Palmer
The taxon authority Palmer may refer to:
- Caroline D. Palmer, British anthropologist
- Christopher P. Palmer (fl. 1974), malacologist
- Daniel D. Palmer (fl. 1995, D.D.Palmer), botanist
- Deborah Wall-Palmer (fl. 2016), British malacologist
- Edward Palmer (1831–1911, Palmer), British botanist
- Ernest Jesse Palmer (1875–1962, E.J.Palmer), botanist
- Joanne Palmer (born 1960, J.Palmer), botanist
- Katherine van Winkle Palmer, U.S. palaeontologist
- Michael W. Palmer (fl. 2017), U.S. entomologist
- Miriam Augusta Palmer (1878–1977), entomologist and zoologist
- Richard Charles Palmer (1935–2005, R.C.Palmer), botanist
- Russell A. Palmer (fl. 2018), Australian herpetologist
- Theodore Sherman Palmer (1868–1955, T.S.Palmer), U.S. zoologist, botanist and conservationist
- Thomas Chalkley Palmer (1860–1934, T.C.Palmer), U.S. botanist
- Timothy J. Palmer, British geologist and paleontologist
- William Palmer (1856–1921, W.Palmer), U.S. naturalist
- William M. Palmer (fl. 1987), U.S. herpetologist