Bursera

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Read about Bursera in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Bursera (Joachim Burser, a disciple of Caspar Bauhin). Burserficeae. Usually tall trees, with simple or pinnately compound Lvs.: fls. small, in clusters, 4-5-parted, with twice as many stamens as petals or sepals, and a 3-parted ovary containing 6 ovules: fr. a 3-parted drupe with usually only 1 seed.—About 40 species of trees in Trop. Amer. For B. serrata, see Protium. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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Bursera simaruba
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Sapindales Family: Burseraceae Genus: Bursera Jacq. ex L.
Species
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Bursera is a genus of about 40 species of flowering plants in the family Burseraceae, native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the Americas, from the southern United States south to northern Argentina. A number of species from tropical Asia sometimes included in the genus are now treated in the separate genus Protium.

The species are shrubs and small to medium-sized trees up to 25 m tall.

Selected species

• 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 German botanist Joachim Burser (1583-1649).

References

• Germplasm Resources Information Network: Bursera