Jean-Baptiste Mougeot

Jean Baptiste Mougeot

Jean-Baptiste Mougeot (25 September 1776, in Bruyères – 5 December 1858) was a French physician and botanist.

From 1798 to 1802, he was stationed in Germany as an army health officer, afterwards returning to his hometown of Bruyères, where he settled as a physician. From 1833 until his death in 1858, he was a member of the conseil général for the département of Vosges.[1] Together with Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Antoine Mougeot and Chrétien Géofroy Nestler he edited some exsiccatae.[2]

The algae genera Mougeotia and Mougeotiopsis (family Zygnemataceae) are named in his honor.[1] Also, taxa with the specific epithet of mougeotii are named after him,[3] an example being Sorbus mougeotii (Mougeot's whitebeam).

Published works

  • "Index alphabeticus: generum, specierum et synonymorum" with Chrétien Géofroy Nestler and Wilhelm Philippe Schimper (1843).
  • Considérations générales sur la végétation spontanée du département des Vosges (1845) – General considerations on flora native to the département of Vosges.[4]
  • "Stirpes cryptogamæ vogeso-rhenanæ: quas in Rheni superioris inferiorisque, nec non Vogesorum præfecturis" with Chrétien Géofroy Nestler and Wilhelm Philippe Schimper (1854).[5]
The standard author abbreviation Moug. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  2. ^ Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.
  3. ^ Mosses of Eastern North America, Volume 1 by Howard Alvin Crum, Lewis Edward Anderson
  4. ^ OCLC Classify (published works)
  5. ^ English Wikisource (published works of Chrétien Géofroy Nestler)
  6. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Moug.