List of women botanists

This is a list of women botanists.

Name Description Birth date Death date Country Image
A.S. Losina-Losinskaja Soviet botanist (1903–1958) 1903 1958 Russian Empire
Soviet Union
Adeline Ames American mycologist 1879 1976 United States
Adriana Hoffmann Chilean botanist 1940 Chile
Adrienne Clarke Australian botanist 1938-01-06
Agnes Arber British botanist 1879-02-23 1960-03-22 United Kingdom
Agnes Block Dutch botanist and art collector 1629-10-29 1704-04-20 Netherlands
Agnes Ibbetson British physiologist 1757 1823-02 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Agnes Quirk American botanist 1884 1974 United States
Aime Mäemets Estonian scientist 1930-09-29 1996-07-17
Aimée Antoinette Camus French botanist 1879-05-01 1965-04-17 France
Aino Henssen German lichenologist 1925-04-12 2011-08-29 Germany
Alice Eastwood Canadian American botanist 1859-01-19 1953-10-30 Canada
United States
Alice Faber Tryon American botanist 1920 2009 United States
Alice Haskins American botanist 1880-04-24 1971-10-16 United States
Alice Lounsberry Botanist 1872 1949 United States
Alice Pegler South African botanist 1861-07-21 1929-06-17 South Africa
Alicia Amherst English horticulturist and author of the first scholarly account of English gardening history. 1865 1941
Alicia Lourteig Argentine botanist 1913-12-17 2003-07-30 Argentina
Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps American educator and botanist 1793-07-15 1884-07-15 United States
Almut Gitter Jones German-American botanist and plant taxonomist 1923-09-08 2013-10-12 United States
Amalie Dietrich German naturalist 1821-05-26 1891-03-09 Germany
Amelia Griffiths amateur phycologist 1768 1858
Amy Jacot Guillarmod South African botanist 1911-05-23 1992 South Africa
Angela Piskernik botanist and conservationist 1886-08-27 1967-12-23 Slovenia
Angélica M. Arambarri botanist and mycologist 1945-04-22 2012-12-11 Argentina
Angie Beckwith American phytopathologist 1881-01-27 1964-10-02 United States
Ann Bishop British biologist 1899-12-19 1990-05-07
Ann Marvet Estonian botanist 1939-04-21
Anna Amelia Obermeyer South African botanist 1907-07-30 2001-10-10 British Empire
South Africa
Anna Atkins English botanist and photographer 1799-03-16 1871-06-09 United Kingdom
Anna Maria Walker Botanist in Ceylon 1778 1852-09-08
Anna Maurizio Swiss botanist 1900-11-26 1993-07-24 Switzerland
Anna Murray Vail American botanist 1863-01-07 1955-12-18 United States
Anna Russell Russell [née Worsley], Anna (1807–1876), botanist 1807 1876
Anna Schchian Russian botanist 1905-07-09 1990-05-15 Soviet Union
Anna Vickers British phycologist 1852-06-28 1906-08-01 United Kingdom
Anna Weber-Van Bosse Marine biologist 1852-03-27 1942-10-29 Kingdom of the Netherlands
Lady Anne Brewis Botanist 1911-03-26 2002 United Kingdom
Anne Catherine Hof Blinks botanist 1903 1995 United States
Anne Elizabeth Ball Irish botanist, algologist, and botanical illustrator 1808 1872 Ireland
Annie Gravatt American phytopathologist 1894 1986 United States
Annie Lorrain Smith British lichenologist 1854-10-23 1937-09-07 United Kingdom
Annie Morrill Smith American botanist 1856-02-13 1946 United States
Anthea Phillipps Botanist 1956-06-03 Malaysia
Antonina Borissova Russian botanist 1903 1970 Soviet Union
Antonina Pojarkova expert on caucasian flora 1897 1980 Soviet Union
Arabella Elizabeth Roupell British artist 1817-03-23 1914-07-31 South Africa
