> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 103](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33265780) of TL-2 Suppl. IV
> Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/1597-1) LSID 1597-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3424685) QID Q3424685
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> [!example] See also [[Ching, Ren-Chang|first entry]] for this author
### Author
\* Ching, Ren-Chang (1889-1986), Chinese botanist, born in Wujing County, Kiangsu Prov., studied at Kingling University, Nanking, 1925, lectured at Dept. Biology, S.E. University, Nanking 1925-1927, head of the Botany Section of the Metropolitan Museum, Nanking, 1927-1932, head of the herbarium of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology 1932-1945, from then on in education and forestry and setting up the Academia Sinica, director Phytotaxonomy Dept. Botanical Institute in Beijing, at last advisor of the institute until 1986.
**Abbreviated name**: *Ching* \[standard form in IPNI: *Ching*\]
#### Herbarium and types
(see IH 2: 125): [[Collection PE|PE]] (orig.), further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BH|BH]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection HH (sensu TL-2)|HH]], [[Collection LA|LA]], [[Collection LCU|LCU]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection N|N]], [[Collection NT|NT]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection U|U]], [[Collection US|US]] (p.p. orig.).
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 1: 342 (b. 16 Feb 1899 \[incorrect\], Nanking, China); Hortus 3: 1190; IF suppl. 3: 203-204, 4: 315-316; IH 1, ed. 8: 256, IH 2: 125; Kew 1: 535-536; MW p. 75-76, MW suppl. 43-44; Roon p. 26; TL-2/1: 495-496; Zander ed. 10, p. 645, ed. 11, p. 733.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Ching, R.C., in mss. for A.C. de Roon, Internat. directory specialists pl. taxonomy, mss. in TL-2 files (b. 1 March 1889, not 16 Feb 1899).
- Chung, H.H., Lingnan Sci. J. 7: 126. 1929 (coll. Chung Hsien 1927, determined by A. Rehder and L. Diels).
- Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world 582. 1984.
- Shan Ren-hwa, Taxon 30(4): 866. 1981 (coll. in Jiansu Bot. Inst. Herb., see also IH 1, ed. 8, p. 256).
- Shing, K.S., Taxon 37(2): 409-416. 1988 (obit., b. 16 Jan 1898 \[sic\], d. 22 Jul 1986, portr., list of publications \[129 nos.\]).
#### Eponymy
*Chingiacanthus* Handel-Mazzetti, Sinensia 5: 11. 1934. – See ING 1: 345. 1979.
### Publications
##### n.25.893. new species of ferns from Kwangsi
**Title**
Some *new species of ferns from Kwangsi*, China, Sinensia... 1929. Qu.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Aug 1929 (in journal), Sinensia 1: 1-13. 1929. *Copy*: HH.
*Ref*.: Krause, K., Bot. Jahrb. 64(Lit): 2. 1931 (rev.).
##### n.25.894. studies
**Title**
The *studies* of *Chinese ferns* I-XII... 1930-1935. Qu.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: *1*: Apr 1930 (see Taxon 37(2): 410. 1988), *in* Sinensia 1(4): 43-56. 1930. – No reprint seen.
*2*: 30 Mai 1930 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[i, Chin.\], 145-159, \[161-162, Chin.\]. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 1(9): 145-162. 1930.
*3*: 20 Mar 1931 (see Taxon 37(2): 411. 1988), *in* id. 2(1): 1-14, *pl. 1-3.* 1931. – No reprint seen.
*4*: 30 Mar 1931, id. 2(2): 15-23, *pl. 1-8.* 1931. – No reprint seen.
*5*: 22 Jun 1931, id. 2(10): 185-224, *pl. 1-31.* 1931. – No reprint seen.
*6*: Jun 1931, cover-t.p., p. 175-192 (Genus *Vittaria* of China & Sikkime\[sic\]-Himalaya).
*Copy*: G. – Reprinted and to be cited from Sinensia 1(12): 175-192. 1931. *– Ref*.: L. Diels, Bot. Jahrb. 65(Lit.): 670. 1933 (rev.).
*7*: Aug 1931, id. 2(2): 9-36. 1931. – No reprint seen.
*8*: Nov 1932, id. 3(5): 131-156. 1932. – No reprint seen.
*9*: 24 Feb 1933, id. 4(3): 47-116. 1933. – No reprint seen.
*10*: 10 Mai 1933, id. 4(10): 293-354. 1933. – No reprint seen.
*11*: Dec 1933, id., *in* Contr. Inst. Bot. Natl. Acad. Peiping 2(3): 31-100, *pl. 3-4.* 1931. – No reprint seen.
*12*: Jun 1935 (see Taxon 37(2): 412. 1988), id. *in* Bull. Chin. Bot. Soc. 1(1): 36-72. 1935. See for further publications in this series Taxon 37(2): 412-413. 1988.
##### n.25.895. present status
**Title**
The *present status* of our knowledge of *Chinese ferns*... Peking Natural History Bulletin... 1932-1933. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 1932-1933, p. \[253\]-273. *Copies*: L, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Peking Nat. Hist. Bull. 7: 253-273. 1932-1933.
##### n.25.896. Pteridophyta of Kiangsu Province
**Title**
The *Pteridophyta of Kiangsu Province*... \[Sinensia... 1933\]. Qu.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jun 1933 (in journal), p. \[319\]-348. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Sinensia 3(12): 319-348. 1933.
*Ref*.: Diels, L., Bot. Jahrb. 66(Lit.): 70. 1934 (rev.).
##### n.25.897. Lithostegia
**Title**
*Lithostegia*, a new genus of polypodiaceous fern from Sikkim-Yunnan... Sinensia ... 1933. Qu.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Jul 1933 (Nat. Nov. Oct 1934), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-9. – See ING 2: 995. 1979. – Reprint combined with J.E. Dandy, *Magnoliaceae collected in Kwangsi by R.C. Ching in 1928*, p. 10-13. *Copy*: B. – Reprinted and to be cited from Sinensia 4(1): 1-13. 1933.
##### n.25.898. Onychium
**Title**
On the genus *Onychium* Kaulf. *from the far Orient*... Canton, China... 1934. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 30 Jul 1934 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 493-501. *Copies*: B, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Lingnan Sci. J. 13(3): 493-501. 1934.
##### n.25.899. Chinese and Sikkim-Himalayan Dryopteris
**Title**
A revision of the *Chinese and Sikkim-Himalayan Dryopteris* with reference to some species from neighbouring regions... \[Published by the Institute, Peiping, China... 1936\]. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: 11 Mar 1936 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 237-352. *Copy*: L; IDC E 5087/2. – Reprinted and to be cited from Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol. 6(5): 237-352. 1936.
##### n.25.900. New and little known ferns from China
**Title**
*New and little known ferns from China* and neighboring regions... Canton, China. 1936. Oct.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: \[*1*\]: 20 Jun 1936 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. 275-282. *Copies*: B, L. – Reprinted and to be cited from Lingnan Sci. J. 15(2): 275-282. 1936.
\[*2*\]: 24 Jul 1936 (id.), cover-t.p., p. \[391\]-399. *Copy*: L. – Id. 15(3): 391-399. 1936.