Definition of Genus Bursera

1. Noun. Type genus of Burseraceae; tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemi.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Bursera

genus Bubulcus
genus Bucephala
genus Buceros
genus Buchloe
genus Buckleya
genus Buddleia
genus Budorcas
genus Bufo
genus Bulnesia
genus Bumelia
genus Bungarus
genus Buphthalmum
genus Burhinus
genus Burmannia
genus Burmeisteria
genus Bursera (current term)
genus Butea
genus Buteo
genus Buxus
genus Cabomba
genus Cacajao
genus Cacalia
genus Cacatua
genus Cacicus
genus Cadra
genus Caenolestes
genus Caesalpinia
genus Caiman
genus Cairina

Literary usage of Genus Bursera

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1827)
"... which Lamarck introduced into the genus Bursera, with the specific name of obtusifolia*; and which his continuator Poiret in one place remarks to have ..."

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