Buddleja nivea var. yunnanensis

Buddleja nivea var. yunnanensis
	B. nivea var. yunnanensis foliage, Longstock Park Nursery.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Scrophulariaceae
Genus:	Buddleja
Species:	B. nivea
Subspecies:	Buddleja nivea var. yunnanensis
Trinomial name
	B. nivea var. yunnanensis; (Dop.) Rehder and Wilson

Buddleja nivea var. yunnanensis is a vigorous shrub endemic to the province of Yunnan in China, where it was discovered by Wilson. It was conferred varietal status by Alfred Rehder and Wilson in 1913,[1] but later sunk as simply Buddleja nivea by Leeuwenberg[2]

Description

The distinction of var. yunnanensis was largely a matter of scale; its leaves and inflorescences all larger than the type. The shrub can rapidly achieve a height of 4 metres (13 ft) in cultivation, and like the type its young growth is covered by a white indumentum. The ovate-lanceolate leaves are of great size, 50 centimetres (20 in) long, but less felted than B. nivea.[1]

Cultivation

The plant can still be found under its old varietal name in specialist collections in the UK. A large specimen is grown as part of the NCCPG National Collection held by Longstock Park Nursery near Stockbridge, Hampshire.

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References

Stuart, D. (2006). Buddlejas. Timber Press, Oregon, USA. ISBN 978-0-88192-688-0
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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[Stuart-1] Stuart, D. (2006). Buddlejas. Timber Press, Oregon, USA. ISBN 978-0-88192-688-0

[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.