Bénédict Pierre Georges Hochreutiner

Bénédict Pierre Georges Hochreutiner (1873-1959) was a Swiss botanist and plant taxonomist.

[1] A native of Saint-Gall, he studied theology and natural sciences in Geneva.

[2] In 1896 he was an assistant to John Isaac Briquet at the Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques at Geneva.

In 1901 he made a scientific trip to Algeria, and in 1903–05 was associated with the botanic gardens (herbarium) at Buitenzorg in the Dutch East Indies.

[6] Among his numerous written works was a monograph on the plant family Malvaceae.