Johann Albert von Regel (; 12 December 1845,

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– 6 July 1908,

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) was a Swiss-Russian physician and

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. He was the son of botanist

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(1815–1892). He studied medicine in

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and

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, afterwards being appointed district physician in Kuldja, Russian

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. From 1877 to 1885, he conducted botanical excursions in

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and in the Pamir region of

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. Specimens from these trips were delivered to the

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. In 1877, '' Tulipa alberti'' which was originally found in Turkestan, was named in his honor by Eduard August von Regel, and then it was described and published in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada Vol. 5 on page 264. In 1891, the genus ''Aregelia'' (syn: ''

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'', family:

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) was named in his honor by

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Publications

* ''Beitrag zur Geschichte des Schierlings und Wasserschierlings''. - Moskau, 1877. Digitalisierte Ausgabe der Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf. * ''Reisen in Central-Asien, 1876-79''. In: Dr. A. Petermann's Mittheilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt; 25. Band, 1879, S.376-384 und 408-417.

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, Gotha 1879 * ''Meine Expedition nach Turfan 1879''. In: Dr. A. Petermann's Mittheilungen aus Justus Perthes' Geographischer Anstalt; 27. Band, 1881, S.380-394. Justus Perthes, Gotha 1881."List of published works copied from an article on Albert Regel at the

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References

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