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''Buddleja cordata'' is endemic to Mexico, growing along forest edges and water courses at elevations of 1500–3000 m; it has also naturalized in parts of Ethiopia. 〔Norman, E. M. (2000). Buddlejaceae. ''Flora Neotropica 81'', New York Botanical Garden, USA〕 〔Leeuwenberg, A. J. M. (1979) ''The Loganiaceae of Africa XVIII Buddleja L. II, Revision of the African & Asiatic species''. H. Veenman & Zonen, Wageningen, Nederland.〕 The species was first described and named by Kunth in 1818. 〔''Nova Genera et Species Plantarum'', 2: 348–349, t.185. 1818.〕 ==Description== ''B. cordata'' is a large deciduous dioecious shrub or tree < 20 m tall in the wild. The trunk, which can reach 45 cm in diameter, has a furrowed bark, brownish or blackish in colour. The ovate to narrowly elliptical leaves are opposite and paired, 4–23 cm long by 3–14cm wide, on petioles 1–4 cm long. The terminal inflorescences are paniculate, 6–30 cm long with at least two orders of branches, the lowermost subtended by leaves, the uppermost by small bracts. The small fragrant flowers are grouped into shortly pedunculate cymules, the corollas white, cream, or yellow, with a flush of orange at the throat, 1.5–2.5 long. Ploidy: ''2n'' = 76 (tetraploid).〔 Image: Buddleja cordata, Longstock.jpg|10-year-old ''B. Cordata'' Image: Budd. cordata leaves and flower bud.jpg|''B. cordata'' leaves Image: Buddleja cordata.jpg|''B. cordata'' panicle 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Buddleja cordata」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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