Walter Hill

British/australian botanist.

Walter Hill (1819–1904) was a Scottish-born Australian botanist and horticulturalist, and first curator of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens at Gardens Point in Brisbane, Australia.

Abbreviations: W.Hill
Occupations: botanist, botanical collector
Citizenships: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Australia
Languages: English
Dates: 1819-12-31T00:00:00Z – 1904-02-04T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Dumfries and Galloway
Direct attributions: 7 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 13 plants, 0 fungi

7 plants attributed, 6 plants contributed to13 plants:

Macrozamia pauliguilielmi (Pineapple Zamia) W.Hill & F.Muell. 1859
endangered plant species in the zamiaceae family
Macrozamia pauli-guilielmi is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Australia.
Dendrobium nindii (Blue Antler Orchid) W.Hill 1874
plant species in the orchidaceae family
Dendrobium nindii, commonly known as blue antler orchid, is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid in the family Orchidaceae. It has erect, cylindrical, leafy pseudobulbs with leathery, dark green leaves and up to twenty mauve or violet flowers with darker veins on the labellum. This antler orchid occurs in tropical North Queensland and New Guinea.
Musa jackeyi (Johnstone River Banana) W.Hill 1874
endangered plant species in the musaceae family
Musa jackeyi, commonly known as Johnstone River banana or erect banana, is a rare species of plant in the banana family Musaceae. It is restricted to a very small part of the Wet Tropics bioregion of Queensland, Australia, and has the conservation status of critically endangered.
Dicksonia herbertii W.Hill 1874
plant species in the dicksoniaceae family
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Daviesia arborea (Golden Pea Tree) W.Hill 1879
plant species in the fabaceae family
Daviesia arborea, commonly known as golden pea or bitterleaf pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with weeping branches, linear phyllodes and yellow flowers with red markings.
Eugenia marginata W.Hill 1862
plant species in the myrtaceae family
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Casuarina fibrosa W.Hill 1880
plant species in the casuarinaceae family
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Eucalyptus grandis (Flooded Gum) W.Hill ex Maiden 1919
plant species in the myrtaceae family
Eucalyptus grandis, commonly known as the flooded gum or rose gum, is a tall tree with smooth bark, rough at the base fibrous or flaky, grey to grey-brown. At maturity, it reaches 50 metres (160 feet) tall, though the largest specimens can exceed 80 metres (260 feet) tall. It is found on coastal areas and sub-coastal ranges from Newcastle in New South Wales northwards to west of Daintree in Queensland, mainly on flat land and lower slopes, where it is the dominant tree of wet forests and on the margins of rainforests.
Normanbya normanbyi (Black Palm) (W.Hill) L.H.Bailey 1930
vulnerable plant species in the arecaceae family
Normanbya is a genus of palm trees containing the sole species Normanbya normanbyi, known by the common name black palm. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia and is threatened by habitat destruction.
Macrozamia douglasii (Coobine) W.Hill ex F.M.Bailey 1883
plant species in the zamiaceae family
Macrozamia douglasii is a species of plant in the family Zamiaceae. It is endemic to Queensland, Australia.
Linospadix minor (Walking Stick Palm) (W.Hill) Burret 1935
plant species in the arecaceae family
Linospadix minor (also known as Bacularia intermedia), more commonly known as the minor walking stick palm (being smaller in stature than the walking stick palm Linospadix monostachyos ) is a small North-East Queensland tropical forest palm with stems between 7mm and 20mm in diameter, growing from 1 m to 5 m high, with semi-glossy dark green leaves, and a crown of 7 to 12 leaves The minor walking stick palm has a limited distribution in the rainforests of the southern Mcllwraith Range (Cape York Peninsula), and is most abundant in the Queensland's wet tropical forests south of Cooktown (Mount
Alloxylon wickhamii (Pink Silky Oak) (W.Hill & F.Muell.) P.H.Weston & Crisp 1991
plant species in the proteaceae family
Alloxylon wickhamii is a rainforest tree to 30 m (100 ft) tall in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to the Wet Tropics of Queensland. In the wet tropics it is found growing in various well-developed rain forests and apparently is "probably more abundant in upland and mountain rain forests". This substantial rainforest tree species has large leaves (adult: up to 17 cm (6.7 in), younger: up to 40 cm (16 in)) and bunches of attractive pink-red flowers in October and November. It is "not as well known as Alloxylon flammeum but deserves an equal place in horticulture".
Areca aliceae W.Hill ex F.Muell. 1879
plant species in the arecaceae family
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