrated pages of plants
Portrait of Christoph Jacob Trew
woman
Mary Agnes Chase, sitting at desk with specimens
flower
Ainsliaea cordifolia
flowers
Alamania punicea
man
Allan Cunningham
flowers
Alberta magna
flowers
Albertinia brasiliensis
man in profile
Luigi D'Albertis
flowers
Albizia julibrissin
seated woman with elaborate jewelry, headdress and veils
Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia)
man
Alex George
woman, seated
Sarah Amherst
flowers
Amsinckia eastwoodiae
flower
Anguloa clowesii
portrait of a man by a globe and desk
John Arrowsmith
portrait of a man examining a flower
August Grisebach
detail of a painting that shows Averroes, seated
Averroes in a 14th-century painting by Andrea di Bonaiuto
miniature showing Avicenna, writing
Avicenna
flowers
Badilloa
flower
Baileya multiradiata
flowers
Banksia serrata
woman, seated
Mary Elizabeth Barber
portrait of a man outdoors holding a map, possibly
Benjamin Smith Barton
flowering plants
Bartsia alpina
flowering plants
Batemannia
flower
Bauhinia blakeana
man
Hugo Baum
small tree or large bush
Beaucarnea
flowering potted plant
Begonia
flowering plant
Bellendena montana
flower
Benzingia
flowers
Bergenia crassifolia
lithograph, portrait of a man
Peter Jonas Bergius
flowers
Berkheya
flowers
Berlinia
illustration of a flowering plant
Bertolonia
flowers
Beschorneria
oil portrait of a man
Portrait of Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser
flowers
Beyeria lechenaultii
flower
Bikkia
small palm tree
Bismarckia
portrait of Rear Admiral Bligh in uniform
William Bligh
man seated in a wicker chair
Frans Blom
flowers
Bobartia
oval engraving of a man
Paolo Boccone
flowers
Boltonia asteroides
flower spike
Bolusiella
bust of a man
Bust of Charles Bonnet
plant
Bosea yervamora berries
portrait of a man
Portrait of James Boswell by Joshua Reynolds
flowers
Bowdichia
portrait of a man
William Brackenridge
palm tree
Brahea calcarea
portrait of a woman
Marie de Brimeu
plant
Brocchinia
flower
Brodiaea
old photograph of a portrait of a man
João Barbosa Rodrigues
plant
Bromelia balansae
flower
Bromheadia brevifolia
man, seated
Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart
very large flower
Brugmansia
flowers
Brunnera
flower
Brunonia
residential building
Susanna Bixby Bryant Museum
flowering plants
Bucquetia
flowering plants
Bulnesia
flowers
Caesia
portrait of a man
Jean-Louis Calandrini
flower
Camellia
flowering plants
Carlina
portrait of a man, seated
Andrew Carnegie
green fruits on tree branches
Casimiroa
flowers
Castilleja
flowering plant
Changnienia
flower
Chaubardia
portrait of a woman
Charlotte Percy, Duchess of Northumberland
flowers
Clowesia
portrait of a man
Cadwallader Colden
flowers
Collinsonia
flower
Cologania
flowers
Colquhounia
portrait of a man
José Correia da Serra
flowering plants
Cousinia
portrait of a woman
Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland
flowering plant
Crantzia
illustration of a flowering plant
Crowea saligna
plant with berries
Curtisia
tree
Cussonia
flowering plant
Cuttsia
lithograph, portrait of a man
Domenico Cirillo
Genera
Genus[11][b] Person honored[c] Plant family[11] Ref
Aa Karl vom Stein zum Altenstein (1770–1840), politician[d] Orchidaceae Bu
Aaronsohnia Aaron Aaronsohn (1876–1919) Asteraceae Bu
Abatia Pedro Abad y Mestre (1747–1800), Spanish apothecary and professor of botany in Seville Salicaceae Bu
Abeliophyllum Clarke Abel (1789 - 1826), surgeon and naturalist. Oleaceae Bt
Acharia Erik Acharius (1757–1819) Achariaceae Bu
Acostia Misael Acosta Solís (1910–1994) Poaceae Bu
Acourtia Mary Elizabeth Catherine Gibbs à Court-Repington (1792–1878), English noblewoman with botanical interests; married Charles Ashe à Court-Repington Asteraceae Bu
Acunaeanthus Julián Acuña Galé (1900–1973) Rubiaceae Bu
Adansonia Michel Adanson (1727–1806) Malvaceae St
Adelinia Adeline Etta Cohen (b. 2014), daughter of the American author of the plant, James I. Cohen Boraginaceae Bt
Adelmeria Adolph Daniel Edward Elmer (1870–1942) Zingiberaceae Bu
Adlumia John Adlum (1759–1836) Papaveraceae St
Adolphia Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (1801–1876) Rhamnaceae Bu
Adriana Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (1797–1853) Euphorbiaceae Bu
Aeginetia Paul of Aegina (c. 625 – c. 690), doctor Orobanchaceae Bu
Aenhenrya Ambrose Nathaniel Henry (b. 1936), English naturalist with a focus on the flora of India Orchidaceae Bu
Afgekia Arthur Francis George Kerr (1877–1942) Fabaceae Bu
Afrobrunnichia Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737–1827) Polygonaceae Bu
Afrofittonia Sarah Mary Fitton (c.1796–1874), and her sister Elizabeth Fitton Acanthaceae Bu
Afroguatteria Giambattista Guatteri (1739–1793), Italian professor of botany in Parma Annonaceae Bu
Afrotrewia Christoph Jacob Trew (1695–1769) Euphorbiaceae Bu
Afrotysonia William Tyson (1851–1920), Jamaican-born South African teacher and plant collector Boraginaceae Bu
Afzelia Adam Afzelius (1750–1837) Fabaceae Bu
Agarista Agariste of Sicyon (fl. 6th century BC, around 560 BC), Greek daughter Ericaceae Bt
Agatea Alfred Thomas Agate (1812–1846), painter and illustrator Violaceae Bu
Agiortia Despina (Fanias) Agioritis (1927–1994), Australian botanist from Innisfail, Queensland Ericaceae Bu
Agnesia Mary Agnes Chase (1869–1963) Poaceae Bu
Aguiaria Brás de Aguiar (1881–1947), Brazilian naval officer who supported the author of the genus, Adolpho Ducke Malvaceae Bu
Ahernia George Patrick Ahern (1859–1940), American forester and botanist who served in the military in Cuba and the Philippines; namesake of Ahern Peak Achariaceae Qu
Ainsliaea Whitelaw Ainslie (1767–1837) Asteraceae Bu
Airyantha Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw (1902–1985) Fabaceae Bu
Akeassia Laurent Aké Assi (1931–2014), Ivorian professor of botany in Abidjan; founded a botanical garden in Cocody Asteraceae Bu
Akrosida Antonio Krapovickas (1921–2015) Malvaceae Bu
Akschindlium Anton Karl Schindler (1879–1964) Fabaceae Bu
Alamania Lucas Alamán (1792–1853), politician Orchidaceae Bu
Alania Allan Cunningham (1791–1839) Boryaceae Bu
Alberta Albertus Magnus (c.1200–1280), saint Rubiaceae Bu
Albertinia Johannes Baptista von Albertini (1769–1831) Asteraceae Bu
Albertisia Luigi D'Albertis (1841–1901) Menispermaceae Bu
Albidella anagram of Baldellia, for Bartolomeo Bartolini-Baldelli (1804–1868), Italian nobleman; close advisor to Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, in Florence Alismataceae Bu
Albizia Filippo del Albizzi (of the 18th-century Albizzis in Florence, Italy) Fabaceae Co
Albraunia Alexander Braun (1805–1877) Plantaginaceae Bu
Alcantarea Pedro II of Brazil (1825–1891) Bromeliaceae Bu
Alchornea Stanesby Alchorne (1727–1800), English botanist at the Chelsea Physic Garden Euphorbiaceae Qu
Alchorneopsis Euphorbiaceae Bu
Aldama Ignacio Aldama (1769–1811), Mexican lawyer Asteraceae Bu
Aldina Tobia Aldino (16th–17th century), Italian doctor and botanist; in charge of the medicinal garden of Cardinal Odoardo Farnese Fabaceae Bu
Aldrovanda Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605) Droseraceae St
Alexa Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia) (1798–1860) Fabaceae Bu
Alexfloydia Alexander Floyd (b. 1926) Poaceae Bu
Alexgeorgea Alex George (b. 1939) Restionaceae Bu
Alfaroa Anastasio Alfaro (1865–1951) Juglandaceae Bu
Alfredia Alfred of Sareshel (12th C.), translator Asteraceae Bu
Algernonia Hugh Algernon Weddell (1819–1877) Euphorbiaceae Bu
Algrizea Graziela Maciel Barroso (1912–2003) Myrtaceae Bu
Alibertia Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert (1768–1837), doctor Rubiaceae Bu
Alicia Alicia Lourteig (1913–2003) Malpighiaceae Bu
Aliciella Alice Eastwood (1859–1953), curator for the botanical collection of the California Academy of Sciences Polemoniaceae Bu
Aliella Syed Irtifaq Ali (b. 1930), Pakistani professor of botany in Karachi Asteraceae Bu
Allamanda Frédéric-Louis Allamand (1736–1809) Apocynaceae Co
Allanblackia Allan Black (1832−1865) Clusiaceae Bu
Allardia Jean-François Allard (1785–1839), military officer Asteraceae Bu
Alleizettella Aymar Charles d'Alleizette (1884–1967) Rubiaceae Bu
Allenrolfea Robert Allen Rolfe (1855–1921) Amaranthaceae Bu
Allionia Carlo Allioni (1728–1804) Nyctaginaceae St
Allittia William Allitt (1828–1893), Irish-born Australian botanical curator in Queensland Asteraceae Bu
Allmania William Allman (1776–1846) Amaranthaceae Bu
Allmaniopsis Amaranthaceae Bu
Allomarkgrafia Friedrich Markgraf (1897–1987) Apocynaceae Bu
Allowoodsonia Robert Everard Woodson (1904–1963) Apocynaceae Bu
Alluaudia Charles A. Alluaud (1861–1949) Didiereaceae Bu
Alluaudiopsis Didiereaceae Bu
Almaleea Alma Theodora Lee (1912–1990) Fabaceae Bu
Almutaster Almut Gitter Jones (1923–2013) Asteraceae Bu
Alonsoa Zenón Alonso (1756–1812), Spanish official in Bogotá Scrophulariaceae St
Aloysia Maria Luisa of Parma Verbenaceae Co
Alphandia Adolphe Alphand (1817–1891), engineer Euphorbiaceae Bu
Alphonsea Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806–1893) Annonaceae Bu
Alpinia Prospero Alpini (1553–1617) Zingiberaceae Co
Alrawia Ali Al-Rawi (fl. 1955–1987), Iraqi botanist in charge of the national herbarium in Baghdad Asparagaceae Bu
