> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 44](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33266351) of TL-2 Suppl. III
> Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/1099-1) LSID 1099-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3261026) QID Q3261026
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> [!example] See also [[Brébisson, Louis Alphonse de|first entry]] for this author
### Author
\* Brébisson, \[Louis\] Alphonse de (1798-1872), French naturalist, promotor of sciences and arts of independent means at Falaise, Dépt. Calvados, especially interested in cryptogams, archeology and photography.
**Abbreviated name**: *Bréb.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Bréb.*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection CN|CN]], diatoms at [[Collection MPU|MPU]], [[Collection PC|PC]] (8000), [[Collection AWH|AWH]] and [[Collection L|L]]. – See TL-2/1: 311. – Further material in [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BP|BP]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection HBG|HBG]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection KIEL|KIEL]], [[Collection LD|LD]], [[Collection LG|LG]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection MPU|MPU]], [[Collection NTM|NTM]], [[Collection OS|OS]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection TL|TL]], [[Collection TO|TO]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]].
*Exsiccatae*: *Mousses de la Normandie*, see MD p. 57-59 and TL-2/723.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 244; BL 2: 634; BM 1: 227, 6: 124; Bossert p. 51; CSP 1: 590, 6: 604, 7: 251, 9: 339; De Toni 1: xvi-xvii, 2: xv-xvi, 4: viii-ix; DBF 7: 188-189; Frank 3(Anh): 14; GR p. 269; GR, cat. p. 61; IH 2: 94; Jackson p. 159, 282, 288; Kew 1: 348; KR p. 101; Lasègue p. 289; MD 57-59 (major source); NAF ser. 2. 6: 58; Nordstedt p. 10; PR 1116-1119; Quenstedt p. 57; Rehder 5(index): 118; SBC p. 116; TL-1: 48; TL-2/1: 311-313 and see indexes; Tucker 1: 109; Urban-Berl. p. 270, 295.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Bot. Zeit. 30: 510. 1872; J. Bot. 10: 191. 1872 (brief obit. note), 14: 128. 1876 (diatoms to be distr. by H.L. Smith).
- Bary, A. de, Bot. Zeit. 30(30): 560. 1872 (obit. note).
- Bridson, G.D.R. et al., Nat. hist. mss. res. Brit. Isl. 255. 84. 1980.
- Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 399-400. 1880.
- Cupp, E.E., Mar. plankton diat. W. coast N. Amer. 211. 1943.
- Deby, J., Bibl. microsc. microgr. studies 3: 6. 1882 (diatom publ.).
- Fournier, E., Bull. Soc. bot. France 19(Bibl.): 208. 1873 (sale of B's library at Paris 24 Mar 1873).
- Fournier, E., *in* H.E. Baillon, Dict. bot. 1: 491. 1878 (detailed listing publ.).
- Frison, Ed., Henri F. Van Heurck 19, 24, 25, 26, 40, 48. 1959.
- Granel de Solignac, L. and L. Bertrand, Naturalia Monspeliensia, Bot. 18: 278. 1967 (algues at MPU).
- Harant, H. et al., Rev. bryol. lichénol. ser. 2. 34(3-4): 721. 1967 (six vols. mss. at MPU).
- Ilg, W., Hoppea 42: 319. 1984 (member Regensb. Bot. Ges. 1842).
- Laissus, Y., 103. Congr. natl. Soc. Sav. Nancy 5: 233-240. 1978 (84 letters to J.B. Mougeot).
- Letacq, A.L., Bull. Soc. Amis Sci. nat. Rouen ser. 5. 42: 94-97. 1907 (obit., discussion major publ.).
- Malbranche, A., Bull. Soc. Amis Sci. nat. Rouen 1872(2): 187-196 (biogr., see also Bull. Soc. bot. France 19(Bibl.): 243. 1873).
- Morière, J., Notice biogr. sur A. de Bréb. naturaliste, Cean (Imprimerie F. Le-Blanc-Hardel. 1874) 28 p., repr. from Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie ser. 2. 8: 3-27. 1824 (biogr.).
