| Name | Preiss, Johann August Ludwig | 
| Date of birth | 1811  | 
| Date of death | 1883  | 
| Remarks |  [author note: Herbarium and types: C, DBN, E, H, HBG, L, LD, LE, M (810), MEL, P, PC, W] [collector note: MEL] | 
| ASA Botanist ID | 137509 botanist | 
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/364ae1f8-efe9-47f2-9baa-702403808c98 | 
| Variant name | Johann August Ludwig Preiss | 
| Variant name | Ludwig Preiss | 
| Author name | L. Preiss | 
| B & P Author Abbrev. | L. Preiss | 
| Standard/Label Name | J. A. Preiss | 
| Full Name | Preiss, Johann August Ludwig | 
| Geography Author | Germany | 
| Geography Collector | Australia (Country),  Brazil,  Malaysia,  Peru,  Sri Lanka | 
| Specialty Author | Spermatophytes | 
| Specialty Collector | Algae | 
| Specialty Collector | Phanerogams | 
| Citation as Author |  Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | 
| Citation as Author |  Taxonomic Literature. Second Edition. Utrecht | 
| Citation as Collector | Index Herbariorum - Collectors N-R  | 
| Holdings | Search for specimens collected by J. A. Preiss | 
| Collections in | [no date] (23),  1838 (1),  1839 (11),  1840 (7),  1841 (1) |