Louis Auguste Joseph Desrousseaux (27 July 1753 – 20 January 1838) was a French botanist and pteridologist. He was a contributor to the "Encyclopedia Botanique" of Lamarck, from 1783 to 1796.
Louis Auguste Joseph Desrousseaux | |
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Born | 27 July 1753 |
Died | 20 January 1838 (1838-01-21) (aged 84) |
Nationality | French |
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Fields | Botany Pteridology |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Desr. |
Desrousseaux produced many works on new plant species, creating 414 new records.[1]
In 1828, botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (DC.) published Rousseauxia, a genus of flowering plants from Madagascar, belonging to the family Melastomataceae and named in honour of Louis Auguste Joseph Desrousseaux.[2]
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