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][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]