Species of flowering plant in the family Burseraceae
Gumbo Limbo redirects here. For the nature center of that name in Florida, see Gumbo Limbo Environmental Complex.
Bursera simaruba
Habitus
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Sapindales
Family:
Burseraceae
Genus:
Bursera
Species:
B. simaruba
Binomial name
Bursera simaruba
(L.) Sarg. 1890
Synonyms
List
Pistacia simaruba L. 1753
Elaphrium simaruba (L.) Rose
Bursera arborea (Rose) L.Riley
Bursera bonairensis Bold.
Bursera gummifera L.
Bursera gummifera var. glabrata Griseb.
Bursera gummifera var. polyphylla DC.
Bursera integerrima (Tul.) Triana & Planch.
Bursera simaruba var. yucatanensis Lundell
Bursera subpubescens (Rose) Engl.
Elaphrium arboreum (Rose) Rose
Elaphrium integerrimum Tul.
Elaphrium subpubescens Rose
Icicariba simaruba M.Gómez
Terebinthus arborea Rose
Terebinthus simaruba (L.) W.Wight ex Rose
Bursera simaruba, commonly known as gumbo-limbo, copperwood, almácigo,[3]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.[2]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.
^Fuentes, A.C.D.; Samain, M.-S.; Martínez Salas, E. (2019). "Bursera simaruba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T61987595A61987597. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T61987595A61987597.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ ab"Bursera simaruba". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
^"almácigo". WordReference.com. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^World Wildlife Fund. eds. Mark McGinley, C.Michael Hogan & C. Cleveland. 2010. Petenes mangroves. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington, D.C. Archived October 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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