Neck.

Noël Martin Joseph de Necker
Necker, by Anton Karcher, 1789
Born	25 December 1730 Lille
Died	30 December 1793 (1793-12-31) (aged 63) Mannheim
Citizenship	Belgian
Fields	Botany, Medicine
Author abbrev. (botany)	Neck.

Noël Martin Joseph Necker (December 25, 1730 – 30 December 1793) was a Belgian physician, and botanist.

Necker was the personal physician to the court of the Electoral Palatinate in Mannheim. His botanical work involved the study of mosses (Bryophyta) on which he wrote several works, and fungi on which he wrote the Traité sur la mycitologie. He is also known for describing the orchid genus Dactylorhiza.

The moss genus Neckera, and its family, the Neckeraceae were named in his honour.