Heinrich Gustav Mühlenbeck, name also given as Henri Gustave Muehlenbeck (2 June 1798, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines – 21 November 1845, Mulhouse) was an Alsatian physician and botanical collector known for his work with bryophytes.
In 1822 he became a general practitioner in Gebweiler, and from 1833 onward, lived and worked in Mühlhausen.
[3] During his career, he collaborated with Jean-Baptiste Mougeot, a botanist known for his investigations of flora native to Vosges.
He is remembered for his investigations of Swiss cryptogamic flora; in 1839 he accompanied Philipp Bruch and Wilhelm Philippe Schimper on a botanical excursion to the Alps, and in 1844 journeyed to the canton of Graubünden.
[1] In 1841 the genus Muehlenbeckia was named in his honor by Swiss botanist Carl Meissner.