Biography

 Maria Amelia Torres, Argentine botanist (Tandil, Buenos Aires Province 27 January 1934 – La Plata 28 December 2011)

DESCRIBED PLANTAE TAXA

Genus

Nicoraea 1997

Subgenus

Mucronella 1997

Species

Melica eremophila 1970

Melica glabrescens 1980

Melica parodiana 1968

Nassella burkartii 1993

Nassella cabrerae 1997

Nassella catamarcensis 1997

Nassella fabrisii 1997

Nassella famatinensis 1997

Nassella glabripoda 1997

Nassella meyeri 1997

Nassella novari 1997

Nassella parva 1997

Nassella punensis 1997

Nassella ragonesei 1997

Nassella yaviensis 1997

Nicoraea brevis 1997

Stipa scabrifolia 1997

Stipa ventanicola 1968 with Cabrera

HONORS

Amelichloa Arriaga & Barkworth 2006 (Poaceae)