Bursera
Bursera is a genus with about 100 described species of flowering shrubs and trees varying in size up to high. It is the type genus for Burseraceae. The trees are native 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 produce a type of wood known as linaloe. 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 belongs to this genus.
Species
- Bursera aloexylon 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 Engl.
- Bursera fagaroides Engl.
- Bursera filicifolia
- Bursera fragantissima
- Bursera fragilis
- Bursera galeottiana Engl.
- Bursera glabrifolia Engl.
- Bursera grandifolia
- Bursera graveolens Triana & Planch.
- Bursera heliae
- Bursera heteresthes
- Bursera hindsiana
- Bursera hintonii
- Bursera hollickii F. & R.
- Bursera infiernidialis
- Bursera instabilis
- Bursera isthmica
- Bursera kerberii
- Bursera krusei
- Bursera lancifolia
- Bursera laurihuertae
- Bursera laxiflora
- Bursera leptophloeos Engl.
- Bursera linanoe Rzed., Calderón & Medina
- Bursera longipes
- Bursera lunanii 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 Engl.
- Bursera ribana
- Bursera ruticola
- Bursera rzedowski
- Bursera sarcopoda
- Bursera sarukhanii
- Bursera schlechtendalii Engl.
- Bursera simaruba 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
Formerly placed here
- Canarium paniculatum Benth. ex Engl.
- Protium serratum Engl.
Uses
- Caranna, medicinal gum