Buddleja davidii var. magnifica

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Buddleja davidii var. magnifica
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Genus: Buddleja
Species:
B. davidii
Variety:
B. d. var. magnifica
Trinomial name
Buddleja davidii var. magnifica
Rehder & E. H. Wilson

Buddleja davidiivar.magnifica is endemic to much of the same area of China as the type; it was named by Rehder and E. H. Wilson in 1909. [1] [2]

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The taxonomy of the plant and the other five davidii varieties has been challenged in recent years. Leeuwenberg sank them all as synonyms, considering them to be within the natural variation of a species, and thus unworthy of varietal recognition, [3] a treatment adopted in the Flora of China published in 1996, [4] and is also upheld by both the Plants of the World Online database and the International Dendrology Society's Trees and Shrubs Online website. [5] [6]

Var. magnifica was awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's First Class Certificate (FCC) in 1905. [7]

Description

Buddleja davidii var. magnifica is chiefly distinguished by the length of its violet-purple panicles, which can reach 75 cm (very occasionally 90 cm). The plant is otherwise like the type. [2]

Cultivation

Now very rare in cultivation, specimens are still grown in the UK, at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Edinburgh. [8] The shrub is no longer in commerce in the UK. [9]

References

  1. ↑ Bean, W. J. (1950). Trees and shrubs hardy in Great Britain, 7th edition. Murray, London.
  2. 1 2 Stuart, D. D. (2006). Buddlejas. RHS Plant Collector Guide. Timber Press, Oregon. ISBN   978-0-88192-688-0
  3. ↑ Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. (1979). The Loganiaceae of Africa XVIII Buddleja L. II. Revision of the African and Asiatic species. Mededelingen Landbouwhogeschool Wageningen, Nederland
  4. ↑ Li, P-T. & Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (1996). Loganiaceae, in Wu, Z. & Raven, P. (eds) Flora of China, Vol. 15, p. 335. Science Press, Beijing, and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, USA. ISBN   978-0915279371 online at www.efloras.org
  5. ↑ "Buddleja davidii Franch". Plants of the World Online. 2020-09-11. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  6. ↑ "Buddleja davidii". Trees and Shrubs Online. 2025-12-08. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  7. ↑ Hillier & Sons. (1990). Hillier's Manual of Trees & Shrubs, 5th ed.. p. 47. David & Charles, Newton Abbot. ISBN   0-7153-67447
  8. ↑ "Multisite search page".
  9. ↑ "Find advice & tips on garden & indoor plants | Plant finder & selector / RHS Gardening".


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