Heinrich Gottfried von Mattuschka

Heinrich Gottfried von Mattuschka (22 February 1734 – 9 November 1779) was a German botanist. Biography He was born at Jauer (now Jawor, Poland), on 22 February 1734. He wrote Flora silesiaca, and named many plants, notably Quercus petraea. He died at Pitschen (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