Johann Jacob Dillenius

Johann Jacob Dillenius
Born1684
Died(1747-04-02)2 April 1747
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Giessen
Known forHortus Elthamensis, Historia muscorum
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsOxford University
Author abbrev. (botany)Dill.

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.