Alshehbazia Ihsan Ali Al-Shehbaz (b.1939), Iraqi American botanist Brassicaceae Bt
Alstonia Charles Alston (1683–1760) Apocynaceae St
Alstroemeria Clas Alströmer (1736–1794) Alstroemeriaceae Ch
Altensteinia Karl vom Stein zum Altenstein (1770–1840), educator Orchidaceae Bu
Althenia Jean Althen (1709–1774) Potamogetonaceae Bu
Alvaradoa Pedro de Alvarado (c. 1485–1541), conquistador Picramniaceae Bu
Alvesia Bento Antonio Alves (c.1796–1878), a Portuguese gardener who accompanied the author of this genus, Friedrich Welwitsch, on botanical excursions Lamiaceae Bu
Alvimiantha Paulo de Tarso Alvim (1919-2011) Rhamnaceae Bu
Alzatea José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez (1737–1799) Alzateaceae Ch
Amasonia George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697–1762) Lamiaceae Bu
Ambrosina Bartolomeo Ambrosini (1588–1657) Araceae Bu
Ameghinoa Carlos Ameghino (1865–1936) Asteraceae Bu
Amelichloa María Amelia Torres (1934–2011), Argentinian botanist, lecturer and curator of the Herbarium of the National University of La Plata Poaceaes Bt
Amesiella Oakes Ames (1874–1950) Orchidaceae Bu
Amesiodendron Sapindaceae Bu
Amherstia Sarah Amherst (1762–1838) Fabaceae St
Amicia Giovanni Battista Amici (1786–1863) Fabaceae St
Ammannia Paul Amman (1634–1691) Lythraceae Bu
Amolinia José Antonio Molina Rosito (1926–2020) Asteraceae Bu
Amorimia André M. Amorim (b. 1966), Brazilian botanist and Malpighiaceae specialist Malpighiaceae Bu
Amperea André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836), physicist Euphorbiaceae Bu
Amsinckia Wilhelm Amsinck (1752–1831), head of state of Hamburg; botanical patron Boraginaceae Qu
Amsonia John (or Charles) Amson, 18th-century physician and botanist Apocynaceae Co
Anaxagorea Anaxagoras (c.500–c.428 BC), philosopher Annonaceae Bu
Anchietea Joseph of Anchieta (1534–1597) Violaceae Bu
Anderbergia Arne A. Anderberg (b. 1954), professor of botany at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm; Asteraceae specialist Asteraceae Bu
Andersonia William Anderson, William Anderson and Alexander Anderson Ericaceae Bu
Andersonglossum William Russell Anderson (1942–2013), American botanist; director of the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium Boraginaceae Bt
Andradea José Bonifácio de Andrada (1763–1838) Nyctaginaceae Bu
Andreadoxa André Maurício Vieira de Carvalho (1951–2002), Brazilian curator at the Bahia herbarium; specialist in that state's flora Rutaceae Bu
Andriana Andriantsimitoviaminandriandehibe (died c.1670), king Apiaceae Bu
Andrzeiowskia Antoni Andrzejowski (1784 or 1785 –1868) Brassicaceae Bu
Anelsonia Aven Nelson (1859–1952) Brassicaceae Bu
Angeldiazia Angel Diaz Celis, Peruvian botanist; university rector in the 1980s Asteraceae Bu
Anguloa Francisco de Angulo, (d. 1815) General Prefect of Mines of Spain. Botanist. Orchidaceae St
Annesijoa John VI of Portugal (1767–1826) Euphorbiaceae Bu
Anneslea George Annesley, 2nd Earl of Mountnorris (1770–1844) Pentaphylacaceae Bu
Annickia Annick Le Thomas (b. 1936), French botanist at the National Museum of Natural History Annonaceae Bu
Ansellia John Ansell (d. 1847), British botanist Orchidaceae St
Antinoria Vincenzo Antinori (1792–1865) Poaceae Bu
Antonia Archduke Anton Victor of Austria (1779–1835) Loganiaceae Bu
Antopetitia Antoine Petit (d. 1843), French doctor and naturalist from Paris; travelled in the Ethiopian Empire Fabaceae Qu
Anvillea Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697–1782) Asteraceae Bu
Appertiella Otto Appert (1930–2012), Swiss clergyman and paleontologist; missionary in Madagascar Hydrocharitaceae Bu
Apuleia Apuleius (c.124 – c.170), philosopher and writer Fabaceae Bu
Aragoa François Arago (1786–1853) Plantaginaceae Bu
Araujia António de Araújo e Azevedo, 1st Count of Barca (1754–1817) Apocynaceae Co
Arbelaezaster Enrique Pérez Arbeláez (1896–1972), Colombian clergyman and botanist who founded the Bogotá Botanical Garden Asteraceae Bu
Arberella Agnes Arber (1879–1960) Poaceae Bu
Arboa María Mercedes Arbo (b. 1945), Argentine botanist, curator, professor and explorer Passifloraceae Bt
Arcangelisia Giovanni Arcangeli (1840–1921) Menispermaceae Bu
Archboldiodendron Richard Archbold (1907–1976) Theaceae Bu
Archeria William Archer (1820–1874) Ericaceae Bu
Archytaea Archytas (435/410 – 360/350), philosopher and scientist Bonnetiaceae Bu
Arcoa Georg von Arco (1869–1940), physicist Fabaceae Bu
Arfeuillea Charles Hippolyte Marie Mourin d'Arfeuille (1837–1909), French naval officer who mapped and described a region of the Mekong River Sapindaceae Bu
Argomuellera Johannes Müller Argoviensis (1828-1896) Euphorbiaceae Bu
Argylia Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll (1682–1761) Bignoniaceae Bu
Aristeguietia Leandro Aristeguieta (1923–2012), Venezuelan botanist (dendrologist); professor in Caracas Asteraceae Qu
Aristotelia Aristotle (384–322 BC), polymath Elaeocarpaceae Co
Arjona Francisco Arjona (18th century), Spanish botanist who taught in Cádiz around 1797 Schoepfiaceae Qu
Arnaldoa Arnaldo López Miranda (1922–2010), Peruvian botanist and professor at the National University of Trujillo Asteraceae Bu
Arrojadoa Miguel Arrojado Lisboa (1872–1932), Brazilian engineer and geologist Cactaceae Qu
Arrojadocharis Asteraceae Bu
Arrowsmithia John Arrowsmith (1790–1873) Asteraceae Bu
Artedia Peter Artedi (1705–1735) Apiaceae Bu
Arundoclaytonia William Derek Clayton (b. 1926), English botanist and agronomist; taxonomist at Kew Gardens Poaceae Bu
Aschersoniodoxa Paul Friedrich August Ascherson (1834–1913) Brassicaceae Bu
Ashtonia Peter Shaw Ashton (born 27 June 1934) Phyllanthaceae Bu
Askellia Áskell Löve (1916–1994) Asteraceae Bu
Aspasia probably Aspasia, intellectual Orchidaceae St
Asplundia Erik Asplund (1888–1974), Swedish botanist and professor in Uppsala Cyclanthaceae Qu
Asplundianthus Asteraceae Bu
Astiella Suzanne Jovet-Ast (1914–2006) Rubiaceae Bu
Astonia Helen Isobel Aston (1934–2020) Alismataceae Bu
Astridia Astrid Elise (Wilberg) Schwantes (1887–1960); her connection to the genus is unclear. Married to the German botanist and archeologist Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes. Aizoaceae Qu
Athertonia John Atherton (1837–1913), and the Atherton Tableland Proteaceae Bu
Atkinsonia Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872) Loranthaceae Bu
Attilaea Attila Borhidi (b. 1932) Anacardiaceae Bu
Aubletiana Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet (1720–1778) Euphorbiaceae Bu
Aubregrinia André Aubréville (1897–1982) and François Pellegrin (1881–1965) Sapotaceae Bu
Aubrevillea André Aubréville (1897–1982) Fabaceae Bu
Aubrieta Claude Aubriet (c.1665 or 1651 –1742) Brassicaceae Co
Aucklandia George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1784–1849) Asteraceae Bu
Audouinia Jean Victor Audouin (1797–1841) Bruniaceae Bu
Auerodendron Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858–1929), scientist Rhamnaceae Bu
Augouardia Prosper Philippe Augouard (1852–1921), explorer and missionary Fabaceae Bu
Augusta Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (1792–1873) Rubiaceae Bu
Augustea August Grisebach (1814–1879) Caryophyllaceae Bu
Austrobaileya Frederick Manson Bailey (1827–1915) and Irving Widmer Bailey (1884–1967) Austrobaileyaceae Ch
Austrobrickellia John Brickell (1748–1809), Irish-born American doctor and botanist Asteraceae Bu
Austrocritonia Criton of Heraclea (c. 100 AD) Asteraceae Bu
Austroeupatorium Mithridates VI Eupator (135–63 BC) Asteraceae Bu
Austromatthaea Matteo di San Giuseppe (1612–1691), Italian clergyman, doctor, botanist, and linguist Monimiaceae Bu
Austromuellera Ferdinand von Mueller (1825–1896) Proteaceae Bu
Austrosteenisia Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan van Steenis (1901–1986) Fabaceae Bu
Autranella Victor Marius François Autran (1860–1927), French colonial administrator who collected plants in equatorial Africa Sapotaceae Bu
Avellinia Giulio Avellino (fl. 1840–43), Italian botanist in Naples Poaceae Qu
Averrhoa Averroes (1126–1198), polymath Oxalidaceae Ba
Averrhoidium Sapindaceae Bu
Avicennia Avicenna (c. 980 –1037) Acanthaceae Bu
Ayenia Louis de Noailles (1713–1793), nobleman Malvaceae Bu
Ayensua
(synonym of Brocchinia)
Edward S. Ayensu (b.1935) Bromeliaceae Bu
Azanza Miguel José de Azanza, 1st Duke of Santa Fe (1746–1826) Malvaceae Bu
Azara José Nicolás de Azara (1730–1804), diplomat Salicaceae Co
Babingtonia Cardale Babington (1808–1895) Myrtaceae Bu
Bachmannia Franz Ewald Theodor Bachmann (1856–1916) Capparaceae Bu
Backhousia James Backhouse (1794–1869) Myrtaceae St
Badiera Barthélémy de Badier (d. 1789), French collector of plants from Saint-Domingue and elsewhere Polygalaceae Bu
Badilloa Víctor Manuel Badillo (1920–2008), Venezuelan botanist in Maracay at the agronomical herbarium of the Central University of Venezuela Asteraceae Qu
Baeckea Abraham Bäck (1713–1795), Swedish botanist and royal personal physician Myrtaceae Ba
Baeriopsis Karl Ernst von Baer (1792–1876) Asteraceae Bu
Bahiopsis Juan Francisco de Bahí y Fonseca (1775–1841), Spanish military doctor; professor of botany in Barcelona Asteraceae Bu
