> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 769](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190240) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8354-1) LSID 8354-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21607184) QID Q21607184 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Richards, Herbert Maule (1871-1928), American botanist; Dr. Sci. Harvard 1895; tutor in botany in Barnard College, Columbia Univ., New York 1897, adjunct professor of botany 1903, ord. professor 1906; president of the Torrey botanical Club 1917. **Abbreviated name**: *H. Richards* \[standard form in IPNI: *H.Richards*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection NY|NY]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 151 (b. 6 Oct 1871, d. 9 Jan 1928); De Toni 4: xlvii; IH 2: (in press); Lenley p. 343; LS 22207-22210. #### Biofile - Anon., Jahrb. wiss. Bot. 56: 825. 1915 (student of Pfeffer 1895/6); Nat. Nov. 19: 518. 1897 (tutor bot. Columbia Univ., N.Y.), 25: 242. 1903 (adj. prof. bot. ib.); Torreya 28: 17, 18. 1928 (d.). - Britton, N.L., Fl. Bermuda 548. 1918 (Bermuda algae at NY). - Harper, R.A. et al., J. New York Bot. Gard. 29: 137-138. 1928 (obit.). #### Eponymy *Richardsieila* J. Elffers et J. Kennedy-O'Byrne (1957) honors Mrs. H.M. Richards, a collector of African plants for Kew.