- Bursera
taxobox
name = "Bursera"
image_caption = "Bursera simaruba"
regnum =Plantae
unranked_divisio =Angiosperms
unranked_classis =Eudicots
unranked_ordo =Rosids
ordo =Sapindales
familia =Burseraceae
genus = "Bursera"
genus_authority = Jacq. ex L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text|"Bursera" is a genus of about 40 species of
flowering plant s in the familyBurseraceae , native to tropical and warm temperate regions of theAmericas , from the southernUnited States south to northernArgentina . A number of species from tropicalAsia sometimes included in the genus are now treated in the separate genus "Protium".The species are
shrub s and small to medium-sizedtree s up to 25 m tall.;Selected species
*"Bursera acuminata "
*"Bursera aloexylon " (Schiede ex Schltdl.) Engl.
*"Bursera excelsa " (Kunth) Engl.
*"Bursera fagaroides " (Kunth) Engl.
*"Bursera galeottiana " Engl.
*"Bursera glabrifolia " (Kunth) Engl.
*"Bursera graveolens " (Kunth) Triana & Planch.
*"Bursera leptophloeos " Engl.
*"Bursera microphylla " A.Gray
*"Bursera penicillata " (DC.) Engl.
*"Bursera schlechtendalii " Engl.
*"Bursera simaruba " (L.) Sarg.The genus is named after the Danish
botanist Joachim Burser (1583-1639).References
* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?1816 Germplasm Resources Information Network: "Bursera"]
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