Anton Rochel Explained

Anton Rochel (18 June 1770, in Neunkirchen  - 12 May 1847, in Graz) was an Austrian surgeon and naturalist, known for his botanical investigations of Banat and the Carpathians.

Up until 1798 he served as a surgeon in the Austrian army, then from 1798 to 1820 worked as a physician in Moravia and Hungary. From 1820 to 1840 he was a curator at the botanical garden in Pest.^[1]

The botanical genus Rochelia (in the family Boraginaceae) was named in his honor by Ludwig Reichenbach in 1824.^{[2] [3]}

Published works

• Naturhistorische miscellen uber den nordwestlichen Karpath in ober-Ungarn, 1821  - Natural history notes on the northwestern Carpathians in upper Hungary.
• Plantae Banatus rariores: iconibus et descriptionibus illustratae, 1828.
• Botanische Reise in das Banat im Jahre 1835 nebst Gelegenheits-Bemerkungen, 1838  - Botanical journey to Banat in 1835.^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/BLK%C3%96:Rochel,_Anton_(Botaniker) BLKÖ:Rochel, Anton (Botaniker)
2. Web site: Rochelia Rchb. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 20 May 2021 . en.
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=zIOvJSJs-IkC&dq=%22Anton+Rochel%22+1770&pg=PA2325 CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms ...
4. https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Anton+Rochel%22 Google Search