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|familia=Pittosporaceae
|genus=Bursaria
|genus=Bursaria
|taxo_author=Cav.
|habit=tree
|origin=Australia
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'''''Bursaria''''' is a [[genus]] of large [[shrub]]s and small [[tree]]s which are native to [[Australia]].The genus was first described by [[Antonio José Cavanilles|Antonio Cavanilles]] in 1797. The name is derived from the [[Latin]] word ''bursa'' ([[purse]]) which relates to the shape of its seed capsules.
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Bursaria (Bursa, a pouch, alluding to the shape of the pods). Pitlosporaceae. Two species of shrubs with white fls. in clusters; sepals, petals and stamens each 5, the petals soon withering: fr. a2-loculed caps., in shape like that of the shepherd's purse.
Bursaria (Bursa, a pouch, alluding to the shape of the pods). Pitlosporaceae. Two species of shrubs with white fls. in clusters; sepals, petals and stamens each 5, the petals soon withering: fr. a2-loculed caps., in shape like that of the shepherd's purse.
==Varieties==
==Species==
Species include:
*''[[Bursaria calcicola]]'' L.Cayzer, Crisp & I.Telford
*''[[Bursaria incana]]'' Lindl.
*''[[Bursaria longisepala]]'' Domin
*''[[Bursaria occidentalis]]'' E.M.Benn.
*''[[Bursaria reevesii]]'' L.Cayzer, Crisp & I.Telford
*''[[Bursaria spinosa]]'' Cav. (Sweet Bursaria or Blackthorn)
*''[[Bursaria tenuifolia]]'' F.M.Bailey
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
