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### Author
Torges, \[Karl\] Emil \[Wilhelm\] (1831-1917), German military physician and botanist (agrostologist); studied medecine in Berlin from 1856-1886; on active service in Saarlouis and Magdeburg; ultimately in Weimar.
**Abbreviated name**: *Torges* \[standard form in IPNI: *Torges*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection JE|JE]]. – Other material in [[Collection E|E]]. – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]].
#### Bibliography and biography
AG 2(1): 220; Barnhart 3: 391 (b. 18 Feb 1831, d. 23 Mar 1917); Biol.-Dokum. 18: 9331; Bossert p. 403; Christiansen p. 320 \[index\]; CSP 19: 167; DTS 1: 304, 6(4): 202; IH 1 (ed. 6): 365, (ed. 7): 344, 2: (files).
#### Biofile
- Anon., Allg. bot. Z. 22: 136. 1917 (d.); Magy. bot. Lap. 15: 313. 1916 (d.); Österr. bot. Z. 66: 312. 1917 (d.).
- Hergt, B., Mitt. Thüring. bot. Ver. ser. 2. 34: 1-9. 1918 (obit.).
#### Note
*Zur Gattung Calamagrostidis* Adans., *in* Mitt. thür. bot. Ver. ser. 2. 6: 14-22. 1894, 7: 18-23. 1895, 8: 13-16, 1895, 11: 78-93. 1897, 12: \[22\]-25. 1898, 16: 30-32. 1901, 17: 76-80, 81-87, 88-92, 93-101. 1902, 20: \[51\]-62. 1904-1905 \[several of these articles also reprinted with original pagination, copies at B\].
#### Eponymy
*Torgesia* Bornmüller (1913).