Bursera
Bursera | |
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Bursera simaruba | |
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Genus: | Bursera |
Type species | |
Bursera simaruba | |
Species | |
About 100, see text. | |
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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 upwards to 25 m. 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 forests habitats.
A number of species from tropical Asia were once included in this genus, but are now treated in the genus Protium
Species
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.)[3]
Gallery
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Bursera penicillata trunks
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Bursera penicillata fruits & leaves
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Bursera penicillata trunk
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Bursera.
- ^ "Genus: Bursera Jacq. ex L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
- ^ a b Becerra, Judith X. (2008). "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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