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Buddleja
Buddleja (; orth. var. Buddleia; also historically given as Buddlea) is a genus comprising over 140 species of flowering plants endemic to Asia, Africa, and the Americas. The generic name bestowed by Linnaeus posthumously honoured Adam Buddle (1662–1715), an English botanist and rector, at the suggestion of William Houstoun. Houstoun sent the first plants to become known to science as buddleja (B. americana) to England from the Caribbean about 15 years after Buddle's death. Buddleja species, especially Buddleja davidii and interspecific hybrids, are commonly known as butterfly bushes and are frequently cultivated as garden shrubs. Buddleja davidii has become an invasive species in both Europe and North America.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Butterfly bush
speciesBuddleja davidii
tepozan
speciesBuddleja cordata
Sagewood
speciesBuddleja salviifolia
False Olive
speciesBuddleja saligna
Asiatic butterfly-bush
speciesBuddleja asiatica
colle
speciesBuddleja coriacea
Rio Grande Butterfly-bush
speciesBuddleja sessiliflora
Orange-ball tree
speciesBuddleja globosa
Woolly Butterflybush
speciesBuddleja marrubiifolia
Wand Butterfly Bush
speciesBuddleja racemosa
Escobilla Butterflybush
speciesBuddleja scordioides
Lindley's Butterflybush
speciesBuddleja lindleyana
Argentine butterfly bush
speciesBuddleja stachyoides
Madagascar Buddleia
speciesBuddleja madagascariensis
Panamint butterfly bush
speciesBuddleja utahensis
Buddleja parviflora
speciesBuddleja parviflora
wand butterflybush
speciesBuddleja incana
Karoo Sage
speciesBuddleja glomerata
Weyer's Butterfly-bush
hybridBuddleja × weyeriana
Buddleja perfoliata
speciesBuddleja perfoliata
Buddleja cordobensis
speciesBuddleja cordobensis
Fountain Butterfly-bush
speciesBuddleja alternifolia
Eared Buddleja
speciesBuddleja auriculata
White climbing-sage
speciesBuddleja dysophylla
Buddleja tucumanensis
speciesBuddleja tucumanensis
Buddleja nitida
speciesBuddleja nitida
Buddleja crotonoides
speciesBuddleja crotonoides
Buddleja mendozensis
speciesBuddleja mendozensis
Buddleja bullata
speciesBuddleja bullata
Mountain Sagewood
speciesBuddleja loricata
Buddleja tubiflora
speciesBuddleja tubiflora
Buddleja americana
speciesBuddleja americana
pole butterflybush
speciesBuddleja officinalis
Himalayan butterfly bush
speciesBuddleja crispa
Buddleja thyrsoides
speciesBuddleja thyrsoides
Buddleja montana
speciesBuddleja montana
Buddleja skutchii
speciesBuddleja skutchii
Buddleja speciosissima
speciesBuddleja speciosissima
Buddleja aromatica
speciesBuddleja aromatica
Buddleja curviflora
speciesBuddleja curviflora
Buddleja araucana
speciesBuddleja araucana
Buddleja suaveolens
speciesBuddleja suaveolens
Buddleja colvilei
speciesBuddleja colvilei
Buddleja polystachya
speciesBuddleja polystachya
Buddleja macrostachya
speciesBuddleja macrostachya
Buddleja japonica
speciesBuddleja japonica
Indoor Oak
speciesBuddleja indica
Buddleja pichinchensis
speciesBuddleja pichinchensis
Buddleja albiflora
speciesBuddleja albiflora
Buddleja angusticarpa
speciesBuddleja angusticarpa
Buddleja grandiflora
speciesBuddleja grandiflora
Hispaniolan Butterfly Bush
speciesBuddleja domingensis
Buddleja paniculata
speciesBuddleja paniculata
Buddleja iresinoides
speciesBuddleja iresinoides
Red Climbing Sagewood
speciesBuddleja pulchella
Buddleja elegans
speciesBuddleja elegans
Buddleja megalocephala
speciesBuddleja megalocephala
Buddleja corrugata
speciesBuddleja corrugata
Buddleja fallowiana
speciesBuddleja fallowiana
Buddleja nivea
speciesBuddleja nivea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
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Every page naming Buddleja in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 64571.