List of Botanists By Author Abbreviation - B

B

• Bab. – Charles Cardale Babington (1808–1895)
• Backeb. – Curt Backeberg (1894–1966)
• Bagn. – James Eustace Bagnall (1830–1918)
• Bailey – Jacob Whitman Bailey (1811–1857)
• Baill. – Henri Ernest Baillon (1827–1895)
• Baillon – Louis Antoine Francois Baillon (1778–1851)
• Baker – John Gilbert Baker (1834–1920)
• Baker f. – Edmund Gilbert Baker (1864–1949)
• Bakh. – Reinier Cornelis Bakhuizen van den Brink (1881–1945)
• Bakh.f. – Reinier Cornelis Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. (1911–1987)
• Balb. – Gioanni Battista Balbis (1765–1831)
• Baldinger – Ernst Gottfried Baldinger (1738–1804)
• Baldwin – William Baldwin (1779–1819)
• Balf. – John Hutton Balfour (1808–1884)
• Balf.f. – Isaac Bayley Balfour (1853–1922)
• Bals.-Criv. – Giuseppe Gabriel Balsamo-Crivelli (1800–1874)
• Banks – Joseph Banks (1743–1820)
• Barbosa – Luis Agosto Grandvaux Barbosa (1914–1983)
• Barb.Rodr. – João Barbosa Rodrigues (1842–1909)
• Bard.-Vauc. – Martine Bardot-Vaucoulon (born 1948)
• Bargh. – Elso Sterrenberg Barghoorn (1915–1984)
• Barkworth – Mary Barkworth (born 1941)
• Barneby – Rupert Charles Barneby (1911–2000)
• Barnhart – John Hendley Barnhart (1871–1949)
• Barr – Peter Barr (botanist) (1826–1909)
• Barrande – Joachim Barrande (1799–1883)
• Barratt – Joseph Barratt (1796–1882)
• Barroso – Liberato Joaquim Barroso (1900–1949)
• Bartal. – Biagio Bartalini (1746–1822)
• Barthlott – Wilhelm A. Barthlott (born 1946)
• Bartl. – Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling (1798–1875)
• Bartlett – Harley Harris Bartlett (1886–1960)
• Barton – Benjamin Smith Barton (1766–1815)
• Bartram – John Bartram (1699–1777)
• Bas – Cornelis (Kees) Bas (born 1928)
• Batalin – Alexander Theodorowicz Batalin (1847–1896)
• Bates – John Mallory Bates (1846–1930)
• Batsch – August Johann Georg Karl Batsch (1761–1802)
• Batt. – Jules Aimé Battandier (1848–1922)
• Baumg. – Johann Christian Gottlob Baumgarten (1765–1843)
• Baxter – William Baxter (1787–1871)
• B.Boivin – Joseph Robert Bernard Boivin (1916–1985)
• B.Bremer – Birgitta Bremer (born 1950)
• B.C.Stone – Benjamin Clemens Stone (1933–1994)
• B.D.Jacks. – Benjamin Daydon Jackson (1846–1927)
• Beadle – Chauncey Delos Beadle (1856–1950)
• Beal – William James Beal (1833–1924)
• Bean – William Jackson Bean (1863–1947)
• Beauvis. – Georges Beauvisage
• Bebb – Michael Schuck Bebb (1833–1895)
• Becc. – Odoardo Beccari (1843–1920)
• Beck – Günther von Mannagetta und Lërchenau Beck (1856–1931)
• Becker – Johannes Becker (1769–1833)
• Bedd. – Richard Henry Beddome (1830–1911)
• Beentje – Henk Jaap Beentje (born 1951)
• Beetle – Alan Ackerman Beetle (born 1913)
• Bég. – Augusto Béguinot (1875–1940)
• Beissn. – Ludwig Beissner (1843–1927)
• Beitel – Joseph M. Beitel (1952–1991)
• Bellair – Georges Adolphe Bellair (1860–1939)
• Bellardi – Carlo Antonio Lodovico (1741–1826)
• Belosersky – R. N. Belosersky (fl. 1966)
• Benj. – Ludwig Benjamin (1825–1848)
• Benn. – John Joseph Bennett (1801–1876)
• Benth. – George Bentham (1800–1884)
• Bentley – Robert Bentley (1821–1893)
• Bequaert – Joseph Charles Bequaert (1886–1982)
• Bercht. – Friedrich von Berchtold (1781–1876)
• Berg – Ernst von Berg (1782–1855)
• Berger – Ernst Friedrich Berger (1814–1853)
• Bergey – David Hendricks Bergey (1860–1937)
• Berggr. – Sven Berggren (1837–1917)
• Berk. – Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803–1889)
• Berkhout – Christine Marie Berkhout (1893–1932)
• Bernh. – Johann Jacob Bernhardi (1774–1850)
• Berthault – François Berthault (1857–1916)
• Berthel. – Sabin Berthelot (1794–1880)
• Bertol. – Antonio Bertoloni (1775–1869)
• Besser – Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser (1784–1842)
• Bessey – Charles Edwin Bessey (1845–1915)
• Bews – John William Bews (1884–1938)
• Beyr. – Heinrich Karl Beyrich (1796–1834)
• B.F.Holmgren – Bjorn Frithiofsson Holmgren (1872–1946)
• B.Field – Barron Field (1786–1846)
• B.G.Briggs – Barbara Gillian Briggs (born 1934)
• B.G.Schub. – Bernice Giduz Schubert (1913–2000)
• Bhatti – Ghulam Raza Bhatti (born 1959)
• B.Heyne – Benjamin Heyne (1770–1819)
• B.H.Long – Bayard Henry Long (1885–c. 1969)
• Biehler – Johann Friedrich Theodor Biehler (born c. 1785, date of death unknown)
• Bierh. – David William Bierhorst (1924–1997)
• Bigelow – Jacob Bigelow (1787–1879)
• Binn. – Simon Binnendijk (1821–1883)
• Birdw. – George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood (1832–1917)
• Bishop – David Bishop (1788–1849)
• Bisse – Johannes Bisse (1935–1984)
• Bitter - Friedrich August Georg Bitter (1873-1927)
• Biv. – Antonius de Bivoni-Bernardi (1774–1837)
• B.Juss. – Bernard de Jussieu (1699–1777)
• Blake – Joseph Blake (1814–1888)
• Blakelock – Ralph Anthony Blakelock (1915–1963)
• Blakely – William Blakely (1872–1951)
• Blanch. – William Henry Blanchard (1850–1922)
• Blanco – Francisco Manuel Blanco (1778–1845)
• Blandow - Otto Christian Blandow (1778-1810)
• Blasdell – Robert Ferris Blasdell (1929–1996)
• Blatt. – Ethelbert Blatter (1877–1934)
• Blomquist – Sven Gustaf Krister Gustafson Blomquist (1882–1953)
• B.L.Rob. – Benjamin Lincoln Robinson (1864–1935)
• B.L.Turner – Billie Lee Turner Sr. (born 1925)
• Bluff – Mathias Joseph Bluff (1805–1837)
• Blume – Carl Ludwig Blume (1789–1862)
• B.Mathew – Brian Fredrick Mathew (born 1936)
• B.Nord. – Bertil Nordenstam (born 1936)
• Böcher – Tyge W. Böcher (1909–1983)
• Boeck – Johann Otto Boeckeler (1803–1899)
• Boehm. – Georg Rudolf Boehmer (1723–1803)
• Boiss. – Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810–1885)
• Boiteau – Pierre L. Boiteau (1911–1980)
• Bojer – Wenceslas Bojer (1795–1856)
• Bol. – Henry Nicholas Bolander (1832–1897)
• Bolle – Carl Bolle (1821–1909)
• Bong. – August Gustav Heinrich von Bongard (1786–1839)
• Bonpl. – Aimé Jacques Alexandre Bonpland (1773–1858)
• Boom – Boudewijn Karel Boom (1903–1980)
• Boott – Francis Boott (1792–1863)
• Bor – Norman Loftus Bor (1893–1972)
• Borbás – Vinczé von Borbás (1844–1905)
• Boreau – Alexandre Boreau (1803–1875)
• Borhidi – Atilla Borhidi (born 1932)
• Boriss. – Antonina Georgievna Borissova (1903–1970)
• Borkh. – Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen (1760–1806)
• Börner – Carl Julius Bernhard Börner (1880–1953)
• Bornm. – Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller (1862–1948)
• Borrer – William Borrer (1781–1862)
• Borsch – Thomas Borsch (born 1969)
• Borss.Waalk. – Jan van Borssum Waalkes (1922–1985)
• Bory – Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1780–1846)
• Borzí – Antonino Borzí (1852–1921)
• Bos – Jan Just Bos (1939–2003)
• Bosc – Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc (1759–1828)
• Bosch – Roelof Benjamin van den Bosch (1810–1862)
• Botschantz – Zinaida Petrovna Botschantzeva (1907–1973)
