Ernst Betche

German-australian horticulturist and botanist (1851-1913).

Daniel Ludwig Ernst Betche (31 December 1851, in Potsdam – 28 June 1913, in Sydney) was a German-Australian horticulturist and botanist. His mother died at his birth and he was of delicate constitution all his life. His father was sufficiently well off to send him to winter in the warmer climate of Italy. He attended horticultural college in Potsdam and later worked at the municipal gardens in Berlin. In 1874 he began work as a gardener in the nursery of Louis van Houtte in Ghent. Around 1880, he visited Samoa, Tonga, the Marshall and Caroline Islands. From his travels in the South Seas, he is

Abbreviations: Betche
Occupations: explorer, botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: Kingdom of Prussia, Australia
Languages: English
Dates: 1851-12-31T00:00:00Z – 1913-06-28T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Potsdam
Direct attributions: 45 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 79 plants, 0 fungi

45 plants attributed, 34 plants contributed to79 plants:

Macadamia integrifolia (Macadamia-nut) Maiden & Betche 1896
vulnerable plant species in the proteaceae family
Macadamia integrifolia is a small to medium-sized tree native to Australian rainforests. Common names include macadamia, smooth-shelled macadamia, bush nut, Queensland nut, Bauple nut and nut oak.
Kunzea bracteolata Maiden & Betche 1905
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Kunzea bracteolata is a plant in the myrtle family found north of Glen Innes in northern New South Wales and in southern Queensland. It is a small shrub with spreading branches, small elliptic leaves and strongly scented white flowers on the ends of the branches in late spring.
Endiandra globosa (Ball-fruited Walnut) Maiden & Betche 1899
plant species in the lauraceae family
Endiandra globosa is a medium-sized Australian rainforest tree. Despite the common name of black walnut, this tree is unrelated to northern hemisphere walnuts, and is a laurel. The black walnut is restricted to riverine rainforest. Growing on rich alluvial soils and on moist slopes in subtropical rainforest; in the Brunswick and Tweed valleys in New South Wales and adjacent areas in Queensland. Another population grows from Ingham to Cairns in tropical Queensland. The black walnut is considered rare, with a ROTAP rating of 2RC-. Several signposted specimens can be seen on the roads around the
Cryptocarya erythroxylon (Pidgeonberry Ash) Maiden & Betche 1907
plant species in the lauraceae family
Cryptocarya erythroxylon commonly known as rose maple, rose walnut, pigeonberry ash, red-wooded cryptocarya, southern maple or bottleberry, is a species of flowering plant in the laurel family and is endemic to eastern Australia. Its leaves are elliptic to lance-shaped the flowers cream-coloured and tube-shaped, and the fruit a pear-shaped black drupe.
Micromyrtus hexamera (Maiden & Betche) Maiden & Betche 1916
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Micromyrtus hexamera is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with many drooping branches, egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and white to pink flowers arranged singly in leaf axils with 12 stamens in each flower.
Kunzea cambagei Maiden & Betche 1913
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Kunzea cambagei, commonly known as the Cambage kunzea is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area of New South Wales. It is a small shrub with egg-shaped leaves and clusters of cream-coloured to yellowish flowers near the end of the branches. It is only known from areas near Mount Werong in the Kanangra-Boyd National Park and Berrima.
Actinotus forsythii (Pink Flannel Flower) Maiden & Betche 1902
annual plant species in the apiaceae family
Actinotus forsythii, the pink flannel flower or ridge flannel flower, is a plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the east coast of Australia, and found in New South Wales and Victoria There are no synonyms.
Acacia ruppii (Rupp's Wattle) Maiden & Betche 1912
plant species in the fabaceae family
Acacia ruppii, commonly known as Rupp's wattle, is a shrub belonging to the genus Acacia and the subgenus Phyllodineae native to eastern Australia. It is listed as endangered in the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
Pultenaea campbellii (Walcha Bush-pea) Maiden & Betche 1899
plant species in the fabaceae family
Pultenaea campbellii commonly known as New England bush-pea or ragged bush-pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with linear leaves and yellow-orange flowers arranged near the ends of branchlets.
Phebalium stenophyllum (Benth.) Maiden & Betche 1916
plant species in the rutaceae family
Phebalium stenophyllum, commonly known as narrow-leaved phebalium, is a species of small shrub that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has scaly branchlets, narrow oblong to more or less cylindrical leaves and yellow flowers in umbels of three to ten.
Goodenia dimorpha Maiden & Betche 1904
plant species in the goodeniaceae family
Goodenia dimorpha is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the Sydney region. It is an erect herb with adventitious roots, linear to egg-shaped leaves, mostly at the base of the plant, and panicles of yellow flowers.
Dodonaea hirsuta (Maiden & Betche) Maiden & Betche 1913
plant species in the sapindaceae family
