Constantin Andreas von Regel

Constantin Andreas von Regel
Born(1890-08-10)10 August 1890
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died22 May 1970(1970-05-22) (aged 79)
Zürich, Switzerland
Occupation(s)Botanist, Director of the Kaunas Botanical Garden.

Constantin Andreas von Regel (Lithuanian: Konstantinas Regelis; 10 August 1890, in Saint Petersburg – 22 May 1970, in Zürich) was a German-Lithuanian horticulturalist and botanist. He was a grandson of Eduard August von Regel.

In 1922 he was named head of the department of botany at the Kaunas University. During the following year he became director of the newly established botanical garden at Kaunas. He was the author of approximately 150 scientific books and articles, including significant works in the fields of geobotany and phytogeography.[1] Von Regel edited three exsiccata works.[2]

Selected works

  • Die Vegetationsverhältnisse der Halbinsel Kola, 1935.
  • Florae Graecae Notulae 1941.
  • Pflanzen in Europa liefern Rohstoffe, 1944.
  • Die Klimaänderung der Gegenwart in ihrer Beziehung zur Landschaft, 1957.
  • Die Rohstoffe des Pflanzenreichs (original author, Julius Wiesner), 1962.[3][4]
The standard author abbreviation C.Regel is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

  1. ^ Kauno apskrities viešoji biblioteka Archived 2014-03-15 at the Wayback Machine biographical information
  2. ^ Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
  3. ^ WorldCat Identities published works
  4. ^ OCLC Classify publications
  5. ^ International Plant Names Index.  C.Regel.