Burseraceae Kunth

First published in Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 2: 346. 1824 (1824)nom. cons.
This family is accepted

Accepted Genera

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • APG IV (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

  • Gentry, A. H. (1996). Anacardiaceae, pp. 219–225; Burseraceae, pp. 299–304; Euphorbiaceae, pp. 403–424; Meliaceae, pp. 613–617; Rutaceae, pp. 749–758; Sapindaceae, pp. 762–771; Simaroubaceae, pp. 783–786. In: A. H. Gentry, A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Northwest South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru). The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
  • Gillett, J. B. (1991). Burseraceae. In: Polhill, R. M. (ed.), Flora of Tropical East Africa. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
  • Kochummen, K. M. (1995). Burseraceae. In: E. Soepadmo & K. M. Wong (eds),Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak 1. Sabah Forestry Department/Sarawak Forestry Department/Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Kepong, Malaysia.
  • Leenhouts, P. W. (in collaboration with C. Kalkman & H. J. Lam) (1956). Burseraceae. Flora Malesiana, Ser. I, 5: 209–296. National Herbarium of the Netherlands, Leiden.
  • Schatz, G. E. (2001). Araliaceae, p. 59; Rutaceae. pp. 345–351; Sapindaceae. pp. 360–375; Simaroubaceae. pp. 387–389. In: G. E. Schatz, Generic Tree Flora of Madagascar. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Neotropikey

  • Cuatrecasas, J.  (1957)a.  Burseraceae.  Prima Flora Colombiana. Webbia 12 (2): 375-437.
  • Cuatrecasas, J.  (1957)b.  The American species of Dacryodes.  Trop. Woods 106: 46-65.
  • Daly, D. C.  (1987).  A Taxonomic Revision of Protium Burm.f. (Burseraceae) in Eastern Amazonia and the Guianas.  Ph.D. dissertation, City University of New York.
  • Daly, D. C.  (1989).  Studies in neotropical Burseraceae II.  Generic limits in Neotropical Protieae and Canarieae.  Brittonia 41: 17 27.
  • Daly, D. C.  (1992).  New taxa and combinations in Protium Burm.f.  Studies in neotropical Burseraceae VI.  Brittonia 44: 280 299.
  • Daly, D. C.  (1997).  Burseraceae.  Pages 688-728.  In: J. Steyermark, P. E. Berry, & B. Holst, eds.  Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana.  Vol. 3.  Timber Press, Portland
  • Daly, D. C.  (1999).  Notes on Trattinnickia, including a synopsis in eastern Brazil's Atlantic forest complex.  Studies in neotropical Burseraceae IX.  Kew Bulletin 54 (1): 129-137.
  • Daly, D. C.  (2002).  Burseraceae.  In:  S. A. Mori, G. Cremers, C. Gracie, J.-J. de Granville, M. Hoff, & J. D. Mitchell, eds.  Guide to the Vascular Plants of Central French Guiana.  Part 2.  Dicotyledons.  Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 76(2): 151-165.
  • Daly, D. C.  (2003).   Burseraceae; Erythroxylaceae; Flacourtiaceae; Lacistemataceae; Peridiscaceae.  Pages 67-70, 143-145, 158-161, 200-201, 290-291.  In:  N. P. Smith, S. A. Mori, A. Henderson,  D. W. Stevenson, & S. V. Heald, eds.  Flowering Plant Families of the  American Tropics.  Princeton University Press/New York Botanical Garden.
  • Daly, D. C.  (2007).  A new section of Protium Burm. f. from the Neotropics.  Studies in neotropical Burseraceae XIV.  Brittonia 59: 1-24
  • Engler, A.  (1883).  Burseraceae.  D. C. Mon. Phan. 4: 1 169.
  • Fine, P. V. A., D. C. Daly, F. G. Villa M., I. Mesones A., & K. M. Cameron  (2005).  The contribution of edaphic heterogeneity to the evolution and diversity of Burseraceae trees in the Western Amazon.  Evolution 29: 1464-1478.
  • Harley, M. M. & D. C. Daly  (1996).  Burseraceae-Protieae.  World Pollen and Spore Flora 20: 1-44.
  • 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 Bull. 18: 317-382.
  • Pell, S. K.  (2004).  Molecular Systematics of the Cashew Family (Anacardiaceae).  Doctoral Dissertation, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
  • Ribeiro et al. (1999).  Flora da Reserva Ducke. Guia de identificaçao das plantas vasculares de uma floresta de terra-firme na Amazonia Central.  INPA, Manaus.
  • Rzedowski, J. & F. Guevara-Féfer  (1992).  Burseraceae.  Flora del Bajío y de Regiones Adyacentes 3: 1-46.
  • Rzedowski, J., R. M. Lemos & G. Calderón de Rzedowski  (2005).  Inventario del conocimiento taxonómico, así como de la diversidad y del endemismo regionales de las espcies mexicanas de Bursera (Burseraceae).  Acta Bot. Mex. 70: 85-111.
  • Rzedowski, J., R. Medina Lemos & G. Calderón de Rzedowski  (2004).  Las especies de Bursera (Burseraceae) en la cuenca superior del río Papaloapan (México).  Acta Bot. Mex. 66: 23-151.
  • Savolainen, V., M. W. Chase, S. B. Hoot, C. M. Morton, D. E. Soltis, C. Bayer, M. F. Fay, A. Y. de Bruijn, S. Sulllivan & Y.-L. Qiu  (2000). Phylogenetics of flowering plants based on combined analysis of plastid atpB and rbcL sequences.  Systematic Biology 49: 306-362.
  • Swart, J. J.  (1942).  A monograph of the genus Protium and some allied genera (Burseraceae).  Drukkerij Koch en Knuttel, Gouda.
  • Weeks, A., D. C. Daly & B. B. Simpson  (2005).  The phylogenetic history and historical biogeography of the frankincense and myrrh family (Burseraceae) based on nuclear and chloroplast sequence data.  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35:  85-101.

