Bursera filicifolia

Bursera filicifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Burseraceae
Genus: Bursera
Species:
B. filicifolia
Binomial name
Bursera filicifolia
Synonyms[2]
  • Bursera laxiflora subsp. filicifolia (Brandegee) Felger & C.H.Lowe
  • Bursera laxiflora var. filicifolia (Brandegee) Felger & Lowe
  • Elaphrium filicifolium (Brandegee) Rose

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

Bursera filicifolia is a shrub or small tree with gray bark unlike the red bark of the closely related B. laxiflora. Leaves are pinnately compound with 9-19 leaflets, hairy on both sides. Drupes are hairless and egg-shaped.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Fuentes, A.C.D.; Samain, M.-S.; Martínez Salas, E. (2019). "Bursera filicifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T137372312A137376584. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T137372312A137376584.en. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Bursera filicifolia Brandegee". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  3. ↑ "Bursera filicifolia Brandegee". SEINet. Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter.
  4. ↑ Rose, Joseph Nelson (1911). North American Flora. Vol. 25. p. 254. as Elaphrium filicifolium
  5. ↑ Brandegee, Townshend Stith (1908). "New Species of Mexican Plants". Zoë (in Latin and English). 5: 248–249.