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Heinrich Gottfried von Mattuschka (22 February 1734 – 9 November 1779) was a German botanist.
Heinrich Gottfried von Mattuschka (22 February 1734 – 9 November 1779) was a German botanist.
Biography
He was born at Jauer (nowJawor
Jawor (german: Jauer) is a town in south-western Poland with 22,890 inhabitants (2019). It is situated in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship (from 1975 to 1998 it was in the former Legnica Voivodeship). It is the seat of Jawor County, and lies appro ...
, Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
), on 22 February 1734. He wrote ''Flora silesiaca'', and named many plants, notably ''Quercus petraea
''Quercus petraea'', commonly known as the sessile oak, Cornish oak, Irish Oak or durmast oak, is a species of oak tree native to most of Europe and into Anatolia and Iran. The sessile oak is the national tree of Ireland, and an unofficial emble ...
''. He died at Pitschen
Byczyna (Latin: ''Bicina'', ''Bicinium''; german: Pitschen) is a town in Kluczbork County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,490 inhabitants as of December 2021.
History
The town of Byczyna was first mention in 1054 when it temporarily served as ...
(now Pyszczyn, Poland) on 9 November 1779.
References
1734 births 1779 deaths Prussian nobility Silesian nobility People from Jawor Matt. von Mattuschka, Heinrich Gottfried 18th-century German botanists 18th-century German writers 18th-century German male writers {{Germany-noble-stub