Camille Torrend

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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]

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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]

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Genus of fungi
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References

  1. Torrend, Camille (1875-1961). 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)