? Burseraceae
Gumbo-limbo (Bursera simaruba)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Sapindales Family: Burseraceae Kunth
Genera
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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. The family includes both trees and shrubs, and is native to tropical regions of Africa, Asia and the Americas. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (480x640, 72 KB) Name Bursera simaruba Family Burseraceae Image no. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Magnoliopsida is the botanical name for a class: this name is formed by replacing the termination -aceae in the name Magnoliaceae by the termination -opsida (Art 16 of the ICBN). ... Families See text The Sapindales is an order of flowering plants included among the rosid subgroup of dicotyledons. ... Carl Sigismund Kunth (1788-1850) was a German botanist. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ... In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ... In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ... In biology, a species is the basic unit of biodiversity. ... Classes Magnoliopsida- Dicots Liliopsida- Monocots The flowering plants (also called angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth. ... A broom shrub in flower A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ... Africa is the worlds second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... World map showing the Americas The Americas commonly refers to the lands of the Western hemisphere, consisting of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. ...

Some members of the family produce fragrant resins used as incense or perfume, most notably frankincense and myrrh. Insect trapped in resin. ... Incense is a preparation of aromatic plant matter, often with the addition of essential oils extracted from plant or animal sources, intended to release fragrant smoke for religious, therapeutic, or aesthetic purposes as it smolders. ... 100g of frankincense resin. ... 100g of Myrrh. ...

Genera

Binomial name Aucoumea klaineana Pierre Aucoumea klaineana (Angouma, Gaboon, or Okoumé) is a tropical hardwood. ... Species Boswellia sacra (aka or )Boswellia frereana Boswellia papyrifera Boswellia serrata Boswellia is a genus of trees known for their fragrant resin which has many pharmacological uses particularly as anti-inflamatories. ... Species Canarium album Canarium bengalense Canarium commune Canarium decumanum Canarium denticulatum Canarium harveyi Canarium indicum Canarium luzonicum Canarium madagascariense Canarium manii Canarium mehenbethene Canarium muelleri Canarium odontophyllum Canarium ovatum Canarium paniculatum Canarium pimela Canarium pseudosumatranum Canarium schweinfurthii Canarium strictum Canarium tramdenum Canarium zeylanicum Canarium is a genus of tropical trees... Garuga (Roxburgh, 1811) is a genus of shrubs and trees in family Burseraceae {the Incense or Torchwood Family). ...

External links

• Burseraceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants.

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