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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Bursera''
| image = Bursera simaruba0.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Bursera simaruba''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Sapindales]]
| familia = [[Burseraceae]]
| genus = '''''Bursera'''''
| genus_authority = [[Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin|Jacq.]] ex [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Bursera''''' is a genus of about 40 species of [[flowering plant]]s 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 (plant)|Protium]]''.
The species are [[shrub]]s and small to medium-sized [[tree]]s 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==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?1816 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Bursera'']
[[Category:Burseraceae]]
{{Sapindales-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Bursera''
| image = Bursera simaruba0.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Bursera simaruba''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Sapindales]]
| familia = [[Burseraceae]]
| genus = '''''Bursera'''''
| genus_authority = [[Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin|Jacq.]] ex [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Bursera''''' is a genus of about 40 species of [[flowering plant]]s 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 (plant)|Protium]]''.
The species are [[shrub]]s and small to medium-sized [[tree]]s 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==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?1816 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Bursera'']
[[Category:Burseraceae]]
{{Sapindales-stub}}
