Heinrich Bernhard Ruppius

Heinrich Bernhard Rupp (or Ruppius) (born 22 August 1688 in Giessen, died 7 March 1719 in Jena) was a German botanist.

He first studied medicine in 1704 and met then Johann Jacob Dillenius (1684-1747).

Rupp wrote a flora about plants around Jena and part of Thuringia.

He published the two first parts but his work is finished after his death by Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777).

Carl von Linné (1707-1778) gave tribute to him with the creation of the genus Ruppia of the family Ruppiaceae.