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Overview

Shrubs, less often trees, lianas, or suffrutescent herbs. Branches terete, 4-angled, or 4-winged. Leaves opposite, rarely alternate; stipules usually leafy, suborbicular and auriculate or reduced to a transverse line; petiole often short; leaf blade margin entire, crenate, or dentate. Inflorescences terminal and/or axillary, usually many-flowered; bracts mostly leafy; bracteoles resembling sepals. Flowers 4-merous, bisexual or unisexual. Calyx campanulate or subcampanulate, less often cup-shaped or obconical, tube usually longer than lobes. Corolla campanulate, cup-shaped, salverform, or funnel-shaped; tube cylindrical, straight to curved, usually longer than lobes; lobes imbricate, rarely valvate. Stamens inserted on corolla tube, usually included, alternating with corolla lobes; filaments shorter to longer than anthers; anthers introrse, 2-locular, base usually deeply cordate. Ovary 2(--4) -locular, with several to many ovules per locule. Style short to long; stigma often large, clavate, capitate , or less often 2-lobed. Fruit a septicidally 2-valved capsule or in China only Buddleja madagascariensis a berry, many-seeded. Seeds small, often winged; endosperm fleshy; embryo straight.

About 100 species: tropics and subtropics of America, Africa, and Asia; 20 species and five hybrids in China.^[1]

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Taxonomy

The Genus Buddleja is further organized into finer groupings including:

• Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 499 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Buddleja: B. 'Attraction' (Butterfly Bush) · B. 'Bishop's Velvet' · B. 'Blue Trerice' · B. 'Butterfly Ball' · B. 'Courtabud' · B. 'Ellen's Blue' (Butterfly Bush) · B. 'Huimoon' · B. 'Lady Curzon' · B. 'Leela Kapila' · B. 'Lochinch' · B. 'Malvern Blue' · B. 'Markeep' · B. 'Miss Ruby' · B. 'Morning Mist' · B. 'Orange Sceptre' · B. 'Pink Delight' · B. 'Pink Perfection' · B. 'Salmon Spheres' · B. 'Scented Beauty' · B. 'Silver Frost' (Butterfly Bush) · B. 'Stellar Pink' · B. 'Thai Beauty' · B. 'Town Foot' · B. 'Violet Eyes' (Butterfly Bush) · B. 'West Hill' · B. 'White Butterfly' · B. 'Winter Sun' · B. abbreviata · B. acosma · B. acuminata · B. acuminatissima · B. acutifolia · B. adenantha · B. aff. nivea · B. agathosma · B. alata · B. albiflora (Butterfly Bush) · B. albotomentosa · B. alpina · B. alternifolia (Alternate-Leaf Butterfly Bush) · B. alternifolia 'Argentea' (Alternate-Leaf Butterfly Bush) · B. amentacea · B. americana · B. americana var. albiflora · B. americana var. rothschuhii · B. amplexicaulis · B. anchoensis · B. andina · B. angustata · B. araucana · B. arfakensis · B. aromatica · B. asiatica (Asian Butterfly Bush) · B. asiatica × lindleyana · B. astralis · B. aurantiaco-maculata · B. auriculata (Weeping Sage) · B. australis (Butterfly Bush) · B. axillaris · B. bangii · B. bhutanica · B. blattaria · B. boliviana · B. brachiata · B. brachystachya · B. bracteolata · B. brasiliensis · B. brasiliensis subsp. stachyoides · B. brevifolia · B. bullata · B. buxifolia · B. calcicola · B. callicarpoides · B. cambara · B. campestris · B. campestris subsp. magnicarpa · B. cana · B. candelabrum · B. candida · B. canescens · B. capitata · B. cardenasii · B. caryopteridifolia · B. caryopteridifolia 'Variegata' · B. caryopteridifolia var. fasciculiflora · B. cestriflora · B. chapalana · B. chenopodiifolia · B. chloroleuca · B. cochabambensis · B. columbiae · B. colvilei · B. colvilei 'Howth Castle' · B. colvilei 'Kewensis' (Butterfly Bush) · B. comorensis · B. connata · B. cooperi · B. cordata · B. cordata subsp. ovandensis · B. cordata subsp. tomentella · B. cordifolia · B. cordobensis · B. coriacea · B. coroicense · B. corrugata · B. crispa (Himalayan Butterfly Bush) · B. crispa 'Hulmoon' · B. crispa 'Variegata' · B. crispa Moon Dance = 'Hulmoon' · B. crispa var. farreri · B. crispa var. glandulifera · B. crotonoides · B. crotonoides amplexicaulis · B. crotonoides subsp. amplexicaulis · B. curviflora · B. curvifolia · B. cuspidata · B. cylindrostachya · B. davidi · B. davidii (Pink Delight Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Adokeep' · B. davidii 'Adonis Blue' · B. davidii 'African Queen' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Alba' · B. davidii 'Amplissima' · B. davidii 'Atropurpurea' · B. davidii 'Autumn Beauty' · B. davidii 'Beijing' · B. davidii 'Bicolor' (Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Black Knight' (Black Knight Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Blue Chip' · B. davidii 'Blue Horizon' · B. davidii 'Bluegown' · B. davidii 'Bonnie' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Border Beauty' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Butterfly Heaven' · B. davidii 'Calanadrina' · B. davidii 'Camkeep' · B. davidii 'Cardinal' · B. davidii 'Castle School' · B. davidii 'Charming Summer' · B. davidii 'Charming' · B. davidii 'Cornwall Blue' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Croyde' · B. davidii 'Darent Valley' · B. davidii 'Dart's Blue Butterfly' · B. davidii 'Dart's Ornamental White' · B. davidii 'Dart's Papillon Blue' · B. davidii 'Dart's Purple Rain' · B. davidii 'Dartmoor' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Dubonnet' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Ecolonia' · B. davidii 'Empire Blue' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Empire Gold' · B. davidii 'Fascinating' · B. davidii 'Fascination' · B. davidii 'Flaming Violet' · B. davidii 'Florence' · B. davidii 'Fortune' · B. davidii 'Glasnevin Hybrid' · B. davidii 'Golden Sunset' · B. davidii 'Gonglepod' · B. davidii 'Guinevere' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Harlequin' (Harlequin Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Helen's Blue' · B. davidii 'Ile De France' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Indigo' · B. davidii 