Buddleja parviflora
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Buddleja parviflora is endemic to much of upland Mexico
north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
, in forests at elevations of 750 – 3500 m. The species was first named and described by Kunth
in 1818.
shrub or small tree < 10 m tall in the wild, with a trunk < 20 cm in diameter; the bark blackish and exfoliating. The young branches are subquadrangular and tomentose
, bearing opposite subcoriaceous leaves of variable shape, 3 - 12 cm long by 1 - 4.5 cm wide. The white to greenish-white inflorescences are paniculate
, 3 - 18 cm long by 2 - 12 cm comprising 2 - 3 orders of branches subtended by small leaves and bearing small cymules with 3 - 5 tiny flowers, the campanulate
corollas only 1 - 1.5 mm long.
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Isthmus of Tehuantepec
The Isthmus of Tehuantepec is an isthmus in Mexico. It represents the shortest distance between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, and prior to the opening of the Panama Canal was a major shipping route known simply as the Tehuantepec Route...
, in forests at elevations of 750 – 3500 m. The species was first named and described by Kunth
Carl Sigismund Kunth
Carl Sigismund Kunth , also Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth, was a German botanist...
in 1818.
Description
B. parviflora is a large dioeciousDioecious
Dioecy is the property of a group of biological organisms that have males and females, but not members that have organs of both sexes at the same time. I.e., those whose individual members can usually produce only one type of gamete; each individual organism is thus distinctly female or male...
shrub or small tree < 10 m tall in the wild, with a trunk < 20 cm in diameter; the bark blackish and exfoliating. The young branches are subquadrangular and tomentose
Tomentose
Tomentose is a term used to describe plant hairs that are flattened and matted, forming a woolly coating known as tomentum. Often the hairs are silver or gray-colored...
, bearing opposite subcoriaceous leaves of variable shape, 3 - 12 cm long by 1 - 4.5 cm wide. The white to greenish-white inflorescences are paniculate
Panicle
A panicle is a compound raceme, a loose, much-branched indeterminate inflorescence with pedicellate flowers attached along the secondary branches; in other words, a branched cluster of flowers in which the branches are racemes....
, 3 - 18 cm long by 2 - 12 cm comprising 2 - 3 orders of branches subtended by small leaves and bearing small cymules with 3 - 5 tiny flowers, the campanulate
Campanula
Campanula is one of several genera in the family Campanulaceae with the common name bellflower. It takes its name from their bell-shaped flowers—campanula is Latin for "little bell"....
corollas only 1 - 1.5 mm long.