List of Hungarian botanists

The below list contains most important Hungarian botanists in alphabetical order, indicating their main biographical dates and fields of botany in which they have been researching.

A[]

(1729–1792) plant physiology
(born 1964) phycology
(1852–1923) agricultural botany, medical botany
(born 1936) herbology, plant systematics
(1869–1933) floristics, horticulture
(1889–1943) ampelography
Gábor Andreánszky (1895–1967) phytogeography, paleobotany
(1916–1971) agricultural botany
(1852–1936) pomology
(1901–1972) agricultural botany, pomology
(1877–1954) medical botany

B[]

(1904–1974) plant ecology
(1915 – c. 2005) plant physiology, plant systematics
(1860–1922) ampelography
József Balogh (1750 – c. 1781) floristics
(1840–1913) floristics, horticulture
(1926–1993) agricultural botany
(1903–1983) medical botany
(1924–1982) phytosociology, plant systematics, floristics
(1931–1979) agricultural botany, pomology
(born 1948) agricultural botany
(1865–1905) ampelography
(1865–1938) agricultural botany
(1900–1986) ampelography, phytopathology
(1805–1865) plant systematics
(1833–1915) floristics
(1903–1976) agricultural botany
(1794–1859) agricultural botany
(1756–1843) floristics
(1932–1970) phytochemistry
(born 1951) agricultural botany
(1881–1950) agricultural botany, phytopathology
(1903–1980) agricultural botany, medical botany
László Benedek (1901–1977) agricultural botany
(1799–1883) agricultural botany
(1824–1895) pomology
(1929–1987) agricultural botany
(1740–1814) floristics, medical botany
(1873–1944) phytosociology, plant systematics, phytopathology, mycology
(1884–1969) medical botany
(1532–1612) floristics, mycology
(1889–1977) herbology
(1893–1970) agricultural botany, medical botany
(1887–1947) agricultural botany
(1883–1969) forestry
(1932–1960) floristics, phytogeography
(1889–1953) phytochemistry
(1887–1965) plant morphology
(1773–1828) pomology
(born 1924) phytosociology, plant ecology
(1806–1881) floristics, mycology
(1861–1947) horticulture
Vinczé von Borbás (1844–1905) floristics, plant systematics, phytosociology
Attila Borhidi (born 1932) plant systematics, floristics, phytosociology
(1900–1973) floristics, bryology, phycology
(1925–1968) pomology
(1926–1996) plant systematics, plant morphology
(1822–1874) phytogeography
(1913–1982) agricultural botany
(1851–1939) pomology, floristics

C[]

(1899–1967) phytochemistry
(1836–1909) floristics
(1907–1985) phytochemistry
(1734–1799) medical botany
(1911–1979) agricultural botany
(1930–2002) forestry, floristics
Vera Csapody (1890–1985) floristics, plant systematics, plant physiology
(1912–1973) agricultural botany
(1833–1913) floristics
(1851–1918) plant systematics
(1773–1842) floristics
(1852–1909) agricultural botany
(1824–1905) ampelography
(fl. 18th–19th century) horticulture
(1895–1960) agricultural botany
(1904–1981) phytopathology, mycology
(1914–1998) floristics, phytosociology
Kálmán Czakó (1843–1895) agricultural botany
(1850–1928) ampelography
(1801–1865) floristics
(born 1936) herbology

D[]

(1929–1986) phytochemistry, plant physiology
(1902–1978) pomology
(1883–1934) medical botany
(born 1941) dendrology, bryology
(1686–1764) floristics
(1722–1778) floristics
Árpád Degen (1866–1934) floristics, plant morphology, agricultural botany
(1844–1918) agricultural botany, paleoethnobotany
(1852–1890) bryology
(1879–1965) ampelography
(1760–1813) plant systematics
(1877–1968) phytochemistry
(1813–1891) plant physiology
(1904–1978) horticulture
(1808–1873) plant morphology
(1904–1977) agricultural botany

E[]

István László Endlicher (1804–1849) plant systematics
(1805–1877) ampelography
(1792–1868) floristics
(1874–1945) history of botany

F[]

