Biology:Buddleja tubiflora

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Buddleja tubiflora
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Buddleja tubiflora panicles
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Buddleja
Species:
B. tubiflora
Binomial name
Buddleja tubiflora
Benth.
Synonyms
  • Buddleja grandiflora Cham. & Schltdl. var. foliosa Chodat & Hassl.
  • Buddleja grandiflora Cham. & Schltdl. var. genuina Chodat & Hassl.
  • Buddleja grandiflora Cham. & Schltdl. var. paraguariensis Chodat & Hassl.
  • Buddleja grandiflora Cham. & Schltdl. var. tubiflora (Benth.) Chodat & Hassl.
  • Buddleja paraguariensis Chodat

Buddleja tubiflora is endemic to much of northern Argentina , southern Paraguay, and southern Brazil , where it grows at the edge of woodlands, thickets, and in old fields, at low elevations. The species was first named and described by George Bentham in 1846.[1][2]

Description

Buddleja tubiflora grows to < 2 m in height, with the typically lax habit creating a spread of < 3 m. The shrub is chiefly distinguished by its striking orange flowers, the corollas 25 mm long by 6 mm wide at the throat, borne in axillary clusters towards the ends of the branches. The branchlets, like the corolla tubes, are covered in a dense reddish indumentum. The leaves are mostly subsessile, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 8 – 18 cm long by 2 – 6 cm wide, membranaceous, tomentulose above, tomentose below. Pollination is by hummingbirds which feed on the sweet nectar at the base of the corolla. Ploidy: 2n = 38.[2]

Cultivation

Buddleja tubiflora is cultivated in the UK, most if not all specimens derived from a long-lost example grown at the Hanbury Gardens at Mortola Inferiore, Italy. A specimen is grown under glass as part of the NCCPG national collection at Longstock Park Nursery, near Stockbridge. The shrub can be grown on a south-facing wall in coastal areas of the UK, with added protection against frost, although waterlogging overwinter is considered a greater danger to the plant.[3] Hardiness: USDA zones 9–10.[3]

References

  1. Bentham, G. (1846). D C., Prodromus 10: 443, 1846.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Norman, E. M. (2000). Buddlejaceae. Flora Neotropica 81. New York Botanical Garden, USA
  3. 3.0 3.1 Stuart, D. (2006). Buddlejas. RHS Plant Collector Guide. Timber Press, Oregon. ISBN:0-88192-688-4

Wikidata ☰ Q4984733 entry