Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers (26 December 1816 in Mühlhausen â 18 June 1853 in Berlin) was a German botanist. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation <span class="vcard"><span class="fn n"><span class="nickname">Walp.</span></span></span> when citing a botanical name.
He received his education at the Universities of Greifswald and Breslau, earning his habilitation in 1848 at Berlin. He died on 18 June 1853 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The plant genus Walpersia (synonym Phyllota) is named after him.