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  1. Family: Scrophulariaceae Juss.
    1. Genus: Buddleja Houst. ex L.

      1. Buddleja davidii Franch.

        This species is accepted, and its native range is Tibet to Central & S. China.

    [CPLC]

    Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

    Distribution
    Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 970 - 2200 m.; Andes, Valle del Cauca.
    Habit
    Arbusto
    [FZ]

    Loganiaceae, A. J. M. Leeuwenberg. Flora Zambesiaca 7:1. 1983

    Habit
    Shrub 0·50–3 m. high, often sarmentose.
    Branches
    Branchlets subquadrangular, stellate–tomentose when young, glabrescent.
    Leaves
    Leaves opposite or sometimes subopposite, shortly petiolate; stipules foliate, often only present on main branches; long; lamina narrowly ovate or narrowly elliptic, 3–6 times as long as wide, 4–20 x 1–7 cm., acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, serrate to subentire.
    Inflorescences
    Inflorescence terminal, sometimes also lateral, thyrsoid, long and rather narrow, 10–30 x 3–5 cm., rarely smaller, composed of mostly short–stalked, lax, many–flowered cymes.
    Flowers
    Flowers all shortly pedicellate or some sessile.
    Calyx
    Calyx narrowly campanulate, 2–3·5 x 1–1·5 mm., outside stellate–pubescent to glabrous, tube (1·5)2–5 times as long as the lobes; lobes subequal, usually narrowly triangular, 0·5–2 x 0·5–0·8 mm., acute or acuminate, entire.
    Corolla
    Corolla violet or lilac (white not seen in specimens in the field), orange–yellow within the throat, with erect lobes 3–5 times as long as the calyx, 7·5–14 mm. long, outside glabrous or stellate–pubescent and/or with minute glandular hairs; tube nearly cylindrical, 2–4 times as long as the calyx, 3–5·5 times as long as the lobes, 6–11·5 mm. long, 0·9–1·5 mm. wide below the throat and from there abruptly widened; lobes circular or slightly longer than wide, 1·3 x 1·3 mm., rounded, entire to crenate, spreading.
    Stamens
    Stamens included; filaments very short, mostly inserted in the middle of the corolla tube.
    Ovary
    Ovary oblong or nearly so, laterally compressed, glabrous, minutely pubescent, or sometimes with glandular hairs.
    Fruits
    Capsule narrowly ellipsoid or narrowly ovoid, (3)5–9 x 1·2–2 mm.

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Tibet

    Introduced into:

    Alabama, Argentina South, Ascension, Belgium, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Cameroon, Colombia, Connecticut, Corse, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, District of Columbia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Illinois, Ireland, Italy, Kentucky, Malaya, Maryland, Masachusettes, Michigan, Missouri, Netherlands, New Jersey, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rhode I., Rwanda, South Carolina, Spain, Switzerland, Tennessee, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Zambia, Zimbabwe

    Synonyms

    Other Data

    Buddleja davidii Franch. appears in other Kew resources:

    Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
    Jan 1, 1998 Etuge, M. [2248], Cameroon K000338854
    Jan 1, 1998 Zapfack, L. [767], Cameroon K000338853
    Jan 1, 1974 Wilson, E.H. [4638], China K001096450 isotype
    Jan 1, 1974 Henry, A. [1069], Hubei K001096446 paratype
    Jan 1, 1974 Henry, A. [156], Hubei K001096447 lectotype
    Jan 1, 1974 Henry, A. [2351], Hubei K001096448 paratype
    Jan 1, 1974 Henry, A. [2668], China K001096449 paratype
    Cope, T.A. [RBG 167], United Kingdom K000914358

    Bibliography

    First published in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 10: 65 (1887 publ. 1888)

    Accepted by

    • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2019). Flora of North America North of Mexico 17: 1-737. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
    • Arbo, M.M. & al. (2018). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 20(1): 1-488. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.
    • Vladimirov, V. Aybeke, M. & Kit Tan (2018). New floristic records in the Balkans: 37 Phytologia Balcanica 24: 397-461.
    • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
    • Bailey, C. & al. (2015). Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee: 1-813. University of Tennessee press.
    • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
    • Vladimirov, V., Dane, F. & Kit Tan (2012). New floristic records in the Balkans: 20 Phytologia Balcanica 18: 333-373.
    • Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
    • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
    • Verloove, F. (2011). Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Pterocarya fraxinifolia en andere opmerkelijke uitheemse rivierbegeleiders in België and Noordwest-Frankrijk Dumortiera 99: 1-10.
    • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
    • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
    • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
    • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
    • Lê, T.C. (2005). Danh l?c các loài th?c v?t Vi?t Nam 3: 1-1248. Hà N?i : Nhà xu?t b?n Nông nghi?p.
    • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (1996). Flora of China 15: 1-387. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
    • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
    • Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.
    • Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Bamps, P. (1979). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Loganiaceae: 1-149. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
    • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1972). Flora Europaea 3: 1-370. Cambridge University Press.
    • Vvedensky, A.I. (ed.) (1961). Flora Uzbekistana 5: 1-667. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
    • Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1960). Flora Zambesiaca 1(1): 1-336. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

    Literature

    Kew Backbone Distributions

    • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2019). Flora of North America North of Mexico 17: 1-737. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
    • Arbo, M.M. & al. (2018). Flora Argentina. Flora vascular de la República Argentina 20(1): 1-488. INTA, IMBIV & IBODA.
    • Vladimirov, V. Aybeke, M. & Kit Tan (2018). New floristic records in the Balkans: 37 Phytologia Balcanica 24: 397-461.
    • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
    • Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots' Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
    • Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
    • Vladimirov, V., Dane, F. & Kit Tan (2012). New floristic records in the Balkans: 20 Phytologia Balcanica 18: 333-373.
    • Danihelka, J. Chrtek, J. & Kaplan, Z. (2012). Checklist of vascular plants of the Czech Republic Preslia. Casopsi Ceské Botanické Spolecnosti 84: 647-811.
    • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
    • Verloove, F. (2011). Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Pterocarya fraxinifolia en andere opmerkelijke uitheemse rivierbegeleiders in België and Noordwest-Frankrijk Dumortiera 99: 1-10.
    • Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.
    • Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé.
    • Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
    • Lê, T.C. (2005). Danh l?c các loài th?c v?t Vi?t Nam 3: 1-1248. Hà N?i : Nhà xu?t b?n Nông nghi?p.
    • Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (2001). Flora of Bhutan 2: 1-1675. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
    • Farjon, A. (2001). World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers, ed. 2: 1-309. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
    • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (1996). Flora of China 15: 1-387. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
    • Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Bamps, P. (1979). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire-rwanda-Burundi), Loganiaceae: 1-149. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.
    • Packer, J.E. (1974). Ascension Handbook. A concise guide to Ascension Island South Atlantic ed. 2 Packer, Georgetown.
    • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1972). Flora Europaea 3: 1-370. Cambridge University Press.
    • Nasir, E. & Ali, S.I. (eds.) (1970-1995). Flora of West Pakistan 1-131.
    • Vvedensky, A.I. (ed.) (1961). Flora Uzbekistana 5: 1-667. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
    • Exell, A.W. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1960). Flora Zambesiaca 1(1): 1-336. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

    Sources

    Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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    Flora Zambesiaca
    Flora Zambesiaca
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    Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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