Louis Auguste Joseph Desrousseaux

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
Born27 July 1753
Died20 January 1838 (1838-01-21) (aged 84)
NationalityFrench
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
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]

References

  1. "International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Archived from the original on 2015-09-26.
  2. "Rousseauxia DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  3. International Plant Names Index.  Desr.


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