Anton Rochel

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 (family Boraginaceae) was named in his honor by Ludwig Reichenbach.[2]

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.[3]

References
  1. BLKÖ:Rochel, Anton (Botaniker) Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich
  2. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms ... by Umberto Quattrocchi
  3. Google Search (published works)
  4. IPNI.  Rochel.
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