Baikiaea William Balfour Baikie (1825–1864) Fabaceae Bu
Baileya Jacob Whitman Bailey (1811–1857) Asteraceae Bu
Baileyoxylon Irving Widmer Bailey (1884–1967) Achariaceae Bu
Baillonella Henri Ernest Baillon (1827–1895) Sapotaceae Bu
Baissea Nicolas Sarrabat (1698–1739) Apocynaceae Bu
Bakerella John Gilbert Baker (1834–1920) Loranthaceae Bu
Bakeridesia Edmund Gilbert Baker (1864–1949) Malvaceae Bu
Balbisia Giovanni Battista Balbis (1765–1831) Francoaceae Bu
Baldellia Bartolomeo Bartolini-Baldelli (1804–1868), Italian nobleman; close advisor to Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, in Florence Alismataceae Qu
Balduina William Baldwin (1779–1819) Asteraceae Bu
Balfourodendron John Hutton Balfour (1808–1884) Rutaceae Bu
Balizia Filippo del Albizzi (of the 18th-century Albizzis in Florence, Italy) Fabaceae Bu
Ballantinia Mary (Ballantyne) Smith (fl. 1840s), British plant collector from New Norfolk in Australia Brassicaceae Qu
Ballochia Robert Balloch (1825–1902), Scottish merchant from Glasgow; father-in-law of the author of the genus name Acanthaceae Bu
Ballyanthus Peter René Oscar Bally (1895–1980) Apocynaceae Bu
Balmea Juan Balme Giraud (1880–1964), French-born Mexican professor of horticulture; director of Chapultepec, a large urban park in Mexico City Rubiaceae Bu
Baloghia József Balogh (1750–1781), doctor from Transylvania who wrote a dissertation on medically important plants Euphorbiaceae Qu
Baltimora Frederick Calvert, 6th Baron Baltimore (1731–1771) Asteraceae Bu
Bambekea Charles Eugène Marie van Bambeke (1829–1918), Belgian botanist (mycologist); doctor and professor in Ghent Cucurbitaceae Qu
Bampsia Paul Rodolphe Joseph Bamps (b. 1932), Belgian botanist Linderniaceae Bu
Banisteriopsis John Banister (1654–1692) Malpighiaceae Bu
Banksia Joseph Banks (1743–1820) Proteaceae Co
Barbacenia Luís António Furtado de Castro do Rio de Mendonça e Faro (1754–1830), governor of Minas Gerais in Brazil Velloziaceae Bu
Barbaceniopsis Velloziaceae Bu
Barberetta Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818–1899) Haemodoraceae Bu
Barbeuia Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg (1709–1779) Barbeuiaceae Ch
Barbeya William Barbey (1842–1914) Barbeyaceae Ch
Barbieria Jean-Baptiste-Grégoire Barbier (1776–1855), French doctor, pharmacist and botanist in Amiens Fabaceae Bu
Barbosella João Barbosa Rodrigues (1842–1909) Orchidaceae Bu
Barclaya Robert Barclay (1757–1830), English botanist and horticulturalist Nymphaeaceae St
Bardotia Martine Bardot-Vaucoulon (b. 1948), French teacher and botanist who was the first to collect this plant in Madagascar Orobanchaceae Bu
Barfussia Michael Harald Johannes Barfuss (b. 1977), Austrian botanist; specialist in Bromeliaceae Bromeliaceae Bu
Barjonia Barjon, a specialist in French Guianese plants Apocynaceae Bu
Barkeria George Barker (1776–1845) Orchidaceae Bu
Barkleyanthus Theodore Mitchell Barkley (1934–2004), American botanist; professor and curator at Kansas State University Asteraceae Bu
Barklya Henry Barkly (1815–1898), colonial administrator Fabaceae St
Barleria Jacques Barrelier (1606–1673), French botanist and clergyman; plant collector in southern France, Spain and Italy Acanthaceae St
Barleriola Acanthaceae Bu
Barnadesia Miguel Barnades (1708/1717–1771), Spanish botanist; personal physician to Charles III; professor at the botanical garden in Madrid Asteraceae Qu
Barnardia Edward Barnard (1786–1861), English zoologist and botanist; vice president of the Royal Horticultural Society Asparagaceae Bu
Barnebya Rupert Charles Barneby (1911–2000) Malpighiaceae Bu
Barnebydendron Fabaceae Bu
Barnhartia John Hendley Barnhart Polygalaceae Bu
Baronia Richard Baron (1847–1907) Anacardiaceae Bu
Baroniella Apocynaceae Bu
Barringtonia Daines Barrington (1727/28 – 1800) Lecythidaceae St
Barrosoa Graziela Maciel Barroso (1912-2003) Asteraceae Bu
Barteria Charles Barter (1821–1859) Passifloraceae Bu
Barthea Jean Barthe (1814–1866), French naval doctor who wrote about his botanical observations Melastomataceae Bu
Barthlottia Wilhelm Barthlott (b. 1946) Scrophulariaceae Bu
Bartholina Thomas Bartholin (1616–1680), doctor Orchidaceae Bu
Bartholomaea Bartolomé de las Casas (1484–1566), bishop Salicaceae Bu
Bartlettia John Russell Bartlett (1805–1886), historian Asteraceae Bu
Bartlettina Harley Harris Bartlett (1886–1960) Asteraceae Bu
Bartonia Benjamin Smith Barton (1766–1815) Gentianaceae Bu
Bartsia Johann Bartsch (1709–1738) Orobanchaceae Bu
Basedowia Herbert Basedow (1881–1933) Asteraceae Bu
Baskervilla Thomas Baskerville (1812–1840 ?) Orchidaceae Bu
Basselinia Olivier Basselin (c. 1400 – c. 1450), poet Arecaceae Bu
Bassia Ferdinando Bassi (1710–1774), Italian botanist Amaranthaceae Co
Bastardiastrum Toussaint Bastard (1784–1846), French physician; professor of botany and director of the botanical garden in Angers Malvaceae Bu
Batemannia James Bateman (1811–1897) Orchidaceae St
Batesanthus George Latimer Bates (1863–1940) Apocynaceae Bu
Batesia Henry Walter Bates (1825–1892) Fabaceae Bu
Batesimalva David Martin Bates (1934–2019), American professor of botany at Cornell University Malvaceae Bu
Bathiorhamnus Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie (1873–1958) Rhamnaceae Bu
Batopedina Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp (1888–1984) Rubiaceae Bu
Baudouinia Louis Alexis Baudoin (1776—1805), naval officer Fabaceae Bu
Bauera Franz (1758–1840) and Ferdinand Bauer (1760–1826) Cunoniaceae St
Bauhinia Johann (1541–1613) and Gaspard Bauhin (1560–1624) Fabaceae St
Baumia Hugo Baum (1867–1950) Orobanchaceae Bu
Baxteria William Baxter (1787 - between 1830 and 1836) Dasypogonaceae St
Bayabusua Baya Busu, assistant in the herbarium of the Forest Research Institute Malaysia Cucurbitaceae Bu
Baynesia Maudsley Baynes (1881–1971), English-born South African naturalist Apocynaceae Bu
Beaucarnea Jean-Baptiste Beaucarne (1802 – 1889), Flemish lawyer who raised succulents and orchids for competitions Asparagaceae Ba
Beaufortia Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort (baptised 1630 –1715) Myrtaceae St
Beaumontia Diana Wentworth Beaumont (d. 1831), botanical patron at Bretton Hall, West Yorkshire Apocynaceae St
Beauprea Charles-François Beautemps-Beaupré (1766–1854) Proteaceae Bu
Beaupreopsis Proteaceae Bu
Beautempsia Capparaceae Bu
Bebbia Michael Schuck Bebb (1833–1895) Asteraceae Bu
Beccarianthus Odoardo Beccari (1843–1920) Melastomataceae Bu
Beccarinda Gesneriaceae Bu
Beccariophoenix Arecaceae Bu
Beckmannia Johann Beckmann (1739–1811) Poaceae Bu
Beclardia Pierre Augustin Béclard (1785–1825), doctor Orchidaceae Bu
Becquerelia Antoine César Becquerel (1788–1878), scientist Cyperaceae Bu
Bedfordia John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (1766–1839) Asteraceae Bu
Beesia Arthur Bulley (1861–1942), of Bees Nursery Ranunculaceae Ba
Begonia Michel Bégon (1638–1710), government official and plant collector Begoniaceae Ch
Beguea Louis Henri Bégué (1906–1979), French civil servant in the forestry service in Ivory Coast and Madagascar Sapindaceae Bu
Behaimia Martin Behaim (1459–1507) Fabaceae Bu
Behnia Wilhelm Friedrich Georg Behn (1808–1878) Asparagaceae Bu
Beilschmiedia Carl Traugott Beilschmied (1793–1848) Lauraceae Bu
Beirnaertia Abiron-Frans-Adolf-Désiré Beirnert (1903–1941), Belgian botanist and agronomist, and a section head at the National Institute for Agronomic Study of the Belgian Congo Menispermaceae Bu
Beiselia Karl-Werner Beisel (b. c. 1931), German merchant; cactus collector and grower Burseraceae Bu
Bejaranoa Gastón Bejarano (20th century), Bolivian director of forestry and national parks Asteraceae Bu
Bejaria José de Bejar (17th century), Spanish doctor and botanist from Cadiz Ericaceae St
Bellardia Carlo Antonio Lodovico Bellardi (1741–1826), Italian professor of botany; doctor in Turin Orobanchaceae Qu
Bellardiochloa Poaceae Bu
Bellendena John Bellenden Ker Gawler (1764–1842) Proteaceae Bu
Bellevalia Pierre Richer de Belleval (1564–1632) Asparagaceae Co
Belloa Andrés Bello (1781–1865), polymath and diplomat Asteraceae Bu
Bellonia Pierre Belon (1517–1564) Gesneriaceae Bu
Bellucia Toma Belluci (d. 1672), Italian botanical garden director in Pisa Melastomataceae Bu
Bencomia Bencomo (c. 1438–1494), king Rosaceae Bu
Benincasa Giuseppe Benincasa (died late 1595) Cucurbitaceae Co
Benjaminia Ludwig Benjamin (1825–1848) Plantaginaceae Bu
Bennettiodendron John Joseph Bennett Salicaceae Bu
Benoistia Raymond Benoist (1881–1970) Euphorbiaceae Bu
Bensoniella Gilbert Thereon Benson (1896–1928), American botanist; librarian of the Dudley Herbarium at Stanford University Saxifragaceae Qu
Benstonea Benjamin Clemens Stone (1933–1994) Pandanaceae Bu
Benthamia George Bentham (1800–1884) Orchidaceae Bu
Benthamiella Solanaceae Bu
Benthamina Loranthaceae Bu
Bentinckia Lord William Bentinck (1774–1839), colonial administrator Arecaceae Bu
Benzingia David Hill Benzing (b. 1937), American botanist and professor of biology at Oberlin College; specialist in Bromeliaceae and epiphytes Orchidaceae Bu
Benzonia Peder Eggert Benzon (1788–1848), Danish pharmacist and botanist in Saint Croix Rubiaceae Bu
