Burton, R.C.   ( - )

American surveyor, overseer on Overland Telegraph Line, central Australia, 1871-72, and collected plants there.

Collected in western and tropical Qld; e.g. Northcote 1878, 1882; Cooktown 1882, McKinlay Range and Buckley River 1889, between Camooweal and Urandangie 1890, between Croydon and Blackbull Creek 1891, Newcastle Range.

Specimens at BRI, MEL, NSW.

Commemorated in Hibiscus, Polycarpaea, Trichinium.

Source: George, A.S. (2009) Australian Botanist's Companion, Four Gables Press, WA. [consult for source references]

Collecting localities for 'Burton, R.C.' from AVH (2021)

Data from 126 specimens