Buddleja

Buddleja; Butterfly Bush
	Buddleja davidii (white flowered form)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Scrophulariaceae
Tribe:	Buddlejeae[1]
Genus:	Buddleja; L.
Type species
	Buddleja americana; L.[2]
Species
	About 100 species, see text.
Synonyms
	Adenoplea Radlk.; Adenoplusia Radlk.; Buddleia L., orth. var.; Chilianthus Burch.[3]

Buddleja is a genus in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae, although previously it had been placed the Logania family. They are commonly called butterfly bushes. Buddleja davidii is the type species. It is in the order Lamiales (previously Gentianales).

References

"Genus Buddleja". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
"Buddleja L." TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
"Genus Buddleja L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-04-20. Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2010-11-29.

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[1] "Genus Buddleja". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2009-10-21.

[2] "Buddleja L." TROPICOS. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-10-21.

[GRIN-3] "Genus Buddleja L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-04-20. Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2010-11-29.