Buckleya Explained

Buckleya is an Asian and American genus of hemiparasitic shrubs in the sandalwood family.^[1] It is named for Samuel Botsford Buckley.^[2] Buckleya is also known as Piratebush.^[3] Plants of this species are dioecious, meaning they can bear either male or female flowers.^[4]

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^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Buckleya — The Plant List . 2023-05-30 . www.theplantlist.org.
2. Web site: Definition of BUCKLEYA. 2020-09-11. www.merriam-webster.com. en.
3. Ratliff . William . Demography and Disease of the Rare Shrub Buckleya distichophylla (Santalaceae) in Northeastern Tennessee . Undergraduate Honors Theses . Undergraduate Honors Theses, East Tennessee State University . 12 September 2020 . 1 December 2015.
4. 4033211. A Systematic Study of the Genus Buckleya (Santalaceae). Carvell. William N.. Eshbaugh. W. Hardy. Castanea. 1982. 47. 1. 17–37.
5. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Buckleya The Plant List search for Buckleya