| Name | Read, Robert William |
| Date of birth | 1931 |
| Remarks | [author note: FTG: Arecaceae, Bromeliaceae] [collector note: Arecaceae, Bromeliaceae; FTG, US] |
| ASA Botanist ID | 109459 botanist |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/6c430250-aa6f-4096-899d-c3ee330e6920 |
| Variant name | Robert William Read |
| Author name | Read |
| B & P Author Abbrev. | Read |
| Standard/Label Name | R. W. Read |
| Full Name | Read, Robert William |
| Geography Author | United States of America |
| Geography Collector | Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, United States of America |
| Specialty Author | Spermatophytes |
| Specialty Collector | Phanerogams |
| Citation as Author | Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Citation as Author | Index Herbariorum. Part 1: The Herbaria of the World. Eighth Edition. Bronx, NY |
| Citation as Collector | Index Herbariorum, ed. 8 |
| Member of teams/groups | |
| Holdings | Search for specimens collected by R. W. Read |
| Collections in | 1960 (2), 1964 (2), 1965 (4), 1966 (1), 1967 (13) |
| Collector Teams: | R. W. Read & G. S. Daniels L. B. Smith & Read Read & Baensch D. H. Goldman, L. Lockett & R. W. Read W. J. Dress & R. W. Read G. S. Varadarajan & R. W. Read |
| Author Teams: | L. B. Smith & Read Read & Baensch D. H. Goldman, Lockett & Read L. B. Smith & R. W. Read |