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Protium
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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.

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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

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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.