List of botanists by author abbreviation (W–Z)

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

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

Order of entries

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

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A–V

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

W

• W.A.Archer – William Andrew Archer (1894–1973)
• W.A.Bell – Walter Andrew Bell (1889–1969)
• W.A.Clark – William Andrew Clark (1911–1983)
• W.A.Clarke – William Ambrose Clarke (1841–1911)
• Waddell – Coslett Herbert Waddell (1858–1919)
• Wade – Walter Wade (1760–1825)
• Wadhwa – Brij Mohan Wadhwa (1933–2009)
• Wad.Khan – M. A. Wadood Khan (fl. 1982)
• Wahl – Herbert Alexander Wahl (1900–1975)
• Wahlenb. – Göran Wahlenberg (1780–1851)
• Waisb. – Anton Waisbecker (1835–1916)
• Waldst. – Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein (1759–1823)
• Wall. – Nathaniel Wallich (1786–1854)
• Wallace – Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913)
• Wallander – Eva Wallander (fl. 2000)
• Wallays – Antoine Charles François Wallays (1812–1888)
• Wallenwein – Fritz Wallenwein (fl. 2012)
• Wallerius – Johan Gottschalk Wallerius (1709–1785)
• Walleyn – Ruben Walleyn (1966–2008)
• Wallis – Gustav Wallis (1830–1878)
• Wallman – Johan Haquin Wallman (1792–1853)
• Walln. – Anton Wallnöfer (1856–1926)^[5]
• Wallner – Joseph Wallner (1909–1935)
• Wallossek – Christoph Wallossek (fl. 1999)
• Wallr. – Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Wallroth (1792–1857)
• Wallwork – H. Wallwork (fl. 1988)
• Walp. – Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers (1816–1853)
• Walter – Thomas Walter (1740–1789)
• Walters – Stuart Max Walters (1920–2005)
• W.Anderson – William Anderson (1750–1778)
• Wangenh. – Friedrich Adam Julius von Wangenheim (1749–1800)
• Wangerin – Walther Wangerin (1884–1938)
• Warb. – Otto Warburg (1859–1938)
• W.Archer – William Archer (1830–1897)
• W.Archer bis – William Archer (1820–1874)
• Ward – Lester Frank Ward (1841–1913)
• Warder – John Aston Warder (1812–1883)
• Wardle – Peter Wardle (1931–2008)
• Warion – (Jean Pierre) Adrien Warion (1837–1880)
• Warm. – Johannes Eugenius Bülow Warming (1841–1924)
• Warner – Richard Warner (c. 1711 to 1713–1775)
• Warnock – Barton Holland Warnock (1911–1998)
• Warnst. – Carl Friedrich Warnstorf (1837–1921)
• W.A.Rodrigues – William Antônio Rodrigues (born 1928)
• Warsz. – Józef Warszewicz Ritter von Rawicz (1812–1866)
• Wassh. – Dieter Carl Wasshausen (born 1938)
• Waterh. – Benjamin Waterhouse (1754–1846)
• Watling – Roy Watling (born 1938)
• Watson – William Watson (1715–1787) (see also the abbreviation "W.Watson")
• Watt – David Allan Poe Watt (1830–1917)
• W.A.Weber – William Alfred Weber (born 1918)
• Wawra – Heinrich Wawra von Fernsee (1831–1887)
• W.Bartram – William Bartram (1739–1823)
• W.B.Carp. – William Benjamin Carpenter (1813–1885)
• W.B.Clarke – Walter Bosworth Clarke (born 1879)
• W.C.Barton – William Charles Barton (1874–1955)
• W.C.Cheng – Wan Chun Cheng (1904–1983)
• W.C.Martin – William Clarence Martin (1923–2010)
• W.Cooper – William Cooper (1798–1864)
