Bulnesia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Zygophyllales

Familia: Zygophyllaceae
Subfamilia: Larreoideae
Genus: Bulnesia
Species: B. chilensis – B. foliosa – B. retama – B. rivas-martinezii – B. schichendanzii
Name

Bulnesia C. Gay Fl. Chil. 1: 474. (1846)

Type species: Bulnesia chilensis Gay, Fl. Chil. [Gay] 1: 475. (1846)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Gonoptera Turcz.

References

Gay, C. 1846. Historia Fisica y Politica de Chile ... Botanica [Flora Chilena] 1: 474.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Bulnesia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 14. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Bulnesia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 14. Reference page.
Godoy-Bürki, A.C., Acosta, J.M. & Aagesen, L. 2018. Phylogenetic relationships within the New World subfamily Larreoideae (Zygophyllaceae) confirm polyphyly of the disjunct genus Bulnesia. Systematics and Biodiversity 16(5): 453-468. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2018.1451406 Paywall ResearchGate Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Bulnesia. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 14 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Bulnesia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov. 14.

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.
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.[2]

References

"Bulnesia Gay". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-06-18. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
"Bulnesia Gay". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-09-27.