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Taxon: Buddleja davidii Franch.

Genus: Buddleja
Family: Scrophulariaceae tribe: Buddlejeae. Also placed in: Buddlejaceae Loganiaceae
Nomen number: 8081
Place of publication: Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. sér. 2, 10:65. 1887
Name verified on: 22-Nov-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 12-May-1999
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).
Accessions: 5 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
OR(except named horticultural varieties)*.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

Common names:

  • butterfly-bush   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • orange-eye   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  • summer-lilac   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • da ye zui yu cao   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    China: China - Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

References:

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
  • Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca. (F Zamb)
  • Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt) [mentions as cultivated].
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan. (F Japan)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Buddleja davidii Franch.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
  • AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium Map Display Interface
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Buddleja davidii cultivars
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

  • Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
  • Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy
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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?8081 (09 February 2010)

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