| António Rocha da Torre | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1904 (1904) Viana do Castelo, Portugal |
| Died | 1995 (1996) Santo Tirso, Portugal |
| Nationality | Portuguese |
| Occupation(s) | botanist, academic |
António Rocha da Torre (1904–1995) was a Portuguese botanist and taxonomist.
He carried out botanical expeditions to Mozambique, and to Portugal; over four decades, individually and in collaboration, the collection of more than 18,000 botanical specimens. His contributions were essential for the inventory of plant species, the characterization of the types of vegetation and the progress of taxonomic knowledge of the flora of Mozambique. He sometimes collaborated with Jean Olive Dorothy Hillcoat of the Natural History Museum in London in collecting and describing specimens.
Selected publications
The standard author abbreviation Torre is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.- Antonio r. Torre, A.E. Gonçalves. 1976. Cassipourea fanshawei, sp. Nov. (Rhizophoraceae). Garcia de Orta, Ser. Bot. 3 (1): 49
- Susana Saraiva, et al.. 2012. António Rocha da Torre and the Flora of Mozambique. Proceedings of the International Congress of Tropical Knowledge in Mozambique: History, Memory and Science - IICT – JBT/Tropical Botanical Garden. Lisbon, 24-26 October 2012
- "Memórias de África e do Oriente | Catálogo - Pesquisa no Autor - por [torre, antonio rocha da]". memoria-africa.ua.pt. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
- "Memórias de África e do Oriente | Catálogo - Pesquisa no Autor - por [torre, a. r.]". memoria-africa.ua.pt. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
Book chapters
- A.E. Gonçalves, Antonio r. Torre. 1979. Flora de Moçambique. 67. Rhizophoraceae. Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical (Institute for Tropical Scientific Research), Lisbon. 24 pp.
- Antonio r. Torre, A.E. Gonçalves. 1978. Rhizophoraceae. En: E. Launert, Flora Zambesiaca 4, 81-99, 5 est. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Books
Honors
Eponymous species
- (Asteraceae) Crassocephalum torreanum Lisowski
- (Solanaceae) Solanum torreanum A.E.Gonç.
References
- "Torre, Antonio Rocha da on JSTOR". plants.jstor.org. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
- "Torre, Antonia Rocha da". Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
- "Documentários". No trilho dos naturalistas (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-11-08.
- "António Rocha da Torre e a Flora de Moçambique" (PDF). Congresso Internacional Saber Tropical em Moçambique: História, Memória e Ciência Lisboa, IICT-AHU, 24-26 de Outubro de 2012, IICT-IP - Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical (in Portuguese).
- International Plant Names Index. Torre.
- "Memórias de África e do Oriente | Catálogo | Visualização de registo | MFN: 269,102". memoria-africa.ua.pt. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
- Bull. Garden Bot. Natl. Belgium 60(1-2): 178 1990 (IK)
- Kew Bull. 52(3): 706. 1997 (IK)
- "Author Details for António Rocha da Torre" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI).
External links
Data related to António Rocha da Torre at Wikispecies