Bursera grandifolia

Bursera grandifolia is a Mexican species of trees in the frankincense family in the soapwood order. It is widespread across much of Mexico from Sonora to the Yucatán Peninsula, and found also in Central America as far south as Costa Rica.[3][4][5][6][7]

Bursera grandifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Burseraceae
Genus: Bursera
Species:
B. grandifolia
Binomial name
Bursera grandifolia
(Schltdl.) Engl. 1880
Synonyms[2]
List
  • Elaphrium grandifolium Schltdl. 1843
  • Bursera grandifolia forma robusta Bullock
  • Bursera occidentalis (Rose) L.Riley
  • Elaphrium cinereum (Engl.) Rose
  • Elaphrium occidentale Rose
  • Terebinthus grandifolia (Schltdl.) Rose

Bursera grandifolia has leaves that are pinnately compound with 5 leaflets, each leaflet egg-shaped and 5–7 cm long, hairy on the underside but not on the topside. Drupes are egg-shaped with a few scattered hairs.[8]

References

  1. Samain, M.-S.; Fuentes, A.C.D.; Martínez Salas, E. (2019). "Bursera grandifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T126360299A144306222. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T126360299A144306222.en. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. The Plant List, Bursera grandifolia (Schltdl.) Engl.
  3. SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter distribution map, photos of herbarium specimens
  4. Daly, D. C. 1993. Notes on Bursera in South America, including a new species. Studies in Neotropical Burseraceae VII. Brittonia 45(3): 240–246
  5. Zamora Villalobos, N., Q. Jiménez Madrigal & L. J. Poveda Álvarez. 2000. Árboles de Costa Rica 2: 1–374. INBio, Santo Domingo de Heredia
  6. Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246
  7. McVaugh, R. & J. Rzedowski. 1965. Synopsis of the genus Bursera L. in western Mexico, with notes on the material of Bursera collected by Sessé & Mociño. Kew Bulletin 18(2): 317–382
  8. Rose, Joseph Nelson 1911. North American Flora 25: 244 as Elaphrium cerasifolium
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