Morten Wormskjold

Morten Wormskjold (also Wormskiold; born January 16, 1783 in Copenhagen, † November 22, 1845 in Gavnø ) was a Danish traveler. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Wormsk. ".

Wormskjöld traveled 1812-1815 to Greenland. He took part in the 1816 world tour of Otto von Kotzebue and stayed for two years on Kamchatka. Wormskjöld brought back from his travels many new plants.