Biology:Burckella

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Burckella
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Sapotoideae
Genus: Burckella
Pierre
Type species
Burckella obovata
(G. Forst.) Pierre[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Schefferella Pierre
  • Cassidispermum Hemsl.
  • Chelonespermum Hemsl.

Burckella is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae, described as a genus in 1890.[2][4] It is named for the Dutch botanist William Burck.[5]

Burckella is native to New Guinea, the Indonesian province of Maluku, and the islands of Papuasia east of New Guinea.[3]

Species[3]
  1. Burckella banikiensis - Solomon Islands
  2. Burckella erythrophylla - Papua New Guinea
  3. Burckella fijiensis - Fiji
  4. Burckella hillii - Fiji
  5. Burckella macropoda - Papua New Guinea
  6. Burckella magusum - West New Guinea
  7. Burckella obovata - Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu
  8. Burckella parvifolia - Fiji
  9. Burckella polymera - West New Guinea
  10. Burckella poolei - Maluku, New Guinea
  11. Burckella richii - Fiji, Tonga, Samoa
  12. Burckella sorei - Solomon Islands
  13. Burckella thurstonii - Fiji

References

  1. ↑ lectotype designated by Pennington, T. D. 1991. Gen. Sapotaceae 160. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tropicos, Burckella Pierre
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. ↑ Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis . 1890. Notes Botaniques: Sapotacées 1: 3
  5. ↑ "Burck, William". National Herbarium of the Netherlands. http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/FMCollectors/B/BurckW.htm. 

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