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Buddleja myriantha is a species endemic to upper Burma and western China, including Tibet, where it grows along forest edges, thickets and streams at altitudes of 2,000 – 3,200 m.[1] The species was first described and named by Diels in 1912.[2]

Buddleja myriantha
Inflorescence of Buddleja myriantha from Yunnan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Scrophulariaceae
Genus:	Buddleja
Species:	B. myriantha
Binomial name
Buddleja myriantha Diels
Synonyms
Buddleja adenantha Diels Buddleja duclouxii Marquand

Description

Buddleja myriantha is deciduous shrub growing 1 – 3 m in height, with subquadrangular, glabrescent branchlets bearing opposite leaves, 5 – 20 cm long by 0.9 – 6 cm wide, narrowly elliptic, acuminate at the apex, cuneate or decurrent at the base, the margins serrate or entire. The often fragrant inflorescences are slender, thyrsoid, almost cylindrical, 6 – 22 cm long by 1.2 – 3 cm wide. The colour of the flowers ranges from purple through violet, to white. The corollas are 5 – 7 mm long.[1] 2n = 76.[3]

Buddleja myriantha most closely resembles Buddleja albiflora, and it can be distinguished by its four-angled stems and tomentose exterior to the corolla tube.[1]

Cultivation

Buddleja myriantha is grown in the UK. A specimen is grown at the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh.[4]

Suppliers

The shrub is purportedly in commerce in the UK and beyond, although the plants in question are not believed to be B. myriantha.

References

• Li, P. T. & Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (1996). Loganiaceae, in Wu, Z. & Raven, P. (eds) Flora of China, Vol. 15. Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, USA. ISBN 978-0915279371 online at www.efloras.org

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