print email comment close Carl Albert Purpus, Plant Collector in Western North America URL: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/Purpus/ Description: Presents "historical, floristic and related data" concerning German-born Carl Albert Purpus, "the first botanist to explore many parts of California, particularly the North Coast Ranges and southern Sierra Nevada [in the 1890s]." Contains correspondence and published writings by Purpus, articles, and a list of plants first described by the botanist. Also includes photographs and a browsable geographical index. From the University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley. Publisher: University of California, Berkeley Extra Keywords notablebotanists Dublin Core Material Type: Collection, Text, Image Library of Congress Subject Headings: Botanists Botany -- Mexico Botany -- West (U.S.) People Purpus, Carl Albert, 1851- LII Database Information: Record 5422 created by Tom McGibney on 01/12/2003 Last modification on 10/01/2004 Published: 01/12/2003   California Digital Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/5422