| Bulnesia | |
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| Flowering branches of B. retama | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Zygophyllales |
| Family: | Zygophyllaceae |
| Subfamily: | Larreoideae |
| Genus: | Bulnesia Gay1 |
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Bulnesia is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. Species in this genus are all native to South America.2 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.3
References
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 | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-05-06.
- "Bulnesia Gay". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2009-09-27.