Buddleja nitida
Buddleja nitida is a species endemic to much of Central America, from southern Chiapas in Mexico south to the Sierra de Talamanca in northern Panama, where it grows on limestone slopes, in cloud forest, in clearings and pastures at altitudes of 2,000 – 4,000 m.[3] The species was first named and described by Bentham in 1846.[4]
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Buddleja |
| Species: | B. nitida |
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Description
Buddleja nitida is a tall shrub or small tree 4 – 15 m high, with a trunk < 60 cm in diameter, its exfoliating bark brown to black. The crown is dense and rounded, the young branches subquadrangular and tomentose, bearing oblong to lanceolate subcoriaceous leaves 3 – 10 cm long by 1 – 3.5 cm wide, glabrescent above, but with a strongly adpressed tomentum below. The leaves have petioles 1 – 3 cm long. The yellow to orange inflorescence is paniculate, with 3 – 4 orders of branches, subtended by leaves or small bracts, the flowers grouped 3 – 5 in small cymules, 5 – 7 mm in diameter; the corollas 2.5 – 3 mm long. Ploidy: 2n = 76.[3]
References
- Machuca Machuca, K.; Martínez Salas, E.; Samain, M.-S. (2021). "Buddleja nitida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T126623210A126625115. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T126623210A126625115.en. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- "Buddleja nitida". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- Norman, E. M. (2000). Buddlejaceae. Flora Neotropica 81. New York Botanical Garden, USA
- Bentham, G. (1845). DC., Prodromus 10: 437. 1846.
