Auguste François Le Jolis
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Auguste François Le Jolis (1 December 1823, Cherbourg - 20 August 1904, Cherbourg) was a French merchant, judge and botanist.
He is largely known for investigations of cryptogams (algae, hepatics, mosses) found in the department of Manche. In August 1852, he was a founding member of the Société Nationale des Sciences Naturelles et Mathématiques de Cherbourg. Le Jolis distributed the exsiccata series Algues marines de Cherbourg.[1] He was elected to Corresponding membership of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society in 1859.[2]
The algae genus Lejolisia (family Wrangeliaceae) was named after Le Jolis by Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet (1828-1911).[3]
Selected writings
- Observations sur quelques plantes rares découvertes aux environs de Cherbourg, 1847 - Observations of some rare plants discovered in the environs of Cherbourg.
- Lichens des environs de Cherbourg, 1859 - Lichens in the environs of Cherbourg.
- Plantes vasculaires des environs de Cherbourg, 1860 - Vascular plants in the environs of Cherbourg.
- Liste des algues marines de Cherbourg, 1863 - List of marine algae of Cherbourg.
- De la rédaction des flores locales au point de vue de la géographie botanique, 1874 - On the drafting of local floras from the point of view of botanical geography.[4]