''Buddleja euryphylla'' is a species endemic to

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El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...

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and

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

; it was first described and named by Standley and Steyermark in 1947.Standley P. C. & Steyermark, J. A. (1947). ''Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Bot.'' Ser. 23: 223 - 224. 1947.Norman, E. M. (2000). Buddlejaceae. ''Flora Neotropica 81''. New York Botanical Garden, USA

Description

''Buddleja euryphylla'' is a

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tree 8–15 m high, and closely related to ''B. cordata''. The young branches are quadrangular, tomentose only at the apex. The ovate to ovate elliptic leaves have 3–7 cm petioles, and are 15–27 cm long by 8–16 cm wide, glabrous above, tomentose below. The yellow inflorescences are 20–30 cm long by 20–30 cm wide,

paniculate A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a panicle are of ...

with three to four orders of leafy-bracted branches, bearing short cymules each 0.4–0.6 cm in diameter with usually three flowers; the

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tubes are 2–2.5 mm long.

Cultivation

The species is not known to be in cultivation.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q4984629 euryphylla Flora of El Salvador Flora of Guatemala Flora of Honduras Flora of Central America Dioecious plants