Buddleja japonica Hemsl., 1889

Common names

• 🇫🇷 Buddléia du Japon

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Eudicots
• Clade: Superasterids
• Clade: Asterids
• Clade: Lamiids
• Order: Lamiales
• Family: Scrophulariaceae
• Tribe: Buddlejeae
• Genus: Buddleja
• Species: Buddleja japonica

Presence

Introduced, not established.

Notes

Possible confusion with B. davidii Franch., 1887, whose leaves have a narrowly cunnate base and entire or denticulate margins, while those of B. japonica have a cunnate or rounded base, and denticulate or dentate margins. Examining large leaves helps with determination.

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