List of botanists by author abbreviation (W–Z)

This is an incomplete list of botanists by their author abbreviation, which is designed for citation with the botanical names or works that they have published. This list follows that established by Brummitt & Powell (1992).^[1] Use of that list is recommended by Rec. 46A Note 1^[2] of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. The list is kept up to date online at The International Plant Names Index^[3] and Index Fungorum.^[4]

Note that in some cases an "author abbreviation" consists of a full surname, while in other cases the surname is abbreviated and/or accompanied by one or more initials. There is no space between the initials and the surname (or its abbreviation).

Order of entries[]

The list here is maintained strictly in order of the alphabetic characters in the abbreviation; thus "A.B.Jacks." appears under "A" not "J", and is located as if the characters were "ABJACKS". Capitalization is ignored as are all non-alphabetic characters such as "." and space. Diacritical marks are also ignored, so that, e.g., "ü" is treated as if it were "u".

Navigation[]

Because of its length, the list is split across separate pages. All alphabetic sections can be accessed from the short table of contents; the vertical bars show the page divisions. Searching will only find an entry within a page.

A–V[]

To find entries for A–V, use the table of contents above.

W[]

• W.A.Archer – William Andrew Archer (1894–1973)
• W.A.Bell – Walter Andrew Bell (1889–1969)
• W.A.Clark – William Andrew Clark (1911–1983)
• W.A.Clarke – (1841–1911)
• Waddell – Coslett Herbert Waddell (1858–1919)
• Wade – Walter Wade (1760–1825)
• Wadhwa – (1933–2009)
• Wad.Khan – (fl. 1982)
• Wagenitz – (1927–2017)
• Wagstaff – (fl. 1998)
• Wahl – (1900–1975)
• Wahlenb. – Göran Wahlenberg (1780–1851)
• Waisb. – Anton Waisbecker (1835–1916)
• Waldst. – Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein (1759–1823)
• Wall. – Nathaniel Wallich (1786–1854)
• Wallace – Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913)
• Wallander – (fl. 2000)
• Wallays – (1812–1888)
• Wallenwein – (fl. 2012)
• Wallerius – Johan Gottschalk Wallerius (1709–1785)
• Walleyn – (1966–2008)
• Wallis – Gustav Wallis (1830–1878)
• Wallman – (1792–1853)
• Walln. – (fl. 1888)
• Wallner – (1909–1935)
• Wallossek – (fl. 1999)
• Wallr. – Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Wallroth (1792–1857)
• Wallwork – (fl. 1988)
• Walp. – Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers (1816–1853)
• Walter – Thomas Walter (1740–1789)
• Walters – Stuart Max Walters (1920–2005)
• W.Anderson – William Anderson (1750–1778)
• Wangenh. – Friedrich Adam Julius von Wangenheim (1749–1800)
• Wangerin – Walther Wangerin (1884–1938)
• Warb. – Otto Warburg (1859–1938)
• W.Archer – William Archer (1830–1897)
• W.Archer bis – William Archer (1820–1874)
• Ward – Lester Frank Ward (1841–1913)
• Ward.-Johnson – (fl. 1996)
• Warder – John Aston Warder (1812–1883)
• Wardle – Peter Wardle (1931–2008)
• Warion – (Jean Pierre) Adrien Warion (1837–1880)
• Warm. – Johannes Eugenius Bülow Warming (1841–1924)
• Warner – Richard Warner (c. 1711 to 1713–1775)
• Warnock – Barton Holland Warnock (1911–1998)
• Warnst. – Carl Friedrich Warnstorf (1837–1921)
• W.A.Rodrigues – William Antônio Rodrigues (born 1928)
