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Genus:
Buddleja (Buddleia, Sagewood genus) Life
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About 100 species (Africa, Asia and America), with
10 species
native to southern Africa. A further seven species are cultivated as
garden plants in this region. This genus was previously placed in
the Buddlejaceae and before that the
Loganiaceae.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
Buddleya auriculata (Weeping
sage) |
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Buddleya davidii |
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Buddleya dysophylla |
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Buddleya glomerata (Karoo sage) |
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Buddleya lindleyana
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Buddleya loricata (Mountain
sage) |
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Buddleya madagascariensis
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Buddleya pulchella
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Buddleya saligna (False olive) |
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Buddleya salviifolia (Sagewood) See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Buddleya alternifolia
Native to China. |
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Buddleya asiatica (Asian
sagewood)
Indigenous from Pakistan to Guam. |
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Buddleya brasiliensis
Native to Brazil. |
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Buddleya davidii (Chinese
sagewood)
Native to China. |
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Buddleya lindleyana
Native to China. |
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Buddleya madagascariensis
(Madagascar sagewood)
Native to |
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Buddleya nivea
Native to China. |
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Publications
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of
Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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Jordaan, M. 2003. Buddlejaceae. In Germishuizen, G. & Meyer,
N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14:
333. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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