Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps (24 March 1774, in Dreux, Eure-et-Loir – 8 May 1849, in Paris) was a French physician and botanist. The standard author abbreviation Loisel. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[1]
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Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps | |
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Born | (1774-03-24)24 March 1774 |
Died | (1849-05-08)8 May 1849 |
Nationality | French |
Awards | Legion of Honour |
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Fields | Botany |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Loisel. |
He was the author of and contributor of a number of works on medicine and botany. He was elected to the Académie Nationale de Médecine in 1823 and was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1834.
He is commemorated with the botanical genera Loiseleuria (Desv., 1813) and Longchampia (Willd., 1811).[2] His son was the Indologist, Auguste-Louis-Armand Loiseleur-Deslongchamps.
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