Astrid Cleve Botanist, geologist, chemist 1875-01-22 1968-04-08 Sweden
Audrey Brooks British botanist and plant pathologist 1933 2018 United Kingdom
Augusta Vera Duthie South African botanist and mycologist (1881-1963) 1881-07-18 1963-08-08 South Africa
Avishag Zahavi Israeli biologist 1922 2021-10-31 Israel
Barbara G. Briggs Botanist 1934-06-15
1934-11-22
1934
Australia
Barbara Pickersgill British botanist 1940
Beatrice Willard botanist 1927-12-19
1925
2003 United States
Bernadette Cozart American gardener and botanist 1949-05-17 2009-07-27
Bernice Giduz Schubert American botanist 1913-10-06 2000-08-14 United States
Bertha Stoneman 1866-08-18 1943-04-30 United States
Berthe Hoola van Nooten Dutch botanist 1817-10-12 1892-04-12 Kingdom of the Netherlands
Blanca Renée Arrillaga Uruguayan scientist 1917 2011 Argentina
Bonnie C. Templeton American botanist 1906-10-23 2002 United States
Carlotta Case Hall American botanist 1880 1949 United States
Carmen Lelia Cristóbal Botanist 1932 Argentina
Carmen Pujals Argentinian botanist 1916 2003 Argentina
Carrie Derick Canadian botanist and geneticist 1862-01-14 1941-11-10 Canada
Catharine Furbish American botanist 1834-05-09 1931-12-06 United States
Catharine Parr Traill English-Canadian author 1802-01-09 1899-08-29 Canada
Catherine Gage Irish botanist 1815-05-18 1892-02-16
Cecile Hulse Matschat American botanist and geographer 1895 1976
Charlotte Cortlandt Ellis American plant collector 1874-06-27 1956-03-17 United States
Charlotte Elliott American plant physiologist 1883 1974
Charlotte Grace O'Brien Irish writer 1845 1909
Chen Hang Botanist 1931
Chicita F. Culberson American lichenologist 1931-11-01 United States
Christine Buisman Dutch botanist 1900-03-22 1936-03-27 Kingdom of the Netherlands
Christine Marie Berkhout Dutch biologist 1893 1932 Kingdom of the Netherlands
Clara Eaton Cummings American cryptogamic botanist 1855-07-13 1906-12-28 United States
Clara Ethelinda Larter English botanist 1847-06-27 1936-05-13 United Kingdom
Clara H. Hasse American botanist 1880 1926-10-10 United States
Clarissa Tracy American botanist 1818-11-12 1905-11-13 United States
Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi Botanist, aristocrat 1760 1830
Cleofé Caldéron Botanist 1929-10-26 2007-03-19 Argentina
Constance Endicott Hartt American biologist 1900-11-02 1984-12-21 United States
Cythna Letty South African botanical artist 1895-01-01 1985-05-03 South Africa
Daphne Osborne Botanist 1930-03-07 2006-06-16 United Kingdom
Deborah M. Pearsall American paleoethnobotany 1950 United States
Dianne Edwards Palaeobotanist 1942 United Kingdom
Doris Löve Swedish-Icelandic botanist (1918–2000) 1918-01-02 2000-02-25 Sweden
Dorothea Pertz Pertz, Dorothea Frances Matilda [Dora] (1859–1939), botanist 1859-03-14 1939-03-06
Dorothy Adlington Cadbury British botanist and company director 1892-10-14 1987-08-21 United Kingdom
Dorothy Popenoe English botanist and archaeologist 1899-06
1899
1932 United Kingdom
Éanna ni Lamhna Entomologist, botanist, ecologist, radio and television presenter, author 1950
Edith Coleman Australian naturalist 1874 1951 Australia
Edith Gertrude Schwartz botanist (1877-1971) 1877-10-05 1971-07-26 United States
Edith Katherine Cash American mycologist 1890-10-04 1992-04-06
Edith Layard Stephens South African botanist 1884 1966 South Africa
