- A–B
- C
- D–Z
{{List of botanists by author abbreviation header}} A–B {{List of botanists by author abbreviation TOC|top=no}}To find entries for A–B, use the table of contents above. C {{List of botanists by author abbreviation TOC}}- C.A.Arnold – Chester Arthur Arnold (1901–1977)
- Cabactulan – Derek Cabactulan (fl. 2016)
- Cabanès – Jean Gustave Cabanès (1864–1944)
- C.A.Barber – Charles Alfred Barber (1860–1933)
- C.Abbot – Charles Abbot (1761–1817)
- C.Abel – Clarke Abel (1789–1826)
- Cabezudo – Baltasar Cabezudo (born 1946)
- C.A.Br. – Clair Alan Brown (1903–1982)
- Cabrera – Ángel Lulio Cabrera (1908–1999) (not to be confused with botanist Ángel Cabrera (1879–1960))
- C.A.Clark – Carolyn A. Clark (fl. 1979)
- Cady – Leonard Isaacs Cady (born 1933)
- Caflisch – Jakob Friedrich Caflisch (1817–1882)
- C.Agardh – Carl Adolph Agardh (1785–1859)
- C.A.Gardner – Charles Austin Gardner (1896–1970)
- Cajander – Aimo Cajander (1879–1943)
- Calder – James Alexander Calder (1915–1990)
- Calest. – Vittorio Calestani (1882–1949)
- Caley – George Caley (1770–1829)
- Callm. – Martin Wilhelm Callmander (born 1975)
- Calonge – Francisco de Calonge (born 1938)
- Calzada – Juan Ismael Calzada (fl. 1997)
- Cambage – Richard Hind Cambage (1859–1928)
- Cambess. – Jacques Cambessèdes (1799–1863)
- C.A.Mey. – Carl Anton von Meyer (1795–1855)
- Caminhoá – Joaquim Monteiro Caminhoá (1835–1896)
- Camp – Wendell Holmes Camp (1904–1963)
- Campacci – Marcos Antonio Campacci (born 1948)
- Campb. – Douglas Houghton Campbell (1859–1953)
- Campd. – Francisco Campderá (also François Campderá) (1793-1862)
- Camper – Petrus Camper (1722–1789)
- Camus – Giulio (Jules) Camus (1847–1917)
- Canby – William Marriott Canby (1831–1904)
- Canne-Hill. – Judith Marie Canne-Hilliker (also Judith Marie Canne) (1943–2013) (also Canne)
- Cannon – John Francis Michael Cannon (1930–2008)
- Cantley – Nathaniel Cantley (died 1888)
- Cantor – Theodore Edward Cantor (1809–1854)
- Capuron – René Paul Raymond Capuron (1921–1971)
- Carbonó – Eduino Carbonó de la Hoz (born 1950)
- Card. – Jules Cardot (1860–1934)
- Cárdenas – Martín Cárdenas (1899–1973)
- Cardona – María de los Angeles Cardona (1940–1991)
- Cardot – Jules Cardot (1860–1934)
- Carestia – Antonio Carestia (1825–1908)
- Carey – William Carey (1761–1834)
- Cariot – Antoine Cariot (1820–1883)
- Carleton – Mark Alfred Carleton (1866–1925)
- Carlquist – Sherwin Carlquist (born 1930)
- Carlson – Margery Claire Carlson (1892–1985)
- Carnevali – Germán Carnevali (born 1955)
- Carolin – Roger Charles Carolin (born 1929)
- Caro – José Aristide Caro (1919–1985)
- Carp – Daniel Waterman Crane (1847–1922) ("Carp" was Crane's pen name.)
