Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Cephalanthus L.
BUTTONBUSH
Classification
GENTIANALES
Cephalanthus
Citation
CEPHALANTHUS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 95. 1753.
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TYPE: Cephalanthus occidentalis Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 255. 1913.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Cephalanthus occidentalis COMMON BUTTONBUSH Native OBL (NWPL) D (WAP) OBL (DEP)
[Family identification key]

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Acrodryon Acrodryon Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 1: 386. 1824. TYPE: Acrodryon angustifolium (Loureiro) Sprengel (Cephalanthus angustifolius Loureiro) Lectotypified by Merrill, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., ser. 2. 24(2): 363. 1935.
Axolus Axolus Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur. 61. 1838. TYPE: Axolus angustifolius (Loureiro) Rafinesque (Cephalanthus angustifolius Loureiro) = Acrodryon Sprengel 1824, by lectotypification.
Eresimus Eresimus Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur. 61. 1838. TYPE: Eresimus stellatus (Loureiro) Rafinesque (Cephalanthus stallatus Loureiro) Lectotypified by Merrill, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 5: 538. 1915.
Silamnus Silamnus Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur. 60. 1838. TYPE: Silamnus procumbens (Loureiro) Rafinesque (Cephalanthus procumbens Loureiro)