Otto II.[citation needed] 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.
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The standard botanical author abbreviation Münchh. is applied to species he described.
References
edit- ADB:Münchhausen, Otto Freiherr von. de.wikisource.org (in German)
- GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. USDA