List of Irish plant collectors
This article is a list of historical Irish plant collectors. An important part of taxonomy and botany is the collection of samples from different locales.
- John Ball, first president Alpine Club, 1858–1860
- Evelyn Booth, parts of her collection are in the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin
- Patrick Browne, doctor and botanist in Jamaica
- Thomas Coulter, collected plants in North and Latin America
- Lady Charlotte Wheeler Cuffe (née Williams)
- Michael Pakenham Edgeworth, born in Edgeworthstown, County Longford; namesake of genus Edgeworthia
- Eugene Fitzalan, born in Derry; collector, nurseryman, and poet
- Robert D. FitzGerald, born in Tralee; botanist, artist, collector; collected orchids
- Dr. A. Gogarty, sent plants, seeds, orchids, ferns and bulbs to the Irish National Botanic Gardens
- William Henry Harvey, born in Limerick, collected plants in South Africa 1848–66
- Augustine Henry
- James Keys, born in Irvinestown, County Fermanagh
- Edward Madden, from Kilkenny
- John Madden, Clones, County Monaghan; claimed in his North American expeditions to have introduced the Douglas fir
- Robert Patterson, Belfast, collected in Ireland, Australia
- Samuel Alexander Stewart
- Whan William Taylor, born in Moneymore, County Londonderry
- William Thomas Locke Travers, born in Dundalk