Louis Auguste Joseph Desrousseaux

Born| 27 July 1753
Died| 20 January 1838 (1838-01-21) (aged 84)
Nationality| France
Scientific career
Fields| Botany
Pteridology
Author abbrev. (botany)| Desr.

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.

List of all genera and species described by this author in IPNI

Desrousseaux produced many works on new plant species, creating 414 new records.[1]

In 1828, botanist 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]

The standard author abbreviation Desr. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]

## References

1. ↑ http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_includePublicationAuthors=on&find_includePublicationAuthors=off&find_includeBasionymAuthors=on&find_includeBasionymAuthors=off&find_rankToReturn=all&output_format=normal&find_authorAbbrev=Desr.
2. ↑ "Rousseauxia DC. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:26572-1.
3. ↑ IPNI, Desr., http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=Desr.

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