Nikolai Rozenbakh

Nikolai Ottonovich von Rozenbakh (Николай Оттонович фон Розенбах) (12 June 1836 in Püssi – 5 May 1901 in Petersburg) was a Russian General during the nineteenth century.

Nikolai Ottonovich von Rozenbakh

He was Governor-General of the Guberniya of Russian Turkestan from 1884 to 1889.[1]

In 1884, Regel in 'Trudy Imperatorskago St. Peterburgskago Botaniceskago Sada' Vol.3, published Iris rosenbachiana,[2][3] it was found in Turkestan and named after Rozenbakh.[4]

References
  1. Didar Kassymova, Zhanat Kundakbayeva and Ustina Markus Historical Dictionary of Kazakhstan (2012), p. 228, at Google Books
  2. "Iris". ipni.org (International Plant Names Index). p. 143. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  3. "Nikolai Rozenbakh". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
  4. Dykes, W.R. A handbook of Garden Irises. London: Martin Hopkinson & Co. p. 60. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
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