Brian Laurence ("Bill") Burtt (1913–2008), British botanist, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

IPNI standard form: B.L.Burtt

Taxon names authored

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• 27 taxon names authored by Brian Laurence Burtt

Publications

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• Burtt, B.L. & Davis, P.H. 1949. On The Flora of The Nearer East: XXIII. Miscellaneous New Species And Records. Kew Bulletin 4(1): 97–104. JSTOR Reference page. 

• Burtt, B.L. 1951 ("1950"). Two new species of Colchicum. Kew Bulletin 5(3): 431–434. JSTOR . Reference page. 
• 1961. Compositae and the study of functional evolution. Ed. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 232 pp.
• 1964. Tenth International Botanical Congress: Abstracts of Papers. 518 pp.
• Olive Mary Hilliard, Brian Laurence Burtt. 1971. Streptocarpus: an African plant study. Ed. Univ. of Natal Press. 410 pp. ISBN 0842603905
• Burtt, B.L. & Smith, R.M. 1972. Key species in the taxonomic history of Zingiberaceae. Notes from the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh 31(2): 177–227. Reference page. 
• 1977. Curcuma zedoaria. Volumen 30 de Gardens' bulletin, Singapore

• Hilliard, O.M. & Burtt, B.L. 1981. Some generic concepts in Compositae – Gnaphaliinae. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 82(3): 181–232. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.1981.tb00958.x . Reference page. 
• Brian Laurence Burtt. 1987. The botany of the southern Natal Drakensberg. Volumen 15 de Annals Series of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens. Ed. National Botanic Garden. 253 pp. ISBN 0620106255
• Brian Laurence Burtt. 1991. Dierama: the hairbells of Africa. Ed. Acorn Books. 152 pp. ISBN 1874802025
• Brian Laurence Burtt. 1991. Umbelliferae of southern Africa: an introduction and annotated check-list. Ed. HMSO. 150 pp. ISBN 0114941785
• Wentsai Wang, kaiyu Pan, Zhenyu Li, Brian Laurence Burtt. 1992. Keys to the Gesneriaceae of China. Ed. Edinburgh Botanic Garden (Sibbald) Trust. 70 pp.