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Index of Botanists

NamePurpus, Carl (Karl) Albert
Date of birth1851
Date of death1941
Remarks [author note: Herbarium and types: largest sets at A, F, GH, H, HPH, MO, NY, RSDR, UC, US; additional material in many herbaria] [collector note: Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, Ohio, Texas, Utah; F, GH, MO, NY, UC, US]
ASA Botanist ID173703 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/e6992d22-4db7-4177-88d6-20cfa99d1c36
Variant nameCarl Albert Purpus
Author namePurpus
B & P Author Abbrev.Purpus
Standard/Label NameC. A. Purpus
Full NamePurpus, Carl (Karl) Albert
Geography AuthorGermany,  Mexico,  United States of America
Geography CollectorMexico,  United States of America
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
Citation as CollectorSyst. Bot. Monogr. 21: 124. 1988
Member of teams/groups
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by C. A. Purpus
Collections in[no date] (129),  1887 (1),  1888 (2),  1889 (1),  1892 (4),  1893 (4),  1895 (4),  1896 (2),  1897 (324),  1898 (18),  1899 (6),  1900 (3),  1901 (5),  1902 (2),  1903 (19),  1904 (11),  1905 (95),  1906 (94),  1907 (128),  1908 (163),  1909 (102),  1910 (68),  1911 (88),  1912 (61),  1913 (142),  1914 (74),  1915 (5),  1916 (23),  1917 (23),  1918 (47),  1919 (74),  1920 (10),  1921 (10),  1922 (19),  1923 (45),  1924 (1),  1925 (6),  1926 (3),  1927 (3),  1928 (2),  1929 (11),  1930 (11),  1931 (29),  1932 (5),  1933 (47),  1934 (15),  1935 (15),  1936 (10),  1937 (5),  1938 (3),  1939 (1),  1989 (1)
Collector Teams:J. N. Rose & C. A. Purpus  C. C. Mez & C. A. Purpus  O. Nagel & C. A. Purpus 
Author Teams:Rose & Purpus  Mez & Purpus 

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