''Bulnesia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the caltrop family,
Zygophyllaceae
Zygophyllaceae is a family of flowering plants that contains the bean-caper and caltrop. The family includes around 285 species in 22 genera.
Plants in the family Zygophyllaceae may be trees, shrubs, or herbs. They are often found in dry habit ...
. Species in this genus are all native to South America. The wood of some – particularly ''
B. arborea'' and ''
B. sarmientoi'' – is traded as verawood (colloquially "vera") or ''"
lignum vitae"''. They are close relatives of the "true" ''lignum vitae'' trees of genus ''
Guaiacum''.
Species
* ''
Bulnesia arborea'' – Maracaibo ''lignum vitae''; 'True' Verawood
* ''
Bulnesia bonariensis''
Griseb.
* ''
Bulnesia carrapo''
Killip & Dugand
* ''
Bulnesia chilensis''
Gay
* ''
Bulnesia foliosa''
Griseb.
* ''
Bulnesia loraniensis''
Griseb.
* ''
Bulnesia macrocarpa''
Phil.
* ''
Bulnesia rivas-martinezii''
G.Navarro
* ''
Bulnesia retama''
(Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.) Griseb
* ''
Bulnesia sarmientoi'' – Argentine ''lignum vitae'', Paraguay ''lignum vitae'', ''"palo santo"'', ''ibiocaí''
* ''
Bulnesia schickendantzii''
Hieron.
References
External links
Zygophyllales genera
Flora of Southern America
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