Edna H. Fawcett American botanist 1879 1960 United States
Edna P. Plumstead Paleobotanist 1903-09-15 1989-09-23
Effie Almira Southworth American botanist 1860 1947
Eileen Adelaide Bruce British botanist (1905–1955) 1905 1955 United Kingdom
Elaine Bullard British botanist 1915 2011
Eleanor Marion Bennett botanist 1942 Australia
Eleanor Mary Reid British palaeobotanist 1860-11-13 1953-09-28 United Kingdom
Eleanor Vachell Welsh botanist 1879-01-08
1879
1948-12-06
1948
United Kingdom
Elena Paunero Ruiz Spanish botanist 1906-09-21 2009-03-09 Spain
Elisa Caroline Bommer Belgian botanist 1832-01-19 1910-01-17
Elisa de Vilmorin French horticulturalist 1826-05-03 1868-08-05 France
Elisabeth Christina von Linné Swedish botanist 1743-06-14 1782-04-15 Sweden
Elisabeth Gantt American botanist 1934 United States
Elisabeth Schiemann botanist, geneticist 1881-08-15 1972-01-03 Germany
Elisabeth Tschermak-Woess Austrian cytologist, phycologist and lichenologist 1917-01-28 2001-04-26 Austria
Elise Hofmann Austrian paleobotanist 1889-02-05 1955-03-14 Austria
Eliza Amy Hodgson Botanist 1888-10-10 1983-01-07 New Zealand
Eliza Ann Youmans American botanist 1826-12-17 1914-09-27 United States
Eliza Standerwick Gregory Botanist 1840-12-06 1932-03-22 United Kingdom
Elizabeth A. Widjaja botanist 1951
Elizabeth Blackwell Scottish botanical illustrator and author 1707 1758 United Kingdom
Elizabeth Coleman White Blueberry botanist 1871-10-05 1954-11-11 United States
Elizabeth Gertrude Britton American botanist 1857-01-09 1934-02-25 United States
Elizabeth Jill Cowley British botanist 1950 United Kingdom
Elizabeth Lomax English botanist 1810-02-22 1895-03-16 United Kingdom
Elizabeth McClintock Botanist 1912 2004 United States
Elizabeth Stack (nee Jones) Collector of ferns and mosses 1829 1919 New Zealand
Elizabeth Twining English botanical illustrator 1805 1889 United Kingdom
Elke Mackenzie British-American lichenologist 1911-09-11 1990-01-18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Ellen Hutchins Irish botanist 1785 1815 Ireland
Ellen Schulz Quillin American botanist, author and museum director 1892-06-16 1970-05-06 United States
Ellen Willmott English horticulturist 1858-08-19 1934-09-27 United Kingdom
Ellen Wright Blackwell Writer, botanist 1864-10-07 1952-02-24 New Zealand
Elsa Beata Bunge Botanist 1734-04-18 1819-01-19 Sweden
Elsa Nyholm Swedish botanist 1911 2002 Sweden
Elsie Conway British botanist and phycologist 1902
1902-03-15
1992
1992-07-22
United Kingdom
Elsie Elizabeth Esterhuysen South African botanist 1912 2006 South Africa
Elsie M. Burrows British Botanist 1913 1986 United Kingdom
Elsie Mary Griffin Botany teacher, community organisation administrator 1884-11-01 1968-05-03 New Zealand
Elsie Maud Wakefield British mycologist 1886-07-03 1972-06-17 United Kingdom
Elva Lawton American botanist 1896-04-03 1993-02-03 United States
Elzada Clover American botanist 1896 1980 United States
Emilie Snethlage Brazilian naturalist and ornithologist 1868-04-13 1929-11-25 Brazil
Germany
Emily Collins British botanist 1858 1945 United Kingdom
Emily Dix Paleobotanist 1904-05-21 1972 United Kingdom
Emma Cole American botanist 1845-01-23 1910-04-25 United States
Emma Laughlin 1866 1962
Emma Lucy Braun American botanist 1889-04-19 1971-03-05 United States
Enid Lucy Robertson Australian botanist and conservationist 1925-11-20 2016-07-10 Australia
Estella Leopold American botanist 1927 United States
