Burseraceae
Bursera

Bursera excelsa (Kunth) Engl.

First published in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 57 (1883)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Honduras. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

Kew's Tree of Life Explorer

Discover the flowering plant tree of life and the genomic data used to build it.

View the Tree of Life
PAFTOL

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1980 Sousa, M. [6166] Mexico K000080920 No
Jan 1, 1963 McVaugh, R. [15219] Mexico K000080910 No
Jan 1, 1963 McVaugh, R. [15384] Mexico K000080911 No
Jan 1, 1963 McVaugh, R. [15330] Mexico K000080912 No
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [10354] Mexico K000080918 No
Pennington, T.D.; Sarukhán, J. [15928] Mexico K005112381 Yes
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [10852] Mexico K000080900 No
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [14542] Mexico K000080901 No
McVaugh, R. [14987] Mexico K000080909 No
McVaugh, R. [21858] Mexico K000080914 No
McVaugh, R. Mexico K000080915 No
MacDougall, T. [17] Mexico K000080917 No
McVaugh, R. [21751] Mexico K000080908 No
Herrera, I.S. [23] Mexico K005112379 Yes
MacDougall, T. [13] Mexico K000080888 No
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [14565] Mexico K000080902 No
McVaugh, R. [21850] Mexico K000080907 No
Palmer, E. [987] Mexico K000080892 Type Yes
[Hartweg] [261] Mexico K005112377 Yes
Palmer, E. [432] Mexico K000080890 Type Yes
McVaugh, R. [21905] Mexico K000080916 No
MacDougall, T. [9] Mexico K000080887 No
Hinton [7723] Mexico K005112380 Yes
McVaugh, R. [21847] Mexico K000080913 No
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [7723] Mexico K000080919 No
[Hartley] [261] Mexico K005112378 Yes
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [10851] Mexico K000080894 No
McVaugh, R. [21895] Mexico K000080906 No
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [10788] Mexico K000080896 No
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [12592] Mexico K000080897 No
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [12600] Mexico K000080895 No
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [10869] Mexico K000080899 No
MacDougall, T. [15] Mexico K000080889 No
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [10937] Mexico K000080893 No
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [12591] Mexico K000080898 No
González O., J. [413] Mexico Bursera excelsa var. acutidens K000080904 No
McVaugh, R. [15556] Mexico Bursera excelsa var. acutidens K000080905 No
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [16010] Mexico Bursera excelsa var. acutidens K000080891 No
McVaugh, R. [15877] Mexico Bursera excelsa var. acutidens K000080903 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images