| Name | West, William |
| Date of birth | 1848 |
| Date of death | 1914 |
| Remarks | [author note: Herbarium and types: BIRM (general herbarium, ferns); BM (important set of algae), CGE, DBN, E (bryo., vasc. pl.), LIV, MANCH, NY, OXF; MPU (1880 collections)] [Father of William West (1875-1901) & of George Stephen West (1876-1919)] |
| ASA Botanist ID | 150660 botanist |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/964d6378-6bb2-4d82-a780-a1b0202e41d3 |
| Variant name | William West |
| Author name | West |
| B & P Author Abbrev. | West |
| Standard/Label Name | W. West |
| Full Name | West, William |
| Geography Author | United Kingdom |
| Geography Collector | Ireland, Myanmar, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland |
| Specialty Author | Algae |
| Specialty Collector | Bryophytes |
| Specialty Collector | FungiAndLichens |
| 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 T-Z |
| Citation as Collector | MPU file |
| Member of teams/groups | |
| Collector Teams: | I. H. Burkill & W. West W. West & G. S. West |
| Author Teams: | West & G. S. West |
