Etlingera Pubescens
''Etlingera pubescens'' is a monocotyledonous plant species that was first described by Brian Laurence Burtt and Rosemary Margaret Smith, and was given its current name by Rosemary Margaret Smith. ''Etlingera pubescens'' is part of the genus ''Etlingera'' and the family Zingiberaceae. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life. References R.M.Sm., 1986 ''In: Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 43: 248'' {{Taxonbar, from=Q15327085 Etlingera, pubescens Taxa named by Rosemary Margaret Smith ...
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Brian Laurence Burtt
Brian Laurence "Bill" Burtt FRSE FLS (27 August 1913 – 30 May 2008), 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 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and then at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE). He made numerous field trips to South Africa and Sarawak and described a total of 637 new plant species. Burtt is denoted by the author abbreviation when citing a botanical name. Education and career Brian Laurence Burtt, known to colleagues as Bill, was born 27 August 1913 in Claygate, Surrey, to Mabel Johnston and Laurence Buckley Burtt. He was educated at Dulwich College, excelling in Latin. After Dulwich he was employed at Kew as herbarium assistant to Arthur William Hill, the Director. Here he learnt to work with dried plant material from all over the world, painstakingly dissecting and classifying. Burtt wrote his first paper in 1932 with the assistance of Joh ...
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