> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 342](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189813) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/25005-1) LSID 25005-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4994348) QID Q4994348 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Porsild, Morton Pedersen (1872-1956), Danish botanist; mag. sci. Kjøbenhavn 1900; director of the Danish Arctic biological station at Disko from 1906 (1905)-1946. **Abbreviated name**: *M. Porsild* \[standard form in IPNI: *Porsild*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection C|C]]; further material in [[Collection CAN|CAN]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection GB|GB]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection QK|QK]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection US|US]]. #### Name Earlier papers signed Morton Pedersen. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 100 (b. 1 Sep 1872, d. 30 Apr 1956); BJI 2: 139; BL 1: 155, 157, 313, 2: 139, 408, 704; BM 8: 1022; Bossert p. 315; Hirsch p. 236; IH 2: (in press); Kew 4: 343; Kleppa p. 147; KR p. 576; Lenley p. 333; NW p. 55; SBC p. 129; SIA 7183; Tucker 1: 565; Urban-Berl. p. 384. #### Biofile - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 98: 560. 1905 (endowment Disko station); Bryologist 59(2): 160. 1956 (d. 30 Apr 1956); Hedwigia 45(2): (77). 1906 (Disko established). - Christensen, C., Danske Bot. Litt. 1880-1911: 165-166. 1913 (portr., bibl.), id. 1912-1939, p. 43-44. 1940 (portr., bibl.), Danske bot. Hist. 1: 760, 767, 822, 824-827, 849, 850, 852. 1926. - Ekblaw, E., Amer. Mus. J. 18: 581-589. 1918 (description of Arctic station at Godhavn, Disko). - Ewan, J. et al., Leafl. W. Bot. 7(3): 97. 1953. - Gager, CS., Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Rec. 27(3): 191. 1938 (dir. bot. gard. Godhavn, Disko from 1906. - Gröntved, J., Bot. Tidsskr. 53: 117-119. 1956 (obit., b. 1 Sep 1872, d. 30 Apr 1956, portr.). - Hansen, A., Dansk bot. Ark. 21(1): 70. 1963. - Jörgensen, C.A. et al., Biol. Skr. Dan. Vid. Selsk. 9(4): 5, 6, 168. 1958. - Müller, D., Naturh. Tid. 20: 57-59. 1956 (obit.). - Sayre, G., Bryologist 80: 515. 1977. - Schuster, R.M., Hepat. Anthoc. N. Amer. 1: 88. 1966. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 2: 335. 1936, 3: 173. 1937, 5 \[see index\]. 1939, 7: 188. 1943. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 89. 1905. ### Publications ##### n.8174. List of vascular plants **Title** *List of vascular plants* from the South Coast *of the Nugsuaq peninsula* in West Greenland... Kjøibenhavn (Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri) 1910. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *List pl. Nugsuaq penins.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1910 (p. 248: printed 20 Mai 1910), p. \[i-ii\], \[239\]-248. *Copies*: B, C, H, NY, WU. – Reprinted with original pagination and special cover from Meddel. Grønl. 47: \[239\]-248. 1910. ##### n.8175. The flora of Disko Island **Title** *The flora of Disko Island* and the adjacent coast of West Greenland from 66;-71;N. Lat. with remarks on phyteogeography, ecology, flowering, fructification and hibernation... Kjøbenhavn (Bianco Lunos Bogtrykkeri) 1926. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Disko Isl.* **Notes** *Collaborator*: Alf Erling Porsild (1901-1977). *Publ*.: 1926 (err. "1920" corrected in ink to 1926, cover Medd.: 1926; Nat. Nov. Sep 1926; p. \[156\]: Oct 1925), p. \[1\]-155, \[156\]. *Copies*: B, BR, G, NY, US. – From Medd. Grønland 58; Arb. Danske Arkt. St. Disko 11(1). *Ref*.: Kneucker, A., Allg. bot. Z. 33: 55. 1928. ##### n.8176. Stray contributions to the flora of Greenland **Title** *Stray contributions to the flora of Greenland* I-V... København (Bianco Lunos bogtrykkeri...) 1930. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Contr. fl. Greenland*. **Notes** *I-V*: 1930, p. \[1\]-44. Medd. Grønland 77; Arb. Danske Arkt. St. Disko 13. *VI-XII*: 1935, p. \[1\]-94, *pl. 1-5.* – Medd. Grønland 93(3); Arb. Danske Arkt. St. Disko 15. *XIII-XVII*: 1946, p. \[1\]-39, (p. 29: 27 Aug 1946). Medd. Grønland 134(4), Arb. Danske Arkt. St. Disko 16. *Copy*: US. ##### n.8177. Alien plants and apophytes of Greenland **Title** *Alien plants and apophytes of Greenland*... København (C.A. Reitzels Forlag...) 1932. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Alien pl. Greenland*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1932, p. \[1\]-85, *pl. 1-2* (maps). *Copies*: H, MO, US. – Medd. Grønland 92(1), 1932; Arb. Danske Arkt. St. Disko 14.