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Mar 22, 1796 Wernigerode, Saxony Anhalt, Germany Died on 15 Sep 1834 (aged 38)
German botanist
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About Heinrich Karl Beyrich
- Heinrich Karl Beyrich (22 March 1796 – 15 September 1834) was a German botanist born in Wernigerode. He studied botany at the University of Göttingen, and in 1819 performed botanical excursions throughout northern Italy and the eastern Alps.
- In 1822-23 he went on an expedition to Brazil on behalf of the Prussian government in order to collect flora for Pfaueninsel and the Neu-Schönberger Botanical Garden.
- 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).
