Native name Konrad Monch Name Conrad Moench Role Botanist | Citizenship German Nationality German | |
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Born 15 August 1744Kassel ( 1744-08-15 ) Fields botanist / pharmacist / chemist Institutions Rats-Apotheke in Hanover, pharmacy of Samuel Wyttenbach in Bern, pharmacy in Kassel, assessor of Medizinalkollegs, professor of botany at the Collegium Carolinum, assessor of botany at Marburg University, Died January 6, 1805, Marburg, Germany Books Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis | ||
Conrad Moench (sometimes written Konrad Mönch; 15 August 1744 – 6 January 1805) was a German botanist, professor of botany at Marburg University from 1786 until his death.
He wrote 'Methodus Plantas horti botanici et agri Marburgensis' in 1794, an arranged account of plants in the fields and gardens of Marburg. In 1802 he named the plant Gillenia trifoliata in a supplement to a local flora of the city of Marburg. He also named the plant genus Echinacea (1794).
The botanical genus Moenchia (family Caryophyllaceae) is named in his honor.
The standard botanical author abbreviation Moench is applied to plants he described.
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