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> Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/7868-1) LSID 7868-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21523131) QID Q21523131
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### 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.