Buckleya
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| 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] | |
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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 that male and female flowers are on separate plants.[5]
