Conrad Moench
German botanist (1744–1805)
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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.
Conrad Moench | |
|---|---|
Konrad Mönch | |
1800 | |
| Born | 15 August 1744 |
| Died | 6 January 1805 (aged 60) |
| 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 |
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.
Principal writings
- Enumeratio plantarum indigenarum Hassiae praesertim inferioris, secundum methodum sexualem dispositarum, 1777.
- Moench, Conrad (1794). Methodus plantas horti botanici et agri Marburgensis: a staminum situ describendi (in Latin). Marburg: Marburgi cattorum: in officina nova libraria academiae.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) (published in several editions) - Systematische Lehre von denen gebräuchlichsten Einfachen und zusammengesezten Arzney-Mitteln : zum Gebrauch Akademischer Vorlesungen, 1795 – Systematic teaching of simple and compound medicines; academic lectures.
- Einleitung zur Pflanzen-Kunde, 1798 – Introduction to botany.[3]
