Nicolas Charles Seringe

Nicolas Charles Seringe (December 3, 1776 – December 29, 1858) was a French physician and botanist who was a native of Longjumeau.

He studied medicine in Paris, and subsequently served as a military surgeon. In this role he was involved in the German campaign under General Jean Victor Marie Moreau (1763-1813). Afterwards, he left the army and relocated to Bern, where he became interested in botany and became a teacher. In 1830 he became director of the Jardin de Plantes de Lyon, and from 1834 taught classes at the University of Lyon.

Seringe belonged to several learned societies, and was a founding member of the Linnean Society of Lyon. Among his written works was an 1815 monograph on willows native to Switzerland, a treatise on Swiss cereal grains titled Monographie des céréales de la Suisse (1818) and a work on cereal grains of Europe called Descriptions et figures des céréales européennes (1841).

The standard author abbreviation Ser. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

References

• Societies Savantes de France (translated biography and bibliography)

1. ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do. 

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Name	Seringe, Nicolas Charles
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Date of birth	December 3, 1776
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Date of death	December 29, 1858
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