- Carr – Cedric Errol Carr (1892-1936)
- Carrasco – Maruja Carrasco (1944–2018)
- Carrick – John Carrick (1914–1978)
- Carrière – Élie-Abel Carrière (1818–1896)
- Carrington – Benjamin Carrington (1827–1893)
- Carruth. – William Carruthers (1830–1922)
- Carson – Joseph Carson (1808–1876)
- Caruel – Théodore Caruel (1830–1898)
- Carus – Carl Gustav Carus (1789–1869)
- Carver – George Washington Carver (1864–1943)
- Casar. – Giovanni Casaretto (1812–1879)
- C.A.Schenck – Carl Alwin Schenck (1868–1955)
- C.A.Sm. – Christo Albertyn Smith (1898–1956)
- Casp. – Johann Xaver Robert Caspary (1818–1887)
- Casper – Siegfried Jost Casper (born 1929)
- Cass. – Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini (1781–1832)
- Castagne – Jean Louis Martin Castagne (1785–1858)
- Castañeda – Marcelino Castañeda y Nuñez de Caceres (fl. 1954)
- Castelnau – François Louis Nompar de Caumat de Laporte Castelnau (1810–1880)
- Castetter – Edward Franklin Castetter (1896–1978)
- Cav. – Antonio José Cavanilles (1745–1804)
- Cavaco – Alberto Judice Leote Cavaco (born 1916)
- Cavanagh – Lucy Mary Cavanagh (1871–1936)
- Cavara – Fridiano Cavara (1857–1929)
- Cavestro – William Cavestro (fl. 1999)
- C.A.Weber – Carl Albert Weber (1856–1931)
- C.Bab. – Churchill Babington (1821–1889)
- C.Barbosa – César Barbosa (born 1954)
- C.Bauhin – Gaspard Bauhin (1560–1624)
- C.B.Beck – Charles B. Beck (fl. 1958–1967)
- C.B.Clarke – Charles Baron Clarke (1832–1906)
- C.Beards. – Cam Beardsell (fl. 1992)
- C.B.Rob. – Charles Budd Robinson (1871–1913)
- C.C.Berg – Cornelis Christiaan Berg (1934–2012)
- C.C.Curtis – Carlton Clarence Curtis (1864–1945)
- C.C.Gmel. – Carl Christian Gmelin (1762–1837)
- C.C.Hall – Carlotta Case Hall (1880–1949)
- C.Chr. – Carl Frederick Albert Christensen (1872–1942)
- C.C.Hu – Chia Chi Hu (born 1932)
- C.C.Huang – Cheng Chiu Huang (born 1922)
- C.Clark – James Curtis Clark (born 1951)
- C.Clarke – Charles M. Clarke (fl. 1999)
- C.C.Robin – Claude Cesar Robin (born 1750)
- C.C.Tseng – Charles Chiao Tseng (born 1932)
- C.D.Adams – Charles Dennis Adams (1920–2005)
- C.DC. – Anne Casimir Pyrame de Candolle (1836–1918)
- C.D.Darl. – Cyril Dean Darlington (1903–1981)
- C.De Jong – Cornelis De Jong (fl. 1985)
- C.Deori – Chaya Deori (born 1974)
- C.D.Liu – Chu Dian Liu (fl. 2007)
- C.D.Specht – Chelsea D. Specht (fl. 2006)
- C.D.White – Charles David White (1862–1935)
- C.E.A.Winslow – Charles-Edward Amory Winslow (1877–1957)
- Ceballos – Luis Ceballos y Fernández de Córdoba (1896–1967)
- C.E.Bertrand – Charles Eugène Bertrand (1851–1917)
- C.E.Calderón – Cleofé Elsa Calderón (1929–2007)
- C.E.C.Fisch. – Cecil Ernest Claude Fischer (1874–1950)
- C.E.Cramer – Carl Eduard Cramer (1831–1901)
- C.E.Cumm. – Carlos Emmons Cummings (1878–1964)[1]
- C.E.Hubb. – Charles Edward Hubbard (1900–1980)
- Čelak. – Ladislav Josef Čelakovský (1834–1902)
- C.Elliott – Charlotte Elliott (1883–1974)
- Celsius – Olof Celsius (1670–1756) (uncle of astronomer Anders Celsius)
