John Torrey | Academic Influence

John Torrey's AcademicInfluence.com Rankings

John Torrey

Biology

#788

Historical Rank

Botany

#31

Historical Rank

biology Degrees

Download Badge

Biology

Why Is John Torrey Influential?

(Suggest an Edit or Addition)

According to Wikipedia, John Torrey was an American botanist, chemist, and physician. Throughout much of his career, he was a teacher of chemistry, often at multiple universities, while he also pursued botanical work, focusing on the flora of North America. His most renowned works include studies of the New York flora, the Mexican Boundary, the Pacific railroad surveys, and the uncompleted Flora of North America.

(See a Problem?)

John Torrey's Published Works

Published Works

The Regulation of the Intestinal Flora of Dogs through Diet. (26)
Studies in Canine Distemper. (19)
The Fecal Flora of Typhoid Fever and Its Reaction to Various Diets (19)
A flora of the State of New-York, comprising full descriptions of all the indigenous and naturalized plants hitherto discovered in the state; (12)
A flora of the northern and middle sections of the United States; or, A systematic arrangement and description of all the plants hitherto discovered in the United States north of Virginia. (9)
Descriptions of plants collected along the route, by W.P. Blake, and at the mouth of the Gila / (4)
On the Darlingtonia californica, a new pitcher-plant from northern California /by John Torrey. (4)
VI.—On Ammobroma, a New Genus of Plants, allied to Corallophyllum and Pholisma (3)
Observations on the Batis maritima of Linnaeus (3)
Catalogue of plants, indigenous to the State of New-York. (2)
Phanerogamia of Pacific North America (2)
Monograph of North american Cyperaceae ; by John Torrey, to which is appended a Monograph of the North american species of Rhynchospora, etc. ; by Asa Gray. (2)
A compendium of the flora of the northern and middle states, containing generic and specific descriptions of all the plants, exclusive of the cryptogamia, hitherto found in the United States, north of the Potomac. (2)
General catalogue of the plants collected on the expedition (1)
Account of a collection of plants from the Rocky Mountains and adjacent countries (1)
Plantæ frémontianæ, or, Descriptions of plants collected by Col. J. C. Frémont in California /b John Torrey. (1)
A medicinal botany (0)
Botanic contributions relating to the flora of western North America [by] Gray, Engelmann, Torrey [and] Frémont. (0)
Asa Gray correspondence. (0)
Catalogue of North American genera of plants (0)
Description of the plants collected during the expedition (0)
Revision of the Erigoneae (0)
Report on the botany of the expedition /by Professor John Torrey. (0)
Botany : I. Lower Cryptogamia. II. Phanerogamia of the Pacific Coast of North America. (0)
Catalogue of plants collected by the expedition (0)
Report on the botany of the expedition /by John Torrey and Asa Gray. (0)
Six Hundred and Sixteenth Meeting. January 26, 1870. Statute Meeting; A Revision of the Eriogoneœ (0)
Letter from [John Torrey] to John Muir, 1872 Sep [28]. (0)
Report of Dr. Torrey on the Botanical Department of the Survey. [Catalogue of plants.] (0)
Catalogue of plants collected by the expedition /by John Torrey. (0)
Dr. Torrey's First Trip to the Pines (1876) (0)
Letter from John Torrey to daughter [name unknown], 1872 Aug 25. (0)
Calendarium florae for the vicinity of New York (0)
Plant lists, notes, and correspondence : Frémont expeditions, 1843-1853 (0)

This paper list is powered by the following services:

Other Resources About John Torrey

en.wikipedia.org

What Schools Are Affiliated With John Torrey?

John Torrey is affiliated with the following schools:

What Are John Torrey's Academic Contributions?

John Torrey has made the following academic contributions:

A Flora of the Northern and Middle Sections of the United States

Image Attributions

Image Source for John Torrey