List of Hungarian botanists

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The below list contains most important Hungarian botanists in alphabetical order, indicating their main biographical dates and fields of botany in which they have been researching.

• Sámuel Ab Hortis (1729–1792) plant physiology
• Éva Ács (born 1964) phycology
• József Agnelli (1852–1923) agricultural botany, medical botany
• László Almádi (born 1936) herbology, plant systematics
• István Ambrózy (1869–1933) floristics, horticulture
• József Andrasovszky (1889–1943) ampelography
• Gábor Andreánszky (1895–1967) phytogeography, paleobotany
• Lambert Angeli (1916–1971) agricultural botany
• Dezső Angyal (1852–1936) pomology
• Dániel Antal (1901–1972) agricultural botany, pomology
• Béla Augustin (1877–1954) medical botany

• Nándor Bacsó (1904–1974) plant ecology
• Leona Baksay (1915 – c. 2005) plant physiology, plant systematics
• Sándor Bálint (1860–1922) ampelography
• József Balogh (1750 – c. 1781) floristics
• Henrik Band (1840–1913) floristics, horticulture
• Zoltán Barabás (1926–1993) agricultural botany
• Aurél Baranyai (1903–1983) medical botany
• Zoltán Baráth (1924–1982) phytosociology, plant systematics, floristics
• Béla Barna (1931–1979) agricultural botany, pomology
• Beáta Mária Barnabás (born 1948) agricultural botany
• Károly Baross (1865–1905) ampelography
• László Baross (1865–1938) agricultural botany
• István Barra (1900–1986) ampelography, phytopathology
• István Barra (1805–1865) plant systematics
• József Barth (1833–1915) floristics
• Bertalan Baskay Tóth (1903–1976) agricultural botany
• Károly Bátky (1794–1859) agricultural botany
• János Keresztély Baumgarten (1756–1843) floristics
• Jenő Bayer (1932–1970) phytochemistry
• Zoltán Bedő (born 1951) agricultural botany
• László Beke (1881–1950) agricultural botany, phytopathology
• Miklós Békésy (1903–1980) agricultural botany, medical botany
• László Benedek (1901–1977) agricultural botany
• Dániel Benkő (1799–1883) agricultural botany
• Máté Bereczki (1824–1895) pomology
• Lajos Bontovics (1929–1987) agricultural botany
• József Benkő (1740–1814) floristics, medical botany
• Jenő Bernátsky (1873–1944) phytosociology, plant systematics, phytopathology, mycology
• Péter Betegh (1884–1969) medical botany
• István Beythe (1532–1612) floristics, mycology
• Gyula Bihari (1889–1977) herbology
• Gyula Bittera (1893–1970) agricultural botany, medical botany
• Miklós Bittera (1887–1947) agricultural botany
• Tibor Blattny (1883–1969) forestry
• Béla Bodnár (1932–1960) floristics, phytogeography
• János Bodnár (1889–1953) phytochemistry
• István Bodócs (1887–1965) plant morphology
• Pál Bodor (1773–1828) pomology
• György Bodrogközy (born 1924) phytosociology, plant ecology
• János Bolla (1806–1881) floristics, mycology
• Pál Bolza (1861–1947) horticulture
• Vinczé von Borbás (1844–1905) floristics, plant systematics, phytosociology
• Attila Borhidi (born 1932) plant systematics, floristics, phytosociology
• Ádám Boros (1900–1973) floristics, bryology, phycology
• Rezső Boros (1925–1968) pomology
• Olga Borsos (1926–1996) plant systematics, plant morphology
• György Böckh (1822–1874) phytogeography
• János Bruder (1913–1982) agricultural botany
• József Budai (1851–1939) pomology, floristics

• László Cholnoky (1899–1967) phytochemistry
• Kornél Chyzer (1836–1909) floristics
• Ottó Claader (1907–1985) phytochemistry
• József Csapó (1734–1799) medical botany
• József Csapó M. (1911–1979) agricultural botany
• István Csapody (1930–2002) forestry, floristics
• Vera Csapody (1890–1985) floristics, plant systematics, plant physiology
• Kálmán Csatári-Szüts (1912–1973) agricultural botany
• János Csató (1833–1913) floristics
• Adolf Cserey (1851–1918) plant systematics
• Farkas Cserey (1773–1842) floristics
• Sándor Cserháti (1852–1909) agricultural botany
• József Csókás (1824–1905) ampelography
• János Csolsch (fl. 18th–19th century) horticulture
• Szabó István Csonti (1895–1960) agricultural botany
• Zoltán Csorba (1904–1981) phytopathology, mycology
• István Csűrös (1914–1998) floristics, phytosociology
• Kálmán Czakó (1843–1895) agricultural botany
• Nándor Czeiner (1850–1928) ampelography
• Antal Czetz (1801–1865) floristics
• Gyula Czimber (born 1936) herbology

