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 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.[2]

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),[4]
  • Torrendiella (1911),[5]
Species of plants

References

  1. ↑ Torrend, Camille (1875-1961). Vol. 6. 1986. ISBN 9789031302246. Retrieved 15 February 2014. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  2. ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Untitled Document". www.plantasdonordeste.org. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Etimologia dei nomi botanici e micologici, Acta Plantarum". 19 June 2009. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009.
  5. ↑ Boudier JLÉ, Torrend C (1911). "Discomycètes nouveaux de Portugal". Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (in French). 27 (2): 127–136.
  6. ↑ An. Soc. Bot. Brasil, XXIII Congr. Nac. Bot. 125 1973 [1972 publ. 1973] (IK)
  7. ↑ Arq. Bot. Estado Sao Paulo n.s., form. maior, 3: 252 1962 (IK)


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