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Index of Botanists

NamePurseglove, John William
Date of birth1912
Date of death1991
Remarks [collector note: Kenya: MO (col. 1949), Malay Pen. (col. 1954-57): A, E, K, L, SING; Sarawak (N. W. Borneo, col. 1955-56, p.p. assisted by Mohamed Shah): A, E, K, L, SAR, SING); Uganda (col. 1940's): BO, BR, CGE, E, EA, ENT, K, KAW]
ASA Botanist ID119006 botanist
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/f542a8df-8b05-4a98-8e2f-bc630099bc3c
Standard/Label NameJ. W. Purseglove
Full NamePurseglove, John William
Geography CollectorKenya,  Malaysia,  Uganda
Citation as CollectorIndex Herbariorum - Collectors N-R
Citation as Collector Taxon; Official News Bulletin of the International Society for Plant Taxonomy. Utrecht
Member of teams/groups
HoldingsSearch for specimens collected by J. W. Purseglove
Collections in[no date] (1),  1938 (7),  1939 (1),  1947 (1),  1954 (1),  1955 (33),  1956 (50),  1957 (7)
Collector Teams:J. W. Purseglove & M. Shah Bin Mohamad Nur