Buddleja thyrsoides

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Buddleja thyrsoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Buddleja
Species:
B. thyrsoides
Binomial name
Buddleja thyrsoides

Buddleja thyrsoides is a lowland species

endemic from southern Paraguay to the deltas of the Río de la Plata and Paraná River in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.[1] The species was first described and named by Lamarck in 1792.[2]

Description

Buddleja thyrsoides is a

corollas 3 – 4 mm long.[1]

Subspecies

Norman identifies two subspecies distinguished by narrower seeds and denser tomentum resp.:[1]

  • Buddleja thyrsoides subsp. angusticarpa
  • Buddleja thyrsoides subsp. thyrsoides (synonyms= Buddleja chloroleuca Kraenzl., Buddleja salicifolia Vahl.)

Cultivation

Neither the species nor its subspecies are known to be in cultivation.

References

  1. ^ a b c Norman, E. M. (2000). Buddlejaceae. Flora Neotropica 81. New York Botanical Garden, USA
  2. ^ Lamarck, J-B. (1792). Tabl. encycl. 1: 291, 1792