Wilhelm Mönkemeyer (24 December 1862, in Stadtoldendorf – 1 March 1938, in Leipzig) was a German bryologist.

In 1883–85 he worked as a botanical collector in tropical Africa (present-day Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria).[1][2] In 1887 he began work as an Obergehilfe (upper assistant) at the botanical garden of Göttingen and from 1889 to 1928 served as a garden inspector at the botanical garden in Leipzig.[3]

His moss herbarium was sold to the Botanical Institute in Hamburg.[3] Taxa with the specific epithet of moenkemeyeri commemorate his name, an example being Riccia moenkemeyeri.[4]

Selected writings

• Die Sumpf- und Wasserpflanzen ihre Beschreibung, Kultur und Verwendung, (Marsh and aquatic plants, their description, culture and use); (1897).[5]
• Bryales (mosses). - In: A. Pascher, Süsswasser-flora. Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz. Gustav Fischer, Jena. 14: 39-168, (1914).
• Die Laubmoose Europas (The mosses of Europe). - In: L. Rabenhorst, Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, 2nd Edition, Volume 4, Supplement. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig. 960 pp. (1927)
• Bryales (mosses). - In: A. Pascher: Süßwasser-flora Mitteleuropas, 2nd edition, Gustav Fischer, Jena. 14: 47-197. (1931).[3]

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