> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 343](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189814) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7861-1) LSID 7861-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3904186) QID Q3904186 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Porta, Pietro (1832-1923), Italian botanist and clergyman; in Vallaria 1856; later priest at Bolone, Val Vestino, Trento; explored S. Tirol, Spain, the Balearic Is. with R. Huter and G. Rigo; ultimately living in Cologna di Creto. **Abbreviated name**: *Porta* \[standard form in IPNI: *Porta*\] #### Herbarium and types Original herbarium at Trento, Italy (Liceo Arcivescovile and Museo di Storia naturale); further material, often collected with G. Rigo, in many herbaria, e.g. [[Collection B|B]] (extant), [[Collection BHU|BHU]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection CGE|CGE]], [[Collection DBN|DBN]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GB|GB]], [[Collection GE|GE]], [[Collection IBF|IBF]], [[Collection JE|JE]], [[Collection KIEL|KIEL]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection LY|LY]], [[Collection M|M]], [[Collection MANCH|MANCH]], [[Collection MPU|MPU]], [[Collection NAP|NAP]], [[Collection OXF|OXF]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection STU|STU]], [[Collection TO|TO]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection WU|WU]]. – Letters and portrait at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 3: 488, 12(2): 99, 12(3): 88 (d. 1 Jun 1923); Barnhart 3: 100; BL 2: 343, 704; BM 4: 1598; Clokie p. 227; CSP 11: 49, 17: 972; DTS 1: 229, 6(4): 186; Hegi 6(1): 96; Kew 4: 344; Rehder 5: 683; Saccardo 1: 130-131, 2: 87 (b. 5 Nov 1852), cron. p. xxix; Urban-Berl. p. 384; Zander ed. 11, p. 801. #### Biofile - Anon., J. Bot. 29: 127. 1891 (Spanish coll.); Österr. bot. Z. 41: 187. 1891 (coll.), 46: 302. 1896 (distr. Porta-Rigo 1895 coll.), 48: 238. 1898 (further colls.; distr. by Rupert Huter). - Beck, G., Bot. Centralbl. 34: 149. 1888 (coll. at W). - Hedge, I.C. & J.M. Lamond, Index coll. Edinb. herb. 120. 1970. - Huter, R., Bot. Centralbl. 21: 185. 1885 (on Porta-Rigo-Huter coll.); Österr. bot. Z. 53-58, 1903-1908 (series of paper on plants collected by Huter, Porta and Rigo). Porta, P., Nuovo Giorn. bot. Ital. 19: 276-344. 1888 (see also M. Willkomm, Bot. Centralbl. 36: 364-365. 18 Dec 1888), (also as reprint with special cover but orig. pagination, e.g. at G). - Willkomm, M., Grundz. Pfl.-Verbr. Iber. Halbinsel 21, 26. 1896 (Veg. Erde). #### Eponymy The etymology of *Portaea* Tenore (1846) and *Portea* Pfeifer (1874, *orth. var.*) could not be determined. *Portalesia* F.J.F. Meyen (1834) honors Don Diego Portales, a Chilean politician of the 19th century. ### Publications ##### n.8178. Vegetabilia in itinere iberico austro-meridionali lecta **Title** *Vegetabilia in itinere iberico austro-meridionali lecta*... Rovereto (tipografia Giorgio Grigoletti) 1892. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Veg. itin. iber.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1892, p. \[i\], \[1\]-74. *Copies*: G, WU. – Reprinted from Atti Accad. Agiati 9, 1891 (1892). (journal n.v.).