Conrad Moench | |
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Konrad Mönch | |
![]() 1800 | |
Born | |
Died | 6 January 1805 | (aged 60)
Nationality | German |
Citizenship | German |
Education | Doctorate in Medicine, 12 October 1781 |
Alma mater | Marburg University |
Spouse | Catharine Margarethe Schmölder |
Scientific career | |
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, |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Moench |
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. Largely in this work, and in a supplement published in 1802, Moench published over 1,500 original scientific names of plants, including about 150 genera. The genera include Bergenia, Echinacea, Galactites, Kniphofia, Olearia, and Sorghum.[1]
The botanical genus Moenchia (family Caryophyllaceae) is named in his honor.[2]
The standard botanical author abbreviation Moench is applied to plants he described.