Buddleja microstachya
| Buddleja microstachya | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Buddlejaceae |
| Genus: | Buddleja |
| Species: | B. microstachya |
| Binomial name | |
| Buddleja microstachya E. D. Liu | |
Buddleja microstachya is a small shrub discovered in 2005 by Liu and Peng in Yunnan, China, growing at an elevation of 3,200 m in rocky terrain of the Yongde Mountains Nature Reserve.[1] First described in 2006, this putative species was not included in Leeuwenberg's study of Asiatic and African buddleja published in 1979.[2]
Description
B. microstachya grows to 1 –2 m in height in the wild. The branchlets are quadrangular and densely tomentose, the bark of old branches peeling. The leaves are lanceolate, 1.5 – 5.0 cm long by 0.5 – 1.3 cm wide, tomentose above, densely tomentose below. The small terminal inflorescences consist of 2 or 3 flowers forming a cyme, several cymes forming a compact panicle. The corolla is lavender to white, cylindrical, 4 – 6 mm long and densely tomentose outside.[1]
B. microstachya most closely resembles B. yunnanensis but differs in flower morphology and has a very isolated range, whereas B. yunnanensis has a wide distribution.
Cultivation
B. microstachya is not known to be in cultivation.
References
- 1 2 Liu, E.D. & Peng, H. (2006). Buddleja microstachya (Buddleajaceae), a new species from SW Yunnan, China. Ann. Bot. Fenn. 43: 463–465.
- ↑ Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (1979) The Loganiaceae of Africa XVIII Buddleja L. II, Revision of the African & Asiatic species. H. Veenman & Zonen, Wageningen, Nederland.