Ernst Betche

Daniel Ludwig Ernst Betche (31 December 1851, in Potsdam – 28 June 1913, in Sydney) was a German-Australian horticulturist and botanist.

He attended horticultural college in Potsdam and later worked at the municipal gardens in Berlin.

Ferns collected in the islands were shipped to the University of Leipzig, and the rest of the specimens were given to botanist Ferdinand von Mueller.

[1][2] In September 1881 he was hired as a collector at the Sydney Botanical Gardens in New South Wales.

[1][2] The botanical genus Betchea (family Cunoniaceae) was named in his honor by Rudolf Schlechter.