Bequaertia Joseph Charles Bequaert (1886–1982) Celastraceae Bu
Berardia Pierre Bérard (c. 1580 – c. 1664), French apothecary and botanist in Grenoble; wrote a six-volume encyclopedia of plants Asteraceae Bu
Berchemia Jacob Pierre Berthoud van Berchem (1763–1832), Dutch-born Swiss naturalist and mineralogist Rhamnaceae Ba
Berchemiella Rhamnaceae Qu
Bergenia Karl August von Bergen (1704–1759) Saxifragaceae Co
Bergeranthus Alwin Berger (1871–1931) Aizoaceae Bu
Bergerocactus Cactaceae St
Berghesia Carl de Berghes (1792–1869), German engineer; collected plants near the Aztec ruins in Zacatecas in Mexico Rubiaceae Bu
Bergia Peter Jonas Bergius (1730–1790) Elatinaceae Bu
Berhautia Jean Berhaut (1902–1977), French clergyman, botanist and entomologist; collected plants in Senegal Loranthaceae Qu
Berkheya Johannes le Francq van Berkhey (1729–1812) Asteraceae St
Berlandiera Jean-Louis Berlandier (1803–1851) Asteraceae St
Berlinia Andreas Berlin (1746–1773) Fabaceae Bu
Bernardia Charles Bernard (1699–1777) Euphorbiaceae Bt
Berneuxia Siméon-François Berneux (1814–1866), missionary Diapensiaceae Bu
Bernoullia Carl Gustav Bernoulli (1834–1878), Swiss doctor and botanist; collected plants in the Mayan ruins of Tikal in Chiapas in Mexico Malvaceae Bu
Berroa Mariano B. Berro (d. 1922), Uruguayan botanist in Montevideo; specialist in grasses Asteraceae Bu
Berrya Andrew Berry (1764–1833), English doctor with the Madras Medical Service (now part of the Army Medical Corps) in India; sent plants to the botanical garden in Kolkata Malvaceae Qu
Berteroa Carlo Luigi Giuseppe Bertero (1789–1831) Brassicaceae St
Bertholletia Claude Louis Berthollet (1748–1822), chemist[e] Lecythidaceae St
Bertiera Bertier, a French Guianese woman who helped Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet with his study of the native plants, including this genus Rubiaceae Bu
Bertolonia Antonio Bertoloni (1775–1869) Melastomataceae St
Bertya Léonce de Lambertye (1810–1877), French botanist and horticulturalist; wrote about strawberries and other plants in the vicinity of the Marne Euphorbiaceae Qu
Berylsimpsonia Beryl B. Simpson (b. 1942) Asteraceae Bu
Berzelia Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779–1848), chemist Bruniaceae Bu
Beschorneria Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Beschorner (1806–1873), German-Silesian psychiatrist with botanical interests; was related to the author of this genus Asparagaceae Ba
Bessera Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser (1784–1842) Asparagaceae Co
Bethencourtia Jean de Béthencourt (1362–1425), colonial administrator Asteraceae Bu
Bewsia John Bews (1884—1938) Poaceae Bu
Beyeria Adriaan de Beijer (1773–1843), Dutch City Secretary in Nijmegen; researched and wrote about grasses and spore-bearing plants Euphorbiaceae Bu
Bhidea Shri Ramchandra Kashinath Bhide (1873–1946), Indian curator at the agricultural college in Pune Poaceae Bu
Biancaea Giuseppe Bianca (1801–1883), Italian botanist and agronomist; cultivated almond trees in Avola on Sicily Fabaceae Bu
Biebersteinia Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein (1768–1826) Biebersteiniaceae Ch
Bienertia Theophil Joachim Heinrich Bienert (1833–1873) Amaranthaceae Bu
Biermannia Adolph Biermann (d. 1880), curator of the botanical garden in Kolkata Orchidaceae Qu
Bigelowia Jacob Bigelow (1787–1879) Asteraceae St
Bignonia Jean-Paul Bignon (1662–1743), statesman and royal librarian Bignoniaceae Ch
Bikkia either Adrianus Johannes Bik (1790–1872) or his brother Jannus Theodorus Bik (1796–1875), both botanical illustrators Rubiaceae Bu
Billardiera Jacques Labillardière (1755–1834) Pittosporaceae Co
Billbergia Gustaf Johan Billberg (1772–1844) Bromeliaceae St
Billburttia B. L. Burtt (1913–2008) Apiaceae Bu
Billia Johann Georg Bill (1813–1870), Austrian professor of botany at the University of Graz Sapindaceae Bu
Billieturnera Billie Lee Turner (1925–2020) Malvaceae Bu
Billolivia Olive Mary Hilliard (b. 1925) and B. L. Burtt (1913–2008) Gesneriaceae Bu
Bisboeckelera Johann Otto Boeckeler (1803–1899) Cyperaceae Bu
Bischofia Gottlieb Wilhelm Bischoff (1797–1854) Phyllanthaceae St
Bisglaziovia Auguste François Marie Glaziou (1828–1906) Melastomataceae Bu
Bisgoeppertia Heinrich Göppert (1800–1884) Gentianaceae Bu
Bishopanthus Luther Earl Bishop (1943–1991), American botanist; collected in the US and Colombia Asteraceae Bu
Bishopiella Asteraceae Bu
Bishovia Asteraceae Bu
Bismarckia Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), chancellor Arecaceae St
Bivinia Louis Hyacinthe Boivin (1808–1852), French botanist; collected for the National Museum of Natural History Salicaceae Qu
Bivonaea Antonino de Bivona-Bernardi (1774 or 1778–1837) Brassicaceae Bu
Blachia Jean Gaston Marie Blache (1799–1871), French doctor who supported the author of this genus, Henri Ernest Baillon Euphorbiaceae Bu
Blackallia William Blackall (1876–1941) Rhamnaceae Bu
Blackstonia John Blackstone (1712–1753), English apothecary and botanist Gentianaceae Qu
Blainvillea Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777–1850) Asteraceae Bu
Blakea Martin Blake of Antigua, friend and patron of the author of this genus, Patrick Browne Melastomataceae Qu
Blakiella Sidney Fay Blake (1892–1959) Asteraceae Bu
Blanchetia Jacques Samuel Blanchet (1807–1875), Swiss merchant, botanist and plant collector; worked for a Swiss export firm in Bahia in Brazil Asteraceae Qu
Blanchetiodendron Fabaceae Bu
Blancoa Francisco Manuel Blanco (1779–1845) Haemodoraceae Bu
Blandfordia George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough (1766–1840) Blandfordiaceae Ch
Bleasdalea John Bleasdale (1822–1884) Proteaceae Bu
Bleekrodea Salomon Abraham Bleekrode (1814–1862), Dutch doctor in Groningen; professor of natural science Moraceae Bu
Bletia Luis Blet y Gazel (1742–1808), Spanish military and court apothecary in Argentina and Spain Orchidaceae Ba
Bletilla Orchidaceae Co
Blighia William Bligh (1754–1817), naval officer Sapindaceae St
Blighiopsis Sapindaceae Bu
Blinkworthia Robert Blinkworth, collector of plants for Nathaniel Wallich around Yangon[f] Convolvulaceae Qu
Blomia Frans Blom (1893–1963), archeologist Sapindaceae Bu
Bloomeria H. G. Bloomer (1821–1874), American botanist in California Asparagaceae St
Blossfeldia Harry Blossfeld (1913–1986), German-born Brazilian gardener in São Paulo; collected plants in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia and Peru Cactaceae Ba
Blotiella Marie Laure Tardieu-Blot (1902–1998) Dennstaedtiaceae Bt
Blumea Carl Ludwig Blume (1796–1862) Asteraceae Bu
Blumenbachia Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840) Loasaceae St
Blumeodendron Carl Ludwig Blume (1796–1862) Euphorbiaceae Bu
Bobartia Jacob Bobart the Younger (1641–1719) Iridaceae Bu
Bobea Jean-Baptiste Bobe-Moreau (1761–1849), French doctor and naval pharmacist in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime; published a catalog of the plants in that district, and founded a directory of eponymic plant names Rubiaceae Qu
Bobgunnia Charles Robert Gunn (1927–2015), American director of the National Seed Herbarium at the Department of Agriculture; wrote a multi-volume work on Fabaceae Fabaceae Bu
Bocagea Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1765–1805), poet Annonaceae Bu
Bocageopsis Annonaceae Bu
Bocconia Paolo Boccone (1633–1704) Papaveraceae St
Bocquillonia Henri Théophile Bocquillon (1834–1884) Euphorbiaceae Bu
Boea François Beau (1723–1804), French priest and mayor in Toulon-sur-Arroux in Burgundy Gesneriaceae Bu
Boeberastrum Johann von Böber (1746–1820) Asteraceae Bu
Boeberoides Asteraceae Bu
Boechera Tyge W. Böcher (1909–1983) Brassicaceae Bu
Boehmeria Georg Rudolf Boehmer (1723–1803) Urticaceae St
Boeica François Beau (1723–1804), French priest and mayor in Toulon-sur-Arroux in Burgundy Gesneriaceae Bu
Boelckea Osvaldo Boelcke (1920–1990), Argentinian botanist and agronomist; professor at the University of Buenos Aires; specialist in Brassicaceae Plantaginaceae Bu
Boenninghausenia Clemens Maria Franz von Bönninghausen (1785–1864) Rutaceae Co
Boerhavia Herman Boerhaave (1668–1738) Nyctaginaceae Bu
Boerlagea Jacob Gijsbert Boerlage (1849–1900) Melastomataceae Bu
Boesenbergia Clara and Walter Bösenberg, sister and brother-in-law of the author of this genus, Otto Kuntze Zingiberaceae Bu
Bognera Josef Bogner (b. 1939), German botanist; director of the botanical garden in Munich; specialist in Araceae Araceae Bu
Bolandra Henry Nicholas Bolander (1831–1897) Saxifragaceae Bu
Boltonia James Bolton (1735–1799) Asteraceae Co
Bolusafra Harry Bolus (1834–1911) Fabaceae Bu
Bolusanthus Fabaceae Ba
Bolusia Fabaceae Bu
Bolusiella Orchidaceae Bu
Bomarea Jacques-Christophe Valmont de Bomare (1731–1807) Alstroemeriaceae St
Bomarea Jacques-Christophe Valmont de Bomare (1731–1807) Alstroemeriaceae St
Bommeria Jean-Édouard Bommer (1829–1895) Pteridaceae Bt
Bonania Sebastian Bonani, research assistant to Ramón de la Sagra Euphorbiaceae Bu
Bonannia Antonino Bonanni, student of and illustrator for Francesco Cupani Apiaceae Bu
Bonatea Giuseppe Antonio Bonato (1753–1836), Italian professor of botany and director of the botanical garden in Padua Orchidaceae Qu
