Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen
Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen 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.
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 counselor at the Oberforsthaus Collegium in 1804.
As a botanist, he was the taxonomic author of Alliaceae and Asclepiadaceae as well as the circumscriber of numerous plant genera and species.Works
- Naturgeschichte der europäischen Schmetterlinge .
- Versuch einer Erklärung der zoologischen Terminologie .
- Versuch einer forstbotanischen Beschreibung der in Hessen-Darmstädter Landen im Freien wachsenden Holzarten .
- Tentamen dispositionis plantarum Germaniae seminiferarum secundum new fact methodum A staminum situ proportione,.
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- Theoretisch-praktisches Handbuch der Forstbotanik und Forsttechnologie .
- Deutsche Ornithologie oder Naturgeschichte aller Vögel Deutschlands .
