Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Cornales (10)
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