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regel of st. petersburg as the director of the imperial botanical garden 15 april 1892 st. petersburg , russia gotha , germany 200px 13 august 1815 vonregel.jpg eduard august von regel
 eduard august von regel botanist of st. petersburg . , director of the russian imperial botanical garden
eduard august von regel

eduard august von regel -lrb- sometimes edward von regel or edward de regel or Édouard von regel -rrb- , russian : Эдуард Август Фон Регель ; -lrb- born august 13 , 1815 in gotha , died april 15 , 1892 in st. petersburg -rrb- was a german horticulturalist and botanist .
he ended his career serving as the director of the russian imperial botanical garden of st. petersburg .
as a result of naturalists and explorers sending back biological collections , regel was able to describe and name many previously unknown species from frontiers around the world .
