| Name | McNab, William Ramsay |
| Date of birth | 1844 |
| Date of death | 1889 |
| Remarks | [author note: Herbarium and types: DBN; additional material at K] [collector note: [son of James McNab]; original herbarium (1500 mainly Ireland and Britain, also foreign plants; incl. herb. of his father (James) & his grandfather (William): DBN] |
| ASA Botanist ID | 132249 botanist |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/634c108a-cf16-48cd-a468-0c9ebf5c62dc |
| Variant name | William Ramsay McNab |
| Author name | W. R. McNab |
| B & P Author Abbrev. | W. R. McNab |
| Standard/Label Name | W. R. McNab |
| Full Name | McNab, William Ramsay |
| Geography Author | Ireland |
| Specialty Author | Algae |
| Specialty Author | Pteridophytes |
| Specialty Author | Spermatophytes |
| 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 M |