> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 346](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189817) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7866-1) LSID 7866-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48627) QID Q48627 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Porter, Thomas Conrad (1822-1901), American botanist; Dr. Div. Rutgers 1865; presbyterian clergyman, ordained 1843 or 1844, practicing 1846-1849; from 1849-1860 teaching natural sciences at Marshall and Franklin College, Mercersburg/Lancaster; from 1866-1897 professor of botany and zoology at Lafayette College, Pa. and minister at Easton, Pa. 1877-1884,; German scholar and poet. **Abbreviated name**: *Porter* \[standard form in IPNI: *Porter*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection PH|PH]]; duplicates e.g. in [[Collection BUF|BUF]], [[Collection CM|CM]], [[Collection DWC|DWC]], [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection FMC|FMC]](!), [[Collection FI|FI]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection MASS|MASS]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection MVSC|MVSC]] (!), [[Collection NA|NA]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PAC|PAC]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection PUR|PUR]], [[Collection RM|RM]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection VT|VT]], [[Collection W|W]], [[Collection WAB|WAB]], [[Collection WELC|WELC]]. – Porter's original herbarium was damaged – but for the greater part saved – from a fire in Pardee Hall at Lafayette College, Pa., in 1897. The herbarium was deposited by Lafayette College at [[Collection PH|PH]] in 1914. -Letters at [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection NY|NY]] and [[Collection PH|PH]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 101 (b. 22 Jun 1822, d. 27 Apr 1901); BL 1: 210, 313; Blankinship p. 22; BM 4: 1598-1599; Bossert p. 315; CSP 12: 584, 17: 974-975; DAB 15: 104-105 (B.W. Kunkel); further biogr. refs.); Ewan (ed. 2): 177; Herder p. 225; Hortus 3: 1201 (T.C. Porter); IH 1 (ed. 6): 363; Jackson p. 363; Kew 4: 344; Langman p. 592; Lenley p. 334; LS 21134; ME 1: 220, 3: 639; Morren ed. 10, p. 129; NW p. 55; Pennell p. 616; PH p. 514; Rehder 5: 683; SIA 220, 233, 7183, 7231, 7256; TL-2/no. 775; Tucker 1: 13, 85, 565; Zander ed. 10, p. 703, ed. 11, p. 801. #### Biofile - Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 1647. 1870. - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 87: 272. 1901 (d.); Bot. Gaz. 25: 71-72. 1898 (herb. damaged by fire), 31: 448. 1901 (d.); Bot. Jahrb. 31 (Beibl. 70): 28. 1902 (d. 27 Apr 1901); Bot. Not. 1902: 94; Meehan's Mon. 3: 79. 1893; Torreya 1: 60. 1901 (d.); 15: 19. 1915 (herb. deposited at PH). - Britton, N.L., Bull. Torrey bot. Cl. 28: 369-373. 1901. - Britton, N.L. et al., Addresses delivered at a celebration in honor of prof. Thos. Conrad Porter... at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. 1898, 48 p. (portr.), also published in Daily Free Press, Easton Pa., 20 Oct 1897 (copy at NY; Britton on progr. syst. bot. N. Amer., W.B. Scott on id. geology, J.M. Crawford on "Dr. Porter and Finnish literature; introd. E.D. Warfield). - Ewan, J., Trail and Timberline 305: 55-57. 1944 (portr., bibl., sources); Rocky Mt. Natural. 67-72, 80, 128, 160, 189, 263, 277, 284-285. 1950 (portr., extensive info.). - Ewan, J. et al., Short hist. bot. U.S. 92. 1969. - Groff, Bartonia 23: 48. 1945 (material at FMC). - Harshberger, J., Bot. Philadelphia 236-243. 1899 (portr., bibl.). - Heller, A.A., Plant World 4: 130-131. 1901 (obit., portr.). - Hitchcock, A.S. & A. Chase, Man. Grass. US 988. 1951 (epon.). - Kneucker, A., Allg. bot. Z. 7: 160. 1901 (death). - Meehan, T., Rhodora 3: 191-193. 1901 (obit., b. 22 Jan 1822, d. 27 Apr 1901; several details incorrect). - Pennell, F.W., Bartonia 22: 12. 