> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 348](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33189819) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7868-1) LSID 7868-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21523131) QID Q21523131 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Porterfield, Willard Merritt, Jr. (1893-1966), American ethnobotanist; M.A. Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa. 1915; teaching missionary in China; professor of biology St. John's University, Shanghai around 1933-1936; later connected with the Univ. Vermont Agric. Exp. Station, the New York Botanical Garden and the Soil Conservation Service of USA; with the C.I.A. during World War I and until 1963; Research consultant George Washington University 1963-1966. **Abbreviated name**: *Porterf.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Porterf.*\] #### Herbarium and types Some material from Panama at [[Collection NY|NY]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 101; Hirsch p. 236; IH 2: (in press); Kew 4: 345; Lenley p. 334; MW p. 392, suppl. p. 235. #### Biofile - Anon., New York Times 27 Mar 1966, p. 86 (obit., d. 24 Mar 1966). - Rickett, H.W., Index Bull. Torey bot. Club 79. 1955. ### Publications ##### n.8185. Wayside plants and weeds of Shanghai **Title** *Wayside plants and weeds of Shanghai*... Shanghai (Kelly & Walsh, Limited) Hongkong. Singapore 1933. **Abbreviated title**: *Wayside pl. Shanghai*. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct-Dec 1933 (p. vii: 1 Oct 1933), p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-xxx, \[1\]-232. *Copy*: USDA.