> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 339](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189810) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7855-1) LSID 7855-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18911454) QID Q18911454 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Porcher, Francis Peyre (1825-1895), American botanist; M.D. Univ. S. Carolina 1847; studied in Paris and Italy 1847-1849; practicing physician in Charleston 1849-1895. **Abbreviated name**: *Porcher* \[standard form in IPNI: *Porcher*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection CHARL|CHARL]]; duplicates at [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]] and [[Collection E|E]]-GL. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 100; BL 1: 161, 213, 313; CSP 4: 987, 17: 969; IH 1 (ed. 6): 363, (ed. 7): 340; 2: (in press); Jackson p. 361; Kelly p. 179; Kew 4: 341; Lenley p. 466; LS 21119-21123; ME 1: 220, 3: 639; PH 364, 567; PR 7272; Rehder 5: 683; Tucker 1: 564. #### Biofile - Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 1640. 1870 (bibl.). - Anon., Appleton's Cycl. Amer. Biogr. 5: 70. 1888; Bot. Centralbl. 65: 320. 1896 (d. 20 Nov 1895); Bot. Jahrb. 21 (Beibl. 54): 31. 1896 (d.); Garden and Forest 10: 302. 1897 (d.); Österr. bot. Z. 2: 46. 159. 1896 (d. 20 Nov 1895). - Childs, A.R., Dict. Amer. Biogr. 15: 79-80. 1935 (biogr., b. 14 Dec 1825, d. 19 Nov 1895; biogr. refs.). - Ewan, J., Southw. Louisiana J. 7: 27, 29. 1967. - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 9, 148. 1969. - Gee, W., Bull. Univ. S. Carolina 72: 46-48. 1918 (biogr., portr., bibl., b. 14 Dec 1825). - Hedge, I.C. & J.M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 120. 1970. - Porcher, W.P., *in* Kelly, H.A. & W.L. Burrage, Amer. med. biogr. 922-923. 1920, Cycl. Amer. med. biogr. 2: 277-288. - Kneucker, A., Allg. bot. Z. 2: 52. 1896. ### Publications ##### n.8166. A medico-botanical catalogue **Title** *A medico-botanical catalogue* of the plants and ferns *of St. John's*, Berkly, South Carolina. An inaugural thesis submitted to the dean and faculty of the medical college of the state of South-Carolina for the degree of M.D.,... Charleston (printed by Burges and James) 1847. Duod. (in sixes). **Abbreviated title**: *Med*.-*bot. cat. St. John's*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1847, p. \[1\]-55. *Copy*: NY. – Also as S. J. Med. Pharm. 2: 255-286, 397-417. 1847 (fide ME). See also Report on the indigenous medicinal plants of South Carolina, Trans. Amer. med. Ass. 2: 677-822. 1849. ##### n.8167. The medicinal **Title** *The medicinal*, poisonous, and dietetic *properties, of the cryptogamic plants of the United States*... New York (Baker, Godwin & Co., printers,...) 1854. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1854, p. \[1\]-126. *Copies*: FI, MO, NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Amer. med. Ass. 7: 167-284. 1854. ##### n.8168. Resources of the Southern fields **Title** *Resources of the Southern fields* and forests, medical, economical, and agricultural. Being also a medical botany of the confederate states; with practical information on the useful properties of the trees, plants and shrubs... Charleston (Steam-power press of Evans & Cogswell,...) 1863. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Resour. S. fields*. **Notes** *Ed. 1*: 1863, p. \[i\]-xxv, \[1\]-601. *Copies*: MICH, MO, US, USDA. *Ed. 2*: 1869, p. \[i\]-xv, \[1\]-733. *Copies*: USDA(2); IDC 7604. – Charleston (Walker, Evans & Cogswell,...) 1869. Oct.