| Name | Ferguson, William |
| Date of birth | 1820 |
| Date of death | 1887 |
| Remarks | [author note: Herbarium and types: BM] [collector note: Ceylon: B, BM, CGE, E, HBG, K, KIEl, L, LD, MANCH, PC, US, W] |
| ASA Botanist ID | 100002 botanist |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/976410ee-7c6e-4b44-861b-f1916c129ac7 |
| Variant name | William Ferguson |
| Author name | Ferguson |
| B & P Author Abbrev. | Ferguson |
| Standard/Label Name | W. Ferguson |
| Full Name | Ferguson, William |
| Geography Author | Sri Lanka |
| Geography Collector | Sri Lanka |
| Specialty Author | Pteridophytes |
| Specialty Author | Spermatophytes |
| Specialty Collector | Algae |
| 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 |
| Author in | Algae Ceylan. |
| Holdings | Search for specimens collected by W. Ferguson |
| Collections in | [no date] (21), 1867 (1), 1940 (1) |