Heinrich Karl Beyrich

Heinrich Karl Beyrich (March 22, 1796 - September 15, 1834) was a German botanist who was a native of Wernigerode.

He studied botany at the University of Göttingen, and in 1819 performed botanical excursions throughout northern and eastern Italy. In 1822-23 he went on a expedition to Brazil on behalf of the Prussian government to collect flora for the Neu-Schönberger Botanical Garden and Pfaueninsel. In September-1834, while on an expedition through North America, he became ill and died at Fort Gibson, located in the present-day state of Oklahoma.

He has numerous plant species named after him, including "Centaurium beyrichii", also known as the "mountain pink", and "Galeandra beyrichii" (Beyrich's helmet orchid).

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* "This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia."