Bursera

Bursera
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

Bursera aloexylon (Schiede ex Schltdl.) Engl. Bursera arida Bursera aptera Bursera aromatica Proctor Bursera atenuata Bursera aspleniifolia Bursera bicolor Bursera biflora Bursera bipinnata Bursera bolivarii Bursera bonetti Bursera cerasifolia Bursera chemapodicta Bursera cinera Bursera citronella Bursera compacta Bursera copallifera Bursera coyucensis Bursera crenata Bursera cuneata Bursera denticulata Bursera discolor Bursera diversifolia Bursera epinnata Bursera excelsa (Kunth) Engl. Bursera fagaroides (Kunth) Engl. Bursera filicifolia Bursera fragantissima Bursera fragilis Bursera galeottiana Engl. Bursera glabrifolia (Kunth) Engl. Bursera grandifolia Bursera graveolens (Kunth) Triana & Planch. Bursera heliae Bursera heteresthes Bursera hindsiana Bursera hintonii Bursera hollickii (Britton) F. & R. Bursera infiernidialis Bursera instabilis Bursera isthmica

Bursera kerberii Bursera krusei Bursera lancifolia Bursera laurihuertae Bursera laxiflora Bursera leptophloeos Engl. Bursera linanoe (La Llave) Rzed., Calderón & Medina(=Bursera delpechiana Poiss. ex Engl.[3] ) Bursera longpipes Bursera lunanii (Spreng) Adams & Dandy Bursera macvaughiana Bursera malacophylla B.L.Rob. Bursera medranoana Bursera microphylla A.Gray – Elephant Tree Bursera mirandae Bursera morelensis Bursera multifolia Bursera multijuga Bursera nesopola Bursera odorata Bursera occulta Bursera palaciosii Bursera palmeri Bursera penicillata (DC.) Engl. Bursera ribana Bursera ruticola Bursera rzedowski Bursera sarcopoda Bursera sarukhanii Bursera schlechtendalii Engl. Bursera simaruba (L.) Sarg. – Gumbo-limbo Bursera staphyleoides Bursera stenophylla Bursera submoniliformis Bursera suntui Bursera tecomaca Bursera tomentosa Bursera tonkinensis Guillaum. Bursera trifoliolata Bursera trimera Bursera vasquezyanesii Bursera vejar-vazquezii Bursera velutina Bursera xochipalensis

list sources : ^{[2] [4]}

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

1. "Genus: Bursera Jacq. ex L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
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. no
3. Becerra, Judith X.; Noge, Koji (2010). "The Mexican roots of the Indian lavender tree". Acta botanica mexicana 91: 27–36.
4. "GRIN Species Records of Bursera". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-11-18.

External links

• Picture of a Bursera fagaroides bonsai
• "Bursera". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.