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Buttonia hildebrandtii

Scientific Name: Buttonia hildebrandtii

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Category: Dicot

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Buttonia hildebrandtii

Buttonia hildebrandtii is an accepted scientific name for a plant species within the genus Buttonia. The text also lists it as a common name for the same plant.

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

  • Scientific Name: Buttonia hildebrandtii Engl.
  • Family: Orobanchaceae (formerly Scrophulariaceae)
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Botanic Rank: Species
  • Synonyms:
    • Buttonia natalensis MacKen ex Benth.
    • Buttonia natalis MacKen ex Benth. &amp Hook.
  • Nomenclatural Reference: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23(4): 509. 1897

Morphology and Growth Habit

  • Described as a half-shrubby or herbaceous, glabrous (smooth) climber.
  • Stems are slender and flexible.
  • Leaves (at least the uppermost ones on flowering branches) are opposite.

Distribution and Habitat

  • The text includes a reference to a map showing the distribution of observations, implying a known geographic range, but the map itself is not available.
  • Observed in the location of R571.

Related Resources

  • Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS): ITIS
  • USDA Plants Database
  • Encyclopedia of Life: EOL
  • Biodiversity Heritage Library: Biodiversity Heritage Library
  • The South African National Biodiversity Institute's
  • PlantSystematics.org