• Ágnes Dániel (1929–1986) phytochemistry, plant physiology
• Lajos Dániel (1902–1978) pomology
• Ferenc Darvas (1883–1934) medical botany
• Zsolt Debreczy (born 1941) dendrology, bryology
• János Kristóf Deccard (1686–1764) floristics
• János Vilmos Deccard (1722–1778) floristics
• Árpád Degen (1866–1934) floristics, plant morphology, agricultural botany
• Imre Deininger (1844–1918) agricultural botany, paleoethnobotany
• Károly Demeter (1852–1890) bryology
• Dezső Dicenty (1879–1965) ampelography
• Sámuel Diószegi (1760–1813) plant systematics
• Géza Károly Doby (1877–1968) phytochemistry
• Gábor Doleschall (1813–1891) plant physiology
• János Domokos (1904–1978) horticulture
• József Dorner (1808–1873) plant morphology
• Lajos Dőry (1904–1977) agricultural botany

• István László Endlicher (1804–1849) plant systematics
• Ferenc Entz (1805–1877) ampelography
• József Ercsei (1792–1868) floristics
• József Ernyey (1874–1945) history of botany

• Sándor Fáber (1874–1933) agricultural botany
• János Fábry (1830–1907) floristics
• Géza Facsar (born 1941) plant systematics, paleoethnobotany, horticulture
• Béla Faludi (1909–1984) plant morphology
• Gábor Farkas (1925–1986) plant physiology, plant morphology, phytopathology
• Edit Éva Farkas (born 1959) lichenologist
• Loránd Farkas (1914–1986) phytochemistry
• Mihály Farkas (1833–1900) agricultural botany
• Mihály Fazekas (1766–1828) plant systematics
• Dániel Fehér (1890–1955) forestry, plant physiology
• Sándor Feichtinger (1817–1907) floristics
• Gábor Fekete (born 1930) floristics, phytogeography, phytosociology
• József Fekete (1842–1905) horticulture
• Lajos Fekete (1837–1916) forestry
• Zoltán Fekete (1877–1962) forestry, phytogeography
• Lajos Felföldy (born 1920) phycology
• Ferenc Fellner (1847–1913) horticulture
• Lajos Fialowski (1846–1909) history of botany
• Nándor Filarszky (1858–1941) phycology, plant morphology, plant systematics
• Károly Flatt (1853–1906) agricultural botany, history of botany
• Rudolf Fleischmann (1879–1950) agricultural botany
• Ferenc Fóriss (1892–1977) floristics, lichenology
• János Földi (1755–1801) plant systematics
• Rezső Francé (1874–1943) phytopathology, phycology
• Alfonz Sándor Freh (1832–1915) floristics
• Vilmos Frenyó (1908–1998) plant physiology
• János Fridvaldszky (1730–1784) dendrology
• Loránd Fridvaldszky (1923–1994) plant morphology
• Imre Frivaldszky (1799–1870) floristics
• Mihály Fucskó (1885–1914) plant morphology, plant physiology
• Mihály Fuss (1814–1883) floristics

• Miklós Galántai (1937–2005) horticulture
• László Gallé (1908–1980) phytopathology, lichenology
• Gyula Gáyer (1883–1932) plant systematics, phytogeography, floristics
• Samuel Genersich (1768–1844) floristics
• János Ádám Gensel (1677–1720) floristics
• István Gergely (1877–1960) pomology
• Guido Gerhárdt (1876–1939) agricultural botany
• Rezső Geschwind (1829–1910) horticulture
• György Lajos Gillemot (1813–1892) horticulture
• Nándor Gimesi (1892–1953) plant physiology, plant morphology, phycology
• Rudolf Giovannini (1891–1963) medical botany
• Károly Gomba (1889–1916) plant morphology
• Endre Gombocz (1882–1945) floristics, plant systematics, history of botany
• István Gondola (1922–1970) agricultural botany, herbology
• Jenő Görög (1920–1978) phytopathology, mycology
• Emil Grabner (1878–1955) agricultural botany, medical botany
• Pál Greguss (1889–1984) plant physiology, plant morphology
• Ferenc Greinich (1867–1942) floristics
• Irma Greisiger (1882–1947) bryology floristics
• György Griger (1879–1946) horticulture
• Béla Gróf (1883–1936) agricultural botany, phytopathology
• Ferenc Gruber (1905–1971) agricultural botany
• Ignác Grundl (1813–1878) floristics
• Antal Gulyás (1884–1980) phytopathology
• József Gulyás (1917–1979) phytochemistry
• József Gyárfás (1875–1965) agricultural botany
• Barna Győrffy (1911–1970) plant physiology
• István Győrffy (1880–1959) bryology
• József György (1813–1862) floristics
• Antal Gyürki (1817–1890) ampelography

