# List of Hungarian botanists

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.
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* A
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* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
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* Y
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## A

* 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

## B

* 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 (1926–2025) plant systematics, plant morphology
* György Böckh (1822–1874) phytogeography
* János Bruder (1913–1982) agricultural botany
* József Budai (1851–1939) pomology, floristics

## C

* 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

## D

* 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

## E

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

## F

* 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

## G

* 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

## H

* 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

## I

* 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

## J

* 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

## K

* 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

## L

* 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

## M

* 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

## N

* 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

## O

* 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

## P

* 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

## Q

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

## R

* 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

## S

* 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

## T

* 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

## U

* 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

## V

* 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

## W

* 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

## Z

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