Bursera hollickii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Burseraceae
Genus: Bursera
Species:
B. hollickii
Binomial name
Bursera hollickii
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Terebinthus hollickii Britton 1908
  • Elaphrium hollickii (Britton) Rose 1911

Bursera hollickii is a species of plant in the Burseraceae family. It is endemic to Jamaica, and listed as critically endangered.[1]

Bursera hollickii is a tree up to 6 meters tall with a trunk up to 25 cm in diameter. Bark is reddish-gray outside, red inside. Leaves are up to 12 cm long, clustered at the ends of twigs, thick and leathery with 3-7 leaflets. Flowers are in elongated racemes.[4][5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 Campbell, K.C.St.E. (2020). "Bursera hollickii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T33853A152203752. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T33853A152203752.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ↑ The Plant List, Bursera hollickii (Britton) Fawc. & Rendle
  3. ↑ The International Plant Names Index
  4. ↑ Britton, Nathaniel Lord (1908). "The genus Terebinthus P. Br. in the West Indies". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 35: 341–2. as Terebinthus hollickii
  5. ↑ Daly, D.C. (1993). "Notes on Bursera in South America, including a new species. Studies in Neotropical Burseraceae VII". Brittonia. 45 (3): 240–6. doi:10.2307/2807109. JSTOR 2807109. S2CID 33934407.
  6. ↑ Jamaica, Keron Campbell (Natural History Museum of; Jamaica, Institute of; Jamaica) (2020-08-25). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Bursera hollickii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2020-12-13.


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