> [!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/7859-1) LSID 7859-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4994357) QID Q4994357 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Porsild, Alf Erling (1901-1977), Danish botanist, naturalized Canadian from 1939; son of M.P. Porsild; assistant botanist at the Danish biological station, Greenland 1922-1925; botanist in charge of surveys, Canadian Dept. of the Interior 1926-1935; at National Herbarium of Canada, Ottawa from 1936-1966; Dr. phil. Kjøbenhavn 1955 id. h.c. Acadia 1967, Waterloo 1973. **Abbreviated name**: *Porsild* \[standard form in IPNI: *A.E.Porsild*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection CAN|CAN]]. – Duplicates in many herbaria, e.g. [[Collection ALA|ALA]], [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection M|M]]. – Letters in [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 100 (b. 17 Jan 1901); BFM no. 1599; BJI 2: 138; BL 1: 132, 138, 156, 157, 313; BM 4: 100; Bossert p. 315; Hortus 3: 1201 (Porsild); IH 1 (ed. 1): 71, (ed. 2): 91, (ed. 3): 115, (ed. 4): 126, (ed. 5): 134, (ed. 6): 199, 363, (ed. 7): 340, 2: (in press); Kew 4: 342-343; Kleppa p. 217; MW suppl. p. 285; Roon p. 89; SIA 223, 227, 7176 (incl. HI 107). #### Biofile - Anon., Canad. bot. Ass. Bull. 11 (1): 10. 1978 (d.). - Böcher, T.W., Tidsskr. 73(1):62-63. 1979 (obit., portr., b. 17 Jan 1901; d. 14 Nov 1977). - Cowan, R.S., Taxon 28: 76. 1979. - Christensen, C., Danske bot. Litt. 1912-1939, p. 203-205. 1940 (portr., bibl.). - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 24. 1969. - Hansen, A., Dansk bot. Ark. 21(1): 59. 1963. - Hultén, E., Bot. Not. 1940: 334 (Alaskan coll.). - Jörgensen, C.A. et al., Biol. Skr. Danske Vid. Sellsk. 9(4): 6, 7, 167-168. 1958. - Kornerup, T., Overs. Med. Grønland 1876-1912: 105. 1913. - Löve, A., Taxon 24: 163-164. 1975 (rev. Rocky Mt. wild fl.), Arctic Alp. Res. 12: 649-651. 1978 (obit.). - Morton, J.K., Canad. bot. Ass. Bull. 11(2): 27-32. 1978 (obit., portr., bibl., d. 13 Nov 1977). - Polunin, N. Bot. Canad. E. Arctic 1: 20. 1940. - Porsild, A.E., Rocky Mountain wild flowers, Ottawa 1974, 454 p., 258 coll. ills. - Porsild, A.E. & W.J. Cody, Vasc. pl. cont. Northw. Terr. Canada vi. 1980 (portr., biogr. sketch). - Scotter, S.W., Canad. geogr. J. 97: 12-19. 1978 (on his reindeer-grazing investigations 1927-1928). - Solandt, O.M., Canad. geogr. J. 72: 182. 1966 (Massey medal 1966). - Soper, J.H. &, W.J. Cody, Can. Field-Natural. 92: 299-304. 1978 (bibl.). - Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 85. 1981 (corr. C.R. Ball at HU). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 6: 428. 1941. #### Eponymy *Porsildia* A. Löve & D. Löve. 1976.