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Taxon: Bursera graveolens (Kunth) Triana & Planch.

Genus: Bursera
Family: Burseraceae.
Nomen number: 8169
Place of publication: Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 5, 14:303. 1872
Name verified on: 28-Oct-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 12-Jun-2009
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • crispin   (Source: Trees Peru ) – Spanish
  • palo santo   (Source: Trees Peru ) – Spanish
  • sasafrás   (Source: F Cuba ) – Spanish

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Mexico [s.e.]
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras
    Western South America: Colombia; Ecuador; Peru

References:

  • Encarnación, F. 1983. Nomenclatura de las especies forestales comunes en el Perú.
  • Jardín Botánico Nacional. 1998–. Flora de la República de Cuba.
  • León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946–1962. Flora de Cuba.; suppl. 1969 [cultivated].
  • Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980-
  • McVaugh, R. & J. Rzedowski. 1965. Synopsis of the genus Bursera L. in western Mexico, with notes on the material of Bursera collected by Sessé & Mociño. Kew Bull. 18:337. [in note].
  • Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala.
  • Standley, P. C. 1937–1939. Flora of Costa Rica.
  • Wiggins, I. L. & D. M. Porter. 1971. Flora of the Galapagos islands.
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Check other web resources for Bursera graveolens (Kunth) Triana & Planch.:

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?8169 (18 May 2013)

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