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Bourreria
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Bourreria

Bourreria is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as strongbark or strongback. The generic name was chosen by Patrick Browne to honour German pharmacist Johann Ambrosius Beurer. The genus is native to the Americas, where species are distributed from Mexico to northern South America, and in the Caribbean and Florida in the United States. The center of diversity is in the Caribbean, Central America, and...

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52 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Bahama Strongbark

speciesBourreria succulenta

Sonoran Strongbark

speciesBourreria sonorae

Bourreria pulchra

speciesBourreria pulchra

Little Strongbark

speciesBourreria havanensis

Bourreria mollis

speciesBourreria mollis

roble de guayo

speciesBourreria virgata

Bourreria huanita

speciesBourreria huanita

Bourreria superba

speciesBourreria superba

Bourreria petiolaris

speciesBourreria petiolaris

Bourreria rubra

speciesBourreria rubra

Bourreria tomentosa

speciesBourreria tomentosa

Bourreria andrieuxii

speciesBourreria andrieuxii

Bourreria exsucca

speciesBourreria exsucca

Bourreria ritovegana

speciesBourreria ritovegana

Bourreria spathulata

speciesBourreria spathulata

Bourreria croatii

speciesBourreria croatii

Bourreria bosseri

speciesBourreria bosseri

Bourreria quirosii

speciesBourreria quirosii

Bourreria nemoralis

speciesBourreria nemoralis

Bourreria leslieae

speciesBourreria leslieae

Bourreria costaricensis

speciesBourreria costaricensis

Bourreria moaensis

speciesBourreria moaensis

Bourreria franciscoi

speciesBourreria franciscoi

Bourreria grandicalyx

speciesBourreria grandicalyx

Bourreria scabra

speciesBourreria scabra

Bourreria linearis

speciesBourreria linearis

Bourreria schatziana

speciesBourreria schatziana

Bourreria teitensis

speciesBourreria teitensis

Bourreria hintonii

speciesBourreria hintonii

Bourreria rowellii

speciesBourreria rowellii

Bourreria longiflora

speciesBourreria longiflora

Bourreria rekoi

speciesBourreria rekoi

Bourreria darcyana

speciesBourreria darcyana

Bourreria grayumii

speciesBourreria grayumii

Bourreria labatii

speciesBourreria labatii

Bourreria laxa

speciesBourreria laxa

Bourreria lowryana

speciesBourreria lowryana

Bourreria moratiana

speciesBourreria moratiana

Bourreria polyneura

speciesBourreria polyneura

Bourreria randrianasoloana

speciesBourreria randrianasoloana

Bourreria rinconensis

speciesBourreria rinconensis

Bourreria angustifolia

speciesBourreria angustifolia

Bourreria bolivarensis

speciesBourreria bolivarensis

Bourreria calophylla

speciesBourreria calophylla

Bourreria capuronii

speciesBourreria capuronii

Bourreria comorensis

speciesBourreria comorensis

Bourreria aquilana

speciesBourreria aquilana

Bourreria microphylla

speciesBourreria microphylla

Bourreria apetala

speciesBourreria apetala

Bourreria lyciacea

speciesBourreria lyciacea

Bourreria motaguensis

speciesBourreria motaguensis

Bourreria orbicularis

speciesBourreria orbicularis

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