Biology:Buddleja kleinii

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Buddleja kleinii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Buddleja
Species:
B. kleinii
Binomial name
Buddleja kleinii
E. M. Norman & L. B. Sm.
Synonyms
  • Buddleja campestris subsp. magnicarpa E. M. Norman & L. B. Sm.

Buddleja kleinii is a species endemic to a small area of cloud forest bordering the eastern portion of the Serra Geral of Santa Catarina and the Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil at altitudes of 1200 – 1650 m.[1] The species was named by Norman and Smith in 1976.[2]

Description

Buddleja kleinii is a dioecious shrub 1 – 2.5 m high with dark-brown fissured bark. The young branches are subquadrangular and tomentose, bearing narrowly elliptic leaves 5 – 10 cm long by 1.5 – 3.5 cm wide, mostly on 1.5 – 2 cm petioles but occasionally subsessile; the blade is glabrescent above and tomentose below. The white inflorescence is 6 – 9 cm long by 2 – 4 cm wide, comprising pairs of congested cymes 1.2 – 1.7 cm in diameter, each with 10 – 15 flowers. The corolla is 6 – 6.5 mm long.[1]

Cultivation

The shrub is not known to be in cultivation.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Norman, E. M. (2000). Buddlejaceae. Flora Neotropica 81. New York Botanical Garden, USA
  2. Norman, E. M. & Smith, L. B. (1976). Fl. Illust. Catar. Logan. 25. t. 3, f. 14 - 17. 1976.

Wikidata ☰ Q4984663 entry