> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 409](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212451) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10757-1) LSID 10757-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21341237) QID Q21341237 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Torssell, Gustaf (1811-1849), Swedish printer and botanist; studied in Uppsala from 1827. **Abbreviated name**: *Torss.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Torss.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection UPS|UPS]]; further material in [[Collection WRSL|WRSL]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 393; BM 5: 2126; GR, cat. p. 72; Hawksworth p. 186; KR p. 722 (b. 28 Apr 1811, d. 5 Feb 1849); LS 26938-26940; PR 6138, 9421, ed. 1: 6841, 10377; SBC p. 133. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Not. 1849: 54-55, also in Bot. Zeit. 7: 416. 1849; Flora 32: 480. 1849 (d.). #### Eponymy The etymology of *Torsellia* E.M. Fries (1849) could not be determined. ### Publications ##### n.14.772. Utkast till växt-geografien **Title** *Utkast till växt-geografien* jemte utförliga undersökningar öfver de viktigaste culturväxternas fädernesland, odling och nytta, af F.J.F. Meyen,... öfversättning af G. Torssell... Örebro (N.M. Lindhs Boktryckeri) 1841-1842, 3 parts. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Utk. växt-geogr.* **Notes** *Original author*: Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen 1804-1840, see TL-2/438-439. This translation of his *Grundr. Pfl*.-*Geogr*. 1836 was only briefly mentioned (but not yet seen) in our entry no. 5894. *1*: 1841, p. \[i-vii\], \[1\]-163. *2*: 1841, p. \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\]-viii, 165-308, *1 pl*. *3*: 1842, p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-127, *1 pl*. \[i\]. – "Bihang" (Appendix). *Copies*: GB-UB, LD, NSUB, NY. ##### n.14.773. Enumeratio Lichenum et Byssacearum Scandinaviae **Title** *Enumeratio Lichenum et Byssacearum Scandinaviae* hucusque cognitarum. Ad normam celeberrimi Eliae Fries curavit G. Torssell. Upsaliae (sumtibus Petri W. Hörlin...) \[1843\]. Duod. (in sixes). **Abbreviated title**: *Enum. Lich. Byssac. Scand.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1843 (date on p. \[60\]), p. \[1\]-55, \[57\]-59, \[60, colo.\]. *Copies*: Almborn, FH, G, H, Peterson. – On p. 57-59: J. Ångström, Addenda et corrigenda ad Dispositionem muscorum Scandinaviae.