Buddleja macrostachya
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| Buddleja macrostachya | |
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| Buddleja macrostachya inflorescence | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Buddleja |
| Species: | B. macrostachya |
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| Buddleja macrostachya | |
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Buddleja macrostachya is a large deciduous shrub or small tree with a vast distribution, from Xizang (Tibet) through western China, Bhutan, Sikkim, northern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), to Thailand and Vietnam, growing in scrub on mountain slopes to an altitude of 3,200 m, and along rivers in forests.[1] The species was named and described by Wallich ex Bentham in 1835.[2]
Leeuwenberg sank several species (see Synonyms) as macrostachya owing to the similarity of the individual flowers, whilst acknowledging that the structure of the inflorescences varied, from continuous (e.g. B. cylindrostachya) to interrupted (e.g. B. hookeri); he also considered macrostachya very closely allied to B. forrestii.[3]
