Buchnera americana (Bluehearts)

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Buchnera americana L.

Bluehearts, American bluehearts

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Buchnera breviflora Pennell
Buchnera floridana Gandog.

4/14/2015 · Long Pine Key, Everglades National Park, Florida · ≈ 3 × 3½″ (8.1 × 9.5 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Lamiales	Aromatic herbs and shrubs, including lavender, lilac, olive, jasmine, ash, teak, snapdragon, sesame, psyllium, garden sage, mint, basil, and rosemary
Family	Orobanchaceae	Broomrape family of parasitic plants
Genus	Buchnera	New Latin feminine noun Buchnera, named for Paul Buchner, German biologist who made extensive contributions to the study of endosymbiosis
Species	americana	“Of or from America”

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Buchnera americana description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.