Buckleya
| Buckleya | |
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| Buckleya lanceolata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Santalales |
| Family: | Santalaceae |
| Genus: | Buckleya Torr. 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Buckleya distichophylla | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Nestronia Raf., rejected name | |
Buckleya is an Asian and American genus of hemiparasitic shrubs in the sandalwood family.[1][2] It is named for Samuel Botsford Buckley.[3] Buckleya is also known as Piratebush.[4] Plants of this species are dioecious, meaning they can bear either male or female flowers.[5]
Species[edit]
- Buckleya angulosa S.B.Zhou & X.H.Guo – eastern China
- Buckleya distichophylla (Nutt.) Torr. – southeastern United States
- Buckleya graebneriana Diels – central China
- Buckleya lanceolata (Siebold & Zucc.) Miq. – Japan, China[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Flora of China, Buckleya Torrey, 1843. 米面蓊属 mi mian weng shu
- ^ "Buckleya — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ "Definition of BUCKLEYA". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
- ^ Ratliff, William (1 December 2015). "Demography and Disease of the Rare Shrub Buckleya distichophylla (Santalaceae) in Northeastern Tennessee". Undergraduate Honors Theses. Undergraduate Honors Theses, East Tennessee State University. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ Carvell, William N.; Eshbaugh, W. Hardy (1982). "A Systematic Study of the Genus Buckleya (Santalaceae)". Castanea. 47 (1): 17–37. JSTOR 4033211.
- ^ The Plant List search for Buckleya
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