Esther Orozco Mexican biologist, researcher and politician 1945-04-25 Mexico
Ethel Anson Peckham botanist (1879-1965) 1879 1965
Ethel Bailey Higgins American botanist 1866 1963 United States
Ethel de Fraine British botanist 1879 1918 United Kingdom
Ethel Sargant Botanist 1863-10-28 1918-01-16 United Kingdom
Ethel Thomas English botanist 1876 1944
Ethel Zoe Bailey American botanist (1889-1983) 1889-11-17 1983 United States
Eva Mameli Calvino Botanist 1886-02-12 1978-03-31 Italy
Eva Schönbeck-Temesy botanist (1930-2011) 1930 2011
Eve Palmer South African non-fiction writer and botanist 1916-02-20 1998 South Africa
Evelyn Booth Irish botanist 1897-10-30 1988 Ireland
Flora Wambaugh Patterson American mycologist 1847 1928 United States
Florence Hedges American botanist 1878-08-24 1956-12-17 United States
Florence Meier Chase American botanist 1902 1978-05-06 United States
Florence Woolward British botanical illustrator and botanist 1854 1936-01-03 United Kingdom
Frances Acton British botanist, archaeologist and artist (1794-1881) 1794-07-07 1881-01-24 United Kingdom
Frances Margaret Leighton South African botanist 1909-03-08 2006-01-08 Union of South Africa
South Africa
Australia
Frances Meehan Latterell Botanist 1920-12-21 2008-11-05 United States
Frances Theodora Parsons Botanist 1861-12-05 1952-06-10 United States
Françoise Ardré French botanist 1931 2010 France
Gabriele Rabel Austrian botanist 1880 1963 Austria
Gabrielle Howard British botanist 1876-10-03 1930-08-18 United Kingdom
Georgia Mason Botanist 1910-03-16 2007-10-08 United States
Gertrud Dahlgren botanist (1931-2009) 1931 2009
Gertrude Bacon Writer, Aeronaut, Botanist 1874-04-19 1949-12-22
Gertrude Jekyll garden designer, artist 1843-11-29 1932-12-08 United Kingdom
Gertrude Simmons Burlingham early 20th-century American mycologist 1872-04-21 1952-01-11 United States
Gloria Galeano Garcés Colombian scientist 1958-04-22 2016-03-23 Colombia
Grace Evelyn Pickford Biologist 1902 1986 United States
Greta Stevenson New Zealand mycologist 1911-06-10 1990-12-18 New Zealand
Grethe Rytter Hasle Norwegian scientist 1920-01-03 2013-11-09 Norway
Gulielma Lister Lister, Gulielma (1860–1949), mycologist and naturalist 1860-10-28 1949-05-18
Guranda Gvaladze Georgian botanist 1932-06-23 2020-01-24
Gwendoline Joyce Lewis British-born South African botanist (1909–1967) 1909 1967 United Kingdom
South Africa
Haide-Ene Rebassoo Estonian botanist 1935-01-25
Hanna Margońska Botanist, Taxonomist 1968 Poland
Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen Norwegian biologist 1873-09-11 1943-03-13 Norway
Hannah Caroline Aase botanist (1883-1980) 1883-07-12 1980-11-23
Harriet Creighton American geneticist 1909-06-27 2004-01-09 United States
Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus South African botanist (1877-1970) 1877-07-31 1970-04-05 British Empire
Union of South Africa
South Africa
Hazel Marguerite Schmoll American botanist (1890–1990) 1890-08-23 1990-01-31 United States
Hedvig Lovén Swedish botanist 1867 1943 Sweden
Heidrun Elsbeth Klara Osterwald Hartmann German botanist 1942-08-05
1942
2016-07-11 Germany
Helen Margaret Gilkey American mycologist 1886 1972 United States
Helen Morgenthau Fox Botanist and author of gardening books 1884-05-27 1974-01-13 United States
Helen Porter British botanist 1899-11-10 1987-12-07
Helen Sharsmith American botanist 1905-08-26 1982-11-10 United States
