> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 215](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33066555) of TL-2 Vol. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/13005-1) LSID 13005-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21612529) QID Q21612529 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Westling, \[Per\] Richard (1868-1942), Swedish pharmacist and botanist; studied at the universities of Bern and Stockholm; Dr. phil. Stockholm 1911; "amanuensis" for botany and pharmacognosy at the Stockholm Pharmaceutical Institute 1896, assistant 1897-1911, head assistant 1912-1918, professor 1918-1933. **Abbreviated name**: *Westling* \[standard form in IPNI: *Westling*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 481; BM 5: 2301; Bossert p. 432; KR p. 756-757; LS 40523-40524; Stevenson p. 1262. #### Biofile - Edman, G., Sv. bot. Tidskr. 37(3): 324-327. 1943 (obit., portr.). - Flaum, A., *in* Svensk Uppslagsbok 22: 700. 1951 (um der "Penicillin": Westling is the original author of *Penicillium notatum*, the species used by A. Fleming in 1928). - Lindman, S., Sv. män kvinn. 8: 302. 1955. - Santesson, C.G., *in* Nordisk Familjebok 20: 343. 1934. #### Festschrift Minnesskrift vid Professor Richard Westlings avgång 2.12.1933, Victor Pettersons Bokindustriaktiebolag, Stockholm, Dec 1933, p. \[1\]-77, portr. (privately published, 100 Copies). ### Publications ##### n.17.278. Über die grünen Spezies der Gattung Penicillium **Title** *Über die grünen Spezies der Gattung Penicillium*. Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Hochschule zu Stockholm am \[\] 1911 um \[\] Uhr... Uppsala (Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri-A.-B.) 1911. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Grün. Sp. Penicillium*. **Notes** *Publ*.: On or shortly after 6 Oct 1911 (date of printing p. 156; distributed in journal with nos. 2-3 on 16 Apr 1912), cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-156. *Copies*: LD, NY, Stevenson; IDC 8562 (80-81). – Issued as Ark. Bot. 11(1). 1911. *Note*: *Penicillium notatum* Westling, described here, was later used by Fleming, Florey, Chain et al. for the preparation of the antibiotic penicillin. ##### n.17.279. Lärobok i Farmakognosi **Title** *Lärobok i Farmakognosi*... Uppsala och Stockholm (Almqvist & Wiksells Boktryckeri-A.-B.) 1927. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Lärob. Farmakogn.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1927, p. \[i\]-xv, \[1\]-363, \[364\]. *Copy*: Peterson. – Name printed R.P. \[sic\] Westling.