> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 758](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190229) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8348-1) LSID 8348-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21607180) QID Q21607180 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Rich, William Penn (1849-1930), American wholesale grocer in Boston 1864-1902; ardent amateur botanist; secretary and librarian of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 1902-1923; member of the editorial board of Rhodora from 1899. **Abbreviated name**: *W.P. Rich* \[standard form in IPNI: *W.P.Rich*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection GH|GH]] and [[Collection NEBC|NEBC]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 151 (b. 7 Aug 1849, d. 30 Nov 1930); BL 1: 189, 315; CSP 18: 172; IH 2: (in press). #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. Florist 43: 51. 1914 (portr.); Rev. bryol. 26(3): 56. 1899 (ann. Rhodora; W.P. Rich administrator); Science ser. 2. 72: 595. 1930 (d.). - Day, M.A., Rhodora 3: 262. 1901 (on herb.). - Pennell, F.W. & J.H. Barnhart, Monogr. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1: 617. 1935.