Buddleja ibarrensis is an endangered species endemic to a small area of Ecuador in the vicinity of Ibarra in subtropical or tropical moist montane forest at an elevation of 2,200 m threatened by deforestation. B. ibarrensis was first described and named by Norman.[2]
| Buddleja ibarrensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Buddleja |
| Species: | B. ibarrensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Buddleja ibarrensis | |
Description
editBuddleja ibarrensis is a shrub closely related to B. americana. The young branches are subquadrangular and tomentose, bearing elliptic leaves 8 – 15 cm long by 3.7 – 9 cm wide on 2 – 3 cm petioles membranaceous, glabrescent above, and tomentose below. The white or cream inflorescence 10 – 20 cm long by 7 – 18 cm wide comprises two or three orders of branches bearing cymules 1 – 2 cm in diameter each with 5 – 15 flowers. The funnelform corolla is 3.5 – 4 mm long.[2]
Cultivation
editThe shrub is not known to be in cultivation.
References
edit- ^ León-Yánez, S.; Pitman, N. (2003). "Buddleja ibarrensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2003: e.T43468A10805814. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T43468A10805814.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ a b Norman, E. M. (2000). Buddlejaceae. Flora Neotropica 81. New York Botanical Garden, USA