Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps

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Jean-Louis-Auguste Loiseleur-Deslongchamps
Born	(1774-03-24)24 March 1774 Dreux, Kingdom of France
Died	8 May 1849(1849-05-08) (aged 75) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Awards	Legion of Honour
Scientific career
Fields	Botany
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.