(1874–1933) agricultural botany
(1830–1907) floristics
(born 1941) plant systematics, paleoethnobotany, horticulture
(1909–1984) plant morphology
(1925–1986) plant physiology, plant morphology, phytopathology
(1914–1986) phytochemistry
Mihály Farkas (1833–1900) agricultural botany
Mihály Fazekas (1766–1828) plant systematics
(1890–1955) forestry, plant physiology
(1817–1907) floristics
(born 1930) floristics, phytogeography, phytosociology
József Fekete (1842–1906) horticulture
(1837–1916) forestry
(1877–1962) forestry, phytogeography
(born 1920) phycology
(1847–1913) horticulture
(1846–1909) history of botany
(1858–1941) phycology, plant morphology, plant systematics
(1853–1906) agricultural botany, history of botany
Rudolf Fleischmann (1879–1950) agricultural botany
(1892–1977) floristics, lichenology
(1755–1801) plant systematics
(1874–1943) phytopathology, phycology
(1832–1915) floristics
(1908–1998) plant physiology
(1730–1784) dendrology
(1923–1994) plant morphology
Imre Frivaldszky (1799–1870) floristics
(1885–1914) plant morphology, plant physiology
(1814–1883) floristics

G[]

(1937–2005) horticulture
(1908–1980) phytopathology, lichenology
Gyula Gáyer (1883–1932) plant systematics, phytogeography, floristics
Samuel Genersich (1768–1844) floristics
(1677–1720) floristics
István Gergely (1877–1960) pomology
(1876–1939) agricultural botany
(1829–1910) horticulture
(1813–1892) horticulture
(1892–1953) plant physiology, plant morphology, phycology
(1891–1963) medical botany
(1889–1916) plant morphology
(1882–1945) floristics, plant systematics, history of botany
(1922–1970) agricultural botany, herbology
(1920–1978) phytopathology, mycology
(1878–1955) agricultural botany, medical botany
(1889–1984) plant physiology, plant morphology
(1867–1942) floristics
(1882–1947) bryology floristics
(1879–1946) horticulture
(1883–1936) agricultural botany, phytopathology
(1905–1971) agricultural botany
(1813–1878) floristics
(1884–1980) phytopathology
(1917–1979) phytochemistry
(1875–1965) agricultural botany
(1911–1970) plant physiology
(1880–1959) bryology
(1813–1862) floristics
(1817–1890) ampelography

H[]

(1764–1832) plant systematics
(born 1953) paleobotany
(1905–1971) phycology
(1903–1973) medical botany
(1898–1978) erdészeti phytopathology
(1907–1987) plant morphology, plant physiology
(1912–1945) floristics, phytosociology
Lajos Haynald (1816–1891) floristics
(1913–1987) medical botany
(1902–1966) plant morphology, veterinary botany
Frigyes Ákos Hazslinszky (1818–1896) floristics, mycology, lichenology, bryology, phycology
(1873–1926) phytopathology, mycology
(1847–1913) agricultural botany
(1936–1987) agricultural botany
(born 1945) agricultural botany
(1800–1857) floristics
(1844–1929) horticulture, pomology
(1882–1935) plant morphology, paleoethnobotany
(1859–1940) mycology, floristics
(born 1928) floristics, plant systematics, dendrology
(1881–1958) pomology
(1899–1965) agricultural botany
(1912–1990) phycology, plant systematics, agricultural botany
(1907–2006) floristics, phytosociology
(1929–1990) floristics
(1926–1979) plant ecology, forestry
(born 1936) agricultural botany, phytopathology
(1883–1942) floristics
(1892–1954) phytopathology, mycology

I[]

(1897–1950) floristics, bryology
(1925–2000) forestry, mycology
(1882–1924) medical botany
(born 1942) medical botany
(1860–1930) plant morphology, phycology, mycology, ampelography

J[]

(1892–1975) plant systematics, paleobotany
(1727–1817) floristics
(1901–1971) agricultural botany
(1928–2000) phytosociology, plant ecology
(1917–1971) plant physiology, plant morphology
Viktor Janka (1837–1890) floristics, plant systematics
(1908–1975) agricultural botany
Sándor Jávorka (1883–1961) floristics, plant systematics
(born 1919) floristics, phytogeography, phytosociology
(1891–1970) phytochemistry
(born 1938) palynology
(1935–1993) plant ecology
(1837–1897) plant morphology, plant physiology

K[]