• Warsz. – Józef Warszewicz Ritter von Rawicz (1812–1866)
• Wassh. – Dieter Carl Wasshausen (born 1938)
• Watan. – (born 1900)
• Waterh. – Benjamin Waterhouse (1754–1846)
• Watling – Roy Watling (born 1938)
• Watson – William Watson (1715–1787) (see also the abbreviation "W.Watson")
• Watt – (1830–1917)
• Watts – William Walter Watts (1856–1920)
• W.A.Weber – William Alfred Weber (born 1918)
• Wawra – Heinrich Wawra von Fernsee (1831–1887)
• W.Bartram – William Bartram (1739–1823)
• W.B.Carp. – William Benjamin Carpenter (1813–1885)
• W.B.Clarke – (born 1879)
• W.B.Drew – William Brooks Drew (1908–1997)
• W.B.Schofield – Wilfred Borden Schofield (1927–2008)
• W.Br. – William Brown (1888–1975)
• W.Bull – William Bull (1828–1902)
• W.C.Barton – (1874–1955)
• W.C.Cheng – Wan Chun Cheng (1904–1983)
• W.C.Huang – (fl. 2013)
• W.C.Martin – (1923–2010)
• W.Cooper – William Cooper (1798–1864)
• W.D.Clark – (born 1948)
• W.Deane – Walter Deane (1848–1930)
• W.D.Francis – William Douglas Francis (1889–1959)
• W.D.Hawth. – (fl. 2006)
• W.Dietr. – (1938–2011)
• W.D.J.Koch – Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch (1771–1849)
• Weath. – Charles Alfred Weatherby (1875–1949)
• Weatherwax – Paul Weatherwax (1888–1976)
• Webb – Philip Barker Webb (1793–1854)
• Weber – Georg Heinrich Weber (1752–1828), often written G.H. Weber
• Weberb. – Augusto Weberbauer (1871–1948)
• W.E.Cooper – (born 1953)
• Wedd. – Hugh Algernon Weddell (1819–1877)
• Wedem. – (fl. before 1803)
• W.E.Evans – (1882–1963)
• Wege – Juliet Wege (born 1971)
• W.E.Higgins – (born 1949)
• Weibel – (1905–1992)
• Weidman – (1881–1956)^[5]
• Weigel – Christian Ehrenfried von Weigel (1748–1831)
• Weihe – Carl Ernst August Weihe (1779–1834)
• Weiller – (1880–1945)
• Weim. – (1903–1980)
• Weinm. – Johann Anton Weinmann (1782–1858)
• W.E.Lawr. – (1883–1950)
• Wellard – (fl. 2016)
• Wells – Bertram Whittier Wells (1884–1978)
• Welw. – Friedrich Welwitsch (1806–1872)
• W.E.Manning – Wayne Eyer Manning (1899–2004)
• Wendelbo – Per Erland Berg Wendelbo (1927–1981)
• Wender. – Georg Wilhelm Franz Wenderoth (1774–1861)
• Went – Friedrich August Ferdinand Christian Went (1863–1935)
• Werderm. – Erich Werdermann (1892–1959)
• Wernek. – Franz Wernekinck (1764–1839)
• Wernham – Herbert Fuller Wernham (1879–1941)
• W.E.Rogers – (1890–1951)
• Wesm. – Alfred Wesmael (1832–1905)
• Wess.Boer – Jan Gerard Wessels Boer (born 1936)
• West – William West (1848–1914)
• Westc. – Frederic Westcott (died 1861)
• Wester – Peter Jansen Wester (1877–1931)
• Westerd. – Johanna Westerdijk (1883–1961)
• Weston – Richard Weston (c. 1733–1806)
• Wetschnig – (born 1958)
• Wettst. – Richard Wettstein (1863–1931)
• Weyer – William John Bates van de Weyer (1870–1946)
• Weyland – Hermann Gerhard Weyland (1888–1974)
• W.F.Barker – Winsome Fanny ('Buddy') Barker (1907–1994)
• W.F.Hillebr. – William Francis Hillebrand (1853–1925)
• W.Fitzg. – William Vincent Fitzgerald (1867–1929)
• W.G.Lee – (born 1950)
• W.G.Schneid. – (1814–1889)
• W.Gümbel – Wilhelm Theodor Gümbel (1812–1858)
• W.H.Adey – (born 1934)
• W.Harris – (born 1940)
• W.H.Baker – (1911–1985)
• W.H.Brewer – William Henry Brewer (1828–1910)
• W.H.Duncan – Wilbur Howard Duncan (1910–2005)
• Wherry – Edgar Theodore Wherry (1885–1982)
• W.H.Gibson – William Hamilton Gibson (1850–1896)
• Whiffin – (born 1947)
• W.Hill – Walter Hill (1820–1904)
• Whipple – Amiel Weeks Whipple (1816–1863)
• Whistler – W. Arthur Whistler (1944–2020)
• Whitaker – Thomas Wallace Whitaker
• Whitehouse – Eula Whitehouse (1892–1974)
• Whitel. – (1850–1927)
• Whitlock – Barbara Ann Whitlock (born 1967)
• Whitmore – (1935–2002)
• Whittall – Edward Whittall (1851–1917)
• W.H.Lang – William Henry Lang (1874–1960)
• W.H.Lewis – (born 1930)
• W.H.Mills – William Hobson Mills (1873–1959)
• W.Hook. – William Hooker (1779–1832)
• W.H.Rao – (fl. 2010)
• W.H.Schopfer – William-Henri Schopfer (1900–1962)
• W.Hunter – William Hunter (1755–1812)
• W.H.Wagner – Warren Herbert Wagner (1920–2000)
• W.H.Welch – Winona Hazel Welch (1896–1990)
• Wibel – August Wilhelm Eberhard Christoph Wibel (1775–1814)
• Wich. – Max Ernst Wichura (1817–1866)
• Wickens – Gerald Ernest Wickens (1927–2019)
• Widder – Felix Joseph Widder (1892–1974)
• Wieboldt – (fl. 1992)
• Wiedem. – Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1805–1887)
• Wied-Neuw. – Maximilian Alexander Philipp zu Wied-Neuwied (1782–1867)
• Wiegand – Karl McKay Wiegand (1873–1942)
• Wiehe – Paul Octave Wiehe (1910–1975)
• Wieland – (1865–1953)
• Wiens –  [es] (born 1932)
• Wiersema – (born 1950)
• Wierzb. – (1794–1847)
• Wigand – Julius Wilhelm Albert Wigand (1821–1886)
• Wigg. - Friedrich Heinrich Wiggers (1746-1811)
• Wiggins – Ira Loren Wiggins (1899–1987)
• Wight – Robert Wight (1796–1872)
• Wightman – Glenn M. Wightman (born 1961)
• Wijnands – (1945–1993)
• Wikstr. – Johan Emanuel Wikström (1789–1856)
• Wilbr. – Johann Bernhard Wilbrand (1779–1846)
• Wilbur – (born 1925)
• Wilcock – Christopher C. Wilcock (born 1946)
• Wilczek – Ernst Wilczek (1867–1948)
• Wild – Hiram Wild (1917–1982)
• Wildpret – (born 1933)
• Wilh. – Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758–1811)
• Wilken – (born 1944)
• Wilkes – Charles Wilkes (1798–1877)
• Will. – William Crawford Williamson (1816–1895)
• Willd. – Carl Ludwig von Willdenow (1765–1812)
• Wille – Johan Nordal Fischer Wille (1858–1924)
• Willemet – (1735–1807)
• Williams – (1743–1817)
• Willis – John Christopher Willis (1868–1958)
• Willk. – Heinrich Moritz Willkomm (1821–1895)
• Wilmot-Dear – (born 1952)
• Wilson – William M. Wilson (1799–1871)
• Wimm. – Christian Friedrich Heinrich Wimmer (1803–1868)
• Winch – Nathaniel John Winch (1768–1838)
• Windham – (born 1954)
• Windsor – (1787–1868)
• Wingf. – (born 1936)
• Winterl – (1739–1809)
• Wipff – (born 1962)
• Wirtg. – Philipp Wilhelm Wirtgen (1806–1870)
• Wisl. – Friedrich(Frederick) Adolph Wislizenus (1810–1889)
• Wistuba – Andreas Wistuba (born 1967)
• With. – William Withering (1741–1799)
• Witham – Henry Thomas Maire Silvertop Witham (1779–1844)
• Wittm. – Ludwig Wittmack (1839–1929)
• Wittr. – Veit Brecher Wittrock (1839–1914)
• Wittst. – Georg Christian Wittstein (1810–1887)
• W.Jacobsen – (1909–1995)
• W.Jameson – William Jameson (1815–1882)
• W.J.Baker – (born 1972)
• W.J.de Wilde – (born 1936)
• W.J.Martin – (born 1917)
• W.J.McDonald – (fl. 2000)
• W.J.Robbins – William Jacob Robbins (1890–1978)
• W.J.Zinger – Vasily Jakovlevich Zinger (1836–1907)
• W.K.Harris – (fl. 1981)
• W.Kittr. – Walter Kittredge (born 1953)
• W.L.Clement – (fl. 2009)
• W.L.Culb. – William Louis Culberson (1929–2003)
• W.L.E.Schmidt – Wilhelm Ludwig Ewald Schmidt (1804–1843)
• W.Lippert – Wolfgang Lippert (born 1937)
• W.Lodd. – (fl. 1823)
• W.L.Wagner – Warren Lambert Wagner (born 1950)
• W.L.White – (1908–1952)
• W.MacGill. – William MacGillivray (1796–1852)
• W.Martin – (1886–1975)
• W.Mast. – William Masters (1796–1874)
• W.M.Curtis – Winifred Mary Curtis (1905–2005)
• W.M.Lin – (fl. 2006)
• W.N.Cheesman – William Norwood Cheesman (1847–1925)
• W.N.Powell – (born 1904)
• W.N.Takeuchi – (born 1952)
• Wodehouse – (1889–1978)
• W.O.Dietr. – Wilhelm Otto Dietrich (1881–1964)
• Wolf – Nathanael Matthaeus von Wolf (1724–1784)
• Wolle – Francis Wolle (1817–1893)
• Wollenw. – (1879–1949)
• Wolley-Dod – Anthony Hurt Wolley-Dod (1861–1948)
• W.O.Müll. – Walther Otto Müller (1833–1887)
• Wood – William Wood (1745–1808)
• Woodcock – Hubert Bayley Drysdale Woodcock (1867–1957)
• Woodrow – George Marshall Woodrow (1846–1911)
• Woodson – Robert Everard Woodson (1904–1963)
• Woodv. – William Woodville (1752–1805)
• Woodw. – Thomas Jenkinson Woodward (1745–1820)
• Woolls – William Woolls (1814–1893)
• Woolward – Florence Helen Woolward (1854–1936)
• Wooton – Elmer Otis Wooton (1865–1945)
• Wormsk. – Morten Wormskjold (1783–1845)
• Woronow – Yury Nikolaevich Voronov (also spelt as Georg or Jurij Nikolaewitch Woronow) (1874–1931)
• Worsley – Arthington Worsley (1861–1944)
• Woyn. – (1865–1917)
• W.Palmer – (1856–1921)
• W.P.Armstr. – (born 1941)
• W.Parry – William Edward Parry (1790–1855)
• W.P.C.Barton – William Paul Crillon Barton (1786–1856)
• W.Peck – William Dandridge Peck (1763–1822)
• W.Penn. – (1915–2007)
• W.Petz. – (1848–1897)
• W.P.Fang – Wen-Pei Fang (1899–1983)
• W.Phillips – William Phillips (1822–1905)
• W.P.Teschner – (born 1927)
• W.Q.Zhu – (fl. 1999)
• Wraber – (1938–2010)
• W.R.Barker – William Robert Barker (born 1948)
• W.R.B.Oliv. – Walter Reginald Brook Oliver (1883–1957)
• W.R.Buck – William Russel Buck (born 1950)
• W.Remy – (1924–1995)
• W.R.Ernst – Wallace Roy Ernst (1928–1971)
• W.Rich – William Rich (1800–1864)
• Wright – John Wright (1811–1846)
• W.R.Linton – William Richardson Linton (1850–1908)
• W.R.Taylor – William Randolph Taylor (1895–1990)
• W.Saunders – William Saunders (1822–1900)
• W.Schmidt – (fl. 1927)
• W.Schnizl. – (1780–1856)
• W.Schultze-Motel – (1934–2011)
• W.S.Cooper – William Skinner Cooper (1884–1978)
• W.Seem. – (died 1868)
• W.Siev. – Wilhelm Sievers (1860–1921)
• W.S.Stewart – (1914–1997)
• W.Stone – Witmer Stone (1866–1939)
• W.Suarez. – (born 1977)
• W.T.Aiton – William Townsend Aiton (1766–1849)
• W.T.Davis – William Thompson Davis (1862–1945)
• W.T.Gordon – William Thomas Gordon (1884–1950)
• W.Theob. – William Theobald (1829–1908)
• W.T.Wang – (Wang, Wen Cai, born 1926)
• Wulfen – Franz Xaver von Wulfen (1728–1805)
• Wullschl. – Heinrich Wullschlägel (1805–1864)
• Wunderlin – (born 1939)
• Wurdack – (1921–1998)
• Wurmb – Friedrich von Wurmb (died 1781)
• Württemb. – Prince Friedrich Paul Wilhelm von Württemberg (1797–1860)
• W.Watson – William Watson (1858–1925) (see also the abbreviation "Watson")
• W.Wendte – (1877–1904)
• W.West – (1875–1901)
• W.Wettst. – (born 1898)
• W.Wight – William Franklin Wight (1874–1954)
• W.Wolf – (1875–1950)
• W.W.Payne – (born 1937)
• W.Wright – William Wright (1735–1819)
• W.W.Sm. – William Wright Smith (1875–1956)
• Wyatt-Sm. – (1917–2002)
• Wydler – Heinrich Wydler (1800–1883)
• W.Y.Hsia – (1896–1987)
• W.Zimm. – Walter Max Zimmerman (1892–1980)

