| Buddleja longiflora | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Buddlejaceae |
| Genus: | Buddleja |
| Species: | B. longiflora |
| Binomial name | |
| Buddleja longiflora Brade |
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Buddleja longiflora is a rare species endemic to one small area of Brazil, growing in fields high on the Serra do Caparaó at an altitude of 2400 m.[1] The species was first described and named by Brade in 1957.[2]1, ed. quar. 2: 349. t. 186. 1818.</ref>
B. longiflora is a shrub 0.5 - 1 m high. The young branches are densely tomentose, bearing lanceolate leaves 10 - 17 cm long by 1.2 - 2.7 cm wide, glabrescent above, tomentose below, with petioles 1 - 2.5 cm long. The yellowish orange inflorescence is < 15 cm long, the flowers borne in paired 3 - 5 flowered cymes. The eponymous long flowers have corollas 35 - 42 mm long by 4 - 5 mm wide.[1]
The species could be mistaken for B. speciosissima found in nearby Itatiaia, but for minor differences in flower and leaf dimensions. It is possible B. longiflora could be classified as a subspecies of the latter should more material be availed for examination.[1]
The species is not known to be in cultivation.