• W.D.Clark – W. Dennis Clark (born 1948)
• W.Deane – Walter Deane (1848–1930)
• W.D.Francis – William Douglas Francis (1889–1959)
• W.Dietr. – Werner Dietrich (1938–2011)
• W.D.J.Koch – Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch (1771–1849)
• Weath. – Charles Alfred Weatherby (1875–1949)
• Weatherwax – Paul Weatherwax (1888–1976)
• Webb – Philip Barker Webb (1793–1854)
• Weber – Georg Heinrich Weber (1752–1828), often written G.H. Weber
• Weberb. – Augusto Weberbauer (1871–1948)
• Wedd. – Hugh Algernon Weddell (1819–1877)
• Wedem. – Wedemeyer (fl. before 1803)
• W.E.Evans – William Edgar Evans (1882–1963)
• Wege – Juliet Wege (born 1971)
• W.E.Higgins – Wesley Ervin Higgins (born 1949)
• Weidman – Frederick DeForest Weidman (1881–1956)^[6]
• Weigel – Christian Ehrenfried von Weigel (1748–1831)
• Weihe – Carl Ernst August Weihe (1779–1834)
• Weiller – Marc Weiller (1880–1945)
• Weim. – August Henning Weimarck (1903–1980)
• Weinm. – Johann Anton Weinmann (1782–1858)
• W.E.Lawr. – William Evans Lawrence (botanist) (1883–1950)
• Wells – Bertram Whittier Wells (1884–1978)
• Welw. – Friedrich Welwitsch (1806–1872)
• W.E.Manning – Wayne Eyer Manning (1899–2004)
• Wendelbo – Per Erland Berg Wendelbo (1927–1981)
• Wender. – Georg Wilhelm Franz Wenderoth (1774–1861)
• Went – Friedrich August Ferdinand Christian Went (1863–1935)
• Werderm. – Erich Werdermann (1892–1959)
• Wernek. – Franz Wernekinck (1764–1839)
• Wernham – Herbert Fuller Wernham (1879–1941)
• W.E.Rogers – Walter E. Rogers (botanist) (1890–1951)
• Wesm. – Alfred Wesmael (1832–1905)
• Wess.Boer – Jan Gerard Wessels Boer (born 1936)
• West – William West (1848–1914)
• Westc. – Frederic Westcott (died 1861)
• Wester – Peter Jansen Wester (1877–1931)
• Westerd. – Johanna Westerdijk (1883–1961)
• Weston – Richard Weston (c. 1733–1806)
• Wetschnig – Wolfgang Wetschnig (born 1958)
• Wettst. – Richard Wettstein (1863–1931)
• Weyer – William John Bates van de Weyer (1870–1946)
• Weyland – Hermann Gerhard Weyland (1888–1974)
• W.F.Barker – Winsome Fanny ('Buddy') Barker (1907–1994)
• W.F.Hillebr. – William Francis Hillebrand (1853–1925)
• W.Fitzg. – William Vincent Fitzgerald (1867–1929)
• W.G.Lee – William George Lee (born 1950)
• W.G.Schneid. – Wilhelm Gottlieb Schneider (1814–1889)
• W.Gümbel – Wilhelm Theodor Gümbel (1812–1858)
• W.H.Adey – Walter H. Adey (born 1934)
• W.Harris – Warwick Harris (born 1940)
• W.H.Baker – William Hudson Baker (1911–1985)
• W.H.Brewer – William Henry Brewer (1828–1910)
• W.H.Duncan – Wilbur Howard Duncan (1910–2005)
• Wherry – Edgar Theodore Wherry (1885–1982)
• W.H.Gibson – William Hamilton Gibson (1850–1896)
• W.Hill – Walter Hill (1820–1904)
• Whipple – Amiel Weeks Whipple (1816–1863)
• Whitaker – Thomas Wallace Whitaker
• Whitehouse – Eula Whitehouse (1892–1974)
• Whitel. – Thomas Whitelegge (1850–1927)
• Whitlock – Barbara Ann Whitlock (born 1967)
• Whitmore – Timothy Charles Whitmore (1935–2002)
• Whittall – Edward Whittall (1851–1917)
• W.H.Lang – William Henry Lang (1874–1960)
• W.H.Lewis – Walter Hepworth Lewis (born 1930)
• W.H.Mills – William Hobson Mills (1873–1959)
