Nikolai Ottonovich von 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.

He was Governor-General of the Guberniya of Russian Turkestan and commander of the Turkestan Military District 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. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
  4. ↑ Dykes, W.R. A handbook of Garden Irises. London: Martin Hopkinson & Co. p. 60. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
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