Otto von Münchhausen

German botanist

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German botanist

A.K.A.

Münchh.

A.K.A.

Münchh.

Places

Germany

was

Scientist Botanist Writer

Work field

Literature Science

Gender

Male

Birth

11 June 1716, Hamelin, Hamelin-Pyrmont, Lower Saxony, Germany

Death

13 July 1774Kalenberg, Mechernich, Euskirchen, Cologne Government Region (aged 58 years)

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Otto II. Freiherr von Münchhausen (11 June 1716 – 13 July 1774) was a German botanist. He was Chancellor of University of Göttingen and a correspondent of Linnaeus. He named several species of oaks by the Linnean system, as well as other plants.

The standard botanical author abbreviation Münchh. is applied to species he described.

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