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### 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.