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

shrub A shrub or 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 by their multiple ...

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. Buckley was born in Torrey, New York, on May 9, 1809. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1836. He received a Ph.D. from Waco U ...

. ''Buckleya'' is also known as piratebush. Plants of this species are

dioecious Dioecy ( ; ; adj. dioecious, ) is a characteristic of certain species that have distinct unisexual individuals, each producing either male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproduction is ...

, 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, ChinaThe Plant List search for ''Buckleya''
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References

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