Overview
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Bulnesia is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. 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.
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- Bulnesia arborea ? Maracaibo lignum vitae
- 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", ibioca?
- Bulnesia schickendantzii Hieron.[2]
References
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Media related to Bulnesia at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ "Bulnesia Gay". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-06-18. http://www.ars-grin .gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?1789. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
- ^ "Bulnesia Gay". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://tropicos.org/NameSubordinateTaxa.aspx?nameid=40033142. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
Taxonomy
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The Genus Bulnesia is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Bulnesia: B. aphylla · B. arborea (Maracaibo-Lignum-Vitae) · B. bonariensis · B. carrapo · B. chilensis · B. foliosa · B. gancedoi · B. loraniensis · B. macrocarpa · B. retama (Retamo) · B. retamo · B. retamo var. weberbaueri · B. rivas-martinezii · B. sarmienti (Guaiac Wood Oil) · B. sarmientoi · B. schichendanzii · B. schickendantzii
References
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Media related to Bulnesia at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ "Bulnesia Gay". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-06-18. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?1789. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
- ^ "Bulnesia Gay". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://tropicos.org/NameSubordinateTaxa.aspx?nameid=40033142. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
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