• Károly Haberle (1764–1832) plant systematics
• Lilla Hably (born 1953) paleobotany
• Márta Halász (1905–1971) phycology
• János Halmai (1903–1973) medical botany
• Lajos Haracsi (1898–1978) erdészeti phytopathology
• Árpád Haraszty (1907–1987) plant morphology, plant physiology
• Zoltán Hargitai (1912–1945) floristics, phytosociology
• Lajos Haynald (1816–1891) floristics
• András Háznagy (1913–1987) medical botany
• Bertalan Hazslinszky (1902–1966) plant morphology, veterinary botany
• Frigyes Ákos Hazslinszky (1818–1896) floristics, mycology, lichenology, bryology, phycology
• Dezső Hegyi (1873–1926) phytopathology, mycology
• Árpád Hensch (1847–1913) agricultural botany
• Márton Herczeg (1936–1987) agricultural botany
• László Heszky (born 1945) agricultural botany
• János Heuffel (1800–1857) floristics
• Ede Heykal (1844–1929) horticulture, pomology
• Ferenc Hollendonner (1882–1935) plant morphology, paleoethnobotany
• László Hollós (1859–1940) mycology, floristics
• András Horánszky (born 1928) floristics, plant systematics, dendrology
• János Horn (1881–1958) pomology
• Miklós Horn (1899–1965) agricultural botany
• Tibor Hortobágyi (1912–1990) phycology, plant systematics, agricultural botany
• Adolf Olivér Horvát (1907–2006) floristics, phytosociology
• Ernő Horváth (1929–1990) floristics
• Imre Horváth (1926–1979) plant ecology, forestry
• József Horváth (born 1936) agricultural botany, phytopathology
• János Hulják (1883–1942) floristics
• Béla Husz (1892–1954) phytopathology, mycology

• József Igmándy (1897–1950) floristics, bryology
• Zoltán Igmándy (1925–2000) forestry, mycology
• Károly Irk (1882–1924) medical botany
• István Isépy (born 1942) medical botany
• Gyula Istvánffi (1860–1930) plant morphology, phycology, mycology, ampelography

• Jenő Jablonszky (1892–1975) plant systematics, paleobotany
• Miklós József Jacquin (1727–1817) floristics
• István Jakobey (1901–1971) agricultural botany
• Pál Jakucs (1928–2000) phytosociology, plant ecology
• Béla Jámbor (1917–1971) plant physiology, plant morphology
• Viktor Janka (1837–1890) floristics, plant systematics
• Andor Jánossy (1908–1975) agricultural botany
• Sándor Jávorka (1883–1961) floristics, plant systematics
• József Jeanplong (born 1919) floristics, phytogeography, phytosociology
• Endre Jeney (1891–1970) phytochemistry
• Miklós Juhász (born 1938) palynology
• Pál Juhász-Nagy (1935–1993) plant ecology
• Lajos Jurányi (1837–1897) plant morphology, plant physiology

