Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps

Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps
Born(1774-03-24)24 March 1774
Died8 May 1849(1849-05-08) (aged 75)
NationalityFrench
AwardsLegion of Honour
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
Author abbrev. (botany)Loisel.

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]

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.

  1. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Loisel.
  2. ^ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications