Buddleja simplex explained

Buddleja simplex is probably extinct, as no record of it has been made for nearly 200 years. It was a species endemic to Saltillo in Mexico, described and named by Kraenzlin in 1912.[1] [2]

Description

Buddleja simplex is a small shrub, the young branches subquadrangular with adpressed tomentum. The small, membranaceous oblong to elliptic or oblong to lanceolate leaves have 0.5  - 1.5 cm petioles, and are 2  - 4 cm long by 0.5  - 1.2 cm wide, tomentulose above, tomentose below. The bracted inflorescences are 5  - 10 cm long, comprising 8  - 10 pairs of sessile or pedunculate heads < 0.6 cm in diameter.[2]

The species is considered very close to B. sessiliflora, the latter having marginally larger flower heads and longer fruits.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Kraenzlin, F. W. L. (1912). Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 26: 396, 1912
  2. Norman, E. M. (2000). Buddlejaceae. Flora Neotropica 81. New York Botanical Garden, USA