• W.Hook. – William Hooker (1779–1832)
• W.Hunter – William Hunter (1755–1812)
• W.H.Wagner – Warren Herbert Wagner (1920–2000)
• Wibel – August Wilhelm Eberhard Christoph Wibel (1775–1814)
• Wich. – Max Ernst Wichura (1817–1866)
• Widder – Felix Joseph Widder (1892–1974)
• Wiedem. – Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1805–1887)
• Wied-Neuw. – Maximilian Alexander Philipp zu Wied-Neuwied (1782–1867)
• Wiegand – Karl McKay Wiegand (1873–1942)
• Wieland – George Reber Wieland (1865–1953)
• Wiersema – John H. Wiersema (born 1950)
• Wierzb. – Piotr Pawlus (Peter (Petrus) Paulus) Wierzbicki (1794–1847)
• Wigand – Julius Wilhelm Albert Wigand (1821–1886)
• Wiggins – Ira Loren Wiggins (1899–1987)
• Wight – Robert Wight (1796–1872)
• Wijnands – D. Onno Wijnands (1945–1993)
• Wikstr. – Johan Emanuel Wikström (1789–1856)
• Wilbr. – Johann Bernhard Wilbrand (1779–1846)
• Wilbur – Robert Lynch Wilbur (born 1925)
• Wilcock – Christopher C. Wilcock (born 1946)
• Wilczek – Ernst Wilczek (1867–1948)
• Wild – Hiram Wild (1917–1982)
• Wilh. – Gottlieb Tobias Wilhelm (1758–1811)
• Wilkes – Charles Wilkes (1798–1877)
• Willd. – Carl Ludwig von Willdenow (1765–1812)
• Wille – Johan Nordal Fischer Wille (1858–1924)
• Willemet – (Pierre) Remi Willemet (1735-1807)
• Williams – Samuel Williams (1743–1817)
• Willis – John Christopher Willis (1868–1958)
• Willk. – Heinrich Moritz Willkomm (1821–1895)
• Wilson – William M. Wilson (1799–1871)
• Wimm. – Christian Friedrich Heinrich Wimmer (1803–1868)
• Winch – Nathaniel John Winch (1768–1838)
• Windham – Michael D. Windham (born 1954)
• Windsor – John Windsor (1787–1868)
• Winterl – Jacob Joseph Winterl (1739–1809)
• Wipff – Joseph K. Wipff (born 1962)
• Wirtg. – Philipp Wilhelm Wirtgen (1806–1870)
• Wisl. – Friedrich(Frederick) Adolph Wislizenus (1810–1889)
• Wistuba – Andreas Wistuba (born 1967)
• With. – William Withering (1741–1799)
• Witham – Henry Thomas Maire Silvertop Witham (1779–1844)
• Wittm. – Ludwig Wittmack (1839–1929)
• Wittr. – Veit Brecher Wittrock (1839–1914)
• Wittst. – Georg Christian Wittstein (1810–1887)
• W.Jacobsen – Werner Bahne Georg Jacobsen (1909–1995)
• W.Jameson – William Jameson (1815–1882)
• W.J.Baker – William John Baker (born 1972)
• W.J.de Wilde – Willem Jan Jacobus Oswald de Wilde (born 1936)
• W.J.Martin – Weston Joseph Martin (born 1917)
• W.J.Robbins – William Jacob Robbins (1890–1978)
• W.J.Zinger – Vasily Jakovlevich Zinger (1836–1907)
• W.L.Clement – Wendy L. Clement (fl. 2009)
• W.L.Culb. – William Louis Culberson (1929–2003)
• W.L.E.Schmidt – Wilhelm Ludwig Ewald Schmidt (1804–1843)
• W.Lippert – Wolfgang Lippert (born 1937)
• W.L.Wagner – Warren Lambert Wagner (born 1950)
• W.L.White – William Lawrence White (1908–1952)
• W.MacGill. – William MacGillivray (1796–1852)
• W.Martin – William Martin (1886–1975)
• W.Mast. – William Masters (1796–1874)
• W.M.Curtis – Winifred Mary Curtis (1905–2005)
• W.N.Cheesman – William Norwood Cheesman (1847–1925)
• W.N.Powell – William Nottingham Powell (born 1904)
• Wodehouse – Roger Philip Wodehouse (1889–1978)
• W.O.Dietr. – Wilhelm Otto Dietrich (1881–1964)