- C.E.O.Jensen – Christian Erasmus Otterstrøm (Otterström) Jensen (1859–1941)
- C.E.Parkinson – Charles Edward Parkinson (1890–1945)
- Cerv. – Vicente de Cervantes (1755–1829)
- Ces. – Vincenzo de Cesati (1806–1883)
- Cesalpino – Andrea Cesalpino (1519–1603)
- C.F.Baker – Charles Fuller Baker (1872–1927)
- C.F.Culb. – Chicita Frances (Forman) Culberson (born 1931)
- C.F.Fang – Cheng Fu Fang (born 1925)
- C.F.Gaertn. – Karl Friedrich von Gaertner (1772–1850)
- C.Fisch – Carl Fisch (born 1859)
- C.F.Ludw. – Christian Friedrich Ludwig (1757–1823)
- C.F.Reed – Clyde Franklin Reed (1918–1999)
- C.F.Schmidt – Carl Friedrich Schmidt (1811–1890)
- C.F.Wilkins – Carolyn F. Wilkins (fl. 1999)
- C.Gao – Chien Gao (born 1929)
- C.G.F.Hochst. – Christian Gottlob Ferdinand von Hochstetter (1829–1884)
- C.G.Matthew – Charles Geekie Matthew (1862–1936)
- Chabaud – J.Benjamin Chabaud (1833–1915)
- Chabert – Alfred Chabert (1836–1916)
- Chadim – Vaclav Anthony Chadim (born 1929)
- Chaix – Dominique Chaix (1730–1799)
- Chakrab. – Tapas Chakrabarty (born 1954)
- Chakrav. – Hira Lal Chakravarty (born 1907)
- Cham. – Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838)
- Chamb. – Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1863–1943)
- Chambray – Georges de Chambray (1783–1849)
- Champ. – John George Champion (1815–1854)
- Chantar. – Pranom Chantaranothai (born 1955)
- Chapm. – Alvan Wentworth Chapman (1809–1899)
- C.Hartm. – Carl Hartman (1824–1884)
- Chase – Mary Agnes Chase (1869–1963)
- Chassot – Philippe Chassot (fl. 2003)
- Châtel. – Jean Jacques Châtelain (1736–1822)
- Chatton – Édouard Chatton (1883–1947)
- Chaub. – Louis Athanase Chaubard (1785–1854)
- Chaumeton – François-Pierre Chaumeton (1775–1819)
- C.H.Blom – Carl Hilding Blom (1888–1972)
- C.H.Curtis – Charles Henry Curtis (1869–1958)
- C.H.Eberm. – Carl Heinrich Ebermaier (1802–1870)
- Cheek – Martin Cheek (born 1960)
- Cheel – Edwin Cheel (1872–1951)
- Cheeseman – Thomas Frederic Cheeseman (1846–1923)
- Cheesman – Ernest Entwistle Cheesman (1898–1983)
- C.H.Ellis – Charles Howard Ellis (born 1929)
- Chenault – Léon Chenault (1853–1930)
- Cherd. – Valentina Yakovlevna Cherdantseva (born 1939)
- Cheremis. – Elena Andreevna Cheremisinova (born 1915)
- Cherler – Johann Heinrich Cherler (1570–1610)
- Cherm. – Henri Chermezon (1885–1939)
- Cherm.Mir. – Vicente Chermont de Miranda (1849–1907)
- Cheshm. – Ilija Vasilev Cheshmedjiev (born 1930)
- Chess. – Pascale Chesselet (born 1959)
- Chevall. – François Fulgis Chevallier (1796–1840)
- Chew – Wee-Lek Chew (born 1932)
- C.H.Hasse – Clara H. Hasse (1880–1926)
- Chi.C.Lee – Ch'ien C. Lee (fl. 2002)
- Chilton – Charles Chilton (1860–1929)
- Ching – Ren-Chang Ching (1898–1986)
- Chinnock – Robert Chinnock (born 1943)
- Chiov. – Emilio Chiovenda (1871–1941)
- Chippend. – George McCartney Chippendale (1921-2010)
- Chiron – Guy Robert Chiron (born 1944)
- Chitaley – Shya Chitaley (1918–2013)
- Chitt. – Frederick James Chittenden (1873–1950)
- C.H.Lank. – Charles Herbert Lankester (1879–1969)
