Buddleja montana Britton

  • Authority

    Norman, E. M. 2000. Buddlejaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 81: 1-225. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Buddlejaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Buddleja montana Britton

  • Type

    Type. Bolivia. La Paz: Sorata, Rusby 2462 (holotype, NY; isotypes, BM, GH, K, MICH, MO, US, W, WIS)

  • Synonyms

    Buddleja coriacea Remy, Buddleja oblongifolia Rusby

  • Description

    Species Description - Dioecious shrub or small tree 2-5(-8) m tall, with gray, rimóse bark, young branches subquadrangular, tomentose. Leaves with petiole 0.4-0.7 cm long, with well marked stipular lines, blades oblong to elliptic, 3-8 x 0.5-1.5 cm, coriaceous, above tomentulose to glabrescent, usually dull (in dry condition) with very fine reticulation above, below thickly tomentose, midvein conspicuous; apex acuminate or acute, base obtuse, margin entire. Inflorescence paniculate, with 1-2 orders of branches, 3-7 x 2-6 cm, flowers in small cymules, pedicels 0.5-1.5 mm. Calyx campanulate, tomentose outside, tube 1.5-2 mm long, lobes 1.5-2 mm long, acute to acuminate. Corolla deep yellow turning orange, campanulate, tomentose outside, inside with a few warty hairs near sinus, tube 2.7-3.5 mm, lobes orbicular, 2-2.5 x 2-3 mm. Stamens subsessile, inserted 1.2-1.5 mm below sinus, anthers 1-1.5 mm long. Ovary 1.2-2 mm long, tomentose, style 0.7-1.2 mm long, stigma clavate to subglobose, 0.4-0.6 mm long. Capsule oblong-ovoid, 5.5-6.5 x 2.5-3 mm, tomentose, dehiscing primarily septicidally, valves acute. Seeds type 2, oblong, 1.5-2.5 x 0.4-0.5 mm, with wings, seed body 1.1-1.6 mm long.

  • Discussion

    remedy for vomit in children (Carter s.n.y Bolivia); infusion used in childbirth and also against “excessive sexuality” (Alvarez 85, Bolivia)!

    The pollen bearing flowers have a longer corolla tube (n = 9, [male] x = 3.3 mm, [female] x = 2.7 mm) with a wider throat ([male] x = 4.2 mm, [female] x = 3.1 mm) and wider corolla lobes ([male] x = 2.8 mm, [female] x = 2.1 mm) than pistillate flowers.

    This species is cultivated to some extent but not as frequently as B. coriacea. It is probably not as hardy as the latter species.

    Buddleja montana is closely related to B. coriacea. Putative hybrids may occur between these taxa especially in the area around Lake Titicaca, where both species are sympatric. These are characterized by leaves that are shiny with conspicuous veins above and with a leaf length/width ratio of approx. 4:1 rather than 6-7:1 which is more typical of B. montana. Some of these specimens have well-developed fruits like those

    of B. montana but the seeds are without embryos. BOLIVIA. La Paz: Ingavi, Gaqui, Beck 1183 (DLF, LPB); Manco Kapac, I. del Sol, Yani, Sacsa Mani, Beck 8954 (DLF, LPB).

  • Common Names

    Quisivara grande, Kishuara

  • Distribution

    In the central cordillera of central Peru and the eastern cordillera of southern Peru continuing into Bolivia at 2700-4000 m, growing on rocky hillsides, in remnants of dwarf forests with Escallonia, Baccharis, and Gynoxys, and around cultivated fields. Flowering from November through July.

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