Definitions

1. Burseraceae is a family of 17-18 genera and about 540 species of flowering plants, also known as the Torchwood family or incense tree family.
2. Burseraceae is a member of the Order Sapindales.
3. The Burseraceae are found in a variety of habitats including hot, dry desert and savannah as well as in coastal mangrove forest and rain forest habitats [6].
4. The Burseraceae are distributed throughout the world and primarily in the tropics, especially Malaysia, Africa, Meso- and South America [ 5][ 6].
5. The Burseraceae is also known as the Torchwood family, the frankincense and myrrh family, or simply the incense tree family.

Flowering Plant

1. Burseraceae is a moderately sized family of 17-18 genera and about 540 species of flowering plant s.

Studies

1. Similar results from other studies [ 3][ 12] find that Beiselia mexicana, a native of Mexico is basal to the remaining Burseraceae members.

Large

1. Boswellia serrata (N.O. Burseraceae) is a large, branching, deciduous tree that grows abundantly in the dry, hilly parts of India.

Flowering Plants

1. Burseraceae is a moderately sized family of 17-18 genera and about 540 species of flowering plants.

Genera

1. Tribes, subtribes, and genera There is some discrepancy in the literature about the size of the Burseraceae.

Families

1. Order According to the literature, the Burseraceae has not been lumped with other families nor split up into several others.
2. According to the literature, the Burseraceae has not been lumped with other families nor split up into several others.

Family

1. Bursera aromatica is a species of plant in the Burseraceae family.
2. Trattinnickia Protieae Crepidospermum Protium Protium (plant) Protium is a genus of more than 140 species of flowering plants in the family Burseraceae.
3. Welcome to Garden Guides' plant type taxonomy guide, currently showing is the Family Burseraceae (scientific name), commonly known as Frankincense Family.

Meliaceae

1. Families that are consistently found in the same order as Burseraceae (except when it was in the Burserales) include Rutaceae, Meliaceae, and Simaroubaceae.

Species Profiles

1. View 6 genera in Burseraceae, 3 species in Bursera or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Trees

1. The Burseraceae (the frankincense family) has 16 genera and 600 species of trees and shrubs.
2. Garuga is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Burseraceae (the Incense or Torchwood Family).

Myrrh

1. Like myrrh, frankincense is a resin from a tree in the family Burseraceae.

Frankincense

1. Elemi belonged to the same botanical family as frankincense and myrrh (Burseraceae).
2. Frankincense is prepared from the gum of several species of Boswellia (Burseraceae) trees and shrubs native to the Arabian peninsula and North Africa.
3. In fact, the Burseraceae is called the frankincense and myrrh family.

Anacardiaceae

1. As seen from the comparative morphological studies on Kirkiaceae (this study) and Anacardiaceae and Burseraceae (J. B. Bachelier and P. K. Endress, unpubl.
2. Interestingly, a symplicate zone is lacking in Kirkiaceae and in Spondioideae (Anacardiaceae), or very short in Beiselia (Burseraceae).
3. The sister group of Anacardiaceae is Burseraceae.

Burseraceae

1. One such cladogram indicated that the Sapindales are robust and that the Burseraceae (and Anacardiaceae) are within a single clade [ 10].
2. In fact, the synapomorphy of the Burseraceae is the smooth yet peeling or flaking aromatic bark [ 1][ 2].
3. It is only in recent studies that Burseraceae and the Anacardiaceae were seen as sister groups [ 5].

Categories

1. Biology > Botany > Plants > Anacardiaceae
2. Countries > China > Incense > Frankincense
3. Peeling
4. Myrrh
5. Botany > Plants > Trees > Sapindales

Subcategories

Boswellia

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