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Buddleja (Buddleia, Sagewood genus) Life
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About 100 species (Africa, Asia and America), with
seven 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 indigenous to southern Africa
List from Jordaan (2003).
Buddleya auriculata (Weeping
sage) |
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Buddleya dysophylla |
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Buddleya glomerata (Karoo sage) |
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Buddleya loricata (Mountain
sage) |
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Buddleya pulchella |
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Buddleya saligna (False olive) |
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Buddleya salviifolia (Sagewood) |
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Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Buddleya alternifolia
Indigenous to China. |
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Buddleya asiatica (Asian
sagewood)
Indigenous from Pakistan to Guam. |
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Buddleya brasiliensis
Indigenous to Brazil. |
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Buddleya davidii (Chinese
sagewood)
Indigenous to China. |
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Buddleya lindleyana
Indigenous to China. |
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Buddleya madagascariensis
(Madagascar sagewood)
Indigenous to |
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Buddleya nivea
Indigenous 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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