Burseraceae is a genetically-supported monophyletic group since APG III and is frequently cited within the Sapindales. It is recognized as a sister group to the Anacardiaceae.

Burseraceae, family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales, composed of about 19 genera and 775–860 species of resinous trees and shrubs. They are native primarily to tropical America, but a few species occur in Africa and Asia.

It is the type genus for Burseraceae. The trees are native (often for many species endemic) to the Americas, from the southern United States south through to northern Argentina, in tropical and warm temperate forest habitats. It is named after the …

The Burseraceae consist of approximately 700 species from 18 genera. There are three tribes, viz., Canarieae, Protieae, and Bursereae in the family.

The Burseraceae are also known as the torchwood family, the frankincense and myrrh family, or simply the incense tree family. The family includes both trees and shrubs, and is native to tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

The Burseraceae are also known as the torchwood family, the frankincense and myrrh family, or simply the incense tree family. The family includes both trees and shrubs, and is native to tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

Burseraceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales, which also includes citrus and maple trees. The family consists of around 18 genera, including Boswellia, Commiphora, and Bursera. Some members of the family like the genus Triomma was previously included in …

2010年1月1日 · Burseraceae are entirely woody. Most taxa are small to large trees, but species in Boswellia and most Bursera Alliance genera can be shrubby, pachycaulous, or caudiciform under arid conditions; some of these can be effectively lithophytic.

The species of the Burseraceae comprise a modest-sized family of trees, but one that shows outsized importance in the Amazon region, Mexico, Southeast Asia, Tropical East Africa, and Madagascar, because in those regions it makes up many of …

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