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Buckleya
Sign in to saveBuckleya is an Asian and American genus of hemiparasitic shrubs in the sandalwood family. It is named for Samuel Botsford Buckley. Buckleya is also known as piratebush. Plants of this species are dioecious, meaning that male and female flowers are on separate plants.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 55
- With media
- 36
- Family
- Thesiaceae
- Collections
- BAYLU, UCONN, USNM, VT, MO, UF
- Recorded in
- China, United States, Ecuador, Colombia, Japan, Australia
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- Parent taxon
- Santalaceae
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- Buckleya lanceolata 3.JPG
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- 米面蓊属
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Buckleya is an Asian and American genus of hemiparasitic shrubs in the sandalwood family. It is named for Samuel Botsford Buckley. Buckleya is also known as piratebush. Plants of this species are dioecious, meaning that male and female flowers are on separate plants.
==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
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