Triplateia

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: Bursera fagaroides
Name

Bursera fagaroides (Kunth) Engl., 1883
Synonyms

Amyris fagaroides Spreng.
Amyris ventricosa Llave ex Schltdl.
Bursera covillei (Rose) Engl.
Bursera fagaroides var. elongata Mc Vaugh & Rzed.
Bursera lonchophylla Sprague & Riley
Bursera obovata Turcz.
Bursera purpusii T. S. Brandegee
Bursera schaffneri S. Wats.
Bursera tenuifolia Rose
Commiphora inaguensis (Britt.) M. Moncada Ferrera
Elaphrium covillei Rose
Elaphrium fagaroides Kunth
Elaphrium lonchophyllum (Sprague & Riley) G. Ortega
Elaphrium obovatum (Turcz.) Rose
Elaphrium purpusii (Brandeg.) Rose
Elaphrium schaffneri (S. Wats.) Rose
Terebinthus fagaroides W. F. Wight ex Rose
Terebinthus schaffneri (S. Wats.) Rose

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References

Engler, H.G.A., 1883. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. Leipzig 1:44. 1881 (A. L. P. P. de Candolle & A. C. de Candolle, Monogr. phan. 4:48. 1883)

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Bursera fagaroides. 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 online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 12. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Bursera fagaroides in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Bursera fagaroides. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 12 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Bursera fagaroides in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul 12.
Tropicos.org 2019. Bursera fagaroides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Jul 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Bursera fagaroides in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
English: fragrant bursera

Bursera fagaroides is a species of flowering plant in the genus Bursera known by the common names torchwood copal and fragrant bursera.[2] It is widespread across much of Mexico from Sonora to Oaxaca, and its range extends just into Arizona in the United States, although some sources suggest that it may now be extirpated in Arizona.[2][3][4]

This plant is a shrub or tree growing up to 10 meters (33 feet) tall. The trunk is swollen, with peeling red-tinged bark. The leaves are pinnate, each made up of 5 to 11 leaflets. The flowers are borne singly or in clusters at the ends of branches and are white, sometimes with a yellow or greenish tint. The gray-brown triangular fruit is about 6 millimeters long and splits open when ripe to release a reddish seed.

Bursera fagaroides is similar in appearance to the elephant tree (Bursera microphylla), but can be differentiated by its longer, narrower leaflets.[2]

This plant grows in the scrub of the Sonoran Desert. Farther south in Mexico it can be found in arroyos in subtropical scrub habitat. It is found in shallow soils and rocky substrates, often limestone.[2]

The seeds are consumed by birds such as the white-eyed vireo (Vireo griseus), and the grey catbird (Dumetella carolinensis).[5]

This species is grown as an ornamental plant and can be sculpted into bonsai.[2]

Uses

In Mexico, the gum from the tree has been used in treating scorpion stings and insect bites.[6]
Gallery

Native range

As bonsai

References

The Plant List, Bursera fagaroides (Kunth) Engl.
Bursera fagaroides. Archived 2014-09-16 at the Wayback Machine Plant Abstracts. Arizona Game and Fish Department.
SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter
Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
Ortiz-Pulido, R. and V. Rico-Gray. (2006). Seed dispersal of Bursera fagaroides (Burseraceae): The effect of linking environmental factors. The Southwestern Naturalist 51(1) 11-21.

Standley, Paul C.; Blake, S. F. (1923). "Trees and Shrubs of Mexico (Oxalidaceae-Turneraceae)". Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. Washington, D.C.: Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution. 23 (3): 549. JSTOR 23492504.

External links

NatureServe. 2014. Bursera fagaroides. Plant Abstracts. Arizona Game and Fish Department.
Bursera fagaroides var. elongata. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden

Further reading
Becerra, J. X.; D. L. Venable (2008). Rees, M. (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.