Olive Mary Hilliard is a noted South African botanist and taxonomist. Hilliard authored 372 land plant species names, the fifth-highest number of such names authored by any female scientist.
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 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 B.L.Burtt when citing a botanical name.
Diascia is a genus of around 70 species of herbaceous annual and perennial flowering plants of the family Scrophulariaceae, native to southern Africa, including South Africa, Lesotho and neighbouring areas.
Plecostachys is a genus of South African flowering plants in the sunflower family.
Troglophyton is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, sunflower family, native to southern Africa.
Vellereophyton is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family.
Dolichothrix is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae).
Hesperantha is a genus of cormous flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. The genus name is derived from the Greek words hesperos, meaning "evening", and anthos, meaning "flower".
Rhodohypoxis is a small genus of tuberous flowering plants in the family Hypoxidaceae, native to southern Africa. The small flowers, no more than 15 cm (6 in) high, are constructed so that their centres are not visible. Some species are in cultivation.
Craterocapsa is a genus of plants in the family Campanulaceae. It contains 5 known species, all native to southern Africa.
Agalmyla is a genus of plants in the family Gesneriaceae.
Jamesbrittenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Scrophulariaceae, disjunctly distributed in southern Africa, Sudan and Egypt, and India and Bangladesh. Subshrubs with profuse flowering, they are amenable to containers, so a number of cultivars and hybrid cultivars have been developed for the garden trade.
Afroaster is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.
Chenopodiopsis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Scrophulariaceae.
Cromidon is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Scrophulariaceae.
Manulea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Scrophulariaceae.
