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Buddleja
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buddleja
Translingual
right|thumb|Buddleja davidii species Buddleja davidii
Alternative forms
mul Buddleia, mul Buddleya mul Buddlea
Etymology
From en Buddle a surname mul ia, after English naturalist Adam Buddle. The spelling is as coined by Linnaeus, the "j" being an artefact of early modern orthography.
Proper noun
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genus family Scrophulariaceae the butterfly bush and many related flowering plants
Hypernyms
genus ; Buddlejeae tribe - tribe
Hyponyms
genus Buddleja sect. Buddleja section, Buddleja sect. Chilianthus section, Buddleja sect. Nicodemia section sections
Buddleja americana species - type species; Buddleja globosa species, Buddleja davidii species, Buddleja salviifolia species - selected species
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mul taxonomic eponyms