Bursera hollickii
| Bursera hollickii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Burseraceae |
| Genus: | Bursera |
| Species: | B. hollickii |
| Binomial name | |
| Bursera hollickii (Britton) Fawc. & Rendle 1920 | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Bursera hollickii is a species of plant in the Burseraceae family. It is endemic to Jamaica, and listed as endangered.[3]
Bursera hollickii is a tree up to 6 meters tall with a trunk up to 25 cm in diameter. Bark is reddish-gray outside, red inside. Leaves are up to 12 cm long, clustered at the ends of twigs, thick and leathery with 3-7 leaflets. Flowers are in elongated racemes.[4][5]
References
- ↑ The Plant List, Bursera hollickii (Britton) Fawc. & Rendle
- ↑ The International Plant Names Index
- ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Bursera hollickii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 August 2007.
- ↑ Britton, Nathaniel Lord 1908. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 35: 341-342 as Terebinthus hollickii
- ↑ Daly, D. C. 1993. Notes on Bursera in South America, including a new species. Studies in Neotropical Burseraceae VII. Brittonia 45(3): 240–246
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