Bursera


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bursera

(ˈbɜːsərə)
adj
of or relating to the Bursera genus of gum trees
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Noun1.Bursera - type genus of Burseraceae; tropical and subtropical American shrubs and trees some yielding timber and gum elemi
rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
Burseraceae, family Burseraceae, torchwood family - resinous or aromatic chiefly tropical shrubs or trees
Bursera microphylla, elephant tree - small tree or shrub of the southwestern United States having a spicy odor and odd-pinnate leaves and small clusters of white flowers
Bursera simaruba, gumbo-limbo - tropical American tree yielding a reddish resin used in cements and varnishes
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As part of the Neat Streets initiative, the city will plant 101 trees, including Simpson Stoppers (Myrcianthes fragrans), Wild Tamarinds (Lysiloma bahamensis), Gumbo Limbos (Bursera simaruba), Green Buttonwoods (Conocarpus erectus) and several other Florida-friendly tree species to provide shade and beautify their community.
En esta selva, entre las especies mas importantes se encuentran: Manilkara zapota (zapote), Brosimum alicastrum (ramon), Bucida buceras (pucte), Lonchocarpus castilloi (machiche) con especies asociadas como: Pouteria reticulata (zapotillo), Bursera simaruba (chaca), Ceiba pentandra (ceiba) y Vitex gaumeri (yaax nic), entre otros (Martinez-Salas & Galindo-Leal, 2002).
Upon arrival, guests are ushered through an avenue of 2,000 Bursera Simaruba trees (or "Indios Desnudos"), a living fence traditionally grown by local farmers to pen in livestock.
The abundant species in this type of forest are Acacia gaumeri, Alvaradoa amorphoides, Bursera simaruba, Caesalpinia gaumeri, Cohniella yucatanensis, Ceiba aesculifolia, Diospyros cuneata, Gymnopodium floribundum, Hampea trilobata, Jatropha gaumeri, Neomillspaughia emargiata, Parmentiera aculeata, Piscidia piscipula, Randia longiloba, Sideroxylon americanum.
There were 2 dead branches on a single gumbo limbo tree, Bursera simaruba (L.) Sargent (Burseraceae) with ambrosia beetle galleries.
En este sitio se encuentran tres tipos de vegetacion: 1) matorral espinoso (especies arboreas y arbustivas caducifolias con espinas prominentes) en las partes mas altas, con especies como Pachycormus discolor, Stenocereus thurberi y Opuntia sp.; 2) matorral inerme (especