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Bursera

Angiospermae - Sapindales - Burseraceae

Taxonomy
Bursera was named by Jacquin (1760). It is extant.

It was assigned to Burseraceae by Axelrod (1939), Antal and Awasthi (1993) and Prasad (2008).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1760Bursera Jacquin
1939Bursera Axelrod p. 115
1993Bursera Antal and Awasthi
2008Bursera Prasad

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
classAngiospermae
Rosids
Eurosids
RankNameAuthor
Malvids
orderSapindales
familyBurseraceaeKunth 1824
genusBurseraJacquin 1760

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Bursera Jacquin 1760
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Bursera preserrata Antal and Awasthi 1993
Bursera serratoides Antal and Awasthi 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Diet: "photoautotroph"p
Created: 2011-07-22 00:04:15
Modified: 2011-07-21 09:04:15
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 37.20000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) B. sp. (22901 22902 22905 22966 22997)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) B. serrulata (24209)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4USA (Colorado) B. serrulata (39837 39839 39849)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588India (West Bengal) B. preserrata (223487) B. serratoides (223486)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian20.43 - 12.5USA (California) B. sp. (19206)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) B. simaruba (144662)