Bonellia Franco Andrea Bonelli (1784–1830) Primulaceae Bu
Bonetiella Federico Bonet Marco (1906–1980), Spanish entomologist, micropaleontologist and speleologist, initially at the National Museum of Natural Sciences and the veterinary school in Madrid; fled to Mexico in the late 1930s and became a professor Anacardiaceae Bu
Bongardia Gustav Heinrich von Bongard (1786–1839) Berberidaceae Co
Bonia Henri François Bon (1844–1894), French clergyman and amateur botanist; collected in Indochina Poaceae Bu
Boniodendron Sapindaceae Bu
Bonnaya Charles François, Marquis de Bonnay, army officer and politician Linderniaceae Bu
Bonnetia Charles Bonnet (1750–1825) Bonnetiaceae Ch
Bonplandia Aimé Bonpland (1773–1858) Polemoniaceae Bu
Bontia Jacobus Bontius (1592–1631), doctor Scrophulariaceae Bu
Bonyunia George R. Bonyun (c. 1811 – 1853), doctor in Georgetown, Guyana; friend of the author of the genus, Moritz Richard Schomburgk Loganiaceae Bu
Bordasia Eugenia E. Bordas (d. 2018), Paraguayan botanist; was with the group that found the plant Malvaceae Bu
Borismene Boris Alexander Krukoff (1898–1983) Menispermaceae Qu
Bornmuellera Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller (1862–1948) Brassicaceae Bu
Borodinia Ivan Parfenievich Borodin (1847-1930) Brassicaceae Bu
Boronia Francesco Borone (1769–1794), Italian naturalist Rutaceae St
Borrichia Ole Borch (1626-1690) Asteraceae Bu
Borthwickia Albert William Borthwick (1872–1937), Scottish botanist and professor of forestry at the University of Aberdeen Resedaceae Bu
Borya Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1778–1846) Boryaceae Bu
Borzicactus Antonino Borzì (1852–1921) Cactaceae Bu
Boschia Johannes van den Bosch (1780–1844), colonial administrator Malvaceae Bu
Boschniakia Alexander Karlovich Boschniak (1786–1831), Russian botanist Orobanchaceae Bu
Boscia Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc (1759–1828) Capparaceae Bu
Bosea Caspar Bose (1645–1700) and his brother Georg Bose (1650–1700), German merchants who established baroque gardens in Leipzig Amaranthaceae Bu
Bosistoa Joseph Bosisto (1827–1898) Rutaceae Bu
Bossera Jean Marie Bosser (1922–2013) Euphorbiaceae Bu
Bossiaea Joseph Hugues Boissieu La Martinière (1758–1788) Fabaceae St
Boswellia James Boswell (1740–1795), writer Burseraceae St
Botschantzevia Victor Botchantsev (1910-1990) Brassicaceae Bu
Bottegoa Vittorio Bottego (1860–1897), army officer Rutaceae Bu
Bouchardatia Apollinaire Bouchardat (1809–1886) Rutaceae Bu
Bouchea Peter Friedrich Bouché (1785–1856), and his brother, Peter Karl Bouché (1783–1856), a gardener and botanist Verbenaceae Bu
Bouchetia Dominique Bouchet-Doumenq (1771–1844), French physician and botanist in Montpellier Solanaceae Qu
Bouea Ami Boué (1794–1881) Anacardiaceae Bu
Bouffordia David Edward Boufford (b. 1941), an American botanist (bryology and pteridology), from the Herbaria at Harvard University Fabaceae Bt
Bougainvillea Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811), naval officer Nyctaginaceae Co
Bourreria Johann Ambrosius Beurer (1716–1754), German physician, apothecary and naturalist Boraginaceae Bu
Bousigonia Ėtienne Nicolas Aristide Bousigon (b. 1836), French naval officer, plant collector Apocynaceae Bu
Bouteloua Claudio Boutelou (1774–1842), Spanish gardener and botanist, and his brother Esteban Boutelou (1776–1813), botanist and agronomist Poaceae Ba
Boutiquea Raymond Boutique (1906–1985), Belgian botanist Annonaceae Bu
Boutonia Louis Bouton (1800–1878), French-Mauritian botanist in Port Louis, Mauritius Acanthaceae Qu
Bouvardia Charles Bouvard (1572–1658) Rubiaceae Co
Bouzetia Eugène du Bouzet (1805–1867), French counter admiral and governor of New Caledonia; promoter of natural scientists Rutaceae Bu
Bowdichia Thomas Edward Bowdich (1791–1824) Fabaceae Bu
Bowenia George Bowen (1821–1899), colonial administrator Zamiaceae Ba
Bowiea James Bowie (c. 1789–1869) Asparagaceae St
Bowkeria James Henry Bowker (1825–1900), and Mary Elizabeth (Bowker) Barber (1818–1899) Stilbaceae St
Bowlesia William Bowles (1705–1780) Apiaceae Bu
Bowringia John Bowring (1792–1872), colonial administrator, and his son John Charles Bowring (1821–1893) Fabaceae Bu
Boyania Jonah Boyan (fl. 1952), and Rufas Boyan (fl. 1950–1969), Arawak horticulturalists who worked for the British Guyana Forestry Department and the New York Botanical Garden Melastomataceae Bu
Boykinia Samuel Boykin (1786–1846), American botanist in Georgia Saxifragaceae St
Brackenridgea William Brackenridge (1810–1893) Ochnaceae Bu
Bradburia John Bradbury (1768–1823) Asteraceae Bu
Bradea Alexander Curt Brade (1881–1971) Rubiaceae Bu
Braemia Guido Jozef Braem (b. 1944), Belgian-born German natural scientist (botanist, chemist, molecular biologist) Orchidaceae Qu
Brahea Tycho Brahe (1546–1601), astronomer Arecaceae St
Brandegea Townshend Stith Brandegee (1843–1925) Cucurbitaceae Bu
Brandella August Brand (1863–1930) Boraginaceae Bu
Brandisia Dietrich Brandis (1824–1907) Orobanchaceae Bu
Brandzeia Dimitrie Brândză (1846–1895) Fabaceae Bu
Brasenia Christoph Brasen (1738–1774), Danish doctor, missionary and botanist Cabombaceae Bu
Brassaiopsis Sámuel Brassai (1797–1897) Araliaceae Bu
Brassavola Antonio Musa Brassavola (1500–1555), doctor Orchidaceae St
Brassia William Brass (d. 1783), English botanist; collected in West Africa Orchidaceae St
Brassiantha Leonard John Brass (1900–1971) Celastraceae Bu
Brassiophoenix Arecaceae Bu
Braunsia Hans Brauns (1857–1929) Aizoaceae Bu
Bravaisia Auguste Bravais (1811–1863), and his brother Louis (1801–1843), doctor and botanist Acanthaceae Bu
Braya Franz Gabriel von Bray (1765–1832), Bavarian diplomat and naturalist; German ambassador to the United Kingdom Brassicaceae Qu
Brayopsis Brassicaceae Bu
Brazzeia Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852–1905), explorer Lecythidaceae Bu
Bredemeyera Franz Bredemeyer (1758–1839), Austrian imperial court gardener at Schönbrunn Palace Polygalaceae Qu
Bredia Jacob Gijsbertus Samuël van Breda (1788–1867) Melastomataceae Bu
Bremeria Birgitta Bremer (b. 1950) Rubiaceae Bu
Brenandendron John Patrick Micklethwait Brenan (1917-1985) Asteraceae Bu
Brenania Rubiaceae Bu
Brenierea Jean Brenière (1924–2014); worked for the agricultural service in Madagascar in the 1950s as head of the Betioky anti-locust station Fabaceae Bu
Breonadia Jean Nicolas Bréon (1785–1864) Rubiaceae Bu
Breonia Rubiaceae Bu
Bretschneidera Emil Bretschneider (1833–1901) Akaniaceae Bu
Breviea Jules Brévié (1880–1964), colonial administrator Sapotaceae Bu
Breynia Jacob Breyne (1637–1697), and his son Johann Philipp Breyne (1680–1764) Phyllanthaceae Ba
Brianhuntleya Brian Huntley (b. 1944) Aizoaceae Bu
Brickellia John Brickell (1748–1809), Irish-born American doctor and botanist Asteraceae St
Brickelliastrum Asteraceae Qu
Bridelia Samuel Elisée Bridel-Brideri (1761–1828) Phyllanthaceae Bu
Bridgesia Thomas Bridges (1807–1865) Sapindaceae Bu
Bridsonia Diane Mary Bridson (b.1942), English botanist and illustrator from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Rubiaceae Bt
Brieya Jacques de Briey (1885–1914), French-born Belgian agronomist Annonaceae Bu
Briggsiopsis Munro Briggs Scott (1889–1917) Gesneriaceae Bu
Brighamia William Tufts Brigham (1841–1926) Campanulaceae Bu
Brillantaisia Louis-Marie Marion-Brillantais (1743–1829), French ship designer and shipping magnate who provided wood for military ships Acanthaceae Bu
Brimeura Marie de Brimeu (ca.1550–1605) Asparagaceae Co
Brintonia Jeremiah Bernard Brinton (1835–1894), American botanist and Solidago specialist Asteraceae Bu
Briquetia John Isaac Briquet (1870–1931) Malvaceae Bu
Brocchia Giovanni Battista Brocchi (1772–1826) Asteraceae Bu
Brocchinia Bromeliaceae Bu
Brodiaea James Brodie (1744–1824) Asparagaceae Co
Brodriguesia João Barbosa Rodrigues (1842–1909) Fabaceae Bu
Brombya John Edward Bromby (1809–1889), schoolmaster Rutaceae Bu
Bromelia Olof Bromelius (1639–1705), Swedish doctor and botanist Bromeliaceae Ch
Bromheadia Edward Bromhead (1789–1855), mathematician Orchidaceae St
Brongniartia Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (1801–1876) Fabaceae Bu
Bronwenia Bronwen Gates (b. 1945), American botanist; wrote a monograph on Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae Bu
Brookea James Brooke (1803–1868), ruler of Sarawak Plantaginaceae Bu
Broughtonia Arthur Broughton (c. 1758–1796) Orchidaceae St
Broussonetia Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet (1761–1807) Moraceae Co
Browallia Johannes Browallius (1707–1755) Solanaceae Co
Brownea Patrick Browne (1720–1790) Fabaceae St
Browneopsis Fabaceae Bu
Browningia Webster E. Browning (1869–1942), teacher; director of the Instituto Inglés in Santiago de Chile Cactaceae Ba
Brownleea John Brownlee (1791–1871), English botanist, clergyman, linguist, gardener, and missionary in South Africa Orchidaceae Qu
Brownlowia Amelia Sophia Hume (1788–1814), patron of the natural sciences; married John Cust, 1st Earl Brownlow Malvaceae Bu
Brucea James Bruce (1730–1794), travel writer Simaroubaceae Bu
Brugmansia Sebald Justinus Brugmans (1763–1819) Solanaceae Co
Bruguiera Jean Guillaume Bruguière (1749–1798) Rhizophoraceae Bu
