Bourreria
| Bourreria | |
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| Bourreria ovata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | (unplaced) |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Subfamily: | Ehretioideae |
| Genus: | Bourreria P.Browne[1] |
| Type species | |
| Bourreria baccata | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
Bourreria is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as strongbark or strongback.[2] The generic name was chosen by Patrick Browne to honour German pharmacist Johann Ambrosius Beurer.[3] The genus is native to the Americas, where species are distributed from Mexico to northern South America, and in the Caribbean and Florida in the United States. The center of diversity is in the Caribbean, Central America,[4] and Mexico.[5]
As of 2007 there are about 30 species in the genus.[4]
Species include:
- Bourreria andrieuxii – guayabillo, lágrima de virgen[5]
- Bourreria baccata Raf.
- Bourreria bolivarensis[4]
- Bourreria cassinifolia (A.Rich.) Griseb. – smooth strongbark[2]
- Bourreria costaricensis[4]
- Bourreria formosa[5]
- Bourreria grandicalyx[6]
- Bourreria hintonii[5]
- Bourreria huanita – huanita, jazmín de palo, jazmín del istmo, guie-xoba[5]
- Bourreria longiflora[5]
- Bourreria mollis[4]
- Bourreria motaguensis[7]
- Bourreria obovata[5]
- Bourreria ovata Miers – Bahamian strongbark[8]
- Bourreria oxyphylla – bojón, jub a che, palo de nance, taruche, copo a max[5]
- Bourreria pulchra – bakalbo, kakalché, copte ché[5]
- Bourreria purpusii – yoa prieto, jazmín del monte[5]
- Bourreria radula (Poir.) G.Don – rough strongbark[2]
- Bourreria rekoi[5]
- Bourreria revoluta Kunth[8]
- Bourreria rinconensis[9]
- Bourreria rowellii[5]
- Bourreria rubra[5]
- Bourreria sonorae – chocolatillo, lengua de gato[5]
- Bourreria spathulata – capulín, zalzapotzin, zapotillo[5]
- Bourreria succulenta Jacq. – bodywood,[2] chink, poisonberry[8]
- Bourreria superba – ricate[5]
- Bourreria velutina (DC.) Gurke
- Bourreria virgata (Sw.) G.Don – roble de guayo[2]
References
- 1 2 "Genus: Bourreria P. Browne". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Bourreria". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
- ↑ Nelson, Gil (1994). The Trees of Florida: a Reference and Field Guide. Pineapple Press Inc. pp. 115–116. ISBN 978-1-56164-055-3.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Gottschling, M. and J. S. Miller. (2007). A revision of Bourreria (Boraginales, Ehretiaceae) in South America. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94(4) 734-44.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Campos Ríos, G. M. (2005). Revisión del género Bourreria P. Browne (Boraginaceae) en México. Polibotánica 19, 39-103. (Spanish)
- ↑ Miller, J. S. and B. Sirot. (1997). A New Species of Bourreria (Boraginaceae) from Costa Rica. Novon 7(4) 395-97.
- ↑ Véliz Pérez, M. E., et al. (2009). Especie nueva del género Bourreria (Ehretiaceae, Boraginales) de Mesoamérica. Brittonia 61(3), 237-40.
- 1 2 3 "GRIN Species Records of Bourreria". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
- ↑ Miller, J. S. (1999). New Boraginaceae from tropical America 1: New species of Bourreria and Tournefortia from Costa Rica and a note on the publication of Cordia collococca. Novon 9(2) 230-35.
External links
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