Burseraceae
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Vernacular names of plants within the Family Burseraceae

Balsam of Gilead
Java almond
black damar
boswellia
bursera
candletree
dacryodes
eben tree
elephant tree
frankincense
gumbo limbo
hedwigia moss
masa
myrrh
olive
pili nut
tetragastris

Hierarchical position of the Family Burseraceae

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Rosidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 264. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   SuperOrdo  Rutanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 311. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Burserales Baskerville
pub. Aff. Pl.: 102. 1839.
  
   Familia  Burseraceae Kunth
pub. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 2: 346. Jul 1824, nom. cons.
  

Named members of the Family Burseraceae

1
   Genus  Aucoumea Pierre
2
   Genus  Balsamea Gled.
pub. (1782)
3
   Genus  Balsamodendrum Kunth
syn. Commiphora Jacq.
4
   Genus  Beiselia Forman
5
   Genus  Boswellia Roxb. ex Colebr.
common name: boswellia
6
   Subfamilia  Burseroideae Link
pub. Handbuch 2: 127. Jan-Aug 1831.
 
7
   Tribus  Bursereae DC.
pub. Prodr. 2: 75. mid Nov 1825.
 
8
   Genus  Bursera Jacq. ex L.
pub. (1762)
common name: bursera
9
   Genus  Canariellum Engl.
syn. Canarium L.
10
   Genus  Canarium L.
common name: olive
11
   Genus  Commiphora Jacq.
common name: myrrh
  
12
   Tribus  Crepidospermeae Engl. in Mart.
pub. Fl. Bras. 12(2): 251. 1 Sep 1874.
 
13
   Genus  Crepidospermum Benth. & Hook.f.
pub. (1862)
14
   Genus  Dacryodes Vahl
common name: dacryodes
15
   Genus  Elaphrium Jacq.
syn. Bursera Jacq. ex L.
16
   Tribus  Garugeae Marchand
pub. Adansonia 8: 66. Nov 1867.
 
17
   Subtribus  Garuginae Engl. in Mart.
pub. Fl. Bras. 12(2): 251. 1 Sep 1874.
 
18
   Genus  Garuga Roxb.
pub. (1811)
19
   Genus  Haplolobus H.J.Lam
20
   Tribus  Hedwigieae Marchand
pub. Adansonia 8: 65. Nov 1867.
 
21
   Genus  Hedwigia Sw.
pub. (1788)
common name: hedwigia moss
22
   Genus  Hemicrepidospermum Swart
syn. Crepidospermum Hook.f.
23
   Genus  Hemisantiria H.J.Lam
syn. Dacryodes Vahl
24
   Genus  Hemprichia Ehrenb.
syn. Commiphora Jacq.
25
   Genus  Icica Aubl.
syn. Protium Burm.f.
26
   Genus  Icicaster Ridl.
syn. Santiria Blume
27
   Genus  Neomangenotia J.-F.Leroy
syn. Commiphora Jacq.
28
   Genus  Pachylobus G.Don
syn. Dacryodes Vahl
29
   Genus  Paraprotium Cuatrec.
30
   Tribus  Protieae Marchand
pub. Adansonia 8: 62. Oct 1867.
 
31
   Subtribus  Protiinae Engl. in Mart.
pub. Fl. Bras. 12(2): 251. 1 Sep 1874.
 
32
   Genus  Protium Burm.f.
pub. (1768)
33
   Genus  Santiria Blume
34
   Genus  Santiriopsis Engl.
syn. Santiria Blume
35
   Genus  Scutinanthe Thwaites
36
   Genus  Tapirocarpus Sagot
37
   Genus  Tetragastris Gaertn.
common name: tetragastris
38
   Genus  Trattinnickia Willd.
39
   Genus  Trigonochlamys Hook.f.
syn. Santiria Blume
40
   Genus  Triomma Hook.f.

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

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