Scottish botanist (1770-1819).
Benjamin Heyne FLS (1770, Pirna, Döbra – 6 February 1819, Madras) was a German botanist, naturalist, and surgeon who worked in British India as a Botanist to Samalkot in the Madras Presidency under the British East India Company. He collected and described plants from southern India, many of which were named after him by European botanists.
Abbreviations: B.Heyne
Occupations: surgeon, botanist, botanical collector, anthropologist
Citizenships: Kingdom of Saxony
Languages: German
Dates: 1770-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1819-02-06T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Döbra
Direct attributions: 17 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 122 plants, 0 fungi