''Buckleya'' is an Asian and American genus of hemiparasitic

shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...

s in the sandalwood family. It is named for

Samuel Botsford Buckley Samuel Botsford Buckley (May 9, 1809 – February 18, 1884) was an American botanist, geologist, and naturalist. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1836. Buckley investigated the botany of the southern United States and discovered many new s ...

. Buckleya is also known as Piratebush. Plants of this species are

dioecious Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ...

, meaning they are either bear either male and female flowers.

Species

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Buckleya angulosa ''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 they are either bear eithe ...

'' S.B.Zhou & X.H.Guo – eastern China *''

Buckleya distichophylla ''Buckleya distichophylla'', commonly called piratebush, is a flowering plant in the family Santalaceae, native to the Southern United States. It is a rare plant, found only in sporadic mountainous areas of North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia ...

'' (Nutt.) Torr. – southeastern United States *''

Buckleya graebneriana ''Buckleya'' is an Asian and American genus of hemiparasitic shrubs in the sandalwood family. It is named for Samuel Botsford Buckley Samuel Botsford Buckley (May 9, 1809 – February 18, 1884) was an American botanist, geologist, and naturalis ...

'' Diels – central China *''

Buckleya lanceolata ''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 they are either bear eithe ...

'' (Siebold & Zucc.) Miq. – Japan, ChinaThe Plant List search for ''Buckleya''
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References

Santalaceae Santalales genera Parasitic plants Dioecious plants {{Santalales-stub