Johann Gerhard König

German botanist and physician (1728-1785).

Johann Gerhard König (29 November 1728 – 26 June 1785) was a Baltic German botanist and physician who served in the Tranquebar Mission, India before joining service under the Nawab of Arcot, and then the English East India Company. He collected natural history specimens including plants, particularly those of medical interest, from the region and several species are named after him including the curry tree (Murraya koenigii).

Abbreviations: J.Koenig
Occupations: scientific collector, physician, mycologist, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: Germany
Languages: German
Dates: 1728-11-29T00:00:00Z – 1785-06-26T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Krustpils Municipality
Direct attributions: 17 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 62 plants, 0 fungi

17 plants attributed, 45 plants contributed to62 plants:

Hedychium coronarium (White Ginger) J.Koenig 1783
edible, perennial, medicinal, and vegetable plant species in the zingiberaceae family
Hedychium coronarium, the white garland-lily or white ginger lily, is a perennial flowering plant in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is native to the forest understorey of Asia. Other common names include butterfly lily, Khumpui, fragrant garland flower, Indian garland flower, white butterfly ginger lily, and white ginger.
Murraya J.Koenig 1771
plant genus in the rutaceae family
Murraya is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae. It is distributed in Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands. The center of diversity is in southern China and Southeast Asia. When broadly circumscribed, the genus has about 17 species. A narrower circumscription contains only eight species, others being placed in Bergera and Merrillia.
Hedychium (Ginger-lily) J.Koenig 1783
plant genus in the zingiberaceae family
Hedychium is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia. There are approximately 70-80 known species, native to India, Southeast Asia, and Madagascar. Some species have become widely naturalized in other lands, and considered invasive in some places. The genus name Hedychium is derived from two ancient Greek words, hedys meaning "sweet" and chios meaning "snow". This refers to the fragrant white flower of the type species H. coronarium. Common names include garland flower, ginger lily, and kahili ginger. Members of the genus
Diospyros ebenum (Indian Ebony) J.Koenig 1780
plant species in the ebenaceae family
Ceylon ebony or Diospyros ebenum (Sinhala: කළුවර Kaluwara) (Tamil: கருங்காலி Karungaali), is a species of tree in the genus Diospyros and the family Ebenaceae. The tree produces valuable black wood.
Xylocarpus granatum (Cedar Mangrove) J.Koenig 1784
medicinal plant species in the meliaceae family
Xylocarpus granatum, commonly known as the cannonball mangrove, cedar mangrove, or puzzlenut tree, is a species of mangrove in the mahogany family (Meliaceae). It is found in Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific Islands. It is a common species of mangrove, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern".
Xylocarpus J.Koenig 1784
plant genus in the meliaceae family
Xylocarpus is a genus of plants in the mahogany family Meliaceae. It contains 3 described species, all of which are mangroves. The native range of the genus is the coasts of the Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia and the western Pacific Ocean. It is the only mangrove genus in Meliaceae.
Bergera J.Koenig 1771
plant genus in the rutaceae family
Bergera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae. It has been included in Murraya as M. sect. Bergera. Species that may be placed in the genus are native from India through southeast Asia eastwards to China and Taiwan southwards to Malesia and New Caledonia. The curry tree, Bergera koenigii, is one of the better known species.
Kaempferia purpurea J.Koenig 1783
perennial plant species in the zingiberaceae family
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Amomum uliginosum J.Koenig 1783
plant species in the zingiberaceae family
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Achyranthes sericea J.Koenig 1832
plant species in the amaranthaceae family
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Panicum pictum J.Koenig 1788
plant species in the poaceae family
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Zingiber spurium J.Koenig 1783
plant species in the zingiberaceae family
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Panicum simplicissimum J.Koenig
plant species in the poaceae family
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Epidendrum bidentatum J.Koenig 1791
plant species in the orchidaceae family
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Amomum zerumbet J.Koenig 1783
plant species in the zingiberaceae family
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Amomum scyphiferum J.Koenig 1783
plant species in the zingiberaceae family
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Amomum leonurus J.Koenig 1783
plant species in the zingiberaceae family
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Setaria palmifolia (Palm Grass) (J.Koenig) Stapf 1914
edible, perennial, and medicinal plant species in the poaceae family
Setaria palmifolia is a species of grass known by the common names palmgrass, highland pitpit, hailans pitpit, short pitpit, broadleaved bristlegrass, and knotroot.
Zingiber montanum (Cassumar Ginger) (J.Koenig) Link ex A.Dietr. 1831
perennial and medicinal plant species in the zingiberaceae family
Zingiber montanum is a species of plant in the family Zingiberaceae, with no subspecies. Native to Indo-China and Malesia, it has become an invasive species in the Caribbean and South America; there are many synonyms including Zingiber cassumunar.
Heliotropium marifolium (Bothriospermum Marifolium A.dc.) J.Koenig ex Retz. 1781
annual plant species in the heliotropiaceae family
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Dioscorea tomentosa J.Koenig ex Spreng. 1815
plant species in the dioscoreaceae family
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Etlingera littoralis (Earth Ginger) (J.Koenig) Giseke 1792
plant species in the zingiberaceae family
Etlingera littoralis is a species of flowering plant in the family Zingiberaceae (gingers), with no subspecies listed in the Catalogue of Life. It is found in lowland tropical forest floors (up to 300 m) in Hainan, Indo-China and Malesia.
Dienia ophrydis (Common Snout Orchid) (J.Koenig) Seidenf. 1997
medicinal plant species in the orchidaceae family
Dienia ophrydis, commonly known as the common snout orchid is a plant in the orchid family and is native to endemic to a broad area of Asia, Southeast Asia, the Philippines, New Guinea and northern Australia. It is a deciduous, terrestrial orchid with a cone-shaped stem, bright green, wavy leaves and many greenish, brown, reddish or purplish flowers crowded on a wiry flowering stem.
Trichoglottis orchidea (J.Koenig) Garay 1972
plant species in the orchidaceae family
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Thrixspermum clavatum (J.Koenig) Garay 1972
plant species in the orchidaceae family
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Tetrapogon tenellus (Tender Finger Grass) (J.Koenig ex Roxb.) Chiov. 1908
annual and perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Psilotrichum sericeum (J.Koenig ex Roxb.) Dalzell 1861
annual plant species in the amaranthaceae family
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Hornstedtia scyphifera (Great Spindle Ginger) (J.Koenig) Steud. 1840
perennial plant species in the zingiberaceae family
Hornstedtia scyphifera, commonly called walking ginger, is a flowering plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae. It is native to the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java. Its growth form is like a tiny banyan, growing horizontally as it grows prop roots approximately 1 m (3 ft 3 in) long down to the ground as the plant lengthens. Three varieties are accepted: H. s. var. scyphifera H. s. var. fusiformis H. s. var. grandis
Hellenia speciosa (Crepe Ginger) (J.Koenig) S.R.Dutta 2013
plant species in the costaceae family
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Eulophia epidendraea (J.Koenig ex Retz.) C.E.C.Fisch. 1928
plant species in the orchidaceae family
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