Trees of New Guinea

  • Daly, D.C., Harley, M.M., Martínez-Habibe, M.-C. & Weeks, A. (2011) Burseraceae. In: K. Kubitzki (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 10: 76–104. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
  • Forman, L.L., van der Ham, R.W.J.M., Harley, M.M. & Lawrence, T.J. (1994). Rosselia, a new genus of Burseraceae from the Louisiade Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. Kew Bull. 49: 601–621.
  • Laura V.S. Jennings (2022). Trees of New Guinea. Timothy M. A. Utteridge and Laura V. S. Jennings (Eds) Kew Publishing. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Leenhouts, P.W. (1956). Burseraceae. Fl. Males., Ser. I, Spermat. 5: 209–296.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Nov 1, 2014 Buchanan-Hamilton, F. [Cat. no. s.n.] India K001132932 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [20890] Laos K004668610 Yes
Pierre, L. [690] Cambodia K001590160 Yes
Morren [2914] Papua New Guinea K004668673 Yes
Hemingway, C. [247] Brunei K004668620 Yes
Ayala, F.; Torres, J.; Criollo, G. [3908] Peru K004668661 Yes
Aróstegu, A. [s.n.] Peru K004668648 Yes
van Royen, P. [3509] Indonesia K004668675 Yes
Díaz, M. [s.n.] Peru K004668653 Yes
Grimes, J. [1062] Indonesia K004668632 Yes
Ayala, F.; et al. [3908] Peru K004668660 Yes
Sands, M.J.S.; Johns, R.J.; Moeljono; Soetjipto; Jitmau; Markus; Magablo; Yesaya [6600] Indonesia K004668670 Yes
Berry, M.J. [K159] Fiji K004668680 Yes
Berry, M.J. [K159] Fiji K004668682 Yes
Waterhouse, J.H.L. [353] Solomon Islands K004668677 Yes
Saldias, M.; Grupo de Dendrología [4031] Bolivia K004668664 Yes
Wilkie, P. [94287] Indonesia K004668619 Yes
s.coll. [705] Philippines K004668638 Yes
Pocs, T.; Sjoholm; Sebisao [90037/F] Tanzania K004668644 Yes
s.coll. [FRI31389] Malaysia K004668605 Yes
Wilkie, P. [93353(P4/622)] Indonesia K004668616 Yes
Gaerlan; Sagcal; Fernando [PPI3263] Philippines K004668641 Yes
Barrier, S. [5098] French Guiana K004668645 Yes
Hatschbach, G.G.; Hatschbach, M.; Nicolack, V. [54032] Brazil K004668650 Yes
Whitmore, T.C.; Sidiyasa, K. [TCW3470] Indonesia K004668627 Yes
Eanghourt; Khou [42] Cambodia K000074777 Yes
Tello [3181] Peru K004668654 Yes
Berry, M.J. [K164] Fiji K004668684 Yes
Burley, J.S.; Tukirin; et al. [2919] Indonesia K004668617 Yes
Grimes, J. [1062] Indonesia K004668631 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [1211] K004668604 Yes
Trigoso, J.R. [1090] Peru K004668657 Yes
Whitmore, T.C.; Sidiyasa, K. [TCW3550] Indonesia K004668628 Yes
Mohizah, M.; Yahud; et al [S 73865] Malaysia K001926004 No
Jamree; Awg Enjah; et al [S.81666] Malaysia K001925967 No
Jamree, S.; Awang; Jugah; et al. [S 92876] Malaysia K001935126 No
Jemree, S.; Awang; Jugah; et al. [S 92877] Malaysia K001935127 No
Teo, S.; Jamree; Banyeng [S. 76559] Malaysia K001636817 Yes
Clarke, H.D. [8383] Guyana K001636841 No
Gillespie, L.J.; Tiwari, S.; Gillespie, R.J. [1334] Guyana K004668647 Yes
Ruiz, A.G. [s.n.] Peru K004668655 Yes
Eden Foundation [88] Niger K004668643 Yes
Gaerlan; Sagcal; Fernando [PPI3372] Philippines K004668640 Yes
