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Protium
Protium
Protium is a genus of more than 140 species of flowering plants in the family Burseraceae. It is native to the Neotropics (where more than 100 species occur), Madagascar, New Guinea, and southern Asia from Pakistan east to Vietnam. The genus had been included in Bursera, but is distinct, being most closely related to Crepidospermum and Tetragastris.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Protium heptaphyllum
speciesProtium heptaphyllum

Protium copal
speciesProtium copal

Protium stevensonii
speciesProtium stevensonii

Protium balsamiferum
speciesProtium balsamiferum

Protium tenuifolium
speciesProtium tenuifolium

Protium panamense
speciesProtium panamense

Protium ovatum
speciesProtium ovatum

Protium javanicum
speciesProtium javanicum

Protium warmingianum
speciesProtium warmingianum

Protium attenuatum
speciesProtium attenuatum

Protium pittieri
speciesProtium pittieri

Protium unifoliolatum
speciesProtium unifoliolatum

Protium kleinii
speciesProtium kleinii
Protium serratum
speciesProtium serratum

Protium altissimum
speciesProtium altissimum

Protium aracouchini
speciesProtium aracouchini
Protium sagotianum
speciesProtium sagotianum

Protium guianense
speciesProtium guianense

Protium goudotianum
speciesProtium goudotianum

Protium glabrum
speciesProtium glabrum

Protium icicariba
speciesProtium icicariba

Protium ravenii
speciesProtium ravenii

Protium opacum
speciesProtium opacum

Protium rhoifolium
speciesProtium rhoifolium
Protium amazonicum
speciesProtium amazonicum
Protium hebetatum
speciesProtium hebetatum

Protium bahianum
speciesProtium bahianum

Protium paniculatum
speciesProtium paniculatum

Protium giganteum
speciesProtium giganteum

Protium confusum
speciesProtium confusum
Protium glabrescens
speciesProtium glabrescens

Protium tovarense
speciesProtium tovarense

Protium montanum
speciesProtium montanum

Protium llanorum
speciesProtium llanorum

Protium brasiliense
speciesProtium brasiliense

Protium santamariae
speciesProtium santamariae

Protium hammelii
speciesProtium hammelii

Protium fragrans
speciesProtium fragrans
Protium atlanticum
speciesProtium atlanticum
Protium divaricatum
speciesProtium divaricatum

Protium costaricense
speciesProtium costaricense

Protium aguilarii
speciesProtium aguilarii
Protium altsonii
speciesProtium altsonii

Protium calanense
speciesProtium calanense
Protium klugii
speciesProtium klugii
Protium puncticulatum
speciesProtium puncticulatum
Protium cuneatum
speciesProtium cuneatum
Protium cubense
speciesProtium cubense
Protium schippii
speciesProtium schippii

Protium pecuniosum
speciesProtium pecuniosum

Protium vestitum
speciesProtium vestitum

Protium spruceanum
speciesProtium spruceanum

Protium crassipetalum
speciesProtium crassipetalum

Protium rhynchophyllum
speciesProtium rhynchophyllum

Protium occhionii
speciesProtium occhionii

Protium glaziovii
speciesProtium glaziovii

Protium breviacuminatum
speciesProtium breviacuminatum

Protium catuaba
speciesProtium catuaba

Protium widgrenii
speciesProtium widgrenii
Protium multiramiflorum
speciesProtium multiramiflorum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 184878.