title: Otto von Münchhausen
text: # Otto von Münchhausen
  
  Otto II. Freiherr von Münchhausen (11 June 1716 – 13 July 1774) was a German botanist. He was Chancellor of University of Göttingen and a correspondent of Linnaeus. He named several species of oaks by the Linnean system, as well as other plants.
  
  The standard botanical author abbreviation Münchh. is applied to species he described.
  
  