William Bertram Turrill

Tulipa cypria, the Cyprus tulip, is a tulip, an erect perennial bulbous herb, 15–40 cm high (in blossom), with glabrous, glaucous leaves. It has four leaves which are alternate, simple, entire and fleshy. The two lower leaves are larger, lanceolate, 10-20 x 2–6 cm, with conspicuously undulate margins while the two higher leaves are much smaller, nearly linear. One terminal showy flower, perianth cup shaped, of six free, petaloid segments, 2.5-9 x 1-3.5 cm, with dark blood-red colour, internally with a black blotch bordered by a yellow zone. It flowers March–April. The fruit is a capsule.

Crocus goulimyi, the fall crocus, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Crocus and the family Iridaceae. It is endemic to Greece. It is a cormous perennial growing to 10 cm (3.9 in) tall. The small, rounded, lilac flowers with paler throats appear in autumn. It was named in honour of the Greek amateur botanist Constantine Goulimis (1886-1963). This plant and the cultivar C. goulimyi subsp. goulimyi 'Mani White' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Acacia dunnii, commonly known as Dunn's wattle or elephant ear wattle is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a shrub or tree covered with a fine, white powdery bloom, elliptic to egg-shaped phyllodes, spherical heads of golden yellow flowers and narrowly oblong, more or less woody pods. The Jamindjung, Ngaliwurru people and Nungali people know the plant as bawaya, and the Ngarinyman as barrawi.

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Sedum cyprium, the Cyprus stonecrop, is an erect, monocarpic, succulent herb in the family Crassulaceae. The species is distinguished by its small brownish-red flowers and its ability to grow in harsh, rocky environments. It is considered relatively rare, being found only within a limited altitudinal range in Cyprus's Troodos Mountains where it has adapted to survive in shallow, free-draining substrates of weathered gabbro and schist. During summer heat, the plant often develops a distinct bronze-red colouration as a drought-resistance mechanism.

Geissois imthurnii is a species of forest tree belonging to the plant family Cunoniaceae. It is endemic to Fiji.

Fritillaria fusca is an Asian species of herbaceous plant in the lily family Liliaceae, native to Tibet in China. Fritillaria fusca is up to 22 cm tall. There is usually only one flower, bell-shaped, yellowish with purplish-brown markings.

Daphne longilobata is a shrub, of the family Thymelaeaceae. It is native to China, specifically eastern Tibet, southwestern Sichuan, and northwestern Yunnan.

Vicia anatolica (syn. Vicia hajastana) is a species of flowering plant in the vetch genus Vicia, family Fabaceae. It is native to Crimea, the Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, and Kyrgyzstan. As its synonym Vicia hajastana it is used in studies of cytoskeletal structures and other cellular functions since it is amenable to laboratory media culturing.

Thunbergia battiscombei, also known as the blue glory vine, is a species of flowering plant within the family Acanthaceae. It is sometimes used as an ornamental garden plant for its beautiful large blooms and leafy foliage. Thunbergia battiscombei is also cultivated as a herb within its native range. Some people superstitiously believe the herb is able to help remedy mental imbalance, curses and black magic.

Sempervivum altum is a species of flowering plant in the family Crassulaceae, native to the Caucasus Mountains. Like other members of the houseleek genus, it grows succulent leaves in rosettes. The rosettes of S. altum are 1–5 cm across, and the leaves are pubescent or pilose. The flowers are pink edged with white, with yellow anthers, growing on a stem 30–40 cm tall. The species was described in 1936 by William Bertram Turrill based on specimens collected by P.L. Giuseppi in a 1935 expedition to the Caucasus Mountains. It is closely related to S. ingwersenii and S. ossetiense from the same

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Isotheca is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. The only species is Isotheca alba. It is a subshrub native to Mount Aripo on Trinidad and to northeastern Venezuela.

Gardenia hutchinsoniana is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Fiji.

Dianthus cyprius is a shrubby hairless perennial plant with overarching branches up to 90 cm long, the flowering branches growing from the sides of stems end in leaf-tufts. The Calyx-tube grows up to 2.5 cm cylindrical, with 4-9 pairs of bracts at the base. Flowers clustered, 2 cm in diameter; petals pink with some red marking toward the centre. Flowers from June to November. The plant's common name is "Dianthos o Kyprios".

Asperula subulifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It was first described in 1928 and is endemic to Australia.

Asperula asthenes is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, known as trailing woodruff, and is endemic to the east coast of New South Wales, Australia

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Horwoodia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae. It includes a single species, Horwoodia dicksoniae, an herbaceous annual native to desert regions of Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia in the northern Arabian Peninsula. The plant is branched from the base, growing 10 to 43 cm tall from a taproot. It has fragrant leaves. It typically grows in sandy desert soils, and occasionally in loose silty soil with stones, in open depressions and wadi beds. The genus was erected by the English botanist William Bertram Turrill in 1939. The generic name honours Arthur Reginald

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Cyperus nervosostriatus is a species of sedge that is endemic to the Northern Provinces of South Africa.

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Calophyllum vitiense is a species of flowering plant in the family Calophyllaceae. It is a tree native to Fiji, Niue, the Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands, and Tonga.

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