- C.H.Mull. – Cornelius Herman Muller (1909–1997)
- Chodat – Robert Hippolyte Chodat (1865–1934)
- Choisy – Jacques Denys Choisy (1799–1859)
- Cholnoky – Béla Jenö Cholnoky (1899–1972)
- Chopinet – Robert G. Chopinet (1914–1975)[2]
- Chouard – {{illm|Pierre Chouard|fr}} (1903–1983)
- Christ – Konrad H. Christ (1833–1933)
- Christenson – Eric Alston Christenson (1956-2011)
- Christian – H. Basil Christian (1871–1950)
- Christoph. – Erling Christophersen (1898–1994)
- Chrtek – Jindřich Chrtek (born 1930)
- Chud. – René Chudeau (1864–1921)
- Chun – Woon Young Chun (1890–1971)
- C.H.Wright – Charles Henry Wright (1864–1941)
- Cif. – Raffaele Ciferri (1897–1964)
- Cirillo – Domenico Cirillo (1739–1799)
- C.J.Brand – Charles John Brand (1879–1949)
- C.J.French – Christopher J. French (fl. 2012)
- C.J.Gould – Charles Jay Gould (1912–1997)[3]
- C.J.Saldanha – Cecil John Saldanha (1926–2002)
- C.J.Webb – Colin James Webb (born 1949)
- C.K.Allen – Caroline Kathryn Allen (1904–1975)
- C.K.Liao – Chun Kuei Liao (fl. 2013)
- C.Kramer – Carl Kramer (1843–1882)
- C.Krauss – Christian Ferdinand Friedrich von Krauss (1812–1890)
- C.K.Schneid. – Camillo Karl Schneider (1876–1951)
- C.K.Spreng. – Christian Konrad (Conrad) Sprengel (1750–1816)
- Claassen – Martha Isabella Claassen (born 1931)
- Clairv. – Joseph Philippe de Clairville (1742–1830)
- Clap. – Jean Louis René Antoine Édouard Claparède (1830–1871)
- Clapperton – Bain Hugh Clapperton (1788–1827)
- Clarion – Jacques Clarion (1776–1844)
- Clark – Jane Jessie Clark (1881–1914)[4]
- Clarke – Benjamin Clarke (1813–1890)
- Clarkson – Edward Hale Clarkson (1866–1934)
- Claus – Karl Ernst Claus (1796–1894)
- Clausen – Peter Claussen (dates unclear, 1801–1872 or 1804–1855)
- Claussen – Peter Claussen (1877–1959)
- Claypole – Edward Waller Claypole (1835–1901)
- C.L.Boynton – Charles Lawrence Boynton (1864–1943)
- C.L.Chan – Chew Lun Chan (fl. 1990)
- Cleghorn – Hugh Francis Clarke Cleghorn (1820–1895)
- Cleland – John Burton Cleland (1878–1971)
- Clem. – Frederick Edward Clements (1874–1945)
- Clemants – Steven Earl Clemants (1954–2008)
- Clémencet – Marien Clémencet (L. Clémencet in IPNI) (fl. 1932)[5]
- Clémençon – Heinz Clémençon (born 1935)
- Clement – Ian Duncan Clement (born 1917)
- Clemente – Simón de Roxas (Rojas) Clemente y Rubio (1777–1827)
- Clementi – Giuseppe C. Clementi (1812–1873)
- Clemesha – Stephen Chapman Clemesha (born 1942)
- Clem.-Muñoz – M. Clemente-Muñoz (fl. 1986)
- C.L.Fenton – Carroll Lane Fenton (1900–1969)
- C.L.Hitchc. – Charles Leo Hitchcock (1902–1986)
- Clifford – Harold Trevor Clifford (born 1927)
- Clifton – George Clifton (1823–1913)
- Clinton – George William Clinton (1807–1885)
- C.L.Leakey – Colin Louis Avern Leakey (born 1933)
- C.L.Long – Chun Lin Long (fl. 1998)
- Clos – Dominique Clos (1821–1908)
- Clover – Elzada Urseba Clover (1896–1980)
- C.L.Scott – Charles Leslie Scott (1913–2001)
- C.L.Tso – Ching Lieh Tso
- Clus. – Carolus Clusius (or Charles de l'Écluse) (1526–1609)
- Clute – Willard Nelson Clute (1869–1950)
