| Berzelia lanuginosa | |
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| Berzelia lanuginosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Bruniales |
| Family: | Bruniaceae |
| Genus: | Berzelia |
| Species: | B. lanuginosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Berzelia lanuginosa (L.) Brongn. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Brunia lanuginosa L. | |
Berzelia lanuginosa, commonly known as common button bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Bruniaceae native to the Western Cape region of South Africa. It is a perennial shrub that is hardy from USDA hardiness zones 9a to 11. It grows to be 4 to 6 feet (1.2 to 1.8 m) tall.
Carl Linnaeus, the "father of taxonomy", described it as Brunia lanuginosa in volume one of his Species Plantarum in 1753. French botanist erected the genus Berzelia, giving it the binomial name Berzelia lanuginosa in 1826.
References
- "Berzelia lanuginosa (L.) Brongn". The Plant List. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- Wilman, Victoria. "Berzelia lanuginosa". PlantZAfrica. SA National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
- "PlantFiles: Buttonbush Berzelia lanuginosa". davesgarden.com. Dave's Garden. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- Linnaeus, Carl (1753). "Tomus I". Species Plantarum (in Latin). Vol. 1. Stockholm: Laurentii Salvii. p. 199.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Berzelia lanuginosa |
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| Brunia lanuginosa | |