• Wolf – Nathanael Matthaeus von Wolf (1724–1784)
• Wolle – Francis Wolle (1817–1893)
• Wollenw. – Hans Wilhelm Wollenweber (1879–1949)
• Wolley-Dod – Anthony Hurt Wolley-Dod (1861–1948)
• W.O.Müll. – Walther Otto Müller (1833–1887)
• Wood – William Wood (1745–1808)
• Woodcock – Hubert Bayley Drysdale Woodcock (1867–1957)
• Woodson – Robert Everard Woodson (1904–1963)
• Woodv. – William Woodville (1752–1805)
• Woodw. – Thomas Jenkinson Woodward (1745–1820)
• Woolls – William Woolls (1814–1893)
• Woolward – Florence Helen Woolward (1854–1936)
• Wooton – Elmer Otis Wooton (1865–1945)
• Wormsk. – Morten Wormskjold (1783–1845)
• Woronow – Yury Nikolaevich Voronov (also spelt as Georg or Jurij Nikolaewitch Woronow) (1874–1931)
• Worsley – Arthington Worsley (1861–1944)
• Woyn. – Heinrich Karl Woynar (1865–1917)
• W.Palmer – William Palmer (1856–1921)
• W.P.Armstr. – Wayne Paul Armstrong (born 1941)
• W.Parry – William Edward Parry (1790–1855)
• W.P.C.Barton – William Paul Crillon Barton (1786–1856)
• W.Peck – William Dandridge Peck (1763–1822)
• W.Penn. – Winifred Ann Pennington (Tutin) (1915–2007)
• W.Petz. – Karl Wilhelm Petzold (1848–1897)
• W.P.Fang – Wen-Pei Fang (1899–1983)
• W.Phillips – William Phillips (botanist) (1822–1905)
• W.Q.Zhu – Wei-Qing Zhu (fl. 1999)
• Wraber – Tone Wraber (1938–2010)
• W.R.Barker – William Robert Barker (born 1948)
• W.R.B.Oliv. – Walter Reginald Brook Oliver (1883–1957)
• W.R.Buck – William Russell Buck (born 1950)
• W.Remy – Winfried Remy (1924–1995)
• W.R.Ernst – Wallace Roy Ernst (1928–1971)
• W.Rich – William Rich (1800–1864)
• Wright – John Wright (1811–1846)
• W.R.Linton – William Richardson Linton (1850–1908)
• W.Saunders – William Saunders (1822–1900)
• W.Schnizl. – Karl Friedrich Chrisoph Wilhelm Schnizlein (1780–1856)
• W.Schultze-Motel – Wolfram Schultze-Motel (1934–2011)
• W.S.Cooper – William Skinner Cooper (1884–1978)
• W.Seem. – Wilhelm Eduard Gottfried Seemann (died 1868)
• W.Siev. – Wilhelm Sievers (1860–1921)
• W.S.Stewart – William Sheldon Stewart (1914–1997)
• W.Stone – Witmer Stone (1866–1939)
• W.T.Aiton – William Townsend Aiton (1766–1849)
• W.T.Davis – William Thompson Davis (1862–1945)
• W.T.Gordon – William Thomas Gordon (1884–1950)
• W.Theob. – William Theobald (1829–1908)
• W.T.Wang – Wang, Wen Tsai (Wang, Wen Cai, born 1926)
• Wulfen – Franz Xaver von Wulfen (1728–1805)
• Wullschl. – Heinrich Wullschlägel (1805–1864)
• Wurdack – John Julius Wurdack (1921–1998)
• Wurmb – Friedrich von Wurmb (died 1781)
• Württemb. – Prince Friedrich Paul Wilhelm von Württemberg (1797–1860)
• W.Watson – William Watson (1858–1925) (see also the abbreviation "Watson")
• W.Wendte – William Wendte (1877–1904)
• W.West – William West Jr. (1875–1901)
• W.Wettst. – Wolfgang Wettstein (born 1898)
• W.Wight – William Franklin Wight (1874–1954)
• W.Wolf – Wolfgang Wolf (1875–1950)
• W.W.Payne – Willard William Payne (born 1937)
• W.Wright – William Wright (1735–1819)
• W.W.Sm. – William Wright Smith (1875–1956)
• Wyatt-Sm. – John Wyatt-Smith (1917–2002)
• Wydler – Heinrich Wydler (1800–1883)
• W.Y.Hsia – Wei Ying Hsia (1896–1987)
• W.Zimm. – Walter Max Zimmerman (1892–1980)

