Buddleja microstachya

Buddleja microstachya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Scrophulariaceae
Genus:	Buddleja
Species:	B. microstachya
Binomial name
	Buddleja microstachya; E. D. Liu

Buddleja microstachya is a small shrub discovered in 2005 by Liu and Peng in Yunnan, China, growing at an elevation of 3,200 m in rocky terrain of the Yongde Mountains Nature Reserve.[1] First described in 2006, this putative species was not included in Leeuwenberg's study of Asiatic and African buddleja published in 1979.[2]

Description

Buddleja microstachya grows to 1 –2 m in height in the wild. The branchlets are quadrangular and densely tomentose, the bark of old branches peeling. The leaves are lanceolate, 1.5 – 5.0 cm long by 0.5 – 1.3 cm wide, tomentose above, densely tomentose below. The small terminal inflorescences consist of 2 or 3 flowers forming a cyme, several cymes forming a compact panicle. The corolla is lavender to white, cylindrical, 4 – 6 mm long and densely tomentose outside.[1]

Buddleja microstachya most closely resembles B. yunnanensis but differs in flower morphology and has a very isolated range, whereas B. yunnanensis has a wide distribution.

Cultivation

Buddleja microstachya is not known to be in cultivation.

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References

Liu, E.D. & Peng, H. (2006). Buddleja microstachya (Buddleajaceae), a new species from SW Yunnan, China. Ann. Bot. Fenn. 43: 463–465.
Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (1979) The Loganiaceae of Africa XVIII Buddleja L. II, Revision of the African & Asiatic species. H. Veenman & Zonen, Wageningen, Nederland.

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[Liu-1] Liu, E.D. & Peng, H. (2006). Buddleja microstachya (Buddleajaceae), a new species from SW Yunnan, China. Ann. Bot. Fenn. 43: 463–465.

[Leeuwenberg-2] Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (1979) The Loganiaceae of Africa XVIII Buddleja L. II, Revision of the African & Asiatic species. H. Veenman & Zonen, Wageningen, Nederland.