Classification
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Buddleja L., Sp. Pl. 112 (1753)
Synonymy:
  • = Chilianthus Burch.
Vernacular Name(s):
Buddleia; butterfly bush
 Description

Shrubs, rarely scrambling, or small trees, evergreen or deciduous; indumentum glandular, stellate or lepidote. Lvs usually opposite, entire or toothed, with a stipular ridge connecting the lf pair, or occasionally stipules well-developed. Fls usually in dense panicles, sometimes in racemes, spikes or globular heads; peduncle ± quadrangular. Calyx campanulate. Corolla funnelform or campanulate, usually narrowly so; limb usually < tube and patent. Fr. usually a 2-valved septicidal capsule, rarely a berry; calyx and corolla often persistent. Seeds numerous, minute.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Buddleja L.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised5
Exotic: Casual1
Total6
 Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.