Buddleja cordobensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Scrophulariaceae.[1][2] It is endemic to dry hillsides in the Argentine provinces of Córdoba, San Luís, and La Rioja at altitudes of 700–1500 m; it was first described and named by Grisebach in 1874.[3][4]
Buddleja cordobensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
Genus: | Buddleja |
Species: | B. cordobensis
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Binomial name | |
Buddleja cordobensis | |
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Description
editBuddleja cordobensis is a dioecious densely branched shrub 1–2 m high, with grey fissured bark. The young branches are terete and tomentose, bearing coriaceous, ovate leaves 2–8 cm long by 0.5–2 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 0.6–1 cm in diameter, each with 12–25 flowers; the corolla tubes are 3–4 mm long.[4]
The species is considered closely related to B. araucana and B. aromatica.[4]
Cultivation
editThe shrub is not known in the UK.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Buddleja cordobensis Griseb". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
- ^ "Buddleja cordobensis Griseb". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
- ^ Grisebach, (1874). Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss Gottingen 19: 213. 1874.
- ^ a b c Norman, E. M. (2000). Buddlejaceae. Flora Neotropica 81. New York Botanical Garden, USA