Background
Heyne was born at Meissen, Saxony, Germany. Son of Carl August Heyne, Doctor of Medicine and his wife, Marianne, daughter of Caraline and Johannes Tierof.
Heyne was born at Meissen, Saxony, Germany. Son of Carl August Heyne, Doctor of Medicine and his wife, Marianne, daughter of Caraline and Johannes Tierof.
He was educated at Leipzig University Germany, where he received in 1845 his Diploma of Botany.
East.B. obtained a position at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Dresden. In 1854 Heyne was employed at the Melbourne Botanic Gardens as chief plantsman. When Ferdinand von Mueller became director, Heyne was appointed his secretary and went with him on several Victorian expeditions.
He helped to classify much of the botanical material collected by von Mueller in the 1850s, and is commemorated by Aster heynei F.Muell.
=Olearia xerophila, and Cyperus heynei Boeckel and also by Impatiens scapiflora Heyne & Wall. and Impatiens tenella Heyne ex Hook.f. Heyne established a nursery at Hackney, near Adelaide, and opened a shop for seeds and plants.
Heyne continued to work until he became ill with asthma and nearly blind. He died at his home in Norwood.
Though overshadowed by von Mueller, his botanical and horticultural work greatly contributed to the early development of two colonies.