| Name | Purpus, Joseph Anton |
| Date of birth | 1860 |
| Date of death | 1932 |
| Remarks | [collector note: Brother of Purpus, Carl Albert; Mexico (col. 1921-x, mainly with his brother): G, M, NY; W. Eur., Russia (e.g. Leningrad & Smolensk, col. 1884, 1886-87): B, WRSL] |
| ASA Botanist ID | 101434 botanist |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/2a54d4e6-4e46-4374-bb21-b677916180bd |
| Variant name | Joseph Anton Purpus |
| Author name | J. A. Purpus |
| B & P Author Abbrev. | J. A. Purpus |
| Standard/Label Name | J. A. Purpus |
| Full Name | Purpus, Joseph Anton |
| Geography Collector | Mexico, Russia |
| Specialty Author | Spermatophytes |
| Specialty Collector | Lichens |
| Specialty Collector | Phanerogams |
| Specialty Collector | Bryophytes |
| Citation as Author | Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Citation as Collector | Index Herbariorum - Collectors N-R |
| Author in | Pl. Mex. Purpus. |
| Holdings | Search for specimens collected by J. A. Purpus |
| Collections in | [no date] (55), 1905 (1), 1907 (1), 1919 (1), 1921 (31), 1922 (30), 1923 (4), 1927 (1) |