Buckleya

Buckleya
Buckleya lanceolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Santalales
Family:	Santalaceae
Genus:	Buckleya Torr. 1843
Type species
Buckleya distichophylla (Nutt.) Torr.
Synonyms [1]
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 that male and female flowers are on separate plants. ^[5]

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 ^[6]

References

1. Flora of China, Buckleya Torrey, 1843. 米面蓊属 mi mian weng shu
2. "Buckleya — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
3. "Definition of BUCKLEYA". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2020-09-11.
4. 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.
5. Carvell, William N.; Eshbaugh, W. Hardy (1982). "A Systematic Study of the Genus Buckleya (Santalaceae)". Castanea. 47 (1): 17–37. JSTOR   4033211.
6. The Plant List search for Buckleya