Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Sapindales

Burseraceae - Myrrh family

Wild, H. (1963) Burseraceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1)

Description of the family

Trees or shrubs, sometimes spiny. Stipules 0. Leaves (in ours) alternate, imparipinnate or 1-2-foliolate, often congested at branch ends. Flowers unisexual or (rarely) bisexual. Ovary superior, 2-5-locular. Fruit a drupe.

Worldwide: 17 genera and 540 species, tropics, especially America and NE Africa.

Zambia: 3 genera and 19 taxa.

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GenusContent
Canarium L.Description
Commiphora Jacq.Description
Dacryodes VahlDescription

Other sources of information about Burseraceae:

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Flora of Botswana: Burseraceae
Flora of Burundi: Burseraceae
Flora of Caprivi: Burseraceae
Flora of the DRC: Burseraceae
Flora of Malawi: Burseraceae
Flora of Mozambique: Burseraceae
Flora of Rwanda: Burseraceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Burseraceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Burseraceae

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Burseraceae
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Burseraceae
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Burseraceae
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Burseraceae
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Burseraceae
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Burseraceae
JSTOR Plant Science: Burseraceae
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Burseraceae
Wikipedia: Burseraceae
Plants of the World Online: Burseraceae
Tropicos: Burseraceae



Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Family page: Burseraceae.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=40, retrieved 12 November 2024

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