Bruinsmia Abraham Eduard Johannes Bruinsma (1852–1943), Dutch forester in the Dutch East Indies Styracaceae Bu
Brunellia Gabriele Brunelli (1728–1797), Italian clergyman and botanist; botanical garden curator in Bologna Brunelliaceae Ch
Brunfelsia Otto Brunfels (1488? –1534) Solanaceae Co
Brunia Alexander Brown (fl. 1692–1698), English doctor and plant collector; ship's doctor with the East India Company Bruniaceae Qu
Brunnera Samuel Brunner (1790–1844), Swiss botanist Boraginaceae Co
Brunnichia Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737–1827) Polygonaceae Bu
Brunonia Robert Brown Goodeniaceae St
Brunoniella Acanthaceae Bu
Brunsvigia Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1713–1780) Amaryllidaceae St
Brya J. T. de Bry (1564–1617), engraver Fabaceae St
Bryantiella Susanna Bixby Bryant (1880–1946), founded the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden (now the California Botanic Garden), near the present-day Susanna Bixby Bryant Museum Polemoniaceae Bu
Brylkinia Aleksandr Dmitrievich Brylkin (fl. 1859–1865), ethnographer and plant collector in Siberia Poaceae Bu
Buchanania Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762–1829) Anacardiaceae Bu
Buchholzia Reinhold Wilhelm Buchholz (1837–1876) Capparaceae Bu
Buchnera Andreas Elias Büchner (1701–1769), German physician, natural scientist and professor of medicine Orobanchaceae Bu
Buchnerodendron Max Buchner (1846–1921), German doctor, ethnologist and explorer Achariaceae Bu
Buchtienia Otto Buchtien (1859–1946), German teacher and botanist; plant collector in Chile Orchidaceae Qu
Buckinghamia The 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1823–1889) Proteaceae Bu
Buckleya Samuel Botsford Buckley (1809–1884) Santalaceae Bu
Buckollia anagram of Bullockia, for Arthur Allman Bullock (1906–1980) Apocynaceae Bu
Bucquetia Jean-Baptiste-Michel Bucquet (1746–1780), chemist Melastomataceae Bu
Buddleja Adam Buddle (1662–1715) Scrophulariaceae Co
Buergersiochloa Theodor Joseph Bürgers (with name variants), (1881–1954), German doctor and zoologist Poaceae Bu
Bufonia Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707–1788) Caryophyllaceae Bu
Buforrestia Thomas Forrest (c.1729–c.1802), navigator Commelinaceae Bu
Bukiniczia Dimitri D. Bukinich (1882–1939), Russian geographer, hydrogeologist and ethnographer; also a botanist and agronomist Plumbaginaceae Bu
Bulleyia Arthur Bulley (1861–1942) Orchidaceae Bu
Bullockia Arthur Allman Bullock (1906–1980), English botanist at Kew Herbarium from 1929 to 1968 Rubiaceae Bu
Bulnesia Manuel Bulnes (1799–1866), president Zygophyllaceae Bu
Bungea Alexander von Bunge (1803–1890) Orobanchaceae Bu
Burbidgea Frederick William Burbidge (1847–1905) Zingiberaceae Ba
Burchardia Johann Heinrich Burckhard (1676–1738), German doctor; city physician in Wolfenbüttel Colchicaceae Qu
Burchellia William John Burchell (1781–1863) Rubiaceae St
Burckella William Burck (1848–1910) Sapotaceae Bu
Burdachia Karl Friedrich Burdach (1776–1847) Malpighiaceae Bu
Burkartia Arturo Eduardo Burkart (1906–1975), Argentine botanist and agricultural engineer; professor of agricultural sciences in La Plata Asteraceae Bu
Burkea Joseph Burke (1812–1873) Fabaceae Bu
Burkillanthus Isaac Henry Burkill (1870–1965) Rutaceae Bu
Burkilliodendron Fabaceae Bu
Burmannia Johannes Burman (1707–1780) Burmanniaceae Ch
Burmeistera Hermann Burmeister (1807–1892) Campanulaceae Bu
Burnatia Émile Burnat (1828–1920) Alismataceae Bu
Burnettia Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800–1835) Orchidaceae Bu
Burretiodendron Max Burret (1883–1964) Malvaceae Bu
Burretiokentia Arecaceae Bu
Bursera Joachim Burser (1583-1639) Burseraceae Ch
Burttia Bernard Dearman Burtt (1902–1938), British botanist in Tanganyika Connaraceae Qu
Bussea Walter Carl Otto Busse (1868–1933) Fabaceae Bu
Butea John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713–1792) Fabaceae St
Buttonia Edward Button (1836–1900), English botanist; collected plants in South Africa Orobanchaceae Qu
Cabralea Pedro Álvares Cabral (c.1467 or 1468–c.1520), explorer Meliaceae Bu
Cabreriella Ángel Lulio Cabrera (1908–1999) Asteraceae Bu
Caccinia Matteo Caccini (1573–1640), Italian aristocrat and botanist Boraginaceae Bu
Cadellia Francis Cadell (1822–1879), explorer and colonialist Surianaceae Bu
Caesalpinia Andrea Cesalpino (1524–1603) Fabaceae Co
Caesia Federico Cesi (1585–1630) Asphodelaceae Bu
Cailliella René Caillié (1799–1838), explorer Melastomataceae Bu
Calandrinia Jean-Louis Calandrini (1703–1758) Montiaceae Co
Caldcluvia Alexander Caldcleugh (d. 1858), traveler and fellow of the Royal Society Cunoniaceae St
Caldesia Lodovico Caldesi (1821–1884), Italian politician and botanist Alismataceae Qu
Caleana George Caley (1770–1829) Orchidaceae Bu
Calibrachoa Antonio de la Cal y Bracho (1764/1766–1833), Spanish-born Mexican botanist and professor of pharmacology Solanaceae Bu
Callerya Joseph-Marie Callery (1810–1862), French clergyman and sinologist; collected plants for Joseph Decaisne Fabaceae Bu
Callisthene Callisthenes, historian Vochysiaceae Bu
Calodecaryia Raymond Decary (1891–1973), French botanist Meliaceae Qu
Calomeria Napoleon Bonaparte, probably, from Greek for "attractive part" (Italian "buena parte") Asteraceae St
Calpurnia Calpurnius, first-century poet Fabaceae St
Caluera Carlyle A. Luer (1922–2019) Orchidaceae Bu
Calvoa Atilano Calvo Iturburi (19th century), Spanish magistrate on Bioko island, off Equatorial Guinea Melastomataceae Bu
Camarea Manuel Ferreira da Câmara Bethencourt Aguiar e Sá (1764–1835), Brazilian scientist; discovered the connection between volcanos and obsidian Malpighiaceae Bu
Cambessedesia Jacques Cambessèdes (1799–1863) Melastomataceae Bu
Camellia Georg Joseph Kamel (1661–1706) Theaceae Co
Cameraria Joachim Camerarius the Younger (1534–1598) Apocynaceae Bu
Camissonia Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838) Onagraceae Bu
Camissoniopsis Onagraceae Bu
Camoensia Luís de Camões (c.1524 or 1525–1580), poet Fabaceae St
Campbellia William Hunter Campbell (1814–1883), secretary of what is now the Botanical Society of Scotland, and his brother J. Campbell, who collected plants for him in India Orobanchaceae Bu
Campomanesia Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes (1723–1802) Myrtaceae Bu
Canbya William Marriott Canby (1831–1904) Papaveraceae Bu
Cancrinia Georg Ludwig Cancrin (1774–1845), nobleman Asteraceae Bu
Cancriniella Asteraceae Bu
Candolleodendron Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778–1841) Fabaceae Bu
Cantinoa Philip D. Cantino (b. 1948), American botanist at Ohio University; specialised in Lamiaceae Lamiaceae Bu
Cantleya Nathaniel Cantley (1847–1888) Stemonuraceae Bu
Capanemia Guilherme Schüch Capanema (1824–1908), Brazilian engineer and naturalist Orchidaceae Qu
Caperonia Noël Caperon (d. 1572), French apothecary in Orleans Euphorbiaceae Qu
Capitanopsis Baron von Müller-Prosko-Capitany (b. 1860); collected these plants near the Red Sea around 1880 Lamiaceae Bu
Capurodendron René Paul Raymond Capuron (1921–1971) Sapotaceae Bu
Capuronia Lythraceae Bu
Capuronianthus Meliaceae Bu
Cardenasiodendron Martín Cárdenas (1899–1973) Anacardiaceae Bu
Cardosoa Helder Cardoso, the first to collect these plants Asteraceae Bu
Cardwellia Edward Cardwell, 1st Viscount Cardwell (1813–1886) Proteaceae Bu
Careya William Carey (1761–1834), missionary Lecythidaceae Bu
Cariniana Eugène-Emmanuel de Savoie-Villafranca (1816–1888), nobleman of the House of Savoy-Carignano who funded the Brazilian excursions of the author of the genus Lecythidaceae Bu
Carlemannia Charles Morgan Lemann (1806–1852) Carlemanniaceae Bu
Carlephyton Georges Louis Carle (1879–1945), French agricultural engineer and head of the French colonial administration in Madagascar Araceae Bu
Carlesia William Richard Carles (1848–1929), British diplomat who collected plants for the Royal Botanic Gardens while in Korea Apiaceae Bu
Carlina Charlemagne (747–814), emperor Asteraceae Co
Carlowrightia Charles Wright (1811–1885) Acanthaceae Bu
Carlquistia Sherwin Carlquist (1930-2021) Asteraceae Bu
Carludovica Charles IV of Spain (1748–1819) and Maria Luisa of Parma (1751–1819) Cyclanthaceae St
Carmichaelia Dugald Carmichael (1772–1827) Fabaceae Co
Carminatia Bassiano Carminati (1750–1830), Italian doctor in Lodi; professor in Pavia Asteraceae Bu
Carnarvonia Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831–1890) Proteaceae Bu
Carnegiea Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919), industrialist and philanthropist Cactaceae St
Carnegieodoxa Monimiaceae Bu
Carolus Charles Cavender Davis (b. 1974), American botanist; specialist in Malpighiaceae Malpighiaceae Bu
Carpenteria William Marbury Carpenter (1811–1848) Hydrangeaceae Co
Carrierea Élie-Abel Carrière (1818–1896) Salicaceae St
Carrissoa Luís Wittnich Carrisso (1886–1937) Fabaceae Bu
Carronia William Carron (1821–1876), English and Australian botanist and explorer Menispermaceae Qu
Carruthersia William Carruthers (1830–1922) Apocynaceae Bu
Carterella Annetta Mary Carter (1907–1991) Rubiaceae Bu
Carvalhoa Manuel Rodriguez de Carvalho (1848–1909); collected plants around 1884 in Mozambique Apocynaceae Bu
