Otto von Münchhausen

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.

References

ADB:Münchhausen, Otto Freiherr von. de.wikisource.org (in German)
GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. USDA

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 59425162 LCCN: no91017007 ISNI: 0000 0000 6667 9117 GND: 100037461 Botanist: Münchh.

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