Conrad Moench Explained

Conrad Moench
Native Name:Konrad Mönch
Native Name Lang:de
Birth Date:15 August 1744
Birth Place:Kassel
Death Place:Marburg
Citizenship:German
Nationality:German
Fields:botanist / pharmacist / chemist
Workplaces: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,
Education:Doctorate in Medicine, 12 October 1781
Alma Mater:Marburg University
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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.

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).[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.

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  1. Web site: Echinacea Page. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20050707080144/http://www.innvista.com/health/herbs/echinace.htm. 2005-07-07.
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=HN3jTA7KbpMC&dq=%22Moenchia%22+Konrad+Moench&pg=PA238 Google Books
  3. http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-nr00-25560 WorldCat Identities