Casasia Luis de Las Casas (1745-1800), colonial administrator Rubiaceae Bu
Casearia Johannes Casearius (1642–1678), Dutch clergyman and missionary with the Dutch East India Company Salicaceae Qu
Casimirella Casimir de Candolle (1836–1918) Icacinaceae Bu
Casimiroa Casimiro Gómez, Otomi officer in the Mexican War of Independence Rutaceae St
Casselia Franz Peter Cassel (1784–1821), German professor of botany and director of the botanical garden in Ghent Verbenaceae Bu
Cassinia Henri Cassini (1781–1832) Asteraceae St
Castanedia Rafael Romero Castañeda (1910–1973), Colombian botanist Asteraceae Bu
Castela René Richard Louis Castel (1758–1832) Simaroubaceae Bu
Castellanosia Alberto Castellanos (1896–1968), Argentinian paleobotanist, university professor of botany in Buenos Aires; specialist in Argentinian cactus Cactaceae Bu
Castellia Pietro Castelli (1574–1662) Poaceae Bu
Castelnavia François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau (1802–1880) Podostemaceae Bu
Castilla Juan Diego del Castillo (1744–1793) Moraceae Bu
Castilleja Domingo Castillejo (died 1786) Orobanchaceae St
Castroviejoa Santiago Castroviejo (1946–2009), Spanish professor of science and director of the botanical garden in Madrid Asteraceae Bu
Catesbaea Mark Catesby (1683–1749) Rubiaceae St
Cattleya William Cattley (1788–1835). Orchidaceae Co
Caulokaempferia Engelbert Kaempfer (1651–1716) Zingiberaceae Bu
Cautleya Proby Cautley (1802–1871), engineer Zingiberaceae Co
Cavacoa Alberto Júdice Leote Cavaco (b. 1916), Portuguese professor of botany at the University of Lisbon Euphorbiaceae Qu
Cavalcantia Paulo Bezerra Cavalcante (1922–2006), Brazilian botanist at the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi who collected this plant Asteraceae Bu
Cavanillesia Antonio José Cavanilles (1745–1804) Malvaceae Bu
Cavea George H. Cave (1870–1965), English gardener at Kew Gardens and the botanical gardens in Kolkata and Darjeeling, India Asteraceae Bu
Cavendishia William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790–1858) Ericaceae Bu
Caylusea Anne Claude de Caylus (1692–1765), antiquarian Resedaceae Bu
Cecarria Cedric Errol Carr (1892–1936) Loranthaceae Bu
Cerdia Juan de Dios Vicente de la Cerda, Mexican painter who took part in the first years (1787–1791) of the Spanish Royal Botanical Expedition to New Spain Caryophyllaceae Bu
Cervantesia Vicente Cervantes (1755–1829) Santalaceae Bu
Cespedesia Juan María Céspedes (1776–1848), Colombian clergyman and professor of botany in Bogotá; founded the botanical garden there Ochnaceae Qu
Cevallia Pedro Cevallos (1760–1840), diplomat Loasaceae Bu
Chadsia Henry Ducie Chads (1788–1868), naval officer Fabaceae Bu
Chaloupkaea Marek Chaloupka (20th and 21st century), Czech horticulturalist and photographer who worked with the author of the genus Crassulaceae Bu
Chamaesaracha Isidoro Saracha (1733–1803), Spanish monk, apothecary and botanist at the Abbey of Santo Domingo de Silos Solanaceae Bu
Chambeyronia Léon Chambeyron (1827–1891), French ship commander of a botanical expedition Arecaceae St
Chamissoa Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838) Amaranthaceae Bu
Championia John George Champion (1815–1854) Gesneriaceae Bu
Chandrasekharania N. Chandrasekharan Nair , Hindi scholar Poaceae Bu
Changiostyrax Ho Tseng Chang (b. 1898), Chinese professor and curator of the herbarium at Sun Yat-sen University Styracaceae Bu
Changnienia Chang Nien Chen (20th century); worked at the biological research institute at Academia Sinica; collected plants around Nanjing Orchidaceae Qu
Chapelieria Louis Armand Chapelier (1779–1806), French botanist and naturalist who collected plants on Madagascar Rubiaceae Bu
Chapmannia Alvan Wentworth Chapman (1809–1899) Fabaceae Bu
Chaptalia Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1756–1832) Asteraceae Bu
Chardinia Jean Chardin (1643–1713), explorer Asteraceae St
Charpentiera Arsène Charpentier (1781–1818), French apothecary and professor of pharmacology in Antwerp Amaranthaceae Bu
Chasechloa Mary Agnes Chase (1869–1963) Poaceae Bu
Chassalia François de Chazal de la Genesté (1731–1795), French nobleman who settled on Mauritius in 1763 as a planter Rubiaceae Bu
Chaubardia Louis Athanase Chaubard (1781–1854) Orchidaceae Bu
Chaubardiella Orchidaceae Bu
Chautemsia Alain Chautems (born in Geneva) Gesneriaceae Bu
Chayamaritia Kongkanda Chayamarit (b. 1952), Thai botanist; director of the Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden Gesneriaceae Bu
Cherleria Johann Heinrich Cherler (1570–1610), Swiss botanist and court doctor in Montbéliard Caryophyllaceae Qu
Chesneya Francis Rawdon Chesney (1789–1872), explorer Fabaceae Bu
Chevalierella Auguste Chevalier (1873–1956) Poaceae Bu
Chevreulia Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786–1889), chemist Asteraceae Bu
Cheyniana George Cheyne (1790–1869) and (wife) Grizzel Cheyne (1797–1871), settlers Myrtaceae Bu
Chiangiodendron Fernando Chiang Cabrera (b. 1943), Mexican botanist Achariaceae Bu
Chidlowia Chidlow Vigne (1900–1948), British forester; collected plants in Ghana and Malawi Fabaceae Qu
Chieniodendron Sung Shu Chien (1883–1965), Chinese director of the botanical institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Annonaceae Bu
Choisya Jacques Denys Choisy (1799–1859) Rutaceae Co
Chomelia Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Chomel (1671–1740), French botanist and personal physician to Louis XV Rubiaceae Qu
Chouxia Pierre Choux (1890–1983), French director of the botanical garden in Caen; professor of botany at the University of Montpellier Sapindaceae Bu
Christia Johann Ludwig Christ (1739–1813) Fabaceae Bu
Christiana Christen Smith (1785–1816) Malvaceae Bu
Christianella Christiane Eva Anderson (b. 1944), American botanist Malpighiaceae Bu
Christisonia Robert Christison (1797–1882), doctor Orobanchaceae Bu
Christolea Marie Gabriel Jules Christol (1802–1861), French geologist and palaeontologist in Marseilles and Montpellier Brassicaceae Bu
Chunia Woon Young Chun (1890–1971), Chinese professor of botany at Sun Yat-sen University; director of its Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Botany; later at the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University Hamamelidaceae Bu
Chuniophoenix Arecaceae Bu
Ciceronia Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC), orator Asteraceae Bu
Cienfuegosia Bernardo de Cienfuegos (1580–1640), Spanish doctor and botanist Malvaceae Qu
Cinchona Ana de Osorio (1599–1625), wife of Luis Jerónimo de Cabrera, 4th Count of Chinchón Rubiaceae St
Cischweinfia Charles Schweinfurth (1890–1970) Orchidaceae Bu
Clappertonia Hugh Clapperton (1788–1827), explorer Malvaceae Bu
Clappia Asahel Clapp (1792–1862), American botanist in New Albany in Indiana Asteraceae Bu
Clarisia Miguel Barnades y Claris (1750–1801), Spanish doctor and professor of botany at the botanical garden in Madrid; son of Miguel Barnades Moraceae Qu
Clarkella Charles Baron Clarke (1832–1906) Rubiaceae Bu
Clarkia William Clark (1770–1838), explorer Onagraceae Co
Clausena Peder Claussøn Friis (1545–1614), historian Rutaceae St
Clausia Karl Ernst Claus (1796–1864) Brassicaceae Bu
Clavija José de Viera y Clavijo (1731–1813) Primulaceae St
Claytonia John Clayton (1694/5–1773) Montiaceae St
Cleghornia Hugh Cleghorn (1820–1895) Apocynaceae Bu
Cleobulia Cleobulus (6th century BC), poet Fabaceae Bu
Clermontia Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre (1779–1865) Campanulaceae Bu
Cleyera Andreas Cleyer (1634–1697 or 1698) Pentaphylacaceae Co
Clidemia Cleidemus (fifth or fourth century BCE), historian Melastomataceae Bu
Cliffortia George Clifford III (1685–1760) Rosaceae St
Cliftonia William Clifton (b. 1698), 18th-century American lawyer in Georgia Cyrillaceae St
Clintonia DeWitt Clinton (1769–1828) Liliaceae St
Clivia Charlotte Percy (1787–1866), née Clive, duchess Amaryllidaceae Co
Cloezia François Stanislas Cloez (1817–1883) Myrtaceae Bu
Cloiselia J. Cloisel (fl. 1891); collected this plant on Madagascar, in part with George Francis Scott Elliot Asteraceae Bu
Clowesia John Clowes (1777–1846), English clergyman and orchid grower in or near Manchester Orchidaceae Qu
Clusia Carolus Clusius (1526–1609) Clusiaceae Bu
Clusiella Calophyllaceae Bu
Clutia Outgert Cluyt (1577–1636), Dutch doctor, entomologist and botanist at the botanical garden in Leiden Peraceae Qu
Cobaea Bernabé Cobo (1582–1657) Polemoniaceae Co
Coddia Leslie Codd (1908–1999) Rubiaceae Bu
Coespeletia José Manuel de Ezpeleta, 1st Count of Ezpeleta de Beire (1739–1823) Asteraceae Bu
Cogniauxia Alfred Cogniaux (1841–1916) Cucurbitaceae Bu
Coincya Auguste-Henri de Coincy (1837–1903) Brassicaceae Bu
Coldenia Cadwallader Colden (1688–1776) Boraginaceae Bu
Colea Galbraith Lowry Cole (1772–1842), army officer Bignoniaceae Bu
Colebrookea Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765–1837), translator Lamiaceae Bu
Colignonia Jean Nicolas Collignon (1762–?1788) Nyctaginaceae Bu
Collaea Luigi Aloysius Colla (1766–1848) Fabaceae Bu
Colletia Philibert Collet (1643–1718), French clergyman and teacher, and a fellow of the Royal Society of London Rhamnaceae Co