X

• X.F.Gao – Xin Fen Gao (born 1965)
• X.J.Xue – Xiang Ji Xue (collected in 1983)

Y

• Yakovlev – Gennady Pavlovic Yakovlev (born 1934)
• Yasuda – Atsushi Yasuda (1868–1924)
• Yates – Lorenzo Gordin Yates (1837–1909)
• Y.C.Wu – Yin Chan Wu (1901–1950)
• Y.C.Yang – Yung Chang Yang (born 1927)
• Yen C.Yang – Yen Chin Yang (1913–1984)
• Yeo – Peter Frederick Yeo (1929–2010)
• Y.F.Deng – Yun Fei Deng (fl. 2001)
• Yii – P.C. Yii (fl. 2001)
• Y.Kimura – Yojiro Kimura (1912–2006)
• Y.N.Lee – Yong No Lee (1920–2008)
• Yo.Tanaka – Yoshio Tanaka (1838–1916)
• Ysabeau – Alexandre Victor Frédéric Ysabeau (1793–1873)
• Y.Sasaki – Yoshiyuki Sasaki (1926–1972)
• Y.Schouten – Y. Schouten (fl. 1985)
• Y.S.Kim – Yun Shik Kim (born 1934)
• Y.S.Wang – Yu Sheng Wang (fl. 1985)
• Y.T.Chang – Yong Tian Chang (born 1936)
• Yu Ito – Yu Ito (born 1981)
• Yunck. – Truman George Yuncker (1891–1964)
• Yu.Tanaka – Yuichiro Tanaka (1901–1983)
• Y.Y.Fang – Yun Yi Fang (born 1916)

Z

• Zabel – Hermann Zabel (1832–1912)
• Zahlbr. – Alexander Zahlbruckner (1860–1938)
• Zahn – Karl Hermann Zahn (1865–1940)
• Zämelis – Aleksander Zämelis (1897–1943)
• Zanardini – Giovanni Antonio Maria Zanardini (1804–1878)
• Zanoni – Thomas A. Zanoni (born 1949)
• Zanted. – Giovanni Zantedeschi (1773–1846)
• Zapał. – Hugo Zapałowicz (1852–1917)
• Zappi – Daniela Cristina Zappi (born 1965)
• Zarrei – Mehdi Zarrei (born 1979)
• Zaw. – Aleksander Zawadzki (1798–1868)
• Zaytzeva – Ekaterina S. Zaytzeva (fl. 1999)
• Z.Collins – Zacchaeus Collins (1764–1831)
• Zea – Francisco Antonio Zea (1770–1822)
• Zeile – Elsie May Zeile (1870–1940)
• Zeiller – Charles René Zeiller (1847–1915)
• Zenari – Silvia Zenari (1896–1956)
• Zenker – Jonathan Carl Zenker (1799–1837)
• Zenkert – Charles Anthony Zenkert (1886–1972)
• Zerova – Marija Ja. (Mariya Ya.) Zerova (1902-1994)
• Zeyh. – Karl Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (1799–1858)
• Zhao – Yu Tang Zhao (1932–2010)
• Zhebrak – Anton Romanovich Zhebrak (1901–1965)^[7]
• Z.H.Pan – Ze Hui Pan (born 1938)
• Z.H.Tsi – Zhan Huo Tsi (1937–2001)
• Z.H.Yang – Zen Hong Yang (fl. 1988)
• Ziel. – Jerzy Zielinski (born 1943)
• Zijp – Coenraad van Zijp (born 1879)
• Zimm. – Philipp Wilhelm Albrecht Zimmermann (1860–1931)
• Zinn – Johann Gottfried Zinn (1727–1759)
• Zipp. – Alexander Zippelius (1797–1828)
• Z.Iwats. – Zennoske Iwatsuki (born 1929)
• Ziz – Johann Baptist Ziz (1779–1829)
• Zizka – Georg Zizka (born 1955)^[8]
• Zohary – Michael Zohary (1898–1983)
• Zoll. – Heinrich Zollinger (1818–1859)
• Zona – Scott Zona (born 1959)
• Zonn. – Ben Zonneveld (born 1940)
• Zopf – Friedrich (or Friederich) Wilhelm Zopf (1846–1909)
• Zorn – Johannes Zorn (1739–1799)
• Z.Plobsh. – Friedrich August Zorn von Plobsheim (1711–1789)
• Z.P.Wang – Zheng Ping Wang (born 1929)
• Zucc. – Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini (1790–1848)
• Zuccagni – Attilio Zuccagni (1754–1807)
• Zuloaga – Fernando Omar Zuloaga (born 1951)
• Zwanziger – Gustav Adolf Zwanziger (1837–1893)
• Zycha – Herbert Zycha (1903–1998)

See also

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

References

External links

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