- Müller, R.H.W. and R. Zaunick, Friedr. Traug. Kützing 19, 243, 245, 276. 1960.
- Oursel, Nouv. biogr. Normandie 1: 132-133. 1886.
- Roussel, A.V., Bull. Soc. bot. France 19(C.R.): 194, 243. 1872 (brief obit. note).
- S., Flora 55(17): 267-268. 1872 (obit.).
- Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(2): 185-186. 1971 (details *Mousses de la Normandie*).
- Tempère, J.A., Le Diatomiste 2(17): 81-86. 1893/96 (general herb. at Bayeux, biogr., portr.).
- VanLandingham, S.L., Cat. Diat. 4: 2291-2292. 1971, 6: 3512-3513. 1978, 7: 4151-4152. 1978.
- Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 110. 1903, 3(3): 110. 1905 (on portr.).
#### Note
*Consid. Diatom.*, TL-2/726, available on IDC 6347/1.
### Publications
##### n.22.693. Descriptions
**Title**
*Descriptions* succinctes *des Orchidées* qui croissent naturellement *dans les environs de Falaise*,... 1825. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1825 (in journal; text read 7 Jun 1824), p. \[1\]-19. *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Mém. Soc. Linn. Calvados 2: 366-383. 1825.
##### n.22.694. Coup d'oeil sur la végétation de la Basse-Normandie
**Title**
*Coup d'oeil sur la végétation de la Basse-Normandie*, considerée dans ses rapports avec le sol et les terrains,... Caen (Chez T. Chalopin,...) 1829. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1829, cover-t.p., p. \[i, t.p.\], \[1\]-25. *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Mém. Soc. Linn. Normandie 4: 367-391. 1829 ("1828").
##### n.22.695. Description de deux nouveaux genres d'algues fluviatiles
**Title**
*Description de deux nouveaux genres d'algues fluviatiles*... Extrait des Annales des Sciences naturelles... 1844. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jan 1844 (in journal), p. \[25\]-31, *pl. 1-2* (col. liths. auct.). *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 3. 1: 25-31, *pl. 1-2.* 1844. – *Coleochaete* Bréb. 1844 (nom. cons.), ING 1: 400; *Hormospora* Bréb. but see ING 2: 837 previous publ. by Bréb. 1839.
##### n.22.696. Liste des Desmidiées
**Title**
*Liste des Desmidiées* observées en Basse-Normandie... Paris (Chez J.-B. Baillière,...) 1856. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1856, cover-t.p., p. \[i-iii\], \[113\]-162, add. \[1\]-4, *pl. 1-2* (col. liths.). *Copy*: L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Mém. Soc. Imp. Sci. nat. Cherbourg 4: 113-162, 300-304 (Additions à la liste...), *pl. 1-2.* 1856.
*Ref*.: I., Herm., Bot. Zeit. 14(49): 865-867. 5 Dec 1856 (detailed rev.).
##### n.22.697. Description de quelques nouvelles Diatomées
**Title**
*Description de quelques nouvelles Diatomées* observées dans le guano du Péru, formant le genre Spatangidium... \[Extrait du... Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Normandie... 1858\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1858 (in journal, text closed on p. 7 Mar 1857), p. \[1\]-7, *pl. 3* (uncol. lith.). *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie 2: 292-298, *pl. 3.* 1857. – Also published in Ann. Sci. nat., Bot. ser. 4. 9: 91-96, *pl. 3.* 1858.
##### n.22.698. De la structure des valves des Diatomacées
**Title**
*De la structure des valves des Diatomacées* considérations présentées à la Société Linnéenne de Normandie dans sa séance du dimanche 3 juillet 1870... Paris (Chez A. Savy,...) 1872. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1872, cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-16, \[i, insert on B's death by René de Brébisson ("La mort est venue... le 26 avril dernier \[1872\]"). *Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Soc. Linn. Normandie ser. 2. 5: 412-428. 1872 (p. 423-428 by F. Castracane degli Antelminelli 1817-1899, q.v.).