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Bursera
Bursera, named after the Danish botanist Joachim Burser (1583-1639), is a genus with about 100 described species of flowering shrubs and trees varying in size up to 25 m (82 ft) high. They 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.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Gumbo Limbo
speciesBursera simaruba
elephant tree
speciesBursera microphylla
Mexican Frankincense
speciesBursera fagaroides
Incense tree
speciesBursera graveolens
Southern Elephant Tree
speciesBursera epinnata
Bursera excelsa
speciesBursera excelsa
Red Elephant Tree
speciesBursera hindsiana
Bursera cuneata
speciesBursera cuneata
Bursera bipinnata
speciesBursera bipinnata
Bursera grandifolia
speciesBursera grandifolia
Bursera laxiflora
speciesBursera laxiflora
Bursera silviae
speciesBursera silviae
Bursera morelensis
speciesBursera morelensis
Bursera schlechtendalii
speciesBursera schlechtendalii
Bursera palmeri
speciesBursera palmeri
Bursera exequielii
speciesBursera exequielii
Bursera glabrifolia
speciesBursera glabrifolia
Bursera penicillata
speciesBursera penicillata
Bursera copallifera
speciesBursera copallifera
Bursera jerzyi
speciesBursera jerzyi
Bursera galeottiana
speciesBursera galeottiana
Bursera filicifolia
speciesBursera filicifolia
Cherry-Leaf Elephant Tree
speciesBursera cerasiifolia
Bursera tomentosa
speciesBursera tomentosa
Bursera heteresthes
speciesBursera heteresthes
Bursera littoralis
speciesBursera littoralis
Bursera multijuga
speciesBursera multijuga
Bursera esparzae
speciesBursera esparzae
Bursera lancifolia
speciesBursera lancifolia
Bursera kerberi
speciesBursera kerberi
Bursera karsteniana
speciesBursera karsteniana
Bursera linanoe
speciesBursera linanoe
Bursera rupicola
speciesBursera rupicola
Bursera bicolor
speciesBursera bicolor
Bursera stenophylla
speciesBursera stenophylla
Bursera coyucensis
speciesBursera coyucensis
Bursera aptera
speciesBursera aptera
Bursera ariensis
speciesBursera ariensis
Bursera cinerea
speciesBursera cinerea
Bursera roseana
speciesBursera roseana
Bursera hollickii
speciesBursera hollickii
Bursera velutina
speciesBursera velutina
Bursera instabilis
speciesBursera instabilis
Bursera krusei
speciesBursera krusei
Bursera submoniliformis
speciesBursera submoniliformis
Bursera crenata
speciesBursera crenata
Bursera denticulata
speciesBursera denticulata
Bursera arida
speciesBursera arida
Bursera longipes
speciesBursera longipes
Bursera heliae
speciesBursera heliae
Bursera medranoana
speciesBursera medranoana
Bursera ribana
speciesBursera ribana
Bursera sarcopoda
speciesBursera sarcopoda
Bursera ovalifolia
speciesBursera ovalifolia
Bursera macvaughiana
speciesBursera macvaughiana
Bursera vazquezyanesii
speciesBursera vazquezyanesii
Bursera madrigalii
speciesBursera madrigalii
Bursera paradoxa
speciesBursera paradoxa
Bursera citronella
speciesBursera citronella
Bursera diversifolia
speciesBursera diversifolia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Bursera in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 62961.