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Index of Botanists

NamePorsild, Alf Erling
Date of birth1901
Date of death1977
Remarks [author note: son of M. P. Porsild. Herbarium and types: CAN; additional material in many herbaria, e.g. ALA, H, M] [collector note: Son of M. P. Porsild]
ASA Botanist ID125095 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/b4ea7361-8d22-4459-ba6a-1277f453a493
Variant nameA. E.
Variant nameAlf Erling Porsild
Variant nameAlf Erling Porsild; Erling Porsild
Variant nameErling Porsild
Variant namePorsild, A. E.
Author nameA. E. Porsild
B & P Author Abbrev.A. E. Porsild
Standard/Label NameA. E. Porsild
Full NamePorsild, Alf Erling
Geography AuthorCanada,  Denmark
Geography CollectorCanada,  Norway,  Sweden,  United States of America
Specialty AuthorPteridophytes
Specialty AuthorSpermatophytes
Specialty CollectorPhanerogams
Citation as Author Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Citation as Author Taxonomic Literature. Second Edition. Utrecht
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors N-R
Member of teams/groups
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by A. E. Porsild
Collections in[no date] (4),  1911 (1),  1912 (2),  1913 (1),  1914 (5),  1917 (2),  1921 (16),  1922 (11),  1923 (8),  1924 (18),  1926 (2),  1927 (3),  1928 (1),  1929 (45),  1930 (73),  1931 (7),  1932 (4),  1933 (42),  1934 (67),  1935 (14),  1937 (59),  1940 (2),  1941 (11),  1942 (12),  1943 (2),  1944 (11),  1947 (67),  1948 (13),  1949 (1),  1953 (1),  1966 (2)
Collector Teams:M. P. Porsild & A. E. Porsild  A. E. Porsild & M. P. Porsild  A. E. Porsild & A. J. Breitung  K. A. Holmen, A. E. Porsild & W. A. Weber  A. E. Porsild & H. Senn  G. A. Mulligan & A. E. Porsild  W. A. Weber, A. E. Porsild & K. A. Holmen  A. E. Porsild & R. T. Porsild 
Author Teams:A. E. Porsild & H. Senn  G. A. Mulligan & A. E. Porsild 

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