Buddleja jinsixiaensis

Buddleja jinsixiaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Buddlejaceae
Genus: Buddleja
Species: B. jinsixiaensis
Binomial name
Buddleja jinsixiaensis
R.B.Zhu

Buddleja jinsixiaensis is a newly discovered species endemic to Shaanxi, China, where it grows in the Jinxia Grand Canyon at an elevation of c. 1,200  m. Two specimens were found, one in Quercus forest, another on a rocky slope, by a team led by Renbin Zhu in May, 2013.[1]

Description

B. jinsixiaensis grows to 11.5 m in height. The bark of older branches exfoliates in strips. The younger twigs are subterete, stellate tomentose, soon becoming glabrescent. The opposite ovate to narrowly lanceolate leaves are 612 long by 24 cm wide, both surfaces green and glabrescent, the margins serrate. The inflorescences comprise terminal paniculate cymes, rather lax, each bearing 311 blue-purple flowers with white eyes, the corollas 911  mm long. Morphologically similar to B. delavayi, B. jinsixiaensis flowers in May, and fruits in August.[1]

Cultivation

The species is not known to be in cultivation beyond China.

References

  1. 1 2 Zhu, R. B., Kang, B., Cheng, J., Zhang, B., & Zhao, X. (2013). Buddleja jinsixiaensis (Scrophulariaceae), a new species from Shaanxi, China. Phytotaxa 159 (4):291294. Magnolia Press.
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