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Hummingbird bush

Index of plants with the same common name

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 21, 2025
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Hummingbird bush is a common name that may refer to several flowering plants associated with hummingbirds, including:Anisacanthus quadrifidus, a species in the family Acanthaceae native to Mexico and Texas, United States

Grevillea thelemanniana, a species in the family Proteaceae endemic to Perth, Australia

Hamelia patens, a species in the family Rubiaceae native to Central and South America

Justicia californica, a species in the family Acanthaceae native to the south-western United States

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The public source identifies “Hummingbird bush” as index of plants with the same common name. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Hummingbird, bush and Index.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current 71-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Hummingbird, bush and Index providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 21, 2025.

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This entry incorporates text from “Hummingbird bush” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.