Buckleya
Appearance
Buckleya | |
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Buckleya lanceolata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Santalales |
Family: | Santalaceae |
Genus: | Buckleya Torr. 1843 |
Type species | |
Buckleya distichophylla | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Nestronia Raf., rejected name |
Buckleya is an asian and american genus of hemiparasitic shrubs in the sandalwood family.[1] It is named for Samuel Botsford Buckley.[2] Buckleya is also known as Piratebush.[3]
Species
- 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[4]
References
- ^ a b Flora of China, Buckleya Torrey, 1843. 米面蓊属 mi mian weng shu
- ^ "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, East Tennessee State University. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ The Plant List search for Buckleya