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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Burseraceae
| image = Bursera simaruba0.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Gumbo-limbo (''[[Bursera simaruba]]'')
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Sapindales]]
| familia = '''Burseraceae'''
| familia_authority = [[Carl Sigismund Kunth|Kunth]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Genus|Genera]]
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''Burseraceae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of 17-18 [[genus|genera]] and about 540 [[species]] of [[flowering plant]]s, also known as the '''Torchwood''' family or incense tree family. The family includes both [[tree]]s and [[shrub]]s, and is native to tropical regions of [[Africa]], [[Asia]] and the [[Americas]].
Some members of the family produce fragrant [[resin]]s used as [[incense]] or perfume, most notably [[frankincense]] and [[myrrh]]. It also includes fruit trees, such as ''[[Dacryodes edulis]]''.
;Genera
{|
|- valign=top
|
*''[[Aucoumea]]''
*''[[Beiselia]]''
*''[[Boswellia]]'' (frankincense)
*''[[Bursera]]''
*''[[Canarium]]''
*''[[Commiphora]]'' (myrrh)
|
*''[[Crepidospermum]]''
*''[[Dacryodes]]''
*''[[Garuga]]''
*''[[Haplolobus]]''
*''[[Pachylobus]]''
*''[[Protium (plant)|Protium]]''
|
*''[[Santiria]]''
*''[[Scutinanthe]]''
*''[[Tetragastris]]''
*''[[Trattinnickia]]''
*''[[Triomma]]''
|}
==External links==
* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/burserac.htm Burseraceae] in [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.]
{{Commonscat|Burseraceae}}
{{Sapindales-stub}}
[[Category:Sapindales]]
[[Category:Burseraceae| ]]
[[Category:Plant families]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Burseraceae
| image = Bursera simaruba0.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Gumbo-limbo (''[[Bursera simaruba]]'')
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Sapindales]]
| familia = '''Burseraceae'''
| familia_authority = [[Carl Sigismund Kunth|Kunth]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Genus|Genera]]
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''Burseraceae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of 17-18 [[genus|genera]] and about 540 [[species]] of [[flowering plant]]s, also known as the '''Torchwood''' family or incense tree family. The family includes both [[tree]]s and [[shrub]]s, and is native to tropical regions of [[Africa]], [[Asia]] and the [[Americas]].
Some members of the family produce fragrant [[resin]]s used as [[incense]] or perfume, most notably [[frankincense]] and [[myrrh]]. It also includes fruit trees, such as ''[[Dacryodes edulis]]''.
;Genera
{|
|- valign=top
|
*''[[Aucoumea]]''
*''[[Beiselia]]''
*''[[Boswellia]]'' (frankincense)
*''[[Bursera]]''
*''[[Canarium]]''
*''[[Commiphora]]'' (myrrh)
|
*''[[Crepidospermum]]''
*''[[Dacryodes]]''
*''[[Garuga]]''
*''[[Haplolobus]]''
*''[[Pachylobus]]''
*''[[Protium (plant)|Protium]]''
|
*''[[Santiria]]''
*''[[Scutinanthe]]''
*''[[Tetragastris]]''
*''[[Trattinnickia]]''
*''[[Triomma]]''
|}
==External links==
* [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/www/burserac.htm Burseraceae] in [http://delta-intkey.com/angio/ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.]
{{Commonscat|Burseraceae}}
{{Sapindales-stub}}
[[Category:Sapindales]]
[[Category:Burseraceae| ]]
[[Category:Plant families]]
