Buddleja myriantha

Buddleja myriantha
Buddleja myriantha

Longstock Park Nursery, UK

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Buddlejaceae
Genus: Buddleja
Species: B. myriantha
Binomial name
Buddleja myriantha
Diels
Synonyms
  • Buddleja adenantha Diels
  • Buddleja duclouxii Marquand

Buddleja myriantha is a species endemic to upper Burma and western China, including Tibet, where it grows along forest edges, thickets and streams at altitudes of 2,000 3,200 m.[1] The species was first described and named by Diels in 1912.[2]

Description

B. myriantha is deciduous shrub growing 1 3 m in height, with subquadrangular, glabrescent branchlets bearing opposite leaves, 5 20 cm long by 0.9 6 cm wide, narrowly elliptic, acuminate at the apex, cuneate or decurrent at the base, the margins serrate or entire. The often fragrant inflorescences are slender, thyrsoid, almost cylindrical, 6 22 cm long by 1.2 3 cm wide. The colour of the flowers ranges from purple through violet, to white. The corollas are 5 7 mm long.[1] 2n = 38.[3]

Cultivation

B. myriantha is grown in the UK, usually under glass although it is reputedly hardy to - 12° C. A specimen is grown as part of the NCCPG national collection at Longstock Park Nursery, near Stockbridge.[4]

Suppliers

The shrub is in commerce in the UK; vendors can be found in the RHS's Plantfinder .

References

  1. 1 2 Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (1979) The Loganiaceae of Africa XVIII Buddleja L. II, Revision of the African & Asiatic species. H. Veenman & Zonen, Wageningen, Nederland.
  2. Diels, L. (1912). Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 5: 250. 1912.
  3. Chen, G, Sun, W-B, & Sun, H. (2007). Ploidy variation in Buddleja L. (Buddlejaceae) in the Sino - Himalayan region and its biogeographical implications. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 2007, 154, 305 312. The Linnean Society of London.
  4. Stuart, D. (2006) Buddlejas. Royal Horticultural Society Plant Collector Guide. Timber Press, Oregon. ISBN 9780881926880.
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