| Name | Houstoun, William | 
| Start Date | 1695 | 
| End Date | 1733 | 
| Remarks | [author note: Herbarium and types: BM (through Sloane and Banks herbaria)] [collector note: West Indies, Vera Cruz; BM (orig.), CGE, GH, LINN, OXF, P] Example of Name Published: Milleria Houstoun ex L., Sp. Pl. 2: 919. 1753 | 
| ASA Botanist ID | 126438 botanist | 
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/af35c6f8-6dc6-44e9-b610-ae43b50fa22f | 
| Variant name | William Houstoun | 
| Variant name | Houston, William | 
| Author name | Houstoun | 
| B & P Author Abbrev. | Houst. | 
| Standard/Label Name | W. Houstoun | 
| Full Name | Houstoun, William | 
| Geography Collector | Cuba,  Jamaica,  Mexico,  United States of America | 
| Specialty | PreLinnean | 
| Specialty Author | Pre-Linnean | 
| Specialty Author | Spermatophytes | 
| Specialty Collector | Algae | 
| Specialty Collector | Phanerogams | 
| Specialty Collector | Pteridophytes | 
| Citation as Author | Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | 
| Citation as Author | Taxonomic Literature. Second Edition. Utrecht | 
| Citation as Collector | Index Herbariorum - Collectors E-H |