Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2586)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2483)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2101)
Order: Cornales (9)
Family: Cornaceae (4)(family description)
Genus: Cornus (4)
Epithet: nuttallii Audubon ex Torr. & A.Gray (1)
nuttallii => in honor of Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859), English botanist and zoologist, who worked in America