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    Johann Matthäus Bechstein (11 July 1757 – 23 February 1822) was a German naturalist, forester, ornithologist, entomologist, and herpetologist. In Great...
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  • Edwin Bechstein (1859-1934), German piano manufacturer and son of Carl Helene Bechstein (1876–1951), German socialite and businesswoman Johann Matthäus Bechstein...
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    first nine years. His situation improved only when his uncle Johann Matthäus Bechstein, a renowned naturalist and forester living in Meiningen in the...
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    Saxicola (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    small shrubs. The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1802. The type species was subsequently designated as the European...
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    genus Saxicola , which was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1802. The Madagascar stonechat has generally been considered...
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    Barnacle goose (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    lineage. The barnacle goose was first classified taxonomically by Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1803. Branta is a Latinised form of Old Norse Brandgás, "burnt...
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    White-backed woodpecker (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    white-backed woodpecker was described by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1802 under the binomial name Picus leucotos. The specific epithet...
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    Black vulture (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    the system of binomial nomenclature. The German ornithologist Johann Matthäus Bechstein formally described the species using the same name in 1793 in...
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    genus Linaria that had been introduced by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1802. The genus name linaria is the Latin for a linen-weaver...
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    Fork-tailed drongo (category Taxa named by Johann Matthäus Bechstein)
    least-concern species. The fork-tailed drongo was described by Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1794. Its populations are genetically distinct, and four races...
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