1943 (herb.). - Porter, T.C., The Pennsylvania-German in the field of the natural sciences, p. 1-15, reprinted from Proc. Pennsylvania-German Society vol. 6, 1896. - Reveal, J., *in* A. Cronquist et al., Intermountain flora 1: 56. 1972. - Rickett, H.W., Index Bull. Torrey Club 79. 1955. - Rodgers, A.D., W.S. Sullivant 224, 282. 1940; John Torrey 268, 290. 1942; Amer. bot. 335 \[index\]. 1944. - Sargent, C.S., Silva 4: 28. 1892. - Shope, Mycologia 21: 295. 1929 (mycol. coll. Colo). - Voss, E.G., Botanical beachcombers and explorers, Contr. Univ. Mich. Herb. 13: 59, 74. 1978. - Voss, E.G. & A.A. Reznicek, Taxon 30(4): 866. 1981 (coll. also in F.J. Hermann herb. at MICH). - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 200. 1905. #### Composite works - (1) Contributed *Solidago, Aster* and *Mentha* to E.L. Rand & J.H. Redfield, *Flora of Mount Desert Island, Maine*, 1894. - (2) Contributed to *Catalogue of plants collected in Nevada*, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona... by J.R. Rothrock et al., *U.S. Geogr. geol. surv. one hundr. merid.*, 6 (Bot.), chapter 4, 1878. - (3) *Catalogue of plants, in* F.V. Hayden, *Prel. rep. U.S. geol. surv. Montana* 477-498, 1872. #### Eponymy *Porteranthus* N.L. Britton ex Small (1894); *Porterella* Torrey (1872). ### Publications ##### n.8180. Synopsis of the flora of Colorado **Title** *Synopsis of the flora of Colorado*,... Washington (Government Printing Office) 1874. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Syn. fl. Colorado*. **Notes** *Junior author*: John Merle Coulter (1851-1928). *Publ*.: 20 Mar 1874 (t.p.; TBC Apr 1874), p. \[i-ix\], \[1\]-180. *Copies*: B, BR, G, MICH, MO, NY, US(2), USDA; IDC 7606. – Department of the interior, U.S. Geological and geographical survey of the territories. F.V. Hayden,... in charge. Miscellaneous Publications, no. 4. *Ref*.: Eaton, D.C., Amer. J. Sci. 7: 520-522. Mai 1874. (advance repr. Apr 1874, 2 p.). - Many descriptions shown to have been taken from Sereno Watson. ##### n.8181. A list of the Carices of Pennsylvania **Title** *A list of the Carices of Pennsylvania* \[Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1887\]. **Notes** *Publ*.: Jul 1887 (mss. submitted 22 Mar 1887), p. \[1\]-13. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1887: 60-72: 14 Jun 1887, 73-80. 5 Jul 1887. ##### n.8182. Rare plants of Southeastern Pennsylvania **Title** *Rare plants of Southeastern Pennsylvania* \[Easton, Pa., March 1900\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Rare pl. s.e.* *Pennsylvania*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mar 1900 (p. 8: so dated), p. \[1\]-8. *Copy*: USDA. – (Tucker 1: 565 lists this also as an independent publication). ##### n.8183. Flora of Pennsylvania **Title** *Flora of Pennsylvania*... edited with the addition of analytical keys by John Kunkel Small,... Boston (Ginn & Company,...) 1903. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. Pennsylvania*. **Notes** *Editor*: John Kunkel Small (1869-1938) (provided keys); Porter had provided for the publication of his manuscript in his will. *Publ*.: 15 Aug 1903 (see Torreya 3: 128. 22 Aug 1903; TBC 3 Sep 1903; date of preface is always date of publ. with Small), map, p. \[i\]-xv, \[1\]-362. *Copies*: MO, NY, PH; IDC 7605. ##### n.8184. Catalogue of the bryophyta **Title** *Catalogue of the bryophyta* (hepatics, anthocerotes and mosses) *and pteridophyta* (ferns and fern-allies) *found in Pennsylvania*... Boston (Ginn & Company,...) 1904. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Cat. bryoph. pterid. Pennsylvania*. **Notes** *Editor*: John Kunkel Small (1869-1938). *Publ*.: 6-27 Feb 1904 (note in FH copy; notes in LC copy; copyright 6 Feb 1904; copies rd. LC 27 Feb 1904), p. \[i, iii\], \[1\]-66. *Copies*: FH, MO, NY, U-V, USDA;