Monyrak; Meng [61] Cambodia K000074769 Yes
Waterhouse, J.H.L. [353] Solomon Islands K004668678 Yes
Beaman, J.H.; Beaman, T.E.; Baker, W. [12032] Malaysia K004668622 Yes
Yii, P.C. [S56948] Malaysia K004668624 Yes
Poilane, M. [s.n.] Vietnam K004668611 Yes
Chung, R.C.K.; Mat Asri, N.; Ayau, K.; Apuk, K. [FRI39486] Malaysia K004668608 Yes
Morren [2989] Papua New Guinea K004668672 Yes
Millar, A.N. [NGF14590] Papua New Guinea K004668671 Yes
Hofmann, B. [6484] Suriname K004668646 Yes
Bray, P.S. [FRI11650] Malaysia K004668609 Yes
Burley, J.S.; Tukirin; et al. [1656] Indonesia K004668614 Yes
Berry, M.J. [K181] Fiji K004668679 Yes
Berry, M.J. [K181] Fiji K004668683 Yes
Walker, J.S.; Cahill, A.J. [DB056] Indonesia K:SPC-73930.000 No
Taylor, N.P.; Knees, S.G. [515] Mexico K000080559 No
[Guterrez]; et al. [732] Philippines K004668636 Yes
Othman; Yii; et al. [S49213] Malaysia K004668626 Yes
Henty, E.E. [NGF10532] Papua New Guinea K004668666 Yes
Buwalda, P. [6658] Indonesia K004668613 Yes
Gaerlan; Sagcal; Fernando [PPI3351] Philippines K004668639 Yes
Rico, L.; Windsor-Shaw, T.; McRobb, A.; Arroyo, L.; Roth, C. [1483] Bolivia K000295444 Yes
Saw, L.G. [FRI37485] Malaysia K004668607 Yes
Ruiz, A.G. [s.n.] Peru K004668656 Yes
Morren [2885] Papua New Guinea K004668674 Yes
Stone, B.C.; et al [PPI774] Philippines K004668635 Yes
Vásquez, R.; Jaramillo, N.; Stern, P. [469] Peru K004668663 Yes
Whitmore, T.C.; Sidiyasa, K. [TCW3454] Indonesia K004668630 Yes
Walker, J.S.; Cahill, A.J. [DB257] Indonesia K:SPC-73951.000 No
s.coll. [2536] Philippines K004668637 Yes
Gaerlan, F.M.; et al [PPI2890] Philippines K004668634 Yes
Monyrak; Meng [61] Cambodia K004668612 Yes
Sebastião de Souza e Silva [107] Brazil K004668651 Yes
Krispinus, F., Jimpin, S. [SAN125201] Malaysia K004668615 Yes
Campbell, D.G.; Jangoux, J.; Rosas Jr., A.; Coelho, D.; Richardson, P.M.; Frame, D.; dos Santos, J.L.; Derzi, F.B. [8877] Brazil K004668652 Yes
Saw, L.G. [FRI37485] Malaysia K004668606 Yes
Hussain Hj. Osman [BRUN15671] Brunei K004668621 Yes
Sands, M.J.S.; Johns, R.J.; Moeljono; Soetjipto; Jitmau; Markus; Magablo; Yesaya [6600] Indonesia K004668669 Yes
Amin; et al. [SAN108178] Malaysia K004668633 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Guedes, M.L. [24111] Brazil K004668649 Yes
Rios-Daza [1833] Peru K004668658 Yes
Zarucchi, J.L. [2044] Colombia K:SPC-48929.000 No
Burley, J.S.; Tukirin; et al. [291] Indonesia K004668618 Yes
Schodde, R.; Craven, L.A. [4397] Papua New Guinea K004668668 Yes
Ing. Rafael Lao Magin [77-RLM] Peru K004668662 Yes
Henty, E.E. [10532] K004668665 Yes
Berry, M.J. [K154] Fiji K004668681 Yes
Naoni, K.; Kuduk, M.; Packer, M. [s.n.] Papua New Guinea K004668676 Yes
Whitmore, T.C.; Sidiyasa, K. [TCW3454] Indonesia K004668629 Yes
Yii, P.C. [S56949] Malaysia K004668623 Yes
Ayala, F.; Torres, J.; Criollo, G. [3908] Peru K004668659 Yes
Wieringa, J.J.; Nzabi, T.; Boussiengui, J.N. [4666] Gabon K004668642 Yes
Kostermans, A.J.G.H. [K104] Indonesia K004668667 Yes
Ilias Pa'ie [S24363] Malaysia K004668625 Yes

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