Dodonaea hirsuta is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect, dioecious shrub usually with simple, triangular to narrowly egg-shaped leaves with three to five wedge-shaped teeth, flowers arranged singly with four lance-shaped sepals, and 3- or 4-winged capsules.
Dodonaea camfieldii (Camfield's Hop Bush) Maiden & Betche 1898
plant species in the sapindaceae family
Dodonaea camfieldii is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a small plant with single or paired flowers and mostly simple leaves.
Boronia repanda Maiden & Betche 1906
plant species in the rutaceae family
Boronia repanda, commonly known as the granite rose, repand boronia or border boronia, is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to an area near the eastern border between New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. It is a small erect, woody shrub with many branches, thick warty, oblong leaves and pink, rarely white flowers arranged singly in leaf axils.
Boronia granitica Maiden & Betche 1905
plant species in the rutaceae family
Boronia granitica, commonly known as granite boronia, is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to a small area of eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with many branches, compound leaves and pink, four-petalled flowers.
Boronia deanei (Deane's Boronia) Maiden & Betche 1906
plant species in the rutaceae family
Boronia deanei, commonly known as Deane's boronia, is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to the central and southern highlands of New South Wales. It is an erect shrub with crowded, strongly aromatic leaves and white to bright pink flowers in late winter and spring.
Prostanthera granitica (Granite Mint-bush) Maiden & Betche 1905
plant species in the lamiaceae family
Prostanthera granitica, commonly known as the granite mintbush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a spreading shrub with egg-shaped leaves with the edges rolled under, and purple to violet flowers.
Parsonsia rotata (Veinless Silkpod) Maiden & Betche 1904
plant species in the apocynaceae family
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Olearia microphylla (Bridal Daisy Bush) (Vent.) Maiden & Betche 1916
plant species in the asteraceae family
Olearia microphylla, commonly known as snow bush, small-leaved daisy-bush or twiggy daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with spatula-shaped leaves with the edges rolled under, and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.
Epacris hamiltonii Maiden & Betche 1900
plant species in the ericaceae family
Epacris hamiltonii is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. It is a slender, low-lying to ascending shrub with hairy branchlets, thin, flat, hairy egg-shaped leaves, and white, tube-shaped flowers arranged in small groups at the end of branches.
Zieria robusta Maiden & Betche 1910
plant species in the rutaceae family
Zieria robusta, commonly known as round-leafed zieria, is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect, bushy shrub with leaves composed of three leaflets which are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base. The flowers are pink to white and arranged in groups of up to nine and have four petals and four stamens.
Westringia cheelii Maiden & Betche 1910
plant species in the lamiaceae family
Westringia cheelii is a species of plant in the mint family that is endemic to Australia.
Prostanthera teretifolia (Turpentine Mint-bush) Maiden & Betche 1908
plant species in the lamiaceae family
Prostanthera teretifolia, commonly known as turpentine bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of New South Wales. It is an erect to spreading, aromatic shrub with more or less cylindrical leaves and bluish-purple flowers.
Lasiopetalum longistamineum Maiden & Betche 1905
plant species in the malvaceae family
Lasiopetalum longistamineum commonly known as Mt Dangar velvet bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of New South Wales. It is a spreading shrub with branches densely covered with woolly, rust-coloured hairs, egg-shaped leaves and crowded, woolly-hairy flowers.
Hymenophyllum walleri Maiden & Betche 1810
plant species in the hymenophyllaceae family
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Hibbertia elata Maiden & Betche 1913
plant species in the dilleniaceae family
Hibbertia elata is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an open shrub with hairy stems, clustered, narrow linear to narrow lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow flowers usually with fifteen to twenty-five stamens arranged around the three carpels.
Goodenia glomerata Maiden & Betche 1900
perennial plant species in the goodeniaceae family
Goodenia glomerata is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south coast of New South Wales. It is an erect, hairy herb with elliptic to lance-shaped leaves, mostly at the base of the plant, and compact spikes of hairy yellow flowers.
Calamagrostis frigida (Benth.) Maiden & Betche 1916
perennial plant species in the poaceae family
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Polycarpaea holtzei Maiden & Betche 1917
plant species in the caryophyllaceae family
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Olearia flocktoniae Maiden & Betche 1909
plant species in the asteraceae family
Linealia flocktoniae, commonly known as Dorrigo daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to a restricted area of New South Wales. It is a shrub with crowded, linear leaves, and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.
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