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Buddleja polystachya

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Identification
Buddleja foliata R.Br. ex Benth. [family BUDDLEJACEAE ] Verified by Leeuwenberg,A.J.M., Buddleja polystachya Fresen. [family BUDDLEJACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Leeuwenberg,A.J.M.,
Related name
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Flora

Entry for BUDDLEJA polystachya Fresen. [family BUDDLEJACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
BUDDLEJA polystachya Fresen. [family BUDDLEJACEAE], (1838). Fig. 71.
Information
Shrub or tree, up to c. 5 m tall; branches, undersides of leaves and calyces tomentose with whitish hairs that sometimes turn rusty. Leaf-blades lanceolate to ovate or suborbicular, 0.8–17 x 0.4–6 cm, acuminate to obtuse at the apex, cuneate to truncate at the base, serrate to entire; leafy stipules sometimes present; petiole 1–10 mm long. Flowers in raceme-like terminal inflorescences 3–25 x 0.8–2.5 cm. Calyx 2–3.5 mm long, shortly lobed. Corolla orange, 5–10 mm long, densely pubescent outside; lobes 1.5–3 mm long, rounded. Anthers subsessile. Pistil 2–4.5 mm long, pubescent. Capsule ellipsoid, 2.5–5 mm long.
Range
N2, 3
Altitude range
1300–1800 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Glover & Gilliland 953; Gillett & Watson 23793; Thulin, Abdi Dahir & Ahmed Osman 10204.
Distribution (external)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Sudan
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Notes
Maret ad (Som.).The Somali plants generally have small and proportionally wide leaves and small flowers.

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