> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 231](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259277) of TL-2 Suppl. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/17968-1) LSID 17968-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3261721) QID Q3261721 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Despréaux, J.M. (1794-1843), French physician and botanist, born at Fougères, France 25 Dec 1794, studied in Paris, came in the French marine, studied further medicine, went as botanist with Bory de Saint-Vincent to Morea, collected in the Canary Islands, went to Cuba 1841, Mexico 1842, died in Mexico 27 Nov 1843. **Abbreviated name**: *Despr.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Despr.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection G|G]], further material at [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection FI|FI]]-Webb, [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MPU|MPU]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PC|PC]] (Montagne), [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 447 (b. 25 Dec 1794, Fougères, France, d. 27 Nov 1843, Mexico); GR p. 274; IH 2: 160; Lasègue p. 112, 116, 187, 297, 302, 504; PR p. 81. #### Biofile - Baillon, H.E., Dict. bot. 2: 387. 1883. - Boissier, E., Fl. Orient 1: xiii. 1867. - Candolle, Alph. de, Phytographie 407. 1880. - Hertel, H., Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 16: 357. 1980 (Lich. coll. at M). - Leon, J.S.S., Mem. Soc. Cub. Hist. nat. 3: 189. 1918. - Leon, N., Bibl. bot. mexic. 107-188. 1895 (major biogr.). - Mears, J.A., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 133: 149. 1981. - Sayre, G., Bryologist 80(3): 507. 1977 (lists FI-Webb, PC-Montagne). - Steinberg, C.H., Mon. Biol. Canar. 4: autogr. label of D., p. 26, 1973; Webbia 32(1): 23. 1977. - Urban, I., Symb. Ant. 3: 37. 1902. ### Publications ##### n.29.921. Laminaires **Title** Essai sur les *Laminaires* des côtes de *Normandie*... \[Paris (Mém. Soc. Hist. nat.) 1834\]. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1834, p. \[1\]-20, *pl. 4-10.* *Copies*: G, L, NY, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Mém. Soc. Hist. nat. Paris 5: 41-60, *pl. 4-10.* 1834.