Helena Krzemieniewska Polish botanist and microbiologist 1878 1966 Poland
Helena Perpenti Italian scientist (1764–1846) 1764 1846 Italy
Hélène Durand botanist (1883-1934) 1883-08 1934-08
Helia Bravo Mexican botanist 1901-09-30 2001-09-26 Mexico
Henrietta Hooker American botanist 1851-12-12 1929-05-13 United States
Hildur Krog Norwegian botanist 1922-03-22 2014-08-25 Norway
Hiltje Maas-van de Kamer Dutch botanist 1941-12-09 Kingdom of the Netherlands
Ilma Grace Stone Australian botanist 1913 2001
Inez Clare Verdoorn South African botanist 1896-06-15 1989 South Africa
Inez M. Haring US botanist 1875 1968 USA
Inger Nordal Norwegian botanist 1944-08-11 Norway
Irene Manton British botanist 1904-04-17 1988-05-13 United Kingdom
Irina Grudzinskaya Russian botanist 1920 2011
Isabel Clifton Cookson Australian botanist 1893-12-25 1973-07-01 Australia
Isabella Abbott Educator, ethnobotanist 1919-06-20 2010-10-28 United States
Isabella Preston botanist (1881-1965) 1881 1965
Isobel Wylie Hutchison Scottish Arctic traveller and botanist 1889 1982
Janaki Ammal Indian botanist 1897 1984-02 India
Jane W. Loudon English science fiction writer 1807-08-19 1858-07-13 United Kingdom
Jane Colden Botanist 1724-03-27 1766-03-10 United States
Jane Glazebrook American botanist
Jane Ingham English botanist and scientific translator 1897-08-15 1982-09-10 United Kingdom
Janet Russell Perkins American botanist and explorer (1853–1933) 1853 1933 United States
Janet Sprent British botanist 1934 United Kingdom
Janice C. Beatley American botanist and ecologist 1919-03-18 1987-11-14 United States
Jantina Tammes Dutch botanist and geneticist 1871-06-23 1947-09-20 Kingdom of the Netherlands
Jayne V. Armstrong British botanist United Kingdom
Jean Finnegan Australian botanist
Jean Galbraith Australian botanist and writer 1906-03-28 1999-01-02 Australia
Jean White-Haney Australian botanist 1877-03-11 1952-10-21
Jeanne Baré French explorer 1740-07-27 1807-08-05 France
Jenny Hempel Danish botanist 1882-02-19 1975-02-13 Denmark
Joan Cribb Australian botanist 1930 Australia
Joan Dingley New Zealand mycologist 1916-05-14 2008-01-01 New Zealand
Lady Joan Margaret Legge British botanist 1885-02-21 1939-07-04
Joanne Chory American plant biologist 1955-03-19 United States
Johanna Westerdijk Dutch plant pathologist 1883-01-04 1961-11-15 Kingdom of the Netherlands
Josephine Kablick Czech scientist 1787 1863 Austrian Empire
Joyce Lambert Botanist 1916-06-23 2005-05-04
Joyce Winifred Vickery Australian botanist 1908-12-15 1979-05-29
Judith Gay West Australian botanist 1949 Australia
Julia Morton Botanist, Author 1912-04-25 1996-09-10 United States
Julia Wilmotte Henshaw Canadian botanist and writer 1869 1937 Canada
Julie F. Barcelona Filipino botanist 1972 Philippines
Juliet Wege Botanist 1971 Australia
Juliette de Bairacli Levy English herbalist and veterinarian 1912 2009 United Kingdom
Kate Crooks Canadian botanist 1833 1871 Canada
Kate Sessions American botanist and landscape architect 1857-11-08 1940-03-24 United States
Katharina Perch-Nielsen Swiss orienteer 1940-10-26 Switzerland
Käthe Hoffmann German botanist (1883–1931) 1883 1931 German Empire
Weimar Republic
Katherine Esau German-American botanist 1898-04-03 1997-06-04 United States
Katherine Kane Irish botanist 1811-03-18 1886-02-25 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Katherine Warington British botanist 1897-09-05 1993-07-03
