Antonio Rocha da Torre

Portuguese botanist (1904-1995).

António Rocha da Torre (1904–1995) was a Portuguese botanist and taxonomist. 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. He sometimes collaborated with Jean Olive Dorothy Hillcoat of the Natural History Museum in London in collecting and describing specimens.