Bursera
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Bursera, named after the Danish
Denmark
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 botanist Joachim Burser (1583-1639) is a genus with about 100 described species of flowering shrub
Shrub
A shrub or bush is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and shorter height, usually under 5–6 m tall. A large number of plants may become either shrubs or trees, depending on the growing conditions they experience...

s and tree
Tree
A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance. A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to...

s varying in size upwards to 25 m. high. They are native (often for many species endemic) to the Americas
Americas
The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...

, from the southern United States
United States
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 south through to northern Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

, in tropical and warm temperate forests habitat
Habitat
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s.

A number of species from tropical Asia
Asia
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 were once included in this genus, but are now treated in the genus Protium
Protium (plant)
Protium is a genus of more than 140 species of flowering plants in the family Burseraceae. It is native to the Neotropics , Madagascar, New Guinea, and southern Asia from Pakistan east to Vietnam...


Species

  • Bursera aloexylon (Schiede ex Schltdl.) Engl.
  • Bursera arida
  • Bursera aptera
  • Bursera aromatica
    Bursera aromatica
    Bursera aromatica is a species of plant in the Burseraceae family. It is endemic to Jamaica.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....

    Proctor
  • Bursera atenuata
  • Bursera aspleniifolia
  • Bursera bicolor
  • Bursera biflora
  • Bursera bipinnata
  • Bursera bolivarii
  • Bursera bonetti
  • Bursera cerasifolia
  • Bursera chemapodicta
  • Bursera cinera
  • Bursera citronella
  • Bursera compacta
  • Bursera copallifera
  • Bursera coyucensis
  • Bursera crenata
  • Bursera cuneata
  • Bursera delpechiana Poiss. ex Engl.
  • Bursera denticulata
  • Bursera discolor
  • Bursera diversifolia
  • Bursera epinnata
  • Bursera excelsa (Kunth) Engl.
  • Bursera fagaroides
    Bursera fagaroides
    Bursera fagaroides is a species of tree within the genus Bursera. B. fagaroides is native to the Americas in warm Temperate deciduous forest plant community habitats of the Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests Biome...

    (Kunth) Engl.
  • Bursera filicifolia
  • Bursera fragantissima
  • Bursera fragilis
  • Bursera galeottiana Engl.
  • Bursera glabrifolia
    Bursera glabrifolia
    Bursera glabrifolia is one of two species commonly referred to as "Copal." Copal is the wood most commonly used by the woodcarvers in Oaxaca, Mexico. The woodcarvers refer to Bursera glabriofolia as "macho" or male copal, which they like less than Bursera bipinnata, which they refer to as...

    (Kunth) Engl.
  • Bursera grandifolia
  • Bursera graveolens
    Bursera graveolens
    Bursera graveolens, known in Spanish as is a wild tree native from Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula to Peru and Venezuela that inhabits the South American Gran Chaco region . It is also found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and on the Galapagos islands...

    (Kunth) Triana & Planch.
  • Bursera heliae
  • Bursera heteresthes
  • Bursera hindsiana
  • Bursera hintonii
  • Bursera hollickii
    Bursera hollickii
    Bursera hollickii is a species of plant in the Burseraceae family. It is endemic to Jamaica.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....

    (Britton) F. & R.
  • Bursera infiernidialis
  • Bursera instabilis
  • Bursera isthmica
  • Bursera kerberii
  • Bursera krusei
  • Bursera lancifolia
  • Bursera laurihuertae
  • Bursera laxiflora
  • Bursera leptophloeos Engl.
  • Bursera longpipes
  • Bursera lunanii
    Bursera lunanii
    Bursera lunanii is a species of plant in the Burseraceae family. It is endemic to Jamaica.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....

    (Spreng) Adams & Dandy
  • Bursera macvaughiana
  • Bursera malacophylla
    Bursera malacophylla
    Bursera malacophylla is a species of plant in the Burseraceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador.-References:* Tye, A. 2000. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....

    B.L.Rob.
  • Bursera medranoana
  • Bursera microphylla
    Bursera microphylla
    Bursera microphylla, known by the common name Elephant Tree, is a tree in genus Bursera. It grows into a distinctive sculptural form, with a trunk resembling that of an elephant. The Elephant Tree is quite rare...

    A.Gray – Elephant Tree
  • Bursera mirandae
  • Bursera morelensis
  • Bursera multifolia
  • Bursera multijuga
  • Bursera nesopola
  • Bursera odorata
  • Bursera occulta
  • Bursera palaciosii
  • Bursera palmeri
  • Bursera penicillata (DC.) Engl.
  • Bursera ribana
  • Bursera ruticola
  • Bursera rzedowski
  • Bursera sarcopoda
  • Bursera sarukhanii
  • Bursera schlechtendalii Engl.
  • Bursera simaruba
    Bursera simaruba
    Bursera simaruba, commonly known as the Gumbo-limbo, is a tree species in the family Burseraceae, native to tropical regions of the Americas from the southeasternmost United States south through Mexico and the Caribbean to Brazil and Venezuela...

    (L.) Sarg. – Gumbo-limbo
  • Bursera staphyleoides
  • Bursera stenophylla
  • Bursera submoniliformis
  • Bursera suntui
  • Bursera tecomaca
  • Bursera tomentosa
  • Bursera tonkinensis
    Bursera tonkinensis
    Bursera tonkinensis is a species of plant in the Burseraceae family. It is endemic to Vietnam.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....

    Guillaum.
  • Bursera trifoliolata
  • Bursera trimera
  • Bursera vasquezyanesii
  • Bursera vejar-vazquezii
  • Bursera velutina
  • Bursera xochipalensis

  • list sources :

    Formerly placed here

    • Canarium paniculatum
      Canarium paniculatum
      Canarium paniculatum is a species of plant in the Burseraceae family. It is endemic to Mauritius.-Source:* Strahm, W. 1998. . Downloaded on 21 August 2007....

      (Lam.) Benth. ex Engl. (as B. paniculata Lam.)
    • Protium serratum (Wall. ex Colebr.) Engl. (as B. serrata Wall. ex Colebr.)

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