Kathleen Anne Kron biology professor; studies Ericaceae 1956
Kathleen Basford British botanist 1916-09-06 1998-12-20
Kathleen Bever Blackburn British botanist 1892 1968 United Kingdom
Kathleen Maisey Curtis Mycologist 1892-08-15 1994-09-05 New Zealand
Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker British phycologist 1901 1957
Ladema Langdon 1893-01-05 1977-04
Lady Anne Monson English botanist and collector of plants and insects 1726 1776
Leia Scheinvar Mexican botanist 1954 Mexico
Lela Viola Barton Botanist, specializing in seeds. 1901-11-14 1967-07-31 United States
Lena Clemmons Artz American botanist 1891-08-03 1976-06-02 United States
Libby Houston Botanist 1941-12-09 United Kingdom
Liivia Laasimer Estonian botanist 1918-06-21 1988-02-26
Lilian Clarke botanist and teacher 1866-01-27 1934-02-12 United Kingdom
Lilian Gibbs Botanist 1870-09-10 1925-01-30 United Kingdom
Lilian Snelling Botanical illustrator 1879 1972-10-12 United Kingdom
Lily May Perry Canadian botanist (1895–1992) 1895-01-05 1992-03-11 United States
Lily Newton botanist (1893-1981) 1893-01-26 1981 United Kingdom
Lois Brako American botanist 1950-12-05 United States
Louisa Grace Fortescue (née Butler), Lady Clermont Irish botanist; discoverer of Lady Clermont's Spleenwort, Asplenium x clermontiae 1816-07-18 1896-11-8 Ireland
Louise Guthrie South African botanist (1879-1966) 1879-10-10 1966-02-20 South Africa
Lucia McCulloch American botanist 1873-02-26 1955-02-10 United States
Lucy Beatrice Moore Botanist, ecologist 1906-07-14 1987-06-09 New Zealand
Lucy Cranwell New Zealand botanist 1907-08-07 2000-06-08 New Zealand
Ludmila Kuprianova Russian botanist 1914-09 1987-01-13 Soviet Union
Lumina Cotton Riddle Smyth American botanist 1871-03-18 1939-02-02 USA
Luisa Eugenia Navas Chilean botanist 1918 Chile
Lula Pace First female Baylor University professor with a PhD 1868 1925 United States
Lynn G. Clark American botanist 1956 United States
Lynn Margulis American evolutionary biologist 1938-03-05 2011-11-22 United States
Maevia Noemí Correa Argentinian botanist 1914-02-14 2005-04-18 Argentina
Máirin de Valéra Irish botanist 1912 1984
Margaret A. Dix British botanist 1939-05-19 United Kingdom
Margaret Adebisi Sowunmi Nigerian botanist and environmental archaeologist 1939-09-24 Nigeria
Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland British duchess 1715-02-11 1785-04-09 United Kingdom
Margaret Clay Ferguson American botanist 1863-08-29 1951-08-28 United States
Margaret Elizabeth Barr-Bigelow Canadian mycologist 1923-04-16 2008-04-01 Canada
Margaret Gatty British writer 1809-06-03 1873-10-04 United Kingdom
Margaret Jane Benson English botanist 1859 1936 United Kingdom
Margaret Sibella Brown Canadian bryologist 1866 1961 Canada
Margaret Levyns South AFrican botanist 1890-10-24 1975-11-11 South Africa
Margery Claire Carlson botanist (1892-1985) 1892-11-21 1985-07-05 United States
Margot Williams American botanist United States
Mari Reitalu Estonian botanist 1941-02-10
Maria Fadiman Botanist 1969-07-04 United States
Maria Gugelberg von Moos Swiss botanist 1836 1918 Switzerland
Maria Jacson English writer 1755 1829-10-10 United Kingdom
Maria Koepcke German and Peruvian ornithologist 1924-05-15 1971-12-24 Germany
Maria Wilman South African botanist 1867-04-29 1957-11-09 South Africa
