| Name | Mimetes purpureus R. Brown | 
| Authorship | R. Brown | 
| Rank | Species | 
| Placed in | Mimetes | 
| Citation | 1810 Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10(1): 111 | 
| Holdings | 3 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Mimetes purpureus R. Brown | 
| Identification made in | [no date] (3) |