László Menyhárth (30 May 1849 – 16 November 1897 in Boroma, South Africa) was a Hungarian missionary and botanical collector.

He studied theology and philosophy in Innsbruck, later serving as a gymnasium teacher in Kalocsa. Here he conducted investigations of the local flora. From around 1890, he worked as a missionary in southern Africa,[1] from where he also performed meteorological observations and collected botanical specimens. Plants collected in Africa were sent to Swiss botanist Hans Schinz for further examination.[2]

Published works

  • Kolocsa vidékének növénytenyészete, 1877 – Botany of the Kolocsa environs.
  • Meteorologische Beobachtungen, angestellt zu Boroma in Süd-Afrika im Jahre 1891 und 1892 (with Julius Fényi), 1896 – Meteorological observations, from Boroma, South Africa 1891/1892.
  • Meteorologische Beobachtungen zu Boroma und Zumbo in Südafrika in den Jahren 1893–1897 (with Julius Fényi), 1905 – Meteorological observations, from Boroma and Zumbo, South Africa 1893–97.
  • Plantae Menyharthianae : ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Flora des unteren Sambesi (with Hans Schinz), 1905 – "Plantae Menyhartianae", a contribution to the knowledge of flora of the lower Zambezi area.[3]

References

  1. ↑ HUH Index of Botanists
  2. ↑ Mek.Oszk biographical information translated from Hungarian.
  3. ↑ WorldCat Search publications
  4. ↑ International Plant Names Index.  Menyh.
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