- C.L.Woodw. – Catherine L. Woodward (fl. 2007)
- C.L.Yeh – Ching Long Yeh (fl. 2006)
- C.Marquand – Cecil Victor Boley Marquand (1897–1943)
- C.Martin – Charles-Édouard Martin (1847–1937)
- C.Massal. – Caro Benigno Massalongo (1852–1958)
- C.Merck – Carl Merck (1761–1799)
- C.M.Kuo – Chen Meng Kuo (born 1948)
- C.Mohr – Charles Theodore Mohr (1824–1901)
- C.Moore – Charles Moore (1820–1905)
- C.Morren – Charles François Antoine Morren (1807–1858)
- C.M.Taylor – Charlotte Morley Taylor (born 1955)
- C.Nelson – Cirilo Nelson (alternative name: Cyril Hardy Nelson Sutherland) (born 1938)
- C.N.Forbes – Charles Noyes Forbes (1883–1920)
- C.Norman – Cecil Norman (1872–1947)
- Co – Leonardo Legaspi Co (1953–2010)
- Coaz – Johann Coaz (1822–1918)
- Cobb – Nathan Augustus Cobb (1859–1932)
- Cocc. – Girolamo Cocconi (1822–1904)
- Cockayne – Leonard C. Cockayne (1855–1934)
- Cockburn – Peter Francis Cockburn (born 1946)
- Cockerell – Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell (1866–1948)
- Cocks – John Cocks (1787–1861)
- Cocquyt – Christine Cocquyt (born 1955)
- Codd – Leslie Edward Wostall Codd (1908–1999)
- Cogn. – Alfred Cogniaux (1841–1916)
- Cogollo – Alvaro Cogollo (fl. 1993)
- Cohn – Ferdinand Julius Cohn (1828–1898)
- Coincy – Auguste-Henri de Coincy (1837–1903)
- Coker – William Chambers Coker (1872–1953)
- Colas. – Maria Antonietta (Maretta) Colasante (born 1944)
- Colden – Jane Colden (1724–1766)
- Colebr. – Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765–1837)
- Colenso – William Colenso (1811–1899)
- Colla – Luigi Aloysius Colla (1766–1848)
- Collad. – Louis Théodore Frederic Colladon (1792–1862)
- Collen. – Iris Sheila Collenette (1927–2017)
- Collett – Henry Collett (1836–1901)
- Collie – Alexander Collie (1793–1835)
- Collins – Frank Shipley Collins (1848–1920)
- Collinson – Peter Collinson (1694–1768)
- Colomb – Marie Louis Georges Colomb (1856–1945)
- Columbus – James Travis Columbus (born 1962)
- Comes – Orazio Comes (1848–1923)
- Comm. – Philibert Commerçon (1727–1773)
- Compton – Robert Harold Compton (1886–1979)
- Cond. – Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701–1774)
- Conforti – Visitación Conforti (born 1953)
- Congdon – Joseph Whipple Congdon (1834–1910)
- Conger – Paul Sidney Conger (1897–1979)
- Connor – Henry Eamonn Connor (1922–2016)
- Conrad – Solomon White Conrad (1779–1831)
- Conran – John Godfrey Conran (born 1960)
- Console – Michelangelo Console (1812–1897)
- Constance – Lincoln Constance (1909–2001)
- Conw. – Hugo Conwentz (1855–1922)
- Conz. – Cassiano Conzatti (1862–1951)
- Cook – James Cook (1728–1779)
- Cooke – Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1825–1914)
- Cookson – Isabel Clifton Cookson (1893–1973)
- Cooper – Daniel Cooper (1817?–1842)
- Cooperr. – Tom Smith Cooperrider (born 1927)
- Cootes – James Edward Cootes (born 1950)
- Cope – {{illm|Thomas Arthur Cope|es}} (born 1949)
- Copel. – Edwin Bingham Copeland (1873–1964)
- Copp. – Amédée Coppey (1874–1913)
- Corb. – François Marie Louis Corbière (1850–1941)
