Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen

Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen (3 December 1760, Giessen – 30 November 1806, Darmstadt) was a German naturalist and forester. He took part in the production of "Teutsche Ornithologie oder Naturgeschichte aller Vögel Teutschlands in naturgetreuen Abbildungen und Beschreibungen" by Johann Conrad Susemihl.[1]

He received his education in Giessen, and in 1796 started work as an assessor at the forestry office in Darmstadt. In 1800 he attained the title of Kammerrat, followed by a role as counselr at the Oberforsthaus Collegium in 1804.[2][3]

As a botanist, he was the taxonomic author of Alliaceae and Asclepiadaceae as well as the circumscriber of numerous plant genera and species.[4]

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  1. Google Books Teutsche Ornithologie, oder, Naturgeschichte aller Vögel Teutschlands: in naturgetreuen Abbildungen und Beschreibungen
  2. Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (translated biography)
  3. 1 2 Borkhausen | eLexikon : Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 1888; Autorenkollektiv, Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts, Leipzig und Wien, Vierte Auflage, 1885-1892;3. Band, Seite 221.
  4. IPNI List of plants described and co-described by Borkhausen
  5. "Author Query for 'Borkh.'". International Plant Names Index.

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