Bursera simaruba
Species of flowering plant in the family Burseraceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bursera simaruba, commonly known as gumbo-limbo, copperwood, almácigo,[2] chaca, West Indian birch, naked Indian, and turpentine tree, is a tree species in the family Burseraceae, native to the Neotropics, from South Florida to Mexico and the Caribbean to Brazil, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.[3] Bursera simaruba is prevalent in the Petenes mangroves ecoregion of the Yucatán, where it is a subdominant plant species to the mangroves.[4] In the United States, specimens may be found in the Gulf of Mexico along the western coast of Florida.
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Habitus | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Burseraceae |
Genus: | Bursera |
Species: | B. simaruba |
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Bursera simaruba | |
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