(1896–1936) medical botany
(1843–1896) floristics, history of botany
(1918–1971) agricultural botany, plant physiology
(1898–1977) pomology
(1868–1945) agricultural botany
(1907–1972) floristics, bryology
(1924–1989) phycology
(1909–1972) floristics, phytogeography, plant systematics, dendrology
(1782–1874) agricultural botany
(1828–1902) pomology, ampelography
(1817–1878) floristics
(1933–2003) palynology
(1917 – c. 1945) plant systematics
(1822–1913) agricultural botany
(1924–1973) agricultural botany, medical botany
(1916–1963) horticulture
(1876–1957) phytopathology, mycology
Kálmán Kerpely (1864–1940) agricultural botany
Pál Kitaibel (1757–1817) floristics
(1844–1915) phycology, mycology, plant morphology
(1835–1910) agricultural botany, plant morphology
(1897–1980) phycology
(1901–1972) agricultural botany
(1758–1816) phytochemistry
(1886–1960) horticulture
(born 1931) floristics, palynology
(1805–1893) floristics
(1888–1975) pomology, gyümölcskórtan
(1848–1915) agricultural botany, plant physiology
(1934–1987) plant morphology
János Kovács (1816–1906) floristics
Margit Kovács (born 1930) floristics, phytosociology
(1869–1944) floristics
(1873–1956) plant systematics
(1815–1873) paleobotany, floristics
(1876–1929) agricultural botany
(1875–1925) herbology
Vilmos Kőfaragó-Gyelnik (1906–1945) lichenology
(born 1944) agricultural botany
(1875–1945) plant physiology, ampelography
(1684–1744) plant systematics, medical botany
(1871–1942) plant morphology, kertészeti növénytan
(1799–1873) floristics
(1850–1914) floristics
(1876–1931) plant morphology, pteridológia
(1915–1982) ampeleológus

L[]

(1795–1863) floristics
(1916–1980) agricultural botany
Samuel Lasz (1859–1930) climatology, zoology, and geology
(1878–1960) ősnövénytan, phytosociology
(1876–1944) agricultural botany
(1884–1964) paleobotany
(1887–1938) pomology
(1763–1817) pomology
(1884–1965) agricultural botany, floristics
(1822–1868) agricultural botany
(1912–1986) phytochemistry
(1868–1937) pomology
(1844–1925) agricultural botany, phytopathology
(1606–1666) pomology
(1699–1741) floristics
Hugó Lojka (1844–1887) floristics, lichenology
(1747–1806) floristics

M[]

(1855–1945) plant physiology, dendrology, mycology
(1884–1945) agricultural botany, pomology, horticulture
(1895–1969) forestry, plant systematics, phytosociology
(1865–1944) medical botany
(1910–1996) forestry
(1815–1904) floristics
(1913–1976) agricultural botany, plant morphology
(1920–1990) agricultural botany, phytopathology
(1813–1900) kertészeti növénytan
(1880–1939) floristics
(1831–1867) phycology, floristics
(1930–1957) plant physiology
(1911–1993) floristics, plant ecology, agricultural botany, phytochemistry, medical botany
(born 1942) phytochemistry, plant ecology
(1749–1832) floristics, mycology
(1897–1970) medical botany
(1532–1572) floristics
László Menyhárth (1849–1897) floristics
(born 1945) agricultural botany, phytopathology
(1913–1969) agricultural botany, plant morphology
(1910–1974) agricultural botany
(1861–1922) phytopathology
(born 1937) plant systematics
(1901–1936) agricultural botany, plant morphology
(1866–1939) horticulture
(1910–1979) medical botany, plant morphology
(1873–1946) mycology, phytopathology, floristics, phytogeography
(1832–1909) agricultural botany
(1713–1780) floristics
(1879–1945) kertészeti növénytan
(1845–1908) kertészeti növénytan
(1710–1789) floristics

N[]

(1905–1974) floristics
(1921–1987) agricultural botany
(1893–1982) plant systematics
(1910–1986) ampelography
(1909–1986) forestry, plant ecology
(1811–1892) floristics
(1782–1858) floristics
(1825–1901) agricultural botany
(1920–1982) floristics, phytosociology
Erazmus Gyula Nyárády (1881–1966) floristics, plant systematics

O[]

(1888–1969) agricultural botany, plant physiology
(1900–1968) pomology
(1904–1958) phytopathology
Sándor Orbán (born 1947) bryology
(1846–1911) plant morphology
(1911–1939) plant morphology

P[]

(1889–1943) plant physiology
(1895–1966) phycology
(1883–1957) ampelography
(1846–1916) phycology, floristics
(1924–1986) forestry, plant ecology
(1900–1985) agricultural botany, dendrology
(1860–1938) agricultural botany, medical botany
(1820–1896) horticulture
(1895–1984) pomology, floristics
(1827–1888) agricultural botany
(1906–1978) plant morphology, plant physiology, phycology
(1875–1922) bryology
(1890–1935) horticulture
(1868–1946) ampelography
(1825–1910) floristics
(born 1933) floristics, bryology, phytosociology
(1914–1968) phytopathology
(1919–1977) agricultural botany, plant physiology, phytopathology
(1876–1944) floristics, phytogeography
(1922–1981) agricultural botany, plant physiology, phytochemistry
(1926–2007) phytosociology, plant ecology
Szaniszló Priszter (born 1917) floristics, plant systematics, history of botany
(1530–1577) medical botany

Q[]

(1882–1929) phycology, plant physiology

R[]

(1851–1936) horticulture
(?) bryology
(1901–1967) ampelography
(1885–1954) phytogeography, plant systematics, phytosociology
(1908–1971) paleobotany
(1641–1707) medical botany
(1895–1942) floristics, phytogeography
(1900–1954) phytopathology
(1868–1927) plant morphology
(1846–1926) pomology
(1861–1905) ampelography
(1770–1847) floristics
(1902–1962) medical botany
(1850–1920) ampelography, pomology

S[]

(1865–1945) horticulture
(1791–1849) floristics, plant systematics, pteridológia, mycology
(1886–1954) ampelography, phytopathology, lichenology
(1865–1939) phycology, mycology
(1835–1895) floristics, mycology
(1863–1935) phytopathology, mycology
(1847–1920) floristics
(1888–1963) horticulture
(1799–1878) floristics
(1777–1839) plant systematics
Tibor Simon (born 1926) floristics, plant systematics, phytosociology
(1851–1910) floristics, plant systematics, dendrology
Károly Rezső Soó (1903–1980) floristics, phytogeography, phytosociology, plant systematics
(1902–1959) ampelography
(1842–1914) paleobotany, floristics
(born 1929) floristics, plant physiology
Zoltán Szabó (1882–1944) floristics, plant systematics, plant physiology
(1910–1978) medical botany
(1889–1958) lichenology
(1904–1982) phytopathology
(1906–1993) phycology
(1798–1860) floristics
(1927–1969) plant morphology
(1860–1918) floristics
(1913–1987) plant morphology, phytopathology
(1882–1959) bryology, paleobotany
Zoltán Szilády (1878–1947) floristics
(born 1930) dendrology, history of botany
(1843–1899) floristics
(1934–1974) phytopathology
(1881–1963) horticulture
(born 1930) floristics, dendrology, plant morphology
(1854–1926) floristics

T[]

(1931–1968) forestry, phytosociology
(1887–1971) floristics
(1806–1885) pomology
(1832–1882) floristics
(1864–1916) forestry
(born 1925) pomology
(1867–1937) agricultural botany, floristics
(1918–1956) floristics, phytosociology, mycology
(1881–1945) lichenology
(1873–1951) floristics, phytogeography
(1873–1953) plant systematics
(1870–1943) plant morphology, plant systematics, floristics, phytopathology, mycology, paleobotany

U[]

(1919–1973) phytopathology, mycology, herbology
(1912–2002) phycology
(1910–1979) floristics, plant systematics
(1913–1981) agricultural botany, floristics, herbology
(1884–1972) phytopathology

V[]

(born 1936) plant physiology, phytochemistry
(1889–1980) floristics
(1890–1986) floristics
(1873–1947) plant physiology
(1870–1960) pomology
(born 1930) lichenology
(c. 1730 – 1798) floristics
(1645–1704) phytopathology
Gábor Vida (born 1935) floristics, plant systematics, pteridológia
(1878–1959) bryology
(1808–1877) floristics

W[]

(1870–1955) floristics, dendrology
(1905–1972) plant ecology
Antal Waisbecker (1835–1916) floristics
(1759–1823) floristics
(1845–1914) floristics
(1743–1804) plant systematics
(1794–1847) floristics
(1689–1732) floristics
(1739–1809) plant systematics, pomology
(1759–1827) floristics

Z[]

(1869–1929) floristics
(1908–1997) növényszármazástan, phytosociology, palynology
(1880–1966) agricultural botany, floristics, herbology

Sources[]

Magyar életrajzi lexikon 1000–1990 [Hungarian biographical encyclopaedia from 1000 until 1990], Budapest, Arcanum, 2001.
Magyarország a XX. században [Hungary in the 20th century], vol. 4, Szekszárd, Babits, 2000, pp. 481–489.
Homepage of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

List of Hungarian botanists

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