Botanists active in South America Botanists active in South America Aimé Jacques Alexandre Bonpland ( August 22, 1773 - May 4, 1858) was a French explorer and botanist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aimé Bonpland"
Allan Cunningham ( July 13, 1791 – June 27, 1839) was an English botanist and explorer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Allan Cunningham (botanist)"
(Augustin Saint-Hilaire) The works by which he is best known are the Flora Brasiliae Meridionalis in three volumes (1825-1832), published in conjunction with A. de Jussieu, and J. Cambessdes; Histoire des Plantes les plus Remarquables du Brésil et de Paraguay (1824), Plantes Usuélles des Brésiliens (1827-1828), also in conjunction with De Jussieu and Cambessdes; and Voyage Dans le District des Diamants et sur le littoral du Brésil, in two volumes (1833). His Leçons de Botanique, Comprénant Principalement la Morphologie Végetale (1840), was a comprehensive exposition of botanical morphology and of its application to systematic botany. He died at Orleans on September 3rd 1853. ...more on Wikipedia about "Augustin Saint-Hilaire"
Carl August Wilhelm Schwacke (b. 1848, Alfeld, Germany; d. 1904, Barbacena, Minas Gerais, Brazil) was a German botanist, explorer and naturalist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carl August Wilhelm Schwacke"
Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius ( April 17, 1794– December 13, 1868) was a German botanist and explorer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius"
Carl Ludwig Willdenow ( August 22, 1765 - July 10, 1812) was a German botanist and pharmacist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carl Ludwig Willdenow"
Curt Backeberg ( 1894- 1966) was a German horticulturist especially known for the collection and classification of cacti. ...more on Wikipedia about "Curt Backeberg"
Edward Palmer ( 1829 - 1911) was a self-taught British botanist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Edward Palmer (botanist)"
Edward Wilber Berry ( 1875 - 1945) was an American paleontologist and botanist, the principal focus of his research was paleobotany. Berry studied North and South American flora and published taxonomic studies with theoretical reconstructions of paleoecology and phytogeography. He started his scientific career as an amateur scientist. At Johns Hopkins University he held various positions including teacher, research scientist, scientific editor and administrator. ...more on Wikipedia about "Edward W. Berry"
Emmanuel Liais ( 1826– 1900) was a French astronomer, botanist and explorer who spent many years in Brazil. ...more on Wikipedia about "Emmanuel Liais"
Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen ( June 28, 1804 - September 2, 1840) was a German physician and botanist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Franz Meyen"
Friedrich Sellow (var. Sello) (1789-1810) was a German botanist and naturalist, one of the earliest scientific explorers of the Brazilian flora. ...more on Wikipedia about "Friedrich Sellow"
Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten ( 1817 – 1908) was a German botanist and geologist. Born in Stralsund, he followed the example of Alexander von Humboldt and traveled 1844- 56 to the north of South America. He died 1908 in Berlin- Grunewald. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten"
Jean Baptiste Louis Claude Theodore Leschenault de la Tour ( November 13, 1773 - March 14, 1826) was a French botanist and ornithologist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour"
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Don Jose Manuel Restrepo was an investigator of Colombian flora. The Orchid genus Restrepia was named in his honor. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jose Restrepo"
Sir Joseph Banks, FRS ( February 13, 1743 – June 19, 1820) was the English naturalist and botanist on Cook's first great voyage ( 1768– 1771) and some 75 species bear Banks' name. He is credited with the introduction to the West of eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa, and the genus named after him, Banksia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Joseph Banks"
Karl Theodor Hartweg ( 1812- 1871) was a German botanist. He collected numerous new species of plants in Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico and California in the United States, collecting for the London Horticultural Society. Many of the species he discovered were formally published, with attribution, by George Gordon, the Foreman of the LHS Gardens and a specialist in the conifers which were well-represented in Hartweg's collections. ...more on Wikipedia about "Karl Theodor Hartweg"
Louis Éconches Feuillée (sometimes spelled Feuillet) ( 1660- 1732) was a French member of the Order of the Minims, explorer, astronomer, geographer, and botanist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Louis Feuillée"
Ludwig Riedel (b. 1790, Berlin, Germany; d. 1861, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was a German botanist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ludwig Riedel"
Dr. Philibert Commerçon (also sometimes spelled Commerson) ( November 18, 1727– March 13, 1773) was a French naturalist, best known for accompanying Louis Antoine de Bougainville on his voyage of circumnavigation in 1766– 1769. ...more on Wikipedia about "Philibert Commerçon"
Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter ( 1872- 1925) was a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rudolf Schlechter"
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