Buddleja in Flora of Pakistan @ efloras.org

Buddleja Linn., Sp.Pl. 112. 1753. Gen.Pl.ed.5:51.1754; C.B.Clarke in Hook.f.,Fl.Brit. Ind.4:81.1883; Brandis, Ind. Trees, 475.1911; T. Cooke, Fl. Bomb. Pres. 2:182.1904; Bailey, Stand. Cyclop. Hort. 1:585.1919; Parker, For. Fl. Punj. ed. 3:352.1956; Tutin in Tutin et al, Fl. Eur. 3:202.1972.

Buddleja crispa
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Credit: M.Y. Saleem

Chilianthus Burch.

Shrubs or small trees. Stem usually tomentose. Leaves opposite; margin entire, crenate, or serrate; stipules interpetiolar or reduced to a ridge. Cymes many-flowered, arranged in branched spikes. Calyx campa¬nulate, 4-lobed. Corolla tube cylindrical; lobes short, spreading, imbricate. Stamens 4, inserted on the corolla tube; filaments short; anthers included or slightly exserted. Ovary bi-locular. Capsule 2-valved. Seeds numerous.

A genus of about 100 tropical and sub-tropical species distributed mainly in E. Asia, America and S. Africa. Represented in W. Pakistan by 4 species.

1 Flowers in continuous spikes, white Buddleja asiatica

+ Flowers in interrupted spikes or panicles, purple or lilac (2)

2 (1) Leaves tomentose on both surfaces; margin dentate, crenate or sinuate Buddleja crispa

+ Leaves tomentose on the lower surface only; margin serrate (3)

3 (2) Corolla tube straight, 1-1.2 cm long Buddleja davidii

+ Corolla tube curved, 0.8 cm long 2 Buddleja lindleyana x Buddleja asiatica

Lower Taxa

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