B. L. Burtt
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Brian Laurence "Bill" Burtt FRSE FLS, was an English botanist and taxonomist who is noted for his contributions to the family Gesneriaceae. In a career that spanned 74 years, he worked first at the Ro
Bill Burtt with Streptocarpus grandis leaf in the Nkandla Forest, South Africa
Streptocarpus
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Streptocarpus is an Afrotropical genus of flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae. The genus is native to Afromontane biotopes from central, eastern and southern Africa, including Madagascar and t
B. L. Burtt
…left Edinburgh on the first of five strenuous collecting trips to Sarawak. He made the first of 19 visits to South Africa in 1964, to collect and study Streptocarpus. Here he made the acquaintance of fellow botanist Olive Hilliard of Natal University, and started a collaboration which would last some 44 years. Their…
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Streptocarpella (Streptocarpus saxorum)
Streptocarpus anatomy - cross section of flower
Streptocarpus liliputana, whole plant, on show