Buckleya

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]

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

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]