Background
He was the son of botanist Eduard August von Regel (1815-1892).
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Johann Regel
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Education
He studied medicine in Saint St. Petersburg, Göttingen, Vienna and Dorpat, afterwards being appointed district physician in Kuldja, Russian East Turkestan.
Career
From 1877 to 1885, he conducted botanical excursions in Turkestan and in the Pamir region of Central Asia. Specimens from these trips were delivered to the Saint St. Petersburg Botanical Garden. In 1891, the genus Aregelia (syn: Nidularium, family: Bromeliaceae) was named in his honor by Otto Kuntze.
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Born
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July 6, 1909 (aged 63) -
Nationality
Russia