António Rocha da Torre explained

António Rocha da Torre
Birth Place:	Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Death Place:	Santo Tirso, Portugal
Nationality:	Portuguese
Occupation:	botanist, academic

António Rocha da Torre (1904–1995) was a Portuguese botanist and taxonomist.^{[1] [2] [3]}

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.^[4] He sometimes collaborated with Jean Olive Dorothy Hillcoat of the Natural History Museum in London in collecting and describing specimens.

Selected publications

• Antonio r. Torre, A.E. Gonçalves. 1976. Cassipourea fanshawei, sp. Nov. (Rhizophoraceae). Garcia de Orta, Ser. Bot. 3 (1): 49 ^[5]
• 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
• Web site: Memórias de África e do Oriente Catálogo - Pesquisa no Autor - por [torre, antonio rocha da]]. 2021-11-08. memoria-africa.ua.pt.
• Web site: Memórias de África e do Oriente Catálogo - Pesquisa no Autor - por [torre, a. r.]]. 2021-11-08. memoria-africa.ua.pt.

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^[6]
• (Solanaceae) Solanum torreanum A.E.Gonç.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Torre, Antonio Rocha da on JSTOR. 2021-11-08. plants.jstor.org .
2. Web site: Torre, Antonia Rocha da. Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries. 2021-11-08 . en.
3. Web site: Documentários. 2021-11-08. No trilho dos naturalistas. pt-PT.
4. Web site: António Rocha da Torre e a Flora de Moçambique. 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. pt.
5. Web site: Memórias de África e do Oriente Catálogo Visualização de registo MFN: 269,102. 2021-11-08. memoria-africa.ua.pt.
6. Bull. Garden Bot. Natl. Belgium 60(1-2): 178 1990 (IK)
7. Kew Bull. 52(3): 706. 1997 (IK)