• János Kabay (1896–1936) medical botany
• Ágoston Kanitz (1843–1896) floristics, history of botany
• Károly Kaplonyi (1918–1971) agricultural botany, plant physiology
• Bertalan Karmacsi (1898–1977) pomology
• Rezső Károly (1868–1945) agricultural botany
• Árpád Károlyi (1907–1972) floristics, bryology
• István Kárpáti (1924–1989) phycology
• Zoltán Kárpáti (1909–1972) floristics, phytogeography, plant systematics, dendrology
• Mihály Dénes Katona (1782–1874) agricultural botany
• Zsigmond Katona (1828–1902) pomology, ampelography
• Gusztáv Adolf Kayser (1817–1878) floristics
• Miklós Kedves (1933–2003) palynology
• Jenő Keller (1917 – c. 1945) plant systematics
• Kálmán Kenessey (1822–1913) agricultural botany
• József Kerekes (1924–1973) agricultural botany, medical botany
• Elek Kerényi (1916–1963) horticulture
• Herman Kern (1876–1957) phytopathology, mycology
• Kálmán Kerpely (1864–1940) agricultural botany
• Pál Kitaibel (1757–1817) floristics
• Gyula Klein (1844–1915) phycology, mycology, plant morphology
• Antal Kodolányi (1835–1910) agricultural botany, plant morphology
• Erzsébet Kol (1897–1980) phycology
• Károly Kolbai (1901–1972) agricultural botany
• Pál Kolbány (1758–1816) phytochemistry
• Kálmán Kolecsányi (1886–1960) horticulture
• Magda Komlódi (born 1931) floristics, palynology
• István Koren (1805–1893) floristics
• Gyula Korponay (1888–1975) pomology, gyümölcskórtan
• Tamás Kosutány (1848–1915) agricultural botany, plant physiology
• Ervin Iván Kovács (1934–1987) plant morphology
• János Kovács (1816–1906) floristics
• Margit Kovács (1930–1977) floristics, phytosociology
• Ferenc Kovács Huszka (1869–1944) floristics
• Ferenc Kováts (1873–1956) plant systematics
• Gyula Kováts (1815–1873) paleobotany, floristics
• Károly Kovatsits (1876–1929) agricultural botany
• Dénes Kozma (1875–1925) herbology
• Vilmos Kőfaragó-Gyelnik (1906–1945) lichenology
• Tamás Kőmíves (born 1944) agricultural botany
• Ferenc Kövessi (1875–1945) plant physiology, ampelography
• János György Kramer (1684–1744) plant systematics, medical botany
• András Kubacska (1871–1942) plant morphology, kertészeti növénytan
• Ágoston Kubinyi (1799–1873) floristics
• Samu Kupcsok (1850–1914) floristics
• Jenő Béla Kümmerle (1876–1931) plant morphology, pteridológia
• István Kwaysser (1915–1982) ampeleológus

• Adolf Ferenc Láng (1795–1863) floristics
• Géza Láng (1916–1980) agricultural botany
• Samuel Lasz (1859–1930) climatology, zoology, and geology
• Gábor László (1878–1960) ősnövénytan, phytosociology
• Ödön Legány (1876–1944) agricultural botany
• Ferenc Legányi (1884–1964) paleobotany
• Ödön Lehner (1887–1938) pomology
• János Leibitzer (1763–1817) pomology
• Géza Lengyel (1884–1965) agricultural botany, floristics
• Lajos Letenyei (1822–1868) agricultural botany
• Viktor Ligeti (1912–1986) phytochemistry
• Károly Limbacher (1868–1937) pomology
• György Linhart (1844–1925) agricultural botany, phytopathology
• János Lippai (1606–1666) pomology
• Károly Frigyes Loew (1699–1741) floristics
• Hugó Lojka (1844–1887) floristics, lichenology
• István Lumnitzer (1747–1806) floristics

• Sándor Mágócsy-Dietz (1855–1945) plant physiology, dendrology, mycology
• Gyula Magyar (1884–1945) agricultural botany, pomology, horticulture
• Pál Magyar (1895–1969) forestry, plant systematics, phytosociology
• Gyula Magyary-Kossa (1865–1944) medical botany
• Antal Majer (1910–1996) forestry
• Móric Májer (1815–1904) floristics
• György Mándy (1913–1976) agricultural botany, plant morphology
• István Manninger (1920–1990) agricultural botany, phytopathology
• Ferenc Marc (1813–1900) kertészeti növénytan
• Antal Margittai (1880–1939) floristics
• Sándor Márkus (1831–1867) phycology, floristics
• László Martos (1930–1957) plant physiology
• Imre Máthé, sr. (1911–1993) floristics, plant ecology, agricultural botany, phytochemistry, medical botany
• Imre Máthé, jr. (born 1942) phytochemistry, plant ecology
• Tamás Mauksch (1749–1832) floristics, mycology
• Gyula Méhes (1897–1970) medical botany
• Juhász Péter Méliusz (1532–1572) floristics
• László Menyhárth (1849–1897) floristics
• Ákos Mesterházy (born 1945) agricultural botany, phytopathology
• Lajos Mészáros (1913–1969) agricultural botany, plant morphology
• Gyula Mészöly (1910–1974) agricultural botany
• Gyula Mezey (1861–1922) phytopathology
• István Milkovits (born 1937) plant systematics
• László Miltényi (1901–1936) agricultural botany, plant morphology
• József Misák (1866–1939) horticulture
• Vidor Modor (1910–1979) medical botany, plant morphology
• Gusztáv Moesz (1873–1946) mycology, phytopathology, floristics, phytogeography
• Sámuel Mokry (1832–1909) agricultural botany
• Ádám Molnár (1713–1780) floristics
• Dezső Morbitzer (1879–1945) kertészeti növénytan
• Vilmos Mühle (1845–1908) kertészeti növénytan
• Ferenc Mygind (1710–1789) floristics

