Benedikt Roezl

Benedikt Roezl (August 13 1823, Horoměřice u Prahy - October 14 1885, Prague) Czech 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. [ [http://www.kew.org/plants/orchids/orchidpeople.html Kew: A year at Kew: Plants: Orchids: at Kew ] ]

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

Among the orchids named in his honour are:

*"Miltoniopsis roezlii"
*"Pescatorea roezlii"
*"Selenipedium roezlii"
*"Sobralia roezlii"

* genus "Roezliella"

Other plants named in his honour:
*"Zamia roezlii" - a cycad of the family Zamiaceae
*"Ribes roezlii" - Sierra gooseberry

References

* [http://www.orchids.co.in/orchidologists/benedict-roezl.shtm Benedikt Roezl on Orchids.co.in]
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