| Buddleja kleinii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Buddlejaceae |
| Genus: | Buddleja |
| Species: | B. kleinii |
| Binomial name | |
| Buddleja kleinii E. M. Norman & L. B. Sm. |
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Buddleja kleinii is a species limited to a small area of cloud forest bordering the eastern portion of the Serra Geral of Santa Catarina and the Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil at altitudes from 1200 to 1650 m. [1] The species was named by Norman & Smith in 1976. [2]
B. kleinii is a dioecious shrub 1 - 2.5 m high with dark-brown fissured bark. The young branches are subquadrangular and tomentose, bearing narrowly elliptic leaves 5 - 10 cm long by 1.5 - 3.5 cm wide, mostly on 1.5 - 2 cm petioles but occasionally subsessile; the blade is glabrescent above and tomentose below. The white inflorescence is 6 - 9 cm long by 2 - 4 cm wide, comprising pairs of congested cymes 1.2 - 1.7 cm in diameter, each with 10 - 15 flowers. The corolla is 6 - 6.5 mm long. [1]
The shrub is not known to be in cultivation.