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

Buddleja euryphylla is a species endemic to cloud forest in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras; it was first described and named by Standley and Steyermark in 1947.[1][2]

Description

Buddleja euryphylla is a dioecious tree 815 m high, and closely related to B. cordata. The young branches are quadrangular, tomentose only at the apex. The ovate to ovate elliptic leaves have 37 cm petioles, and are 1527 cm long by 816 cm wide, glabrous above, tomentose below. The yellow inflorescences are 2030 cm long by 2030 cm wide, paniculate with three to four orders of leafy-bracted branches, bearing short cymules each 0.40.6 cm in diameter with usually three flowers; the corolla tubes are 22.5 mm long.[2]

Cultivation

The species is not known to be in cultivation.

References

  1. Standley P. C. & Steyermark, J. A. (1947). Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Bot. Ser. 23: 223 - 224. 1947.
  2. 1 2 Norman, E. M. (2000). Buddlejaceae. Flora Neotropica 81. New York Botanical Garden, USA
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