Plants Named By Him
During the course of his life, Regel described and named over 3000 new plant species. Many of the plants he named were from the Russian Far East and Asia as Russian Geographical Society expeditions where active in this area during his tenure at the Imperial Botanical Gardens in St. Petersburg.
The standard author abbreviation Regel is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.Read more about this topic: Eduard August Von Regel
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