Taxon: Buddleja davidii Franch.

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

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
  
• arbre aux papillons   (Source: Zander Ency ) – French
  
• lilas d'été   (Source: Zander Ency ) – French
  
• Schmetterlingsstrauch   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• Sommerflieder   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• liten syrenbuddleja   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  
• syrenbuddleja   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Gene sources: ornamental features   (fide F Neotrop 81:104. 2000)
  
• Weed   (fide Rep NCEPPC, in North America; F NZeal, in New Zealand; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

Distributional range:

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

• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Europe
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  United States [w.]

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. [mentions as cultivated].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993–. Flora of Japan.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Norman, E. 2000. Buddlejaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 81:104.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Buddleja davidii.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Buddleja davidii.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Buddleja davidii.

Synonyms:

• (=) Buddleja davidii var. nanhoensis (Chitt.) Rehder
  
• (=) Buddleja davidii var. superba (de Corte) Rehder & E. H. Wilson
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Buddleja davidii var. veitchiana (J. H. Veitch) Rehder
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Buddleja variabilis Hemsl.
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• (=) Buddleja variabilis var. nanhoensis Chitt.
  
• (=) Buddleja variabilis var. superba de Corte
  
• (=) Buddleja variabilis var. veitchiana J. H. Veitch
  

Check other web resources for Buddleja davidii Franch.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). 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.

Images:

• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seeds: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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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