Cephalanthus occidentalis

Classification	Flowering Plants
Family	Rubiaceae
Family (Traditional)	Rubiaceae
Genus	Cephalanthus
Species	Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
Common Name	Buttonbush
Growth Habit	Shrub
Duration	Perennial
Plant Notes	**
C value	5
Status	Native, OBL (NWPL)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Subspecies and Varieties

Not applicable or data not available.

Distribution Map: Based on vouchered plant specimens only. View county names by placing the mouse cursor over a particular county.

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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Cephalanthus occidentalis var. californicus	Cephalanthus occidentalis var. californicus Benth.
Cephalanthus occidentalis var. pubescens	Cephalanthus occidentalis var. pubescens Raf.
Cephalanthus pubescens	Cephalanthus pubescens

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on an accession number to view full details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Blackford, Brown, Carroll, Cass, Clark, Clay, Daviess, DeKalb, Delaware, Dubois, Fountain, Fulton, Grant, Greene, Hancock, Howard, Jackson, Jefferson, Knox, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Madison, Marion, Monroe, Noble, Orange, Parke, Porter, Putnam, Randolph, Ripley, Rush, Spencer, Sullivan, Tipton, Vermillion, Warren, Warrick, Wells, Whitley

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: BUT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1910 - 2008

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
64166	Carroll	22 Jul 1942	Charles M. Ek	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
57826	Cass	23 Jul 1940	Charles M. Ek	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
45618	Howard	19 Jul 1936	Chas. W. Ek	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
154795	Madison	05 Oct 2008	Donald G. Ruch 16767	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
99145	Putnam	24 Jul 1910	Earl J. Grimes 194	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
95522	Fountain	29 Jun 1952	Franklin B. Buser 1214	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
154482	Warren	05 Sep 1991	Gayle Tonkovich 300	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
92693	Porter	09 Jul 1922	Marcus W. Lyon, Jr.	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
154478	Porter	13 Aug 2003	Mitchell S. Alix	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
154479	Porter	21 Aug 2003	Mitchell S. Alix	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
154481	Porter	24 Aug 2004	Mitchell S. Alix	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
154477	Kosciusko	30 Aug 2005	Mitchell S. Alix	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
154480	Porter	24 Sep 2004	Mitchell S. Alix	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
14342	Clark	27 May 1933	Ray C. Friesner 5621	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
14343	Clark	27 May 1933	Ray C. Friesner 5621	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
5703	Brown	07 Jun 1930	Ray C. Friesner	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
99215	Grant	07 Jun 1941	Ray C. Friesner 15265	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
38195	DeKalb	19 Jun 1937	Ray C. Friesner 10739	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
14145	Clay	24 Jun 1933	Ray C. Friesner 5923	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
43921	Ripley	25 Jun 1938	Ray C. Friesner 12368	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
40301	Wells	26 Jun 1937	Ray C. Friesner 10882	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
53751	Fulton	28 Jun 1941	Ray C. Friesner 15522	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
38593	Warren	03 Jul 1937	Ray C. Friesner 10983	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
78062	Ripley	06 Jul 1946	Ray C. Friesner 20715	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
18623	Brown	07 Jul 1934	Ray C. Friesner 7600	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
70728	Delaware	08 Jul 1944	Ray C. Friesner 18304	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
37298	Jackson	10 Jul 1937	Ray C. Friesner 11142	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
4046	Brown	12 Jul 1930	Ray C. Friesner	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
77850	Orange	13 Jul 1946	Ray C. Friesner 20822	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
8038	Monroe	18 Jul 1931	Ray C. Friesner 3157	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
28534	Noble	21 Jul 1935	Ray C. Friesner 8942	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
74149	Blackford	21 Jul 1945	Ray C. Friesner 19316	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
73918	Vermillion	28 Jul 1945	Ray C. Friesner 19386	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
70727	Randolph	29 Jul 1944	Ray C. Friesner 18564	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
54027	LaGrange	03 Aug 1941	Ray C. Friesner 15927	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
70493	Hancock	05 Aug 1944	Ray C. Friesner 18640	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
53682	Whitley	09 Aug 1941	Ray C. Friesner 16117	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
37986	Spencer	03 Sep 1937	Ray C. Friesner 11482	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
37992	Warrick	03 Sep 1937	Ray C. Friesner 11506	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
14411	Greene	07 Sep 1933	Ray C. Friesner 6548	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
14413	Greene	07 Sep 1933	Ray C. Friesner 6548	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
14511	Sullivan	08 Sep 1933	Ray C. Friesner 6588	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
42940	Jefferson	17 Sep 1938	Ray C. Friesner 13136	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
74318	Orange	22 Sep 1945	Ray C. Friesner 19835	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
56641	Whitley	27 Sep 1941	Ray C. Friesner 16518	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
67832	Rush	28 Sep 1943	Ray C. Friesner 18041	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
37679	Tipton	02 Oct 1937	Ray C. Friesner 11734	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
99349	Daviess	05 Oct 1946	Ray C. Friesner 21194	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
14971	Putnam	07 Oct 1933	Ray C. Friesner 7120	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
5301	Parke	01 Aug 1930	Rexford F. Daubenmire 2338	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
12797	Sullivan	02 Jul 1933	Scott McCoy	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
36873	Knox	04 Jul 1937	Scott McCoy 4707	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
51915	Dubois	31 Aug 1940	Scott McCoy 5395	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
6104	Marion	15 Jun 1929	Stanley A. Cain	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
2771	Marion	15 Sep 1926	Stanley A. Cain	BUT Cephalanthus occidentalis L.

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