Yao
The taxon authority Yao may refer to:
- Chang Yu Yao (fl. 1980, C.Y.Yao), Chinese botanist
- Cheng-Te Yao (fl. 2014), Taiwanese ornithologist
- Chiou-Ju Yao (fl. 2016), Taiwanese herpetologist
- De-Yao Zhou (fl. 2015), Chinese entomologist
- Gang Yao (1982–), Chinese entomologist
- Jia-Min Yao (fl. 2019), entomologist
- Jin Yao (fl. 2008), Chinese entomologist
- Jun Yao (fl. 2019), Chinese paleontologist
- Jun-Li Yao (fl. 2015), Chinese entomologist
- Min Yao (fl. 2018), Chinese ichthyologist
- Qin-Ying Yao (fl. 2017), Chinese entomologist
- Ting-Ting Yao (fl. 2020), Chinese entomologist
- Tze Leong Yao (fl. 2012, T.L.Yao), Malaysian botanist
- Wei Yao (fl. 1981), Chinese arachnologist
- Wen-Wen Yao, Chinese entomologist
- Xiao-Gang Yao (fl. 2020), Chinese herpetologist
- Xuan-Zhu Yao (fl. 2018), Chinese annelidologist
- Ya-Lin Yao (fl. 2019), Chinese entomologist
- Yi-Jian Yao (born 1955, Y.J.Yao), Chinese mycologist and lichenologist
- Yuan Yao, Chinese entomologist
- Yun-Zhi Yao (fl. 2013), Chinese entomologist
- Zhi-Yuan Yao (fl. 2010), Chinese arachnologist
- Zong-Ting Yao (fl. 2021), Chinese lichenologist