Collinsia Zaccheus Collins (1764–1831), American botanist in Philadelphia Plantaginaceae Co
Collinsonia Peter Collinson (1694–1768) Lamiaceae St
Cologania Cólogan family members on Tenerife in the Canary Islands who supported various naturalists and explorers in the 18th and 19th centuries Fabaceae Bu
Colona Christopher Columbus (1451–1506), explorer Malvaceae Bu
Colquhounia Robert Colquhoun (1786–1838) Lamiaceae Co
Columellia Columella (4 – c.70 AD) Columelliaceae Bu
Columnea Fabio Colonna (1567–1640) Gesneriaceae Co
Colvillea Charles Colville (1770–1843), army officer Fabaceae St
Combera Harold Frederick Comber (1897–1969) Solanaceae Bu
Commelina Jan (1629–1692), and his nephew Caspar Commelijn (1668–1731) Commelinaceae Co
Commersonia Philibert Commerson (1727–1773) Malvaceae St
Comolia Giuseppe Comolli (1780–1849), Italian professor of agriculture and botanist at the botanical garden in Pavia Melastomataceae Bu
Comoliopsis Melastomataceae Bu
Comparettia Andrea Comparetti (1745–1801), Italian botanist Orchidaceae St
Comptonella Robert Harold Compton (1886–1979) Rutaceae Bu
Comptonia Henry Compton (1632–1713), bishop Myricaceae Co
Condalia Antonio Condal, Spanish doctor and botanist; student of Pehr Löfling Rhamnaceae Qu
Condaminea Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701–1774) Rubiaceae Bu
Connellia Frederick Vavasour McConnell (1868–1914), English biologist (ornithologist); collected plants in Venezuela and Guyana Bromeliaceae Bu
Conradina Solomon White Conrad (1779–1831), American mineralogist and botanist; later a professor of botany at the University of Pennsylvania Lamiaceae Qu
Conringia Hermann Conring (1606–1681), doctor Brassicaceae Bu
Consolea Michelangelo Console (1812–1897), Italian professor of botany at the botanical garden in Palermo; specialist in cactuses Cactaceae Qu
Constancea Lincoln Constance (1909–2001) Asteraceae Bu
Constantia Constança Eufrosina Barbosa Rodriguez da Borba Paca (1844–1920), wife and colleague of the Brazilian botanist João Barbosa Rodrigues Orchidaceae Qu
Conzattia Cassiano Conzatti (1862–1951) Fabaceae Bu
Copernicia Copernicus (1473– 1543), astronomer Arecaceae St
Corbichonia Jean Corbichon (14th century), French monk, and a secretary and chaplain of Charles V; translated Bartholomeus Anglicus's encyclopedia into French Lophiocarpaceae Bu
Cordeauxia Harry Cordeaux (1870–1943), colonial administrator Fabaceae Bu
Cordia Euricius Cordus (1486–1535), and son Valerius Cordus (1515–1544) Ehretiaceae St
Cordiera Louis Cordier (1777–1861) Rubiaceae Bu
Cornutia Jacques-Philippe Cornut (1606–1651) Lamiaceae Bu
Correa José Correia da Serra (1750–1823) Rutaceae Co
Corryocactus Thomas Avery Corry (1862–1942), engineer in Peru who discovered these plants Cactaceae Qu
Corsia Bardo Corsi Salviati (1844–1907), Italian nobleman with a large botanical park near Florence Corsiaceae Bu
Corsiopsis Corsiaceae Bt
Cortia Bonaventura Corti (1729–1813), Italian naturalist and professor Apiaceae Qu
Cortiella Apiaceae Bu
Cosmibuena Francisco Antonio Cosme Bueno (1711–1798) Rubiaceae Bu
Cossinia Joseph-François Charpentier de Cossigny (1736-1809) Sapindaceae Bu
Costera Jan Constantijn Costerus (1849–1938), Dutch teacher and botanist in Amsterdam Ericaceae Bu
Cottea Georg von Cotta (1796–1863), German publisher and diplomat; supporter of science Poaceae Bu
Cottendorfia Bromeliaceae Bu
Cottonia Frederic Conyers Cotton (1807–1901), British military officer in present-day Chennai; collected plants and grew orchids Orchidaceae Bu
Coulterella John Merle Coulter (1851–1928) Asteraceae Bu
Coulteria Thomas Coulter (1793–1843) Fabaceae Bu
Coulterophytum John Merle Coulter (1851–1928) Apiaceae Bu
Coursetia Georges Louis Marie Dumont de Courset (1746–1824) Fabaceae Bu
Cousinia Victor Cousin (1792–1867), philosopher Asteraceae Bu
Cousiniopsis Asteraceae Bu
Coutaportla Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (1715–1785) Rubiaceae Bu
Cowiea William Cowie (1849–1910), merchant Rubiaceae Bu
Crabbea George Crabbe (1754–1832), poet Acanthaceae Bu
Craibia William Grant Craib (1882–1933) Fabaceae Bu
Craibiodendron Ericaceae Bu
Craigia William Craig (1832–1922) Malvaceae Bu
Crantzia Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz (1722–1799) Gesneriaceae Bu
Crateva Crateuas (100 BC.) Capparaceae Bu
Cratylia Cratylus (mid-late 5th century BCE), philosopher Fabaceae Bu
Crawfurdia John Crawfurd (1783–1868), doctor and historian Gentianaceae Bu
Cremersia Georges Cremers (b. 1936), French curator at the herbarium in Cayenne, French Guiana Gesneriaceae Bu
Crepinella François Crépin (1830–1903) Araliaceae Bu
Crescentia Pietro de' Crescenzi (c. 1230/35 – c. 1320) Bignoniaceae St
Criscia Jorge Víctor Crisci (b. 1945), Argentinian professor of botany at the National University of La Plata Asteraceae Bu
Cristonia Michael Crisp (b. 1950) Fabaceae Bu
Critonia Criton of Heraclea (c. 100 AD) Asteraceae Bu
Critoniadelphus Asteraceae Bu
Critoniella Asteraceae Bu
Critoniopsis Asteraceae Bu
Croatiella Thomas Croat (b. 1938) Araceae Bu
Croizatia Léon Croizat (1894–1982) Phyllanthaceae Bu
Croninia Mary Ann Cronin (1871–1974) and her father Michael Cronin (1842–1931), Australian farmers who collected plants between Perth and Albany for Ferdinand von Mueller Ericaceae Bu
Cronquistianthus Arthur Cronquist (1919–1992) Asteraceae Bu
Croomia Hardy Bryan Croom (1797–1837), American lawyer and botanist who wrote about plants around New Bern, North Carolina, and established Goodwood Plantation in Florida Stemonaceae Bu
Crowea James Crowe (c. 1750 – 1807) Rutaceae St
Crudia Johann Wilhelm Crudy (1753 – before 1793), German doctor near Erlangen; worked and collected plants in the Caribbean; sent his plant collection to the author of the genus Fabaceae Bu
Crusea Wilhelm Cruse (1803–1873), Baltic German doctor, botanist and professor of pharmacology at the University of Königsberg Rubiaceae Qu
Cuatrecasanthus José Cuatrecasas (1903–1996) Asteraceae Bu
Cuatrecasasiella Asteraceae Bu
Cuatresia Solanaceae Bu
Cuenotia Lucien Cuénot (1866–1951) Acanthaceae Bu
Cuervea José Romualdo Cuervo Rubiano (1801–1861), Colombian clergyman, naturalist and geographer who maintained his own botanical garden Celastraceae Bu
Cuitlauzina Cuitláhuac (c. 1476–1520), emperor Orchidaceae Bu
Cullen William Cullen (1710–1790) Fabaceae Bu
Cullenia Malvaceae Bu
Cullumia John Cullum, 6th Baronet (1733–1785) Asteraceae Bu
Cuminia Ugo Maria Cumino (1762–1808/1812), Italian clergyman and botanist (mycologist) Lamiaceae Bu
Cunninghamia James Cunninghame (d. around 1709), Scottish naturalist and East India Company surgeon, and for Allan Cunningham Cupressaceae Qu
Cunonia Johann Christian Cuno (1708–1783) Cunoniaceae Bu
Cupania Francesco Cupani (1657–1710) Sapindaceae St
Cupaniopsis Sapindaceae Bu
Curio Gaius Scribonius Curio (c.124–53 BC) Asteraceae Bt
Curtia Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1766–1833) Gentianaceae Bu
Curtisia William Curtis (1746–1799) Curtisiaceae Bu
Cusickiella William Conklin Cusick (1842–1922) Brassicaceae Bu
Cussetia Colette Cusset (b. 1944) and her husband Gérard Henri Jean Cusset (1936–2010), French botanists; she was a professor at the National Museum of Natural History Podostemaceae Bu
Cussonia Pierre Cusson (1727–1783) Araliaceae Bu
Cutandia Vicente Cutanda y Jarauta (1804–1866), Spanish director of the botanical garden in Madrid Poaceae Qu
Cuttsia Jane (Thorpe) Cutts (1836–1891), English-born Australian who helped search for Ludwig Leichhardt, a German naturalist who disappeared in the Outback Rousseaceae Bu
Cuviera Georges Cuvier (1769–1832) Rubiaceae Bu
Cypringlea Cyrus Pringle (1838–1911) Cyperaceae Bu
Cyrilla Domenico Cirillo (1739–1799) Cyrillaceae St
Cyrillopsis Ixonanthaceae Bu

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Clicking on anything other than A to C will navigate away from this page.
  2. ^ Page numbers for references are omitted, since all the references list genera alphabetically except for Plants of the World, which is mainly cited for genera that match their family names.
  3. ^ Except for the people with an indication in their name or description that they were known for something else, all are remembered for their work as naturalists, including amateur and professional botanists, mycologists, zoologists, apothecaries, geologists, geographers and meteorologists.
  4. ^ The species of this genus were previously included in Altensteinia.
  5. ^ He was also a senator, but here and elsewhere, preference is given to professions more relevant to natural science.
  6. ^ Present-day geographical names are used wherever possible.

Citations[edit]

References[edit]

  • Bayton, Ross (2020). The Gardener's Botanical: An Encyclopedia of Latin Plant Names. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-20017-0.
  • Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved January 1, 2021. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ for license.
  • Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ for license.
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Further reading[edit]

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