Biology:Burckella

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

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]


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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q932394 entry