Buddleja simplex
Extinct species of flowering plant
Buddleja simplex is probably extinct, as no record of it has been made for nearly 200 years. It was a species endemic to Saltillo in Mexico, described and named by Kraenzlin in 1912.
01Description
Buddleja simplex is a small shrub, the young branches subquadrangular with adpressed tomentum. The small, membranaceous oblong to elliptic or oblong to lanceolate leaves have 0.5 , 1.5 cm petioles, and are 2 , 4 cm long by 0.5 , 1.2 cm wide, tomentulose above, tomentose below. The bracted inflorescences are 5 , 10 cm long, comprising 8 , 10 pairs of sessile or pedunculate heads < 0.6 cm in diameter.
The species is considered very close to B. sessiliflora, the latter having marginally larger flower heads and longer fruits.
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