• Boucher – Jules Armand Guillaume Boucher de Crèvecœur (1757–1844)
• Boud. – Jean Louis Émile Boudier (1828–1920)
• Boulger – George Edward Simmonds Boulger (1853–1922)
• Boulos – Loutfy Boulos (born 1932)
• Brack. – Willian Dunlop Brackenridge (1810–1893)
• Brade – Alexander Curt Brade (1881–1971)
• Brainerd – Ezra Brainerd (1844–1924)
• Brandão – Mitzi Brandão
• Brandbyge – John Brandbyge (born 1953)
• Brandegee – Townshend Stith Brandegee (1843–1925)
• Brandenburg – D. M. Brandenburg (fl. 1991)
• Brandis – Dietrich Brandis (1824–1907)
• Branner – John C. Branner (fl. 1888)
• Brauer – David F. Brauer (fl. 1980)
• Braun-Blanq. – Josias Braun-Blanquet, was Josias Braun until 1915 (1884–1980)
• Bréb. – Louis Alphonse de Brébisson (1798–1872)
• Breistr. – Maurice A.F. Breistroffer (1910–1986)
• Bremek. – Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp (1888–1984)
• Brenan – John Patrick Micklethwait Brenan (1917–1985)
• Brenckle – Jacob Frederic Brenckle (1875–1958)
• Bridson – Diane Mary Bridson (born 1942)
• Brieger – Friedrich Gustav Brieger (1900–1985)
• Bright – John Bright (1872–1952)
• Brign. – Giovanni de Brignoli di Brunhoff (1774–1857)
• Briq. – John Isaac Briquet (1870–1931)
• Britten – James Britten (1846–1924)
• Britton – Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859–1934)
• B.R.Keener – Brian Reid Keener (born 1973)
• Bromhead – Edward Ffrench Bromhead (1789–1855)
• Brongn. – Adolphe Theodore Brongniart (1801–1876)
• Brooker – Ian Brooker (born 1934)
• Brooks – Cecil Joslin Brooks (1875–1953)
• Broome – Christopher Edmund Broome (1812–1886)
• Brot. – Félix Avelar Brotero (1744–1828)
• Brouillet – Luc Brouillet (born 1954)
• Brouss. – Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet (1761–1807)
• Browicz – Kasimierz Browicz (born 1925)
• Brug – Jean Guillaume Bruguière (1749/1750–1798)
• Bruijn – Ary Johannes De Bruijn (1811–1896)
• Brummitt – Richard Kenneth Brummitt (born 1937)
• Brunet – Louis-Ovide Brunet (1826–1876)
• Brunfels – Otto Brunfels (1488–1534)
• Brunsfeld – Steven John Brunsfeld (1953–2006)
• Bruyl. – Julia Bruylants (1890–1974)
• Bruyns – Peter Vincent Bruyns (born 1957)
• Bubani – Pietro Bubani (1806–1888)
• Buchenau – Franz Georg Philipp Buchenau (1831–1906)
• Buch.-Ham. – Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762–1829)
• Buckland – William Buckland (1784–1856)
• Buckley – Samuel Botsford Buckley (1809–1884)
• Buddle – Adam Buddle (1662–1715)
• Bullock – Arthur Allman Bullock (1906–1980)
• Bunge – Alexander Andrejewitsch von Bunge (1803–1890)
• Burb. – Frederick William Burbidge (1847–1905)
• Burbank – Luther Burbank (1849–1926)
• Burch. – William John Burchell (1781–1863)
• Burdet – Hervé Maurice Burdet (born 1939)
• Bureau – Louis Édouard Bureau (1830–1918)
• Burges – Norman Alan Burges (1911–2002)
• Burgess – Henry W. Burgess (fl. 1827–1833)
• Burle-Marx – Roberto Burle Marx (1909–1994)
• Burm. – Johannes Burman (1707–1779)
• Burm.f. – Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734–1793)
• Burnat – Émile Burnat (1828–1920)
• Burnett – Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800–1835)
• Burret – Max Burret (1883–1964)
• Burrill – Thomas Jonathan Burrill (1839–1916)
• Buscal. – Luigi Buscalioni (1863–1954)
• Bush – Benjamin Franklin Bush (botanist) (1858–1937)
• Buxb. – Franz Buxbaum (1900–1979)
• B.W.Phillips – Barry W. Phillips (fl. 2011)
• B.Y.Geng – Bao-Yin Geng (fl. 1985)