Biology:Bursera cerasifolia

From HandWiki
Short description: Species of flowering plant

Bursera cerasifolia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Burseraceae
Genus: Bursera
Species:
B. cerasifolia
Binomial name
Bursera cerasifolia
Brandegee 1891
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Elaphrium cerasifolium (Brandegee) Rose
  • Elaphrium cerasiifolium (Brandegee) Rose
  • Bursera cerasiifolia Brandegee

Bursera cerasifolia is an uncommon North American species of trees in the Frankincense Family in the soapwood order. It has been found only in the State of Baja California Sur in northwestern Mexico.[3]

Bursera cerasifolia is a shrub or small tree 4–8 meters tall. Leaves are simple (not compound), 4–6 cm long, usually crowded together at the tips of branches. Drupes are hairless and egg-shaped.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q21010036 entry