Biology:Bourreria

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants in the borage family Boraginaceae

Bourreria
Bahama Strongbark (2885574551).jpg
Bourreria ovata
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Boraginales
Family: Boraginaceae
Subfamily: Ehretioideae
Genus: Bourreria
P.Browne[1]
Type species
Bourreria baccata
Raf.
Species

See text

Synonyms

Beurreria Jacq., orth. var.[1]

Bourreria is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as strongbark or strongback.[2] The generic name was chosen by Patrick Browne to honour German pharmacist Johann Ambrosius Beurer.[3] The genus is native to the Americas, where species are distributed from Mexico to northern South America, and in the Caribbean and Florida in the United States . The center of diversity is in the Caribbean, Central America,[4] and Mexico.[5]

As of 2007 there are about 30 species in the genus.[4]

Species include:

  • Bourreria andrieuxiiguayabillo, lágrima de virgen[5]
  • Bourreria baccata Raf.
  • Bourreria bolivarensis[4]
  • Bourreria cassinifolia (A.Rich.) Griseb. – smooth strongbark[2]
  • Bourreria costaricensis[4]
  • Bourreria formosa[5]
  • Bourreria grandicalyx[6]
  • Bourreria hintonii[5]
  • Bourreria huanitahuanita, jazmín de palo, jazmín del istmo, guie-xoba[5]
  • Bourreria longiflora[5]
  • Bourreria mollis[4]
  • Bourreria motaguensis[7]
  • Bourreria obovata[5]
  • Bourreria ovata Miers – Bahamian strongbark[8]
  • Bourreria oxyphyllabojón, jub a che, palo de nance, taruche, copo a max[5]
  • Bourreria pulchrabakalbo, kakalché, copte ché[5]
  • Bourreria purpusiiyoa prieto, jazmín del monte[5]
  • Bourreria radula (Poir.) G.Don – rough strongbark[2]
  • Bourreria rekoi[5]
  • Bourreria revoluta Kunth[8]
  • Bourreria rinconensis[9]
  • Bourreria rowellii[5]
  • Bourreria rubra[5]
  • Bourreria sonoraechocolatillo, lengua de gato[5]
  • Bourreria spathulatacapulín, zalzapotzin, zapotillo[5]
  • Bourreria succulenta Jacq. – bodywood,[2] chink, poisonberry[8]
  • Bourreria superbaricate[5]
  • Bourreria velutina (DC.) Gurke
  • Bourreria virgata (Sw.) G.Donroble de guayo[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Genus: Bourreria P. Browne". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?1620. Retrieved 2010-12-11. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Bourreria". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=31728. Retrieved 2010-12-11. 
  3. Nelson, Gil (1994). The Trees of Florida: a Reference and Field Guide. Pineapple Press Inc. pp. 115–116. ISBN 978-1-56164-055-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=Wzmo7cHvhZkC. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Gottschling, M. and J. S. Miller. (2007). A revision of Bourreria (Boraginales, Ehretiaceae) in South America. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94(4) 734-44.
  5. 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 Campos Ríos, G. M. (2005). Revisión del género Bourreria P. Browne (Boraginaceae) en México. Polibotánica 19, 39-103. (Spanish)
  6. Miller, J. S. and B. Sirot. (1997). A New Species of Bourreria (Boraginaceae) from Costa Rica. Novon 7(4) 395-97.
  7. Véliz Pérez, M. E., et al. (2009). Especie nueva del género Bourreria (Ehretiaceae, Boraginales) de Mesoamérica. Brittonia 61(3), 237-40.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 "GRIN Species Records of Bourreria". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?1620. Retrieved 2010-12-11. 
  9. Miller, J. S. (1999). New Boraginaceae from tropical America 1: New species of Bourreria and Tournefortia from Costa Rica and a note on the publication of Cordia collococca. Novon 9(2) 230-35.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4950340 entry