Purdie, William (1817-1857)

Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
William
Last name
Purdie
Initials
W.
Life Dates
1817 - 1857
Collecting Dates
1843 - 1857
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Bryophytes
Fungi
Pteridophytes
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
B, BM, CGE, COLO, E, FH, FI, FR, GH, GOET, K, L, MANCH, MEDEL, MPU, NY, P, TCD, U, US, W
Countries
Tropical South America: Colombia, VenezuelaCaribbean region: Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Trinidad and TobagoCentral American Continent: PanamaTropical Africa: Sierra Leone
Associate(s)
Hart, John Hinchley (1847-1911) (co-collector)
Purdis, W. (error)
Biography
Scottish gardener and plant collector. Purdie trained as a gardener at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh before being sent to Jamaica in 1843 by W.J. Hooker to collect seeds and plants. He thoroughly traversed the island and moved on to Colombia in 1844, where he explored the terrain for two years. In 1846 he went to Trinidad, where he was appointed government botanist and superintendent of the botanic gardens. He served here until his death. He also visited Venezuela (1851) and Puerto Rico (1854).

Sources:
Anon., 1857, "Death of Mr Purdie", Journal of Botany, 1857: 374-375
W.T. Stearn, 1965, "Grisebach's Flora", Journal of the Arnold Arboretum, 46: 268
I. Urban, 1902, Symbolae Antillanae, 3: 107.
References
Brummitt, R.K. & Powell, C.E., Authors Pl. Names (1992): 512; Hepper, F.N. & Neate, F., Pl. Collectors W. Africa (1971): 66; Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 54; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 258; Vegter, H.I., Index Herb. Coll. N-R (1983): 718;
Purdie, William (1817-1857)
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