Conrad Moench

{{Short description|German botanist (1744–1805)}}

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| birth_place = Kassel

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| citizenship = German

| nationality = German

| fields = botanist / pharmacist / chemist

| workplaces = Rats-Apotheke in Hanover, pharmacy of Samuel Wyttenbach in Bern, pharmacy in Kassel, assessor of Medizinalkollegs, professor of botany at the Collegium Carolinum, assessor of botany at Marburg University,

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| education = Doctorate in Medicine, 12 October 1781

| alma_mater = Marburg University

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Conrad Moench (sometimes written Konrad Mönch; 15 August 1744 – 6 January 1805) was a German botanist, professor of botany at Marburg University from 1786 until his death.

He wrote Methodus Plantas horti botanici et agri Marburgensis; in 1794, an arranged account of plants in the fields and gardens of Marburg. Largely in this work, and in a supplement published in 1802, Moench published over 1,500 original scientific names of plants, including about 150 genera. The genera include Bergenia, Echinacea, Galactites, Kniphofia, Olearia, and Sorghum.{{cite web |title=Search for publishing author: Moench |website=International Plant Names Index (IPNI) |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens |url=https://www.ipni.org/?q=publishing%20author%3AMoench |access-date=2025-02-21}}

The botanical genus Moenchia (family Caryophyllaceae) is named in his honor.[https://books.google.com/books?id=HN3jTA7KbpMC&dq=%22Moenchia%22+Konrad+Moench&pg=PA238 Google Books] Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings: A Glossary by F. A. Sharr

The standard botanical author abbreviation Moench is applied to plants he described.