Benedikt Roezl

Botanist, Deceased Person

1823 – 1885

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Who was Benedikt Roezl?

Benedikt Roezl Austrian traveller, gardener and botanist. Probably the most famous collector of orchids of his time.

Despite the loss of a hand, Roezl travelled the world and discovered over 800 species of orchid, with more than forty named in his honour.

Roezl was also the founder of one of the Czech botanical magazine Flora in 1880.

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Born
Aug 13, 1823
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Died
Oct 14, 1885
Prague

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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