| Name | Purdie, William |
| Date of birth | 1817 |
| Date of death | 1857 |
| Remarks | [author note: Herbarium and types: important sets at CGE, E, K; additional material at B, COLU, FI, GH, GOET, L, MEDEL, NY, P, TCD, U, US, W] [collector note: col. 1843-1857; K, W] |
| ASA Botanist ID | 119019 botanist |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/a489f991-d97d-4546-975e-094786869b94 |
| Variant name | William Purdie |
| Author name | Purdie |
| B & P Author Abbrev. | Purdie |
| Standard/Label Name | W. Purdie |
| Full Name | Purdie, William |
| Geography Collector | Colombia, Guatemala, Jamaica, Panama, Sierra Leone, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Specialty Author | Spermatophytes |
| Specialty Collector | Bryophytes |
| Specialty Collector | Lichens |
| Specialty Collector | Phanerogams |
| Citation as Author | Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Citation as Author | Taxonomic Literature. Second Edition. Utrecht |
| Citation as Collector | Index Herbariorum - Collectors N-R |
| Holdings | Search for specimens collected by W. Purdie |
| Collections in | [no date] (56), 1826 (1), 1834 (1), 1844 (6), 1845 (4), 1846 (3), 1894 (1), 1897 (1), 1984 (1) |