Marian Farquharson Naturalist, women's rights activist 1846-07-02 1912-04-20 United Kingdom
Marie Beatrice Schol-Schwarz Dutch physopathologist 1898-07-12 1969-07-27 Kingdom of the Netherlands
Marie Jean-Eudes Tellier Religious Sister and botanist 1897 1978 Canada
Marie Prins South African botanist 1948 South Africa
Marie Stopes British paleontologist 1880-10-15 1958-10-02 United Kingdom
Marie Taylor American botanist 1911 1990-12 United States
Marie-Anne Libert Belgian botanist 1782-04-07 1865-01-14 Belgium
Marie-Hélène Sachet French botanist 1922 1986 France
Marietta Pallis Greek-British ecologist 1882 1963
Marion Delf-Smith British botanist 1883-01-31 1980-02-23 United Kingdom
Marion E. Moodie Canadian botanist 1867 1958
Marjorie Elizabeth Jane Chandler English palaeobotanist 1897-05-18 1983-10-01 United Kingdom
Mary Agard Pocock South African phycologist 1886 1977-07-20 South Africa
Mary Agnes Chase American botanical illustrator and botanist 1869-04-29 1963-09-24 United States
Mary Albertson American botanist 1838-06-21 1914-08-19 United States
Mary Ann Robb Botanist 1829 1912
Mary Bowerman American botanist 1908-01-25 2005-08-21 United States
Mary Elizabeth Barber British naturalist, South African biologist 1818-01-05 1899-09-04 United Kingdom
Mary Gibson Henry Botanist 1884 1967 United States
Mary K. Bryan American botanist 1877-02-13 1926 United States
Mary Katharine Brandegee American botanist 1844-10-28 1920-04-03 United States
Mary Pirie Scottish botanist and teacher 1822-01-20 1885-02-08 Scotland
Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort English noblewoman, gardener and botanist, died 1715 1630-12-16 1715-01-07 United Kingdom
Mary Sophie Young American botanist 1872-09-20 1919 United States
Mary Strong Clemens American botanist 1873-01-03 1968-04-13 United States
Mary Sutherland Forester, botanist 1893 1955 New Zealand
Mary Therese Kalin Arroyo New Zealand botanist 1944 New Zealand
Mary Tindale Botanist 1920-09-19 2011-03-31
Mary Treat American biologist 1830-09-07 1923-04-11 United States
Mary Wharton American botanist 1912-10-12 1991 United States
Matilda Cullen Knowles Irish botanist 1864-01-31 1933-04-27
1933-04-23
Ireland
Matilda Smith Botanical illustrator 1854 1926 United Kingdom
Maureen Ann Donnelly 1954-08-10
Meenakshi Banerjee Indian cyanobacteriologist India
Mildred Adams Fenton American scientist 1899-11-14 1995-12-07 United States
Mildred Ester Mathias American botanist 1906-09-19 1995-02-16 United States
Miriam Phoebe de Vos South African botanist 1912 2005 South Africa
Monique Keraudren French botanist 1928-12-08 1981-05-25 France
Nancy Adams botanist and botanical artist 1926-05-19 2007-03-27 New Zealand
Nancy Tyson Burbidge Australian botanist, conservationist and herbarium curator 1912-08-05 1977-03-04 Australia
Naomi Feinbrun Botanist, University Professor 1900 1995-03-08 Russian Empire
Romania
Israel
Nélida María Bacigalupo Argentinian botanist 1924 2019 Argentina
Nellie Adalesa Brown American botanist 1876 1956 United States
Nina Avgustinovna Adolf Russian botanist 1903 1951
Nina Golubkova Russian lichenologist 1932-01-28 2009-08-24 Russia
Nora Lilian Alcock Pioneering plant pathologist 1874-08-18 1972-03-31
Norah Lillian Penston British botanist and academic administrator 1903-08-20 1974-02-01
Nuncia María Tur Argentinian botanist 1940 Argentina
O.F. Mizgireva botanist and painter (1908-2000) 1908 2000 Soviet Union
