"Borkh." redirects here. For the German operatic soprano, see
Inge Borkh.
Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen (3 December 1760,
Giessen – 30 November 1806,
Darmstadt) 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.[1]
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.[2][3]
As a botanist, he was the taxonomic author of
Alliaceae and
Asclepiadaceae as well as the circumscriber of numerous plant genera and species.[4]
Works
Naturgeschichte der europäischen Schmetterlinge (Natural history of European
Lepidoptera) (1788–94).
Versuch einer Erklärung der zoologischen Terminologie (An explanation of the zoological terminology) (1790).
Versuch einer forstbotanischen Beschreibung der in Hessen-Darmstädter Landen im Freien wachsenden Holzarten (Description of the
woody plants growing in
Hesse-Darmstadt) (1790).
Tentamen dispositionis plantarum Germaniae seminiferarum secundum new fact methodum A staminum situ proportione, (1792).