X[]

• X.D.Liu – (fl. 1976)
• X.F.Gao – (born 1965)
• X.H.Jin – (born 1975)
• Xin Y.Chen – (fl. 2019)
• X.J.Ge – (fl. 2001)
• X.J.Xue – (collected in 1983)
• X.Q.Song – (fl. 2008)
• X.Y.Huang – (fl. 2015)

Y[]

• Yakovlev – Gennady Pavlovic Yakovlev (born 1934)
• Yamam. – (1893–1947)
• Yan Liu – (fl. 2003)
• Yasuda – Atsushi Yasuda (1868–1924)
• Yatabe – Ryôkichi Yatabe (1851–1899)
• Yates – Lorenzo Gordin Yates (1837–1909)
• Y.Baba – (fl. 2012)
• Y.B.Luo – (born 1964)
• Y.C.F.Su – Yvonne Chuan Fang Su
• Y.C.Wu – (1901–1950)
• Y.C.Yang – (born 1927)
• Yen C.Yang – (1913–1984)
• Yeo – (1929–2010)
• Y.F.Deng – (fl. 2001)
• Y.H.Tan – (fl. 2012)
• Yii – (fl. 2001)
• Y.Itô – (1907–1992)
• Y.Kimura – Yojiro Kimura (1912–2006)
• Y.L.Chen – (born 1930)
• Y.M.Ye – (fl. 1976)
• Y.N.Lee – (1920–2008)
• Yohannan – (fl. 2012)
• Yokota – Born 1955)
• Yo.Tanaka – Yoshio Tanaka (1838–1916)
• Y.P.Ng –
• Ysabeau – (1793–1873)
• Y.Sasaki – (1926–1972)
• Y.Sawa – (fl. 2006)
• Y.S.Chen – (fl. 2003)
• Y.Schouten – (fl. 1985)
• Y.S.Kim – (born 1934)
• Y.S.Wang – (fl. 1985)
• Y.T.Chang – (born 1936)
• Yu Ito – (born 1981)
• Yunck. – Truman George Yuncker (1891–1964)
• Yu.Tanaka – (1901–1983)
• Y.W.Low – (born 1981)
• Y.W.Zhang – (fl. 2001)
• Y.Y.Fang – (born 1916)

