Biography

Edward Button, English-born South African explorer and gold prospector (Brundish, Suffolk 24 May 1836 – Pietermaritzburg 24 May 1900)

Collected plants and seeds

Authored a paper Explorations in the gold regions of the Limpopo. Report Brit. Assoc. Advanc. Science (1872)

HONORS

Buttonia McKen ex. Bentham 1871 (Orobanchaceae)

LINKS

https://www.s2a3.org.za/bio/Biograph_final.php?serial=439