Hermann Friedrich Teichmeyer (30 April 1685 – 5 February 1746) was a German physician and botanist born in Hannoversch Münden. He was father-in-law to

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(1708–1777). The botanical genus ''Teichmeyeria'' ( Scop., 1777) is likely named after him, although

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information is lacking. It is considered to be synonymous with the genus '' Gustavia''.Vascular Plant Families and Genera
List of Genera in Lecythidaceae Teichmeyer was a professor of

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and

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at the

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. He was a pioneer of

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, being remembered for his 1723 publication of ''Institutiones medicinae legalis vel forensis'', an important textbook on

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that was later translated into

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1685 births 1746 deaths People from Hann. Münden 18th-century German physicians Academic staff of the University of Jena 18th-century German botanists {{Germany-med-bio-stub