Benedetto Scortechini (1845–1886) was an Italian botanist, explorer, and Roman Catholic priest.
[3] In addition to his pastoral duties he spent much time studying the botany of the area, collecting specimens alongside the colonial botanist F.M.
About 90 specimens collected by Scortechini are found in the Queensland Herbarium ...[2]George King, Director of the Royal Botanic Garden Calcutta, arranged with Sir Hugh Low, the British Resident at Perak, to employ plant collectors to work in Peninsular Malaysia.
Julian Tenison-Woods documenting plant life in the Straits Settlements (Malaysia), where he was appointed Government Botanist at Perak.
Leaving the region in 1886 he began making his way to London, via India, to publish his results.