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Berzelia lanuginosa

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Berzelia lanuginosa
Berzelia lanuginosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Bruniales
Family: Bruniaceae
Genus: Berzelia
Species:
B. lanuginosa
Binomial name
Berzelia lanuginosa
Synonyms

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.[2] 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.[3]

Carl Linnaeus, the "father of taxonomy", described it as Brunia lanuginosa in volume one of his Species Plantarum in 1753.[4] French botanist erected the genus Berzelia, giving it the binomial name Berzelia lanuginosa in 1826.

References

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  1. ^ "Berzelia lanuginosa (L.) Brongn". The Plant List. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  2. ^ Wilman, Victoria. "Berzelia lanuginosa". PlantZAfrica. SA National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  3. ^ "PlantFiles: Buttonbush Berzelia lanuginosa". davesgarden.com. Dave's Garden. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  4. ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1753). "Tomus I". Species Plantarum (in Latin). Vol. 1. Stockholm: Laurentii Salvii. p. 199.