Camille Torrend Explained
Camille Torrend (1875-1961) was a Portuguese clergyman and mycologist. He was active in France, Portugal, Ireland and Brazil. He was a professor of botany and phytopathology at the Imperial Agricultural School of Bahia.[1] Torrend edited the exsiccata Fungi selecti exsiccati.[2]
Torrend described the fungi genera of; Amauroderma aurantiacum, Adustomyces, and Lignosus. The fungal genera of Torrendia (the family Amanitaceae) and Torrendiella (in the family Sclerotiniaceae) were both named after him.[3]
Works
- 1908. Les myxomycètes. Étude des espèces connues jusqu’ici. Broteria 7: 5–177, tab., fig.
- 1909. Notes de mycologie Portugaise. Résultats d’une excursion à la propriété royale de Villa Viçosa. Boletim de Sociedade Portuquesa de Ciencias Naturais 3: 3-7
- 1912. Les Basidiomycetes des environs de Lisbonne et de la région de S. Fiel (Beira Baixa). Brotéria Ser. Botânica 10: 192-210
- 1913. Troisième contribution pour l’étude des champignons de l’île de Madère. Brotéria Ser. Botânica 9: 65-181
- 1913. Les Basidiomycetes des environs de Lisbonne et de la région de S. Fiel (Beira Baixa) [cont.]. Brotéria Ser. Botânica 11: 20-64
- 1913. Les Basidiomycetes des environs de Lisbonne et de la région de S. Fiel (Beira Baixa) [concl.]. Brotéria Ser. Botânica 11: 54-98
- 1940. As poliporaceas da Bahia e Estados limítrofes. Anales de la Reunión Sul-Amer. Bot. 1938 2: 325-341
Honors
- Genus of fungi
- Torrendia (1902),[5]
- Torrendiella (1911),[6]
- Species of plants:
Notes and References
- Book: Torrend, Camille (1875-1961). Taxonomic Literature II. 1986 . 6 . 9789031302246 . 15 February 2014.
- Web site: Fungi selecti exsiccati: IndExs ExsiccataID=906695603 . IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae . Botanische Staatssammlung München . 21 September 2024.
- Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . 246307410 . January 27, 2022.
- Web site: Untitled Document . www.plantasdonordeste.org . 22 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081120140837/http://www.plantasdonordeste.org/herbarios/urm_her.html . 20 November 2008 . dead.
- Web site: Etimologia dei nomi botanici e micologici, Acta Plantarum. https://web.archive.org/web/20090619195208/http://actanaturae.actafungorum.org/botanica/etimologia.php?nome=T. dead. 19 June 2009. 19 June 2009.
- ((Boudier JLÉ)), Torrend C . Discomycètes nouveaux de Portugal . Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France . 1911 . 27 . 2 . 127–136 . French.
- An. Soc. Bot. Brasil, XXIII Congr. Nac. Bot. 125 1973 [1972 publ. 1973] (IK)
- Arq. Bot. Estado Sao Paulo n.s., form. maior, 3: 252 1962 (IK)