- Corda – August Carl Joseph Corda (1809–1849)
- Cordem. – Eugène Jacob de Cordemoy (1835–1911)
- Core – Earl Lemley Core (1902–1984)
- Corill. – Robert J. Corillion (1908–1997)
- Cornejo – Xavier Cornejo (fl. 2002)
- Corner – Edred John Henry Corner (1906–1996)
- Cornut – Jaques-Philippe Cornut (c. 1606–1651)
- Corrêa – José Francisco Corrêa da Serra (1751–1823)
- Correll – Donovan Stewart Correll (1908–1983)
- Correns – Carl Correns (1864–1933)
- Cortés – Santiago Cortés (1854–1924)
- Cortesi – Fabrizio Cortesi (1879–1949)
- Cory – Victor Louis Cory (1880–1964)
- Coss. – Ernest Saint-Charles Cosson (1819–1889)
- Costantin – Julien Noël Costantin (1857–1936)
- Cotton – Arthur Disbrowe Cotton (1879–1962)
- Coult. – Thomas Coulter (1793–1843)
- Courchet – Lucien Désiré Joseph Courchet (1851–1924)
- Court – Arthur Bertram Court (1927–2012)
- Courtec. – Régis Courtecuisse (born 1956)
- Coustur. – Paul Cousturier (1849–1921)
- Cout. – António Xavier Pereira Coutinho (1851–1939)
- Coville – Frederick Vernon Coville (1867–1937)
- Cowan – John Macqueen Cowan (1891–1960)
- Cowles – Henry Chandler Cowles (1869–1930)
- Cowley – Elizabeth Jill Cowley (born 1940)
- Cox – Euan Hillhouse Methven Cox (1893–1977)
- C.Palmer – Charles Mervin Palmer (born 1900)
- C.P.Raju – C. Prabhakar Raju (born 1962)
- C.Presl – Carl Borivoj Presl (1794–1852)
- C.P.Robin – Charles Philippe Robin (1821–1885)
- C.P.Sm. – Charles Piper Smith (1877–1955)
- Crabbe – James Albert Crabbe (1914–2002)
- Crabtree – D. R. Crabtree (fl. 1983–1990)
- Cragin – Francis Whittemore Cragin (1858–1937)
- Craib – William Grant Craib (1882–1933)
- Craig – Thomas Craig (1839–1916)
- Cralley – Elza Monroe Cralley (1905–1999) [6]
- C.Ramesh – Ch. Ramesh (fl. 1986)
- Crampton – Beecher Crampton (1918–2002)[7]
- Crand. – Bowen Sinclair Crandall (born 1909)
- Crand.-Stotl. – Barbara Jean Crandall-Stotler (born 1942)
- Crane – Fern Ward Crane (born 1906)
- Cranfield – Raymond Jeffrey Cranfield (born 1947)
- Cranfill – Raimond Cranfill (fl. 1981)
- Crantz – Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz (1722–1799)
- Cranwell – Lucy May Cranwell (1907–2000)
- Cranz – David Cranz (1723–1777)
- Cratty – Robert Irvin Cratty (1853–1940)
- Craveiro – Sandra Carla Craveiro (born 1969)
- Craven – Lyndley Alan Craven (1945–2014)
- Crawshay – Richard Crawshay (1862–1958)
- C.R.Ball – Carleton Roy Ball (1873–1958)
- C.R.Bell – Clyde Ritchie Bell (1921–2013)
- C.Rchb. – Carl (Karl) Ludwig von Reichenbach (1788–1869)
- C.Regel – Constantin Andreas von Regel (1890–1970)
- Crép. – François Crépin (1830–1903)
- Crins – William J. Crins (born 1955)
- C.Ríos – Carlos Ríos (fl. 2008)
- Crisp – Michael Douglas Crisp (born 1950)
- C.Rivière – Charles Marie Rivière (born 1845)
- Croat – Thomas Bernard Croat (born 1938)
- Croizat – Léon Camille Marius Croizat (1894–1982)
- Cron – Glynis Cron (fl. 1994)
- Cronk – Quentin Cronk (fl. 1980)
- Cronquist – Arthur John Cronquist (1919–1992)
- Crossl. – Charles Crossland (1844–1916)
