Brian Laurence Burtt

Alpinia zerumbet, commonly known as shell ginger among other names, is a perennial species of ginger native to East Asia. The plants can grow up to 2.5 to 3 meters (8 to 10 ft) tall and bear colorful funnel-shaped flowers. They are grown as ornamentals and their leaves are used in cuisine and traditional medicine.

Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum, synonyms including Helichrysum luteoalbum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. In the United Kingdom, it is known as the Jersey cudweed.

Helichrysum petiolare, the licorice-plant or liquorice plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a subshrub native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa — where it is known as impepho — and to Angola, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It is naturalized in parts of Portugal and the United States. Growing to about 45 cm (18 in) high and 150 cm (59 in) broad, it is a trailing evergreen subshrub with furry grey-green leaves and small white flowers. Other common names include silver-bush everlastingflower, trailing dusty miller and kooigoed. The foliage has a faint licorice aroma,

Choerospondias axillaris, known in English as the Nepali hog plum, is a tree in the family Anacardiaceae. It is the sole species in genus Choerospondias. It is native to the Himalayas, Indochina, southern and north-central China, Taiwan, and Japan. It is a common fruit in Nepal and Bhutan, which is called lapsi (लप्सी) in Nepali, aamli in Newar, and phrumchung in eastern Bhutan. Its fruit is about 3 centimeters long and has a soft whitish sour flesh and green to yellow skin. The fruit is made into pickles, fruit tarts, and sour, spicy candy. The tree has long been cultivated for its fruit.

Hakea salicifolia, commonly known as the willow-leaved hakea, is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an adaptable, fast growing small tree or shrub with attractive foliage and cream white flowers.

Vellereophyton is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Species Vellereophyton dealbatum (Thunb.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt - Australia Vellereophyton felinum Hilliard - South Africa Vellereophyton gracillimum Hilliard - South Africa Vellereophyton lasianthum (Schltr. & Moeser) Hilliard - South Africa Vellereophyton niveum Hilliard - South Africa Vellereophyton pulvinatum Hilliard - South Africa Vellereophyton vellereum (R.A.Dyer) Hilliard - South Africa

Troglophyton is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to southern Africa. Species

Plecostachys is a genus of South African flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to the Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, and Eswatini. Species Plecostachys polifolia (Thunb.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt Plecostachys serpyllifolia (P.J.Bergius) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt

Dracosciadium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. Its native range is KwaZulu-Natal. Species: Dracosciadium italae Hilliard & B.L.Burtt Dracosciadium saniculifolium Hilliard & B.L.Burtt

Glaucosciadium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. Its native range is Southern Turkey, Cyprus, Iran. Species: Glaucosciadium cordifolium (Boiss.) B.L.Burtt & P.H.Davis Glaucosciadium insigne (Pimenov & Maassoumi) Spalik & S.R.Downie

Siphonochilus aethiopicus, commonly known as African ginger, is a species of flowering plant in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is used in traditional medicine in sub-Saharan Africa, and is critically endangered due to over-harvesting.

Ridleyandra is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. Its native range is Thailand to western Malesia. It is found in Borneo, Malaya and Thailand. The genus name of Ridleyandra is in honour of Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855–1956), an English botanist, geologist and naturalist who lived much of his life in Singapore. He was instrumental in promoting rubber trees in the Malay Peninsula. It was first described and published in Beitr. Biol. Pflanzen Vol.70 on page 171 (written in 1997–1998) publ. 1998.

Crocus oreocreticus is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial native to central and eastern Kriti (Crete).

Colchicum macrophyllum has large, funnel-shaped flowers in the fall with much tessellation throughout the bloom. The colour is rosy-purple and white. The leaves that it produces in the spring are large, up to 16" (40 cm) long, among the largest of all colchicum species. This plant is native to the area around the Aegean Sea (Turkey and Greece including Crete).

Choerospondias axillaris, known in English as the Nepali hog plum, is a tree in the family Anacardiaceae. It is the sole species in genus Choerospondias. It is native to the Himalayas, Indochina, southern and north-central China, Taiwan, and Japan. It is a common fruit in Nepal and Bhutan, which is called lapsi (लप्सी) in Nepali, aamli in Newar, and phrumchung in eastern Bhutan. Its fruit is about 3 centimeters long and has a soft whitish sour flesh and green to yellow skin. The fruit is made into pickles, fruit tarts, and sour, spicy candy. The tree has long been cultivated for its fruit.

Chenopodiopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Scrophulariaceae. Its native range is South African Republic. Species: Chenopodiopsis chenopodioides (Diels) Hilliard Chenopodiopsis hirta (L.f.) Hilliard Chenopodiopsis retrorsa Hilliard

Afgekia mahidoliae, known as Kan Phai Mahidol (กันภัยมหิดล), is a type of vine in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Kanchanaburi province, Thailand. Its leaves are compound with 4–6 pairs of leaflets. The stem has several petiolules. The dorsal side of the leaf has brown colored hairs. The flower is an erect panicle with white and purple color. The pod is flat, short and round. Its scientific name is in honor of Srinagarindra. This vine was first scientifically described in Thailand by Kasem Chandraprasong, then Assistant Professor Jirayupin (Chirmsiriwattana) Chadraprasong and B. L. Burtt

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Polemanniopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. It is native to the Cape Provinces and Namibia in South Africa. The genus name of Polemanniopsis is in honour of Peter Heinrich Polemann (1779 – 1839), a German chemist and apothecary who supported plant collectors in Schleswig-Holstein, who went to Cape Town, South Africa. It was first described and published in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh Vol.45 on page 498 (written in 1988, published in 1989.

Kaisupeea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. Its native range is Indo-China. It is found in Myanmar and Thailand. The genus name of Kaisupeea is in honour of Supee Saksuwan Larsen (b. 1939) and her husband Kai Larsen (1926–2012), a Danish botanist. it was first described and published in Nordic J. Bot. Vol.21 on page 116 in 2001.

Farsetia socotrana is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is found only on Socotra in Yemen. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Ezosciadium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. It contains a single species, Ezosciadium capense. Its native range is South African Republic.

Diascia vigilis, called the twinspur or elf spur, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Diascia, native to South Africa. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Crocus sieheanus is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus of the family Iridaceae. It is a cormous perennial native to south central Turkey.

Craterocapsa is a genus of plants in the family Campanulaceae. It contains 5 known species, all native to southern Africa. Craterocapsa alfredica D.Y.Hong - KwaZulu-Natal Craterocapsa congesta Hilliard & B.L.Burtt - Lesotho, South Africa Craterocapsa insizwae (Zahlbr.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt - South Africa Craterocapsa montana (A.DC.) Hilliard & B.L.Burtt - Lesotho, South Africa Craterocapsa tarsodes Hilliard & B.L.Burtt - Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, South Africa

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Tenrhynea is a genus of Southern African plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae. Species The only known species is Tenrhynea phylicifolia, found in Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, and Eswatini

Richea continentis, the candle heath, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae that is endemic to Australia. It is multi-branched shrub growing to between 0.5 and 1 metre (1 ft 8 in and 3 ft 3 in) high. Leaves are 1 to 4 cm (0.39 to 1.57 in) long. The inflorescence is 30 cm (12 in) long with white to greenish-white flowers. The species was first formally described by English botanist Brian Laurence Burtt in 1942 in Botanical Magazine, based on the type specimen collected at Mount Hotham by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller. It occurs near watercourses or bogs in alpine or

Rhynchoglossum notonianum, the South-Indian tongue-lip, is an annual succulent herb plant in family Gesneriaceae, native to South India and Sri Lanka. It is characterized by a creeping growth habit and is covered with fine hairs, which on the stem are mostly confined to a single line on one side. The leaves are alternately arranged, stalked, and either entire or slightly serrated along the margins. The bases of the leaves are unequally heart-shaped. Flowers are borne in racemes opposite the leaves and are notable for their rich, deep blue color, with all flowers oriented downward. The calyx

Pothos brassii is a species of plant in the arum family Araceae. It is native to the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia. It is a root climber with a stem not exceeding 2 cm (0.79 in) diameter. It was first described in 1936 and has the conservation status of least concern.