Plants Named For Him
In 1843, J.C.Schauer named the genus Regelia in honor of Regel. It is a group of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae which are endemic to the southwest Australia. In 1854 Planchon named a species of Cestrum regeli (Potato family) after him.
Read more about this topic: Eduard August Von Regel
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