- C.R.P.Andrews – Cecil Rollo Payton Andrews (1870–1951)
- C.R.Parks – Clifford R. Parks (fl. 1963)
- Crueg. – Hermann Crüger (1818–1864)
- Crundw. – Alan Crundwell (1923–2000)
- Crusio – Wim Crusio (born 1954)
- C.R.Yeh – Chuan Rong Yeh (fl. 2008)
- C.Schultze – Christian Friedrich Schultze (1730–1755)
- C.Siebold – Karl (Carl) Theodor Ernst von Siebold (1804–1885)
- C.S.Kumar – C. Sathish Kumar (born 1957)
- C.S.Leou – Chong Sheng Leou
- C.S.Li – Cheng Sen Li (born 1948)
- C.S.P.Parish – Charles Samuel Pollock Parish (1822-1897)
- C.T.Gaudin – Charles-Théophile Gaudin (1822–1866)
- C.T.Lee – Chi Te Lee (fl. 2013)
- C.Tracy – Clarissa Tracy (1818–1905)
- C.Tul. – Charles Tulasne (1816–1884)
- C.T.White – Cyril Tenison White (1890–1950)
- Cuatrec. – José Cuatrecasas (1903–1996)
- Cuénod – Auguste Jean Cuénod (1868–1954)
- Cuev.-Fig. – Xochitl Marisol Cuevas-Figueroa (fl. 2005)
- Cufod. – Georg Cufodontis (1896–1974)
- Culham – Alastair Culham (born 1965)
- Cullum – Thomas Gery Cullum (1741–1831)
- Culm. – Paul Frédéric Culmann (1860–1936)
- Cuming – Hugh Cuming (1791–1865)
- Cumm. – Clara Eaton Cummings (1855–1906)
- Cumming – William Archibald Cumming (born 1911)
- Cummins – George Baker Cummins (1904–2007)
- Curie – Peter Friedrich Curie (1777–1855)
- Curl – Herbert Charles Curl (born 1928)
- Curn. – William Curnow (1809–1887)
- Curr. – Frederick Currey (1819–1881)
- Currah – Randolph S. Currah (born 1954)
- Curran (also K.Brandegee) – Mary Katharine Curran (1844–1920)
- Currie – James Nimrod Currie (born 1883)
- Curtis – William Curtis (1746–1799)
- Curto – Michael Leonard Curto (born 1956)
- Curzi – Mario Curzi (1898–1944)
- Cutak – Ladislaus Cutak (1908–1973)
- Cuvier – Georges Cuvier (1769–1832)
- C.Velásquez – César Velásquez (fl. 2009)
- C.V.Hartm. – Carl Vilhelm Hartman (1862–1941)
- C.V.Morton – Conrad Vernon Morton (1905–1972)
- C.Walcott – Charles Doolittle Walcott (1850–1927)
- C.Walter – Charles Walter (1831–1907)
- C.W.Andrews – Charles William Andrews (1866–1924)
- C.Weber – Claude Weber (fl. 1968)
- C.Winkl. – Constantin (Konstantin) Georg Alexander Winkler (1848–1900)
- C.Winslow – Charles Frederick Winslow (1811–1877)
- C.W.Powell – Charles Wesley Powell (1854–1927)
- C.Wright – Charles Wright (1811–1885)
- C.W.Schneid. – Craig William Schneider (born 1948)
- C.W.Thomson – Charles Wyville Thomson (1830–1882)
- C.Y.Wang – Chang Yong Wang (born 1934)
- C.Y.Wu – Cheng Yih Wu (1916–2013)
- Czerep. – Sergei Kirillovich Czerepanov (1921–1995)
- Czern. – Vassilii Matveievitch Czernajew (1796–1871)
- C.Z.Nelson – Carl Z. Nelson (1870–1939)
- C.Z.Tang – Chen(Zhen) Zi Tang (fl. 1982)
D–Z {{List of botanists by author abbreviation TOC}}To find entries for D–Z, use the table of contents above. {{List of botanists by author abbreviation footer}}{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Botanists By Author Abbreviation C}} 4 : Botanists with author abbreviations|Botanical nomenclature|Lists of botanists|Lists of biologists by author abbreviation |