Buddleja subcapitata
Buddleja subcapitata is a small shrub discovered in 2003 by Liu and Peng in Sichuan, China, growing alongside a road bordering forest in Yanbian County at an elevation of 2,200 m.[1] First described in 2004, this putative species was not included in Leeuwenberg's study of Asiatic and African buddleja published in 1979.[2]
| Buddleja subcapitata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Buddleja |
| Species: | B. subcapitata |
| Binomial name | |
| Buddleja subcapitata E. D. Liu | |
Description
Buddleja subcapitata grows to 1.5 m in height in the wild. The branchlets are quadrangular and densely tomentose, the bark of old branches peeling and often glabrescent. The leaves are lanceolate or obovate - lanceolate, 3.5 – 11.0 cm long by 1.1 – 3.1 cm wide, rugose and tomentose above, densely tomentose below. The small terminal inflorescences are erect, compact, capitulum-like panicles comprising many cymes, 1.7 – 2.5 cm long by 1.9 – 2.5 cm wide, with usually two leafy bracts at the base. The lilac flowers are densely packed, the corollas 9 – 10 mm long and densely tomentose outside.[1]
Buddleja subcapitata most closely resembles B. yunnanensis but differs in both flower and leaf morphology.
Cultivation
Buddleja subcapitata is not known to be in cultivation.
References
- Liu, E.D. & Peng, H. (2004). Buddleja subcapitata (Buddlejaceae), a new species from SW Sichuan, China. Ann. Bot. Fenn. 41(6): 467–469.
- Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (1979) The Loganiaceae of Africa XVIII Buddleja L. II, Revision of the African & Asiatic species. H. Veenman & Zonen, Wageningen, Nederland.