'Les Kneale' · B. davidii 'Lo and Behold' · B. davidii 'Miss Ellen' (Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Mongo' · B. davidii 'Monite' (Petite Snow" Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Monrell' (Strawberry Lemonade® Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Moonshadow' (Moonshadow Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Nanho Blue' (Nanho Blue Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Nanho Petite Indigo' · B. davidii 'Nanho Petite Plum' · B. davidii 'Nanho Petite Purple' · B. davidii 'Nanho Purple' · B. davidii 'Niche's Choice' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Notbud' · B. davidii 'Opera' · B. davidii 'Operetta' · B. davidii 'Orchid Beauty' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Orpheus' · B. davidii 'Peace' · B. davidii 'Peacock' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Peakeep' · B. davidii 'Petite Indigo' · B. davidii 'Pink Beauty' · B. davidii 'Pink Charming' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Pink Delight' · B. davidii 'Pink Pearl' · B. davidii 'Pink Spreader' · B. davidii 'Pixie Blue' · B. davidii 'Pixie Red' · B. davidii 'Pixie White' · B. davidii 'Potter's Purple' · B. davidii 'Purple Emperor' (Purple Emperor Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Purple Friend' · B. davidii 'Purple Prince' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Pyrkeep' · B. davidii 'Queen's Robe' · B. davidii 'Red Admiral' · B. davidii 'Red Plume' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Royal Purple' · B. davidii 'Royal Red Variegated' · B. davidii 'Royal Red' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Salicifolia' · B. davidii 'Santana' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Silver Anniversary' · B. davidii 'Snowbank' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Southcombe Splendour' · B. davidii 'Strawberry Lemonade' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Summer Beauty' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'Tri-Color' · B. davidii 'Variegata' · B. davidii 'White Ball' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'White Bouquet' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'White Butterfly' · B. davidii 'White Cloud' · B. davidii 'White Feather' · B. davidii 'White Harlequin' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'White Perfection' · B. davidii 'White Profusion' (White Profusion Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii 'White Wings' · B. davidii 'Widecombe' · B. davidii 'Windtor' · B. davidii Adonis Blue = 'Adokeep' · B. davidii Camberwell Beauty = 'Camkeep' · B. davidii Marbled White = 'Markeep' · B. davidii Masquerade = 'Notbud' · B. davidii Nanho White = 'Monite' · B. davidii nanhoensis 'Mongo' (Petite Indigo® Dwarf Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii Peacock = 'Peakeep' · B. davidii potter`s (Potter's Purple Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii Purple Emperor = 'Pyrkeep' · B. davidii Strawberry Lemonade = 'Monrell' · B. davidii var. alba · B. davidii var. magnifica · B. davidii var. nanhoensis (Nanho Plum Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii var. nanhoensis 'Nanho Alba' · B. davidii var. nanhoensis 'Nanho Blue' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii var. nanhoensis 'Nanho Purple' (Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii var. nanhoensis 'Petite Indigo' · B. davidii var. nanhoensis 'Petite Plum' (Butterfly Bush) · B. davidii var. nanhoensis blue-flowered · B. davidii var. nanhoensis purple · B. davidii var. superba · B. davidii var. veitchiana · B. delavayi · B. densiflora · B. diffusa · B. diversifolia · B. domingensis · B. duclouxii · B. dysophylla · B. elegans · B. elegans subsp. angustata · B. eremophila · B. euryphylla · B. fallowiana · B. fallowiana 'Alba' (Alba Butterfly Bush) · B. fallowiana 'Glasnevin' · B. fallowiana 'Lochinch' (Lochinch Orange-Eye Butterfly Bush) · B. fallowiana hybrid · B. fallowiana var. alba · B. farreri · B. fiebrigiana · B. filibracteolata · B. formosana · B. forrestii · B. fragifera · B. fusca · B. gayana · B. glaberrima · B. glabrata · B. glabrescens · B. glaziovii · B. globifera · B. globosa (Orange Ball Tree) · B. globosa 'Cally Orange' · B. globosa 'Cannington Gold' · B. globosa 'Lemon Ball' · B. globosa variegated · B. globosa × B. stachyoides · B. glomerata · B. grandiflora · B. grisea · B. gynandra · B. hastata · B. hatschbachii · B. heliophila · B. helmsleyana · B. hemsleyana · B. henryi · B. heterophylla · B. hieronymi · B. hookeri · B. humboldtiana · B. hybrid · B. hypoleuca · B. hypsophila · B. ibarrensis · B. ignea · B. incana · B. incompta · B. inconspicua · B. indica (Indoor Oak) · B. insignis · B. intermedia · B. interrupta · B. iresinoides · B. jamesonii · B. japonica (Butterfly Bush) · B. kleinii · B. kurtzii · B. lanata · B. lanceolata · B. latiflora · B. lavandulacea · B. ledifolia · B. legendrei · B. ligustrina · B. limitanea · B. lindenii · B. lindleyana (Lindley's Butterfly-Bush) · B. lindleyana 'Miss Vicie' · B. lojensis · B. longiflora · B. longifolia (Buddleia) · B. loniceroides · B. loricata (Loricata Butterfly Bush) · B. lucae · B. lythroides · B. macrostachya · B. madagascariensis (Madagascar Butterfly Bush) · B. mairei · B. malmei · B. marrubifolia · B. marrubiifolia (Woolly Butterfly Bush) · B. marubiifolia · B. matudae · B. megalocephala · B. mendozensis · B. microcephala · B. microphylla · B. microstachya · B. minima · B. misera · B. misionum · B. mollis · B. monocephala · B. montana · B. monticola · B. multiceps · B. myriantha · B. napii · B. nappii (Butterfly Bush) · B. neemda · B. nepalensis · B. nettoana · B. nicodemia · B. nitida · B. nivea (Butterfly Bush) · B. nivea pink-flowered · B. nivea var. yunnanensis (Butterfly Bush) · B. oblonga · B. oblongifolia · B. obovata · B. occidentalis · B. officinalis (Pole Butterflybush) · B. officinalis f. albiflora · B. otophylla · B. ovalifolia · B. ovandensis · B. paludicola · B. paniculata · B. paraguariensis · B. parviflora · B. parvifolia · B. pendula · B. perfoliata · B. pichinchensis · B. pikei · B. pikei 'Pink Delight' · B. pilulifera · B. plectranthoidea · B. poiretii · B. polycephala · B. polystachya · B. powellii · B. praecox · B. pringlei · B. pseudoamericana · B. pterocaulis · B. pulchella · B. purdomii · B. purpusii · B. racemosa (Texas Butterflybush) · B. racemosa incana · B. racemosa subsp. incana (Wand Butterflybush) · B. ramboi · B. reitzii · B. rhododendroides · B. rondeletiaeflora · B. rufa · B. rufescens · B. salicifolia · B. saligna (Square-Stemmed Butterfly Bush) · B. saltillensis · B. salvifolia · B. salviifolia (South African Sage Wood) · B. salviifolia 'Martyn Rix' · B. salviifolia white-flowered · B. sancti · B. scordioides (Escobilla Butterfly Bush) · B. scorioides · B. sessiliflora (Rio Grande Butterfly-Bush) · B. sessilifolia · B. shaanxiensis · B. shimidzuana · B. Silver Anniversary · B. similis · B. simplex · B. sinuata · B. skutchii · B. skutchii subsp. costaricensis · B. soratae · B. speciosissima · B. speciossima · B. spectabilis · B. sphaerantha · B. sphaerocalyx · B. spicata · B. stachyoides · B. stenostachya · B. sterniana · B. striata · B. suaveolens · B. subcapitata · B. subherbacea · B. subserrata · B. szyszylowiczii · B. tabiflora · B. taliensis · B. tenuifolia · B. thyrsoides · B. tibetica · B. tomentella · B. truncata · B. truncatifolia · B. tsetangensis · B. tubiflora · B. tucumanensis · B. tuxtlica · B. ulei · B. urbaniana · B. usambarensis · B. utahensis (Panamint Butterfly-Bush) · B. utilis · B. variabilis · B. venenifera · B. veninifera · B. verbascifolia · B. verticillata · B. vetula · B. vexans · B. virgata · B. wardii · B. whitei · B. wrightii · B. x 'Lochinch' (Lochinch Butterfly Bush) · B. × alata · B. × farquharii · B. × hybrida · B. × hybrida 'Eva Dudley' · B. × lewisiana · B. × lewisiana 'Margaret Pike' · B. × lewisiana 'Nicodemus' · B. x pikei (Butterfly Bush) · B. x pikei 'Hever Castle' · B. × pikei 'Hever' · B. × weyeriana (Butterfly Bush) · B. × weyeriana 'Edinburgh' · B. × weyeriana 'Elstead Hybrid' · B. × weyeriana 'Flight's Fancy' · B. x weyeriana 'Golden Glow' (Butterfly Bush) · B. × weyeriana 'Golden Tassels' · B. x weyeriana 'Honeycomb' (Butterfly Bush) · B. × weyeriana 'Lady de Ramsey' · B. x weyeriana 'Moonlight' (Butterfly Bush) · B. × weyeriana 'Orange Glow' · B. x weyeriana 'Sungold' (Butterfly Bush) · B. × weyeriana 'Trewithen' · B. × weyeriana 'Variegata' · B. × weyeriana 'Watson's Gold' · B. × whiteana · B. yunnanensis

Footnotes

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1. "Buddleja". in Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 329. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

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