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

Last updated December 11, 2024

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

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

Portrait of Christoph Jacob Trew Trew-portrait.jpg — Portrait of Christoph Jacob Trew

Albizia julibrissin AlbizziaJulibrissin3.jpg — *Albizia julibrissin*

John Arrowsmith JohnArrowsmithCartographer.jpg — John Arrowsmith

Averroes in a 14th-century painting by Andrea di Bonaiuto AverroesColor.jpg — Averroes in a 14th-century painting by Andrea di Bonaiuto

Avicenna Avicenna-miniatur-no-background.png — Avicenna

Benjamin Smith Barton BenjaminSmithBarton.jpg — Benjamin Smith Barton

William Bligh WilliamBligh.jpeg — William Bligh

Brunnera Brunnera-macrophhylla-1.jpg — *Brunnera*

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	William Allman (1776–1846)	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	Charles A. Alluaud (1861–1949)	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	Oakes Ames (1874–1950)	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	Averroes (1126–1198), polymath	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	Rupert Charles Barneby (1911–2000)	Fabaceae	Bu
Barnhartia	John Hendley Barnhart	Polygalaceae	Bu
Baronia	Richard Baron (1847–1907)	Anacardiaceae	Bu
Baroniella	Richard Baron (1847–1907)	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	Alwin Berger (1871–1931)	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	William Bligh (1754–1817), naval officer	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	Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1765–1805), poet	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	Johann von Böber (1746–1820)	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	Leonard John Brass (1900–1971)	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	John Patrick Micklethwait Brenan (1917–1985)	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	Jean Nicolas Bréon (1785–1864)	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	Giovanni Battista Brocchi (1772–1826)	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	Patrick Browne (1720–1790)	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	Robert Brown	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	Isaac Henry Burkill (1870–1965)	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	Max Burret (1883–1964)	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	Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838)	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	Georg Ludwig Cancrin (1774–1845), nobleman	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	Louis Athanase Chaubard (1781–1854)	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	Carolus Clusius (1526–1609)	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	Victor Cousin (1792–1867), philosopher	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	William Grant Craib (1882–1933)	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) and Peter Weston (b. 1956)	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	William Cullen (1710–1790)	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	Francesco Cupani (1657–1710)	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	Domenico Cirillo (1739–1799)	Ixonanthaceae	Bu

Notes

↑ Clicking on anything other than A to C will navigate away from this page.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ The species of this genus were previously included in Altensteinia .
↑ He was also a senator, but here and elsewhere, preference is given to professions more relevant to natural science.
↑ Present-day geographical names are used wherever possible.

Citations

References

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.
Christenhusz, Maarten; Fay, Michael Francis; Chase, Mark Wayne (2017). Plants of the World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Vascular Plants. Chicago, Illinois: Kew Publishing and The University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-52292-0.
Coombes, Allen (2012). The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. ISBN 978-1-60469-196-2.
Cullen, Katherine E. (2006). Biology: The People Behind the Science. New York, New York: Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8160-7221-7.
POWO (2019). "Plants of the World Online". London: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2021. See terms of use.
Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume I, A–C. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. pp. 1–700. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2.
Stearn, William (2002). Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners. London: Cassell. ISBN 978-0-304-36469-5.

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

Contents

Key

Genera

See also

Notes

Citations

References

Further reading