Bursera
Bursera | |
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Bursera simaruba | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Burseraceae |
Genus: | Bursera Jacq. ex L.[1] |
Type species | |
Bursera simaruba (L.) Sarg. | |
Species | |
About 100, see text. | |
Synonyms | |
Elaphrium Jacq. |
Bursera, named after the Danish botanist Joachim Burser (1583-1639), is a genus with about 100 described species[2] of flowering shrubs and trees varying in size up to 25 m (82 ft) high. They are native (often for many species endemic) to the Americas, from the southern United States south through to northern Argentina, in tropical and warm temperate forest habitats.
A number of species from tropical Asia were once included in this genus, but are now treated in the genus Protium.
Species
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Formerly placed here
- Canarium paniculatum (Lam.) Benth. ex Engl. (as B. paniculata Lam.)
- Protium serratum (Wall. ex Colebr.) Engl. (as B. serrata Wall. ex Colebr.)[4]
Gallery
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Bursera penicillata trunks
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Bursera penicillata fruits and leaves
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Bursera penicillata trunk
References
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- ↑ "Genus: Bursera Jacq. ex L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
- 1 2 Becerra, Judith X.; D. Lawrence Venable (2008). Rees, Mark, ed. "Sources and Sinks of Diversification and Conservation Priorities for the Mexican Tropical Dry Forest". PLoS ONE 3 (10): e3436. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003436. PMC 2562985. PMID 18927613.
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- ↑ Becerra, Judith X.; Noge, Koji (2010). "The Mexican roots of the Indian lavender tree". Acta botanica mexicana 91: 27–36.
- 1 2 "GRIN Species Records of Bursera". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
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