Z[]

• Zabel – Hermann Zabel (1832–1912)
• Zahlbr. – Alexander Zahlbruckner (1860–1938)
• Zahn – Karl Hermann Zahn (1865–1940)
• Zämelis – (1897–1943)
• Zanardini – Giovanni Antonio Maria Zanardini (1804–1878)
• Zanoni – (born 1949)
• Zanted. – Giovanni Zantedeschi (1773–1846)
• Zapał. – Hugo Zapałowicz (1852–1917)
• Zappi – Daniela Cristina Zappi (born 1965)
• Zardini – Elsa Matilde Zardini (born 1949)
• Zarrei – (born 1979)
• Zaw. – Aleksander Zawadzki (1798–1868)
• Zaytzeva – (fl. 1999)
• Z.Collins – (1764–1831)
• Zea – Francisco Antonio Zea (1770–1822)
• Zeile – Elsie May Zeile (1870–1940)
• Zeiller – Charles René Zeiller (1847–1915)
• Zelený – Václav Zelený (1936–2020)^[6]
• Zenari – Silvia Zenari (1896–1956)
• Zenker – Jonathan Carl Zenker (1799–1837)
• Zenkert – (1886–1972)
• Zepern. – (1926–2019)
• Zerova – Marija Ja. (Mariya Ya.) Zerova (1902–1994)
• Zeyh. – Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (1799–1858)
• Zhao – (1932–2010)
• Zhebrak – Anton Romanovich Zhebrak (1901–1965)
• Z.H.Pan – (born 1938)
• Z.H.Tsi – (1937–2001)
• Zhuk. – (1888–1975)
• Z.H.Yang – (fl. 1988)
• Zich – (born 1968)
• Ziel. – (born 1943)
• Zijp – (born 1879)
• Zimm. – Philipp Wilhelm Albrecht Zimmermann (1860–1931)
• Zimmerm. – Walter Max Zimmerman
• Zinn – Johann Gottfried Zinn (1727–1759)
• Zipp. – Alexander Zippelius (1797–1828)
• Z.Iwats. – (born 1929)
• Ziz – Johann Baptist Ziz (1779–1829)
• Zizka – (born 1955)
• Z.J.Liu – (born 1958)
• Z.L.Chen – (fl. 1985)
• Zohary – Michael Zohary (1898–1983)
• Zoll. – Heinrich Zollinger (1818–1859)
• Zona – Scott Zona (born 1959)
• Zonn. – Ben Zonneveld (born 1940)
• Zopf – Friedrich (or Friederich) Wilhelm Zopf (1846–1909)
• Zorn – Johannes Zorn (1739–1799)
• Z.Plobsh. – (1711–1789)
• Z.P.Wang – (born 1929)
• Z.S.Rogers – (born 1976)
• Zucc. – Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini (1790–1848)
• Zuccagni – (1754–1807)
• Zuloaga – (born 1951)
• Zwanziger – Gustav Adolf Zwanziger (1837–1893)
• Zycha – (1903–1998)
• Z.Y.Zhu – (born 1944)

See also[]

• List of South African plant botanical authors
• List of botanists
• Category:Botanists
• List of Russian botanists
• List of zoologists by author abbreviation

References[]

External links[]

• Search page (IPNI)
• Botanists database (Harvard University Herbaria)
• List of botanical authors (f-lohmueller.de) (en, de, it, fr)
• Botanical author search (Flora Iberica) (es)
• Author attributions (calflora)
• List of cactus species authors (Mark Faint's Homepage)
• Author search (Orchid Universe) (fr)
• More botanical author abbreviations