Ludwig Benjamin

{{Short description|German botanist}}

Ludwig Benjamin (1825–1848) was a German botanist who contributed to Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius' Flora Brasiliensis. The genus Benjaminia (in the Plantaginaceae family) is named in his honour.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 | s2cid=246307410 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}

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