Olga Fédchenko Russian botanist 1845-10-30 1921-04-24 Russian Empire
Olive Blanche Davies Australian botanical artist 1884-10-27 1976 Australia
Olive Mary Hilliard South African botanist 1925-07-04 2022 South Africa
Orra White Hitchcock American woman botanical artist 1796-03-08 1863-05-26 United States
Ottoline Leyser British botanist 1965-03-07
Pamela S. Soltis American botanist 1957-11-13 United States
Pamela Woods British botanist 1952 United Kingdom
Pat Wolseley Botanist 1938 United Kingdom
Patricia Berjak South African botanist 1939-12-29 2015-01-21 South Africa
Patricia G. Gensel American paleobotanist 1944
Paula J. Rudall botanist 1954
Paula Pryke British botanist 1960-04-29 United Kingdom
Pauline Dy Phon Cambodian botanist (1933-2010) 1933 2010-05-21 Cambodia
Pauline Ladiges Australian botanist 1948-01-19
1948
Australia
Phoebe Lankester Lankester [née Pope], Phebe [pseud. Penelope] (1825–1900), writer on botany and health 1825-04-10
1825
1900-04-09
1900
Phyllis Clinch Irish botanist 1901-09-12 1984-10-19
Pippa Greenwood British botanist United Kingdom
Princess Theresa of Bavaria Bavarian princess, scientist, philanthropist 1850-11-12 1925-12-19
1925-09-19
Germany
Priscilla Susan Bury British botanist 1799-01-12 1872-03-08 United Kingdom
Rana Ellen Munns Australian botanist
Rica Erickson Australian historian and botanist 1908-08-10 2009-09-08 Australia
Rosa Olga Sansom Teacher, museum director, botanist, broadcaster, writer 1900 1989 New Zealand
Roseli Ocampo-Friedmann Filipino-American microbiologist and botanist 1937-11-23 2005-09-04 United States
Rosette Batarda Fernandes Portuguese scientist 1916-01-10 2005-05-28 Portugal
Rosmarie Honegger Swiss lichenologist 1947 Switzerland
Roxana Judkins Stinchfield Ferris botanist 1895-04-13 1978-06-30 United States
Ruth Colvin Starrett McGuire Botanist 1893 1950 United States
Ruth F. Allen plant pathologist 1879 1963 United States
Ruth Kiew botanist 1946
Ruth Mason New Zealand botanist 1913-11-07
1913
1990-05-14
1990
New Zealand
Ruth Patrick American botanist and limnologist 1907-11-26 2013-09-23 United States
Sandra Knapp botanist 1956-12-09
1956
Sara Plummer Lemmon American botanist 1836-09-03 1923 United States
Sarah Bowdich Lee English naturalist and author 1791-09-10 1856-09-22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sarah Darwin English botanist 1964-04-14 United Kingdom
Sarah Martha Baker British botanist 1887-06-04 1917-05-29 United Kingdom
Sarah Paxon Moore Cooper American botanist and botanical collector 1824-09-18 1908-03-13 United States
Shirley Sherwood Botanist 1933-07-01 United Kingdom
Shakti M. Gupta[1] Ethnobotanist 1927 Lahore, Pakistan
Shiu-Ying Hu Chinese botanist 1908-02-26 2012-05-22 People's Republic of China
Silvia Blumenfeld Argentine mycologist 1949 Argentina
Silvia Zenari Italian botanist 1895-03-31 1956-06-30 Italy
Siri von Reis American botanist and writer 1931-02-10 2021-08-03 United States
Sophia Eckerson American botanist 1954-07-19 United States
Sophie Charlotte Ducker botanist (1909-2004) 1909 2004
Stella Grace Maisie Carr Australian ecologist 1912-02-26 1988-09-09 Australia
Stella Ross-Craig British artist 1906-03-19 2006-02-06
Susan Carter Holmes British botanist 1933 United Kingdom
Susanne Renner German botanist 1954-10-05
1954
Germany
Suzanne Mary Prober Australian botanist 1964 Australia
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