Bursera cerasifolia
Bursera cerasifolia is an uncommon North American species of trees in the Frankincense Family in the soapwood order. It has been found only in the State of Baja California Sur in northwestern Mexico.[3]
| Bursera cerasifolia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Burseraceae |
| Genus: | Bursera |
| Species: | B. cerasifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Bursera cerasifolia Brandegee 1891 | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Bursera cerasifolia is a shrub or small tree 4–8 meters tall. Leaves are simple (not compound), 4–6 cm long, usually crowded together at the tips of branches. Drupes are hairless and egg-shaped.[4]
References
- The Plant List, Bursera cerasiifolia Brandegee
- Tropicos, Bursera cerasifolia Brandegee
- SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter distribution map, photos of herbarium specimens
- Rose, Joseph Nelson 1911. North American Flora 25: 244 as Elaphrium cerasifolium
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