John Charles Manning (Pietermaritzburg, 1962 -) is 'n Suid-Afrikaanse plantkundige. Hy is sedert 1989 'n navorser in die Compton Herbarium van die Nasionale Botaniese Instituut van Suid-Afrika en het in die Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Biodiversiteitsinstituut van Kirstenbosch gewerk. Goldblatt, P & JC Manning. 1996. Reduction of Schizostylis (Iridaceae: Ixioideae) in Hesperantha Novon 6: 262-264 Goldblatt, P & JC Manning. Notes on the systematics & nomenclature of Tritonia (Iridaceae: Crocoideae). Bothalia 36: 2006 Goldblatt, P & JC Manning. Hyacinthaceae. Ornithogalum kirstenii sp. nov. (Albuca group: subgenus Falconera) from Western Cape, South Africa & new combinations in the group. Bothalia 36: 2006 Goldblatt, P & JC Manning. New species of Iridaceae from the Bokkeveld & the Hantam-Roggeveld centre of endemism, South Africa. Bothalia 36: 2006 Goldblatt, P & JC Manning. Asphodelaceae. A new species of Trachyandra section Trachyandra from Western Cape, South Africa. Bothalia 36:2006 Goldblatt, P & JC Manning. A systematic revision of the southern African genus Babiana (Iridaceae: Crocoideae). Strelitzia 2006 Goldblatt, P & JC Manning 2006.