Buddleja araucana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
Genus: | Buddleja |
Species: | B. araucana
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Binomial name | |
Buddleja araucana | |
Synonyms | |
Buddleja araucana is endemic to the semi-deserts and steppes of Patagonia, from southern Mendoza to Río Negro and Neuquen provinces in Argentina, and adjacent Chile.[1] The species was first described and named by Philippi in 1873,[2] it was introduced to cultivation by the British gardener and plant collector Harold Comber[3] as a form B. globosa in 1925.[4]