• István Nagy (1905–1974) floristics
• Zoltán Nagy (1921–1987) agricultural botany
• Miksa Natter-Nád (1893–1982) plant systematics
• Márton Németh (1910–1986) ampelography
• Ernő Nemky (1909–1986) forestry, plant ecology
• Károly Nendtvich (1811–1892) floristics
• Tamás Nendtvich (1782–1858) floristics
• Antal Nowotarski (1825–1901) agricultural botany
• Antal Nyárády (1920–1982) floristics, phytosociology
• Erazmus Gyula Nyárády (1881–1966) floristics, plant systematics

• Ernő Obermayer (1888–1969) agricultural botany, plant physiology
• Iván Okályi (1900–1968) pomology
• Miklós Olgyay (1904–1958) phytopathology
• Sándor Orbán (born 1947) bryology
• Miklós Ormándy (1846–1911) plant morphology
• Ottó Orsós (1911–1939) plant morphology

• Árpád Paál (1889–1943) plant physiology
• Piroska Palik (1895–1966) phycology
• Gyula Pálinkás (1883–1957) ampelography
• József Pantocsek (1846–1916) phycology, floristics
• György Pántos (1924–1986) forestry, plant ecology
• József Papp (1900–1985) agricultural botany, dendrology
• Béla Páter (1860–1938) agricultural botany, medical botany
• Ármin Pecz (1820–1896) horticulture
• Antal Pénzes (1895–1984) pomology, floristics
• József Péterffy (1827–1888) agricultural botany
• István Péterfi (1906–1978) plant morphology, plant physiology, phycology
• Márton Péterfi (1875–1922) bryology
• Ferenc Petrányi (1890–1935) horticulture
• Sándor Pettenkoffer (1868–1946) ampelography
• Benő Pillitz (1825–1910) floristics
• Tamás Pócs (born 1933) floristics, bryology, phytosociology
• János Podhradszky (1914–1968) phytopathology
• György Pogácsás (1919–1977) agricultural botany, plant physiology, phytopathology
• Sándor Polgár (1876–1944) floristics, phytogeography
• Béla Pozsár (1922–1981) agricultural botany, plant physiology, phytochemistry
• István Précsényi (1926–2007) phytosociology, plant ecology
• Szaniszló Priszter (1917–2011) floristics, plant systematics, history of botany
• György Purkircher (1530–1577) medical botany

• József Quint (1882–1929) phycology, plant physiology

• Ferenc Raffensberger (1851–1936) horticulture
• Miklós Rajczy (?) bryology
• László Rakcsányi (1901–1967) ampelography
• Rajmund Rapaics (1885–1954) phytogeography, plant systematics, phytosociology
• Klára M. Rásky (1908–1971) paleobotany
• Károly Rayger (1641–1707) medical botany
• Rezső Rédl (1895–1942) floristics, phytogeography
• Dezső Révy (1900–1954) phytopathology
• Aladár Richter (1868–1927) plant morphology
• Gusztáv Ritter (1846–1926) pomology
• Zoltán Roboz (1861–1905) ampelography
• Antal Rochel (1770–1847) floristics
• Pál Rom (1902–1962) medical botany
• István Rudinai Molnár (1850–1920) ampelography, pomology

• István Saágy (1865–1945) horticulture
• József Sadler (1791–1849) floristics, plant systematics, pteridológia, mycology
• László Sántha (1886–1954) ampelography, phytopathology, lichenology
• Aladár Scherffel (1865–1939) phycology, mycology
• Vilmos Aurél Scherffel (1835–1895) floristics, mycology
• Károly Schilberszky (1863–1935) phytopathology, mycology
• Zsigmond Schiller (1847–1920) floristics
• József Schneider (1888–1963) horticulture
• Ferdinánd Schur (1799–1878) floristics
• János Schuster (1777–1839) plant systematics
• Tibor Simon (born 1926) floristics, plant systematics, phytosociology
• Lajos Simonkai (1851–1910) floristics, plant systematics, dendrology
• Károly Rezső Soó (1903–1980) floristics, phytogeography, phytosociology, plant systematics
• István Soós (1902–1959) ampelography
• Móric Staub (1842–1914) paleobotany, floristics
• János Suba (born 1929) floristics, plant physiology
• Zoltán Szabó (1882–1944) floristics, plant systematics, plant physiology
• Kálmán Szász (1910–1978) medical botany
• Ödön Szatala (1889–1958) lichenology
• Gusztáv Szelényi (1904–1982) phytopathology
• Gábor Szemes (1906–1993) phycology
• Imre Szenczy (1798–1860) floristics
• Gabriella Szentpéteri (1927–1969) plant morphology
• Rezső Szép (1860–1918) floristics
• Júlia Szepes (1913–1987) plant morphology, phytopathology
• János Szepesfalvy (1882–1959) bryology, paleobotany
• Zoltán Szilády (1878–1947) floristics
• István Szodfridt (born 1930) dendrology, history of botany
• Miklós Szontágh (1843–1899) floristics
• Gyula Szökő (1934–1974) phytopathology
• Mihály Szörényi (1881–1963) horticulture
• Júlia Szujkóné Lacza (born 1930) floristics, dendrology, plant morphology
• Frigyes Szutorisz (1854–1926) floristics

• Pál Tallós (1931–1968) forestry, phytosociology
• Géza Tamássy (1887–1971) floristics
• Károly Tamássy (1806–1885) pomology
• Gyula Ágoston Tauscher (1832–1882) floristics
• Károly Téglás (1864–1916) forestry
• András Terpó (born 1925) pomology
• Lajos Thaisz (1867–1937) agricultural botany, floristics
• Lajos Timár (1918–1956) floristics, phytosociology, mycology
• György Timkó (1881–1945) lichenology
• Lajos Tőkés (1873–1951) floristics, phytogeography
• Róbert Trautmann (1873–1953) plant systematics
• János Tuzson (1870–1943) plant morphology, plant systematics, floristics, phytopathology, mycology, paleobotany

• Gábor Ubrizsy (1919–1973) phytopathology, mycology, herbology
• Gábor Uherkovich (1912–2002) phycology
• József Ujhelyi (1910–1979) floristics, plant systematics
• Miklós Ujvárosi (1913–1981) agricultural botany, floristics, herbology
• Ferenc Uzonyi (1884–1972) phytopathology

• Dezső Vágújfalvi (born 1936) plant physiology, phytochemistry
• Ernő Vajda (1889–1980) floristics
• László Vajda (1890–1986) floristics
• Oszkár Varga (1873–1947) plant physiology
• István Velich (1870–1960) pomology
• Klára Verseghy (1930–2020) lichenology
• Antal Veszelszki (c. 1730 – 1798) floristics
• György Vette (1645–1704) phytopathology
• Gábor Vida (1935–2022) floristics, plant systematics, pteridológia
• Aladár Visnya (1878–1959) bryology
• Márton Vrabély (1808–1877) floristics

• János Wágner (1870–1955) floristics, dendrology
• Richárd Wagner (1905–1972) plant ecology
• Antal Waisbecker (1835–1916) floristics
• Ferenc Ádám Waldstein-Wartenberg (1759–1823) floristics
• Lajos Walz (1845–1914) floristics
• János Jakab Wernischek (1743–1804) plant systematics
• Péter Wierzbicki (1794–1847) floristics
• János Teofil Windisch (1689–1732) floristics
• József Jakab Winterl (1739–1809) plant systematics, pomology
• András Rafael Wolny (1759–1827) floristics

• Vilmos Zoltán (1869–1929) floristics
• Bálint Zólyomi (1908–1997) növényszármazástan, phytosociology, palynology
• Zoltán Zsák (1880–1966) agricultural botany, floristics, herbology

• List of botanists

• Magyar életrajzi lexikon 1000–1990 [Hungarian biographical encyclopaedia from 1000 until 1990], Budapest, Arcanum, 2001.
• Magyarország a XX. században [Hungary in the 20th century], vol. 4, Szekszárd, Babits, 2000, pp. 481–489.
• Homepage of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences