Heinrich Karl Beyrich

Who was Heinrich Karl Beyrich?

Heinrich Karl Beyrich 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 an expedition to Brazil on behalf of the Prussian government 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.