Jean Louis August Loiseleur-Deslongchamps
| Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps | |
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| Born |
24 March 1774 Dreux |
| Died |
8 May 1849 Paris |
| Residence | France |
| Nationality | French |
| Awards | Legion of Honour |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Loisel. |
Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps (born 24 March 1774 in Dreux, Eure-et-Loir — died 8 May 1849 in Paris) was a French physician and botanist.
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). His son was the Indologist, Auguste-Louis-Armand Loiseleur-Deslongchamps.
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