Jacques Denys (Denis) Choisy (5 April 1799, Jussy – 26 November 1859, Geneva) was a Swiss Protestant clergyman and botanist.[1]
He studied theology, law, humanities and sciences at the Académie de Genève. In 1821 he became ordained as a minister, and during the following year, furthered his education in Paris. During his stay in Paris, he was accepted as a member of the Société d'histoire naturelle. Following his return to Geneva in 1824, he was named chair of rational philosophy at the Academy, a position he maintained until 1847.[2]
As a student in Geneva, he came under the influence of Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, and in the process, developed a lifelong passion for botany.[2] He was a principal contributor towards Candolle's publication of "Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis", being the author of the sections involving the plant families Marcgraviaceae, Convolvulaceae, Hydroleaceae, Selaginaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Hypericineae and Guttiferae.[3] The botanical genus Choisya (family Rutaceae) is named in his honor.[4]
As a theologian/philosopher he published works with titles such as, "Des doctrines exclusives en philosophie rationelle" (1828) and "Les lois morales: Fragment d'un cours de philosophie morale" (1836).[5]
JacquesDenys (Denis) Choisy (5 April 1799, Jussy – 26 November 1859, Geneva) was a Swiss Protestant clergyman and botanist. He studied theology, law,...
de Choisy (1644–1724), French author JacquesDenysChoisy (1799–1859), Swiss botanist whose standard author abbreviation is Choisy Auguste Choisy (1841–1909)...
correct name of the species is attributed to the French botanist JacquesDenysChoisy in Description des guttifères de l'Inde (1849) based on the basionym...
native range is Southern Central USA to Northeastern Mexico . "Nyctaginia Choisy | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online...
of Augustin Pyramus de Candolle's Prodromus, published in 1845, JacquesDenysChoisy reduced a number of these synonyms to ten varieties of Convolvulus...
holocentric during meiosis. It is a parasite of Carthamus glaucus. Choisy, JacquesDenys (Denis) Cusc. 174, t. 1, f. 1. Engelm. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis...
Species: T. penangiana Binomial name Ternstroemia penangiana Choisy Synonyms Mokof penangiana (Choisy) Kuntze Adinandra bancana (Miq.) King ex B.D.Jacks. Adinandra...
(Choisy) Ohwi". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved December 19, 2022. "Piper kadsura (Choisy)...
plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to The Philippines. JacquesDenysChoisy, the Swiss botanist who first formally described the species, named...
luxurians (Moric.) Athiê-Souza & Buril Aniseia martinicensis (Jacq.) Choisy "Aniseia Choisy | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World...
Aldabra giant tortoise, of the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles. Choisy, JacquesDenys (Denis) Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 13(2):...
Mey. Agathelpis brevifolia E.Mey. Agathelpis mucronata E.Mey. "Agathelpis Choisy | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online...
(d. 1862) 1795 – Henry Havelock, British general (d. 1857) 1799 – JacquesDenysChoisy, Swiss clergyman and botanist (d. 1859) 1801 – Félix Dujardin, French...
hydrocarbons. Hypericum grandifolium was first formally described by JacquesDenysChoisy in 1821. He collected the species' type specimen on the island of...
japonica Choisy". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved December 18, 2022. "Cuscuta japonica Choisy". Catalogue...
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