Bedřich Karel Eugen Všemír Berchtold hrabě z Uherčic, (German: Friedrich Berchtold Graf von Ungarschitz), (October 25, 1781 – April 3, 1876) was a Czech physician and botanist.
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Berchtold was born in Stráž nad Nežárkou (German: Platz an der Naser), District Jindřichův Hradec, in the Czech Republic. He graduated from medical school in 1804, after which he practiced medicine and devoted much of his time to botany and natural history. He eventually abandoned regular medical practice and travelled throughout Europe, the Middle East and Brazil. He co-authored several research papers with brother botanists Carl Borivoj Presl and Jan Svatopluk Presl.
An avid worker for Czech national revival, Berchtold was involved in the establishment of the Prague National Museum. He died in 1876 in Buchlov, Moravia (now part of the Czech Republic).
The genus Berchtoldia C.Presl (syn. Chaetium Nees) was named in his honor.
Regarding personal names: Graf was a title until 1919, translated as Count, not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin. In Germany, however, since 1919 Graf/Gräfin is no title any more but part of the surname and thus following the given name(s) and not to be translated.. Hrabě is the Czech equivalent, the female form is hraběnka.