Buddleja cordobensis

Buddleja cordobensis is a species endemic to dry hillsides in the Argentine provinces of Córdoba, San Luís, and La Rioja at altitudes of 7001500 m; it was first described and named by Grisebach in 1874.[1][2]

Buddleja cordobensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Buddleja
Species:
B. cordobensis
Binomial name
Buddleja cordobensis
Griseb.
Synonyms
  • Buddleja intermedia Lorentz

Description

Buddleja cordobensis is a dioecious densely branched shrub 12 m high, with grey fissured bark. The young branches are terete and tomentose, bearing coriaceous, ovate leaves 28 cm long by 0.52 cm wide, thickly tomentose on both surfaces, with 0.5 cm petioles. The deep yellow inflorescences comprise one terminal and < 9 pairs of globose heads 0.61 cm in diameter, each with 1225 flowers; the corolla tubes are 34 mm long.[2]

The species is considered closely related to B. araucana and B. aromatica.[2]

Cultivation

The shrub is not known in the UK.

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References

  1. Grisebach, (1874). Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss Gottingen 19: 213. 1874.
  2. Norman, E. M. (2000). Buddlejaceae. Flora Neotropica 81. New York Botanical Garden, USA
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