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Articles in this category should be moved to subcategories when appropriate. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large. It should list very few, if any, article pages directly and should mainly contain subcategories.

This category is used for botanists - see also the list of botanists. Many important botanists have author abbreviations - these botanists are all listed in Category:Botanists with author abbreviations and the list of botanists by author abbreviation. Some early botanists do not have an author abbreviation - these are found, together with other early botanists who do, in Category:Pre-Linnaean botanists.

Please be careful if considering moving botanists out of Category:Botanists. If doing so, please check the botanist is listed on the list of botanists. Also check whether the botanist has an author abbreviation: you can search for an author abbreviation at ipni.org. The presence or not of the "." is important, as is the lack of spaces (e.g. W.Bartram is used for William Bartram). You can use the {{botanist|abbreviation|surname, name}} template at the bottom of the article to add this information: this will automatically add the article to Category:Botanists with author abbreviations (the template should not be substituted, nor should the author abbr. category be added manually). The list of botanists by author abbreviation needs manual updating. The IPNI search will often allow you to find a botanist's fields of research, which allows categorisation within Category:Botanists by field of research.

If moving a botanist out of this category, please also make sure that the article is categorised by nationality - this will allow people to find the botanist by browsing from Category:People by nationality and Category:Scientists by nationality. Botanists remaining in this category are either yet to be categorised by nationality or are (usually Post-Linnaean) botanists for whom an authorship abbreviation has not been found.

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