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Bulnesia

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Bulnesia
Flowering branches of B. retama
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Zygophyllales
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Subfamily: Larreoideae
Genus: Bulnesia
Gay[1]
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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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References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Bulnesia Gay". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
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