Bursera

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Burseraceae
Tribus: Bursereae
Genus: Bursera
Species: B. altijuga – B. angustata – B. aptera – B. arborea – B. arida – B. ariensis – B. aromatica – B. aspleniifolia – B. attenuata – B. bicolor – B. biflora – B. bipinnata – B. bolivarii – B. bonetii – B. brunea – B. cerasiifolia – B. chemapodicta – B. cinerea – B. citronella – B. collina – B. confusa – B. copallifera – B. coyucensis – B. crenata – B. cuneata – B. denticulata – B. discolor – B. diversifolia – B. epinnata – B. esparzae – B. excelsa – B. exequielii – B. fagaroides – B. filicifolia – B. fragilis – B. fragrantissima – B. frenningiae – B. galeottiana – B. gibarensis – B. glabra – B. glabrifolia – B. glauca – B. gracilipes – B. grandifolia – B. graveolens – B. heliae – B. heteresthes – B. heterophylla – B. hindsiana – B. hintonii – B. hollickii – B. howellii – B. inaguensis – B. infernidialis – B. instabilis – B. inversa – B. isthmica – B. itzae – B. jerzyi – B. karsteniana – B. karwinskii – B. kerberi – B. krusei – B. lancifolia – B. laurihuertae – B. laxiflora – B. leptophloeos – B. linanoe – B. littoralis – B. longipes – B. lunanii – B. macvaughiana – B. madrigalii – B. martae – B. medranoana – B. microphylla – B. mirandae – B. morelensis – B. multifolia – B. multijuga – B. occulta – B. odorata – B. ovalifolia – B. ovata – B. palaciosii – B. palmeri – B. paradoxa – B. penicillata – B. permollis – B. pontiveteris – B. ribana – B. roseana – B. rupicola – B. rzedowskii – B. sarcopoda – B. sarukhanii – B. schlechtendalii – B. shaferi – B. silviae – B. simaruba – B. simplex – B. spinescens – B. standleyana – B. staphyleoides – B. stenophylla – B. submoniliformis – B. subtrifoliata – B. suntui – B. tecomaca – B. toledoana – B. tomentosa – B. trifoliolata – B. trimera – B. vazquezyanesii – B. vejar-vazquezii – B. velutina – B. xochipalensis – B. xolocotzii – B. yaterensis
Source(s) of checklist:

Hassler, M. 2019. Bursera. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 12. Reference page.

Name

Bursera Jacq. ex L., 1762

Type species: Bursera gummifera L.

Synonyms

Elaphrium Jacq.
Terebinthus P. Browne

References

Jacquin, N.J.v., 1762. Species Plantarum, Editio Secunda 1: 471.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Bursera. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 12. Reference page.
Emonocot.org 2019. Bursera in The Orders and Families of Monocotyledons. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 12.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Bursera. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 12 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Bursera in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul 12.
Tropicos.org 2019. Bursera. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Jul 12.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Bursera in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
Esperanto: Bursero
suomi: Tohtorinpuut
français: Bursère

Bursera is a genus with about 100 described species[2] of flowering shrubs and trees varying in size up to 25 m (82 ft) high. It is the type genus for Burseraceae. The trees 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. It is named after the 17th-century Danish botanist Joachim Burser.

Several Mexican species (such as B. aloexylon and B. delpechiana) produce a type of wood of known as linaloe (from Mexican Spanish lináloe, from Latin lignum aloes, lit. 'wood of the aloe' or 'aloeswood').[3] They contain the aromatic oil linalool.

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.[4] )
Bursera longipes
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 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] [5]
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.)[5]

Uses

Caranna, medicinal gum

Gallery

Bursera penicillata trunks

Bursera penicillata fruits and 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. Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2010-11-18.
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. Bibcode:2008PLoSO...3.3436B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003436. PMC 2562985. PMID 18927613. "no"
"linaloe". Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
Becerra, Judith X.; Noge, Koji (2010). "The Mexican roots of the Indian lavender tree". Acta Botanica Mexicana. 91 (91): 27–36. doi:10.21829/abm91.2010.289.
"GRIN Species Records of Bursera". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2009-01-20. Retrieved 2010-11-18.