Bursera

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Bursera
Bursera simaruba
Bursera simaruba
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Burseraceae
Genus: Bursera
Jacq. ex L.
Species

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Bursera is a genus of about 40 species of flowering plants in the family Burseraceae, native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the Americas, from the southern United States south to northern Argentina. A number of species from tropical Asia sometimes included in the genus are now treated in the separate genus Protium.

The species are shrubs and small to medium-sized trees up to 25 m tall.

Selected species
  • Bursera acuminata
  • Bursera aloexylon (Schiede ex Schltdl.) Engl.
  • Bursera excelsa (Kunth) Engl.
  • Bursera fagaroides (Kunth) Engl.
  • Bursera galeottiana Engl.
  • Bursera glabrifolia (Kunth) Engl.
  • Bursera graveolens (Kunth) Triana & Planch.
  • Bursera leptophloeos Engl.
  • Bursera microphylla A.Gray
  • Bursera penicillata (DC.) Engl.
  • Bursera schlechtendalii Engl.
  • Bursera simaruba (L.) Sarg.

The genus is named after the Danish botanist Joachim Burser (1583-1639).

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