German botanist (1684-1747).
Johann Jacob Dillen Dillenius (1684 – 2 April 1747) was a German botanist. He is known for his Hortus Elthamensis ("Eltham Garden") on the rare plants around Eltham, London, and for his Historia muscorum ("History of Mosses"), a natural history of lower plants including mosses, liverworts, hornworts, lycopods, algae, lichens and fungi.
Abbreviations: Dill.
Occupations: university teacher, scientific collector, pteridologist, mycologist, bryologist, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, Kingdom of Great Britain
Languages: Latin
Dates: 1684-12-12T00:00:00Z – 1747-04-02T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Darmstadt
Authorship mentions: 5 plants, 6 fungi