Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (23 December 1797 – 29 June 1853) was a French botanist. Born in

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as the son of botanist Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, he received the degree of

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in 1824 with a treatise of the plant

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. When his father retired in 1826, he succeeded him at the Jardin des Plantes; in 1845 he became professor of organography of

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. He was also president of the French Academy of Sciences. De Jussieu was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the

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in 1850. His main publications were the ''Cours élémentaire de botanique'' (Paris) and the ''Géographie botanique'' (Paris, 1846), as well as several monographs, most notably the one on the family Malpighiaceae. In botanical references he is usually abbreviated as Adr. Juss., also sometimes as A. Juss., as his father already has the abbreviation Juss. The asteroid

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was named in honor of the

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family. In 1825, botanist Gaudich. published '' Adriana'', which is a

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of Australian shrubs in the family

, and named in Adrien-Henri de Jussieu's honour.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jussieu, Adrien-Henri De 1797 births 1853 deaths Botanists with author abbreviations Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 19th-century French botanists Officers of the French Academy of Sciences Scientists from Paris