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Bursera

(Genus)

Overview

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Bursera, named after the Danish botanist (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

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list sources : ^[2] ^[3]

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
Bursera penicillata fruits & leaves
Bursera penicillata trunk

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Bursera penicillata fruits & leaves

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. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?1816. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
^ ^a ^b 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. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0003436. "no"
^ ^a ^b "GRIN Species Records of Bursera". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?1816. Retrieved 2010-11-18.

External links

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Picture of a Bursera fagaroides bonsai
"Bursera". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=28763.

Taxonomy

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The Genus Bursera is further organized into finer groupings including:

Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 235 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Genus Bursera: B. acuminata · B. acutidens · B. acutifolia · B. aloexylon · B. altijuga · B. altissima · B. amplifolia · B. anderssonii · B. angustata · B. aptera · B. aracouchili · B. arborea · B. arida · B. ariensis · B. aromatica · B. asplenifolia · B. aspleniifolia · B. attenuata · B. australasica · B. bahiensis · B. balsamifera · B. beandou · B. bicolor · B. biflora · B. bipinnata · B. bipinnata var. ovatifolia · B. bolivarii · B. bonairensis · B. bonetii · B. brachypoda · B. brunea · B. burchardii · B. carana · B. caudata · B. cerasifolia · B. chemapodicta · B. cinerea · B. citronella · B. collina · B. concinna · B. confusa · B. copallifera · B. covillei · B. coyucensis · B. crenata · B. cuneata · B. decandra · B. delpechiana · B. denticulata · B. discolor · B. diversifolia · B. dubia · B. elemifera · B. epinnata · B. eracouchii · B. esparzae · B. excelsa · B. excelsa var. acutidens · B. excelsa var. favionalis · B. fagaroides (Fragrant Bursera) · B. fagaroides f. bourgeauana · B. fagaroides f. crenulata · B. fagaroides f. elliptica · B. fagaroides f. ramosissima · B. fagaroides var. elongata (Fragrant Bursera) · B. fagaroides var. purpusii · B. fagoroides · B. filicifolia · B. fragilis · B. fragrantissima · B. frenningae · B. frenningiae · B. galeottiana · B. galottianum · B. glabra · B. glabrescens · B. glabrifolia · B. glauca · B. goldmanii · B. gracilipes · B. gracilis · B. grandiflora · B. grandifolia · B. grandifolia f. robusta · B. graveolens (Palo Santo) · B. graveolens f. malacophylla · B. graveolens malacophylla · B. graveolens pilosa · B. graveolens var. pilosa · B. graveolens var. pubescens · B. graveolens var. villosula · B. guianensis · B. gummifera · B. gummifera var. glabrata · B. gummifera var. polyphylla · B. gummifera var. pubescens · B. heliae · B. heptaphylla · B. heteresthes · B. heterophylla · B. hindsiana (Red Elephant Tree) · B. hindsiana var. rhoifolia · B. hintoni · B. hintonii · B. hollickii · B. howellii · B. icicariba · B. inaguensis · B. infernidialis · B. inopinata · B. instabilis · B. integerrima · B. inversa · B. isthmica · B. itzae · B. javanica · B. jonesii · B. jorullensis · B. karsteniana · B. karwinskii · B. kerberi · B. klugii · B. krusei · B. lancefolia · B. lancifolia · B. lanuginosa · B. laurihuertae · B. laxiflora · B. laxiflora filicifolia · B. leptophloeos · B. linanoe · B. littoralis · B. lonchophylla · B. longicuspis · B. longipedunculata · B. longipes · B. lunanii · B. macdougalii · B. macgregorii · B. macrostachya · B. macvaughiana · B. madrigalii · B. malacophylla · B. martae · B. martiana · B. medranoana · B. mexicana · B. microphylla (Littleleaf Elephant Tree) · B. mirandae · B. morelense · B. morelensis · B. multifolia · B. multijuga · B. nashii · B. nelsonii · B. nesopola · B. nitida · B. obovata · B. obtusifolia · B. occidentalis · B. occulta · B. odorata · B. oerstedii · B. orinocensis · B. ovalifolia · B. ovata · B. palaciosii · B. palmeri · B. palmeri var. glabrescens · B. panamensis · B. paniculata · B. pannosa · B. paradoxa · B. penicillata · B. permollis · B. pilosa · B. pontiveteris · B. pringlei · B. pubescens · B. purpusii · B. queretarensis · B. rhoifolia · B. ribana · B. roseana · B. rubra · B. rupicola · B. rzedowskii · B. sarcopoda · B. sarukhanii · B. schaffneri · B. schiedeana · B. schlechtendalii · B. sellowii · B. serrata · B. serrulata · B. sessiliflora · B. sessiliflora var. pubivalvis · B. shaferi · B. silviae · B. simaruba (West Indian Birch) · B. simaruba var. yucatanensis · B. simplex · B. simplicifolia · B. sphaerocarpa · B. spinescens · B. standleyana · B. staphyleoides · B. stenophylla · B. steyermarkii · B. submoniliformis · B. subpubescens · B. subsessiliformis · B. subtrifoliata · B. suntui · B. tacahamaca · B. tatamaco · B. tecomaca · B. tenuifolia · B. toledoana · B. tomentosa · B. tomentosa var. pubescens · B. tonkinensis · B. trifoliolata · B. trijuga · B. trimera · B. trinitensis · B. vazquezyanesii · B. vejar-vasquezii · B. vejar-vazquezii · B. velutina · B. velutina var. parvifolia · B. velutinifolia · B. verapacensis · B. xochipalensis · B. xolocotzii

References

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^ "Genus: Bursera Jacq. ex L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?1816. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
^ ^a ^b 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. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0003436. "no"
^ ^a ^b "GRIN Species Records of Bursera". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?1816. Retrieved 2010-11-18. ;

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