> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 394](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212436) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10742-1) LSID 10742-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1493160) QID Q1493160 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Torén, Olof (1718-1753), Swedish clergyman and ship chaplain; studied at Uppsala; ordained 1747, ship chaplain with the Swedish East India Company 1748-1749 (to China) and 1750-1752 (to China and India); collected plants in Surat and Malabar. **Abbreviated name**: *Torén* \[standard form in IPNI: *Torén*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection LINN|LINN]]. – For itinerary see e.g. [[Collection SK|SK]] and C.A. Torén. #### Bibliography and biography Backer p. 589; Barnhart 3: 391; BM 5: 2122, 8: 1318; Bret. p. 60; Frank 3 (Anh.): 104; GR p. 502; KR p. 721-722 (b. 1718, d. 17 Aug 1753); Lasègue p. 430, 503; PR 6865, ed. 1: 7664; SK 5: cccxxvii; SO 3599-3604; TL-2/7121; Tucker 1: 693. #### Biofile - Ährling, E., Carl von Linnés brefvexling 49. 1885 (corr.). - Ahlström, S., O. Torén, En Ostindisk Resa 7-12. 1961. - Anon., Cat. gen. livr. impr. Bibl. natl. 191: 711. 1965. - Bernardi, L., Mus. Genève 198: 13. 1979. - Blunt, W., The compleat naturalist 183. 1971. - C.A.T., Sv. män kvinn. 8: 10. 1955. - Fries, R.E., Short hist. bot. Sweden 28. 1950. - Fries, T.M., Bref. skrifv. Linné 1(2): 224. 1908, 1(3): 12. 1909. - Hulth, J.M., Bref. skrifv. Linné 1(8): 124, 166, 167. 1922. - Jackson, B.D., Proc. Linn. Soc. 134 (suppl.): 20. 1922. - Löwegren, Y., Naturaliekabinett i Sverige 368: 1952. - Mägdefrau, K., Gesch. Bot. 54, 55. 1973. - Torén, C.A., Sv. Linné-Sällsk. Årsskr. 36: 17-56. 1953 (main biogr. account); Sv. män kvinn. 8: 10. 1953. - Wallström, T., Svenska upptäckare 84, 125-126. 1983. #### Composite works *En Ostindisk resa* til Suratte, China etc.... *in* P. Osbeck, *Dagb. Ostind. resa* 313-376. 1757, see TL-2/7121. – German: *Eine Ostindische Reise... in* id., *Reise Ostindien* 431-514. 1765, English: *A voyage to Suratte, China*, &c.... in *id. A voyage to China* 2: 153-266. 1771; for further details (incl. French translation) 93, BM 8: 1318. #### Eponymy *Nortenia* Du Petit-Thouars (1806); *Torenia* Linnaeus (1753).