> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 536](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33355623) of TL-2 Vol. III > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/23510-1) LSID 23510-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60948) QID Q60948 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Moench, Conrad (1744-1805), German botanist, chemist and pharmacist; Dr. med. Marburg 1781; pharmacist at Hannover (1764), Bern (1765-1768), Strassburg (1768-1770), Kassel (1770-1785); assessor and from 1781 professor of botany at the medical college of Kassel 1780-1785; professor of botany and in other functions at Marburg University 1785-1805. **Abbreviated name**: *Moench* \[standard form in IPNI: *Moench*\] #### Herbarium and types No longer extant. The herbarium came to the Marburg pharmacist Ruppersberg, but either he or later owners neglected it completely. #### Bibliography and biography ADB 22: 163-164; AG 2(2): 91, 5(1): 565; Barnhart 2: 500; BM 3: 1328; Dryander 3: 157, 208, 417, 4: 52, 114, 224, 249, 5: 67, 71; DSB 9: 434; Frank 3(Anh.): 66; GR p. 113; Hegi 3: 478; Herder p. 466; Hortus 3: 1200 ("Moench"); IF p. 721; Jackson p. 429; Kew 4: 22; Langman p. 514; LS 18028-18029; MW p. 329; PR 6311-6314 (ed. 1: 7004-7007); Rehder 5: 580; RS p. 120; SO add. 678d; TL-1/881-882; Tucker 1: 493; Zander ed. 10, p. 693, ed. 11, p. 790. - Baines, J. E., Vict. Natural. 90: 229. 1973. - Gundlach, F., Cat. Prof. Akad. Marb. no. 392. 1927 (see also Stearn, 1966, p. viii). - Hein, W.-H., Veröff. Ges.Gesch. Pharm. ser. 2. 40: 80. 1973 (b. 15 Aug 1744, d. 6 Jan 1805; handwriting). - Ludwig, W., Hess. florist. Briefe 16: 13-16. 1967 (on the fate of M's herbarium). - Poggendorff, J. C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 167-168. 1863 (b. 15 Aug 1744, d. 6 Jan 1805). - Rommel, C., Memor. Conradi Moench... nuper vita defuncti, Marburg 1805 (n.v.). - Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 514. 1977. - Schmitz, R., S. B. Ges. Beförd. Naturw. Marburg 83/84: 1-33. 1963; Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 91: 430-432. 1978. - Stafleu, F. A., Taxon 16(1): 46-48. 1967 ("a rebel against Linnaeus"); Linnaeus and the Linnaeans 252-253. 1971. - Stearn, W. T., Early Marburg Botany, Koenigstein/Ts 1966, xix p., added to Moench, Meth. fasc. ed. 1966 (extensive details; original sources.). - Wenderoth, G. W. F., Der Pflanzengarten der Universität Marburg, Marburg 1850 (n.v.). #### Handwriting Veröff. int. Ges. Gesch. Pharm. ser. 2. 40: 81. 1973. #### Eponymy *Moenchia* A. W. Roth (1788, *nom. rej.*); *Moenchia* J. F. Ehrhart (1788, *nom. cons.*); *Moenchia* F. K. Medikus (1790, *nom. rej.*). ### Publications ##### n.6165. Enumeratio plantarum indigenarum Hassiae **Title** *Enumeratio plantarum indigenarum Hassiae* praesertim inferioris secundum methodum sexualem dispositarum edito a Conrado Moench... Pars prior. Cum tabulis aeri incisis. Cassellis \[Kassel\] (sumptibus auctoris) 1777. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Enum. pl. Hass.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1777 (p. \[viii\]: 3 Mar 1777), p. \[i-xxiv\], \[1\]-268, \[1-2, err.\], *pl. 1-6* (uncol. copp.). *Copies*: G, NY. ##### n.6166. Verzeichniss ausländischer Bäume und Stauden **Title** *Verzeichniss ausländischer Bäume und Stauden* des Lustschlosses Weissenstein bey Cassel. Von Conrad Mönch, Doctor und Professor am Karolinum. Mit 8 Kupfertafeln. Frankfurt und Leipzig (in der J. G. Fleischerischen Buchhandlung) 1785. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Verz. ausländ. Bäume*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1785, p. \[i\]-xiv, \[1\]-144, \[1, err.\], *pl. 1-8* (on 4 lvs., uncol. copp.). *Copies*: G, M, MO, USDA. ##### n.6167. Methodus **Title** *Methodus* plantas horti botanici et agri marburgensis, a staminum situ describendi, ... Marburgi Cattorum \[Marburg\] (In officina nova libraria academiae) 1794. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Methodus*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 4 Mai 1704 (inf. John W. Landon, available at Easter Fair; GGA 16 Mai 1795), p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-780; \[1-18, index\], \[1, err.\]. *Copies*: B, FI, G, MO, NY, US, USDA; IDC 698. *Facsimile ed*.: Koeningstein-Taunus (Otto Koeltz Antiquariat) 1966, with an introduction and biography by William T. Stearn, ISBN 3-87429-005-0, \[ii-iii, t.p.'s\], intr. \[i\]-xix, fascimile \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-780, \[1-18, index\], \[1, err.\]. *Copies*: FAS, MO, NY. *Ref*.: Baldinger, Neues Mag. Aerzte 14(6): 524-532. 1792 (sic). - Markgraf, F., Bot. Jahrb. 87(Lit.): 2-3. 1967. - Stearn, W. T., Early Marburg Botany \[in facsimile ed. of Moench. Meth.\] Koenigstein 1966. - Stafleu, F. A., Taxon 16(1): 46-48. 1967. ##### n.6168. Supplementum ad methodum plantas **Title** Conradi Moench *Supplementum ad methodum plantas* a staminum situ describendi. Marburgi Cattorum \[Marburg\] (In officina nova libraria academiae) 1802. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Suppl. Meth.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 2 Mai 1802 (inf. John W. Landon; available at Easter Fair), p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-328. *Copies*: FI, G, NY(2), USDA; IDC 698. *Facsimile ed*.: Koenigstein-Taunus (Otto Koeltz Antiquariat) 1966, p. \[ii\]-vi, \[1\]-328. *Copies*: FAS, MO, NY. ##### n.6169. Einleitung zur Pflanzenkunde **Title** *Einleitung zur Pflanzenkunde* entworfen von Conrad Mönch,... Marburg (in der Akademischen Buchhandlung) 1798. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Einleit. Pflanzenk.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1798, p. \[1\]-274, 2 charts. *Copy*: NY.