Buddleja
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See also: buddleja
Translingual
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Buddle (“a surname”) + -ia, after English naturalist Adam Buddle. The spelling is as coined by Linnaeus, the "j" being an artefact of early modern orthography.
Proper noun
[edit]Buddleja f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Scrophulariaceae – the butterfly bush and many related flowering plants.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Scrophulariaceae - family; Buddlejeae - tribe
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Buddleja sect. Buddleja, Buddleja sect. Chilianthus, Buddleja sect. Nicodemia (sections)
- Buddleja americana - type species; Buddleja globosa, Buddleja davidii, Buddleja salviifolia - selected species
References
[edit]Buddleja on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Buddleja on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Buddleja on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons