Biology:Buddleja mendozensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Buddleja |
| Species: | B. mendozensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Buddleja mendozensis Gillies ex Benth.
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Buddleja mendozensis is an extremely variable species endemic to the xeric and subxeric areas of Argentina , from Jujuy to southern Mendoza and La Pampa, where it grows on rocks at altitudes of 600 – 3,000 m.[1] The species was first named by Gillies,[2] and described by Bentham in 1846.[3]
Description
Buddleja mendozensis is a dioecious shrub 0.2 – 2 m high with greyish bark. The young branches are subterete and tomentose, bearing leaves of very variable shape 0.5 – 8 cm long by 0.2 – 2 cm wide, membranaceous to subcoriaceous, glabrescent to tomentose above, and densely tomentose below. The yellow to orange inflorescence comprises 2 – 5 pairs of small globose heads in the axils of the terminal leaves; the corollas 3.5 – 4.5 mm long. Ploidy: 2n = 38.[1]
Cultivation
Buddleja mendozensis is not known to be in cultivation.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q4984684 entry
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