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)