Bursera Explained

Bursera is a genus with about 100 described species^[1] of flowering shrubs and trees varying in size up to 25m (82feet) high. It is the type genus for Burseraceae. The trees are native (often for many species endemic) to the Americas, from the southern United States south through to northern Argentina, in tropical and warm temperate forest habitats.It is named after the 17th-century Danish botanist Joachim Burser.

Several Mexican species (such as B. aloexylon and B. delpechiana) produce a type of wood known as linaloe (from Mexican Spanish Spanish; Castilian: lináloe, from Latin Latin: lignum aloes,). They contain the aromatic oil linalool.

A number of species from tropical Asia were once included in this genus, but are now treated in the genus Protium.

The Bursera graveolens tree (also known as Palo Santo) belongs to this genus.

Species

Bursera aloexylon (Schiede ex Schltdl.) Engl. Bursera arida Bursera aptera Bursera aromatica 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 denticulata Bursera discolor Bursera diversifolia Bursera epinnata Bursera excelsa (Kunth) Engl. Bursera fagaroides (Kunth) Engl. Bursera filicifolia Bursera fragantissima Bursera fragilis Bursera galeottiana Engl. Bursera glabrifolia (Kunth) Engl. Bursera grandifolia Bursera graveolens (Kunth) Triana & Planch. (Palo Santo) Bursera heliae Bursera heteresthes Bursera hindsiana Bursera hintonii Bursera hollickii (Britton) F. & R. Bursera infiernidialis Bursera instabilis Bursera isthmica

Bursera kerberii Bursera krusei Bursera lancifolia Bursera laurihuertae Bursera laxiflora Bursera leptophloeos Engl. Bursera linanoe (La Llave) Rzed., Calderón & Medina(=Bursera delpechiana Poiss. ex Engl.^[2]) Bursera longipes Bursera lunanii (Spreng) Adams & Dandy Bursera macvaughiana Bursera malacophylla B.L.Rob. Bursera medranoana Bursera microphylla A.Gray  - Elephant tree Bursera mirandae Bursera morelensis Bursera multifolia Bursera multijuga Bursera nesopola 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 (L.) Sarg.  - Gumbo-limbo Bursera staphyleoides Bursera stenophylla Bursera submoniliformis Bursera suntui Bursera tecomaca Bursera tomentosa Bursera tonkinensis Guillaum. Bursera trifoliolata Bursera trimera Bursera vasquezyanesii Bursera vejar-vazquezii Bursera velutina Bursera xochipalensis

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Formerly placed here

• Canarium paniculatum (Lam.) Benth. ex Engl. (as B. paniculata Lam.)
• Protium serratum (Wall. ex Colebr.) Engl. (as B. serrata Wall. ex Colebr.)^[3]

Uses

• Caranna, medicinal gum

Notes and References

1. Becerra. Judith X.. D. Lawrence Venable. 2008. Sources and Sinks of Diversification and Conservation Priorities for the Mexican Tropical Dry Forest. PLOS ONE. 3. 10. e3436. 10.1371/journal.pone.0003436. no. 18927613. 2562985. 2008PLoSO...3.3436B. Rees. Mark. free.
2. The Mexican roots of the Indian lavender tree. Acta Botanica Mexicana. 2010. 91 . Becerra, Judith X.. Noge, Koji. 91. 27–36. 10.21829/abm91.2010.289. free.
3. Web site: GRIN Species Records of Bursera . Germplasm Resources Information Network . United States Department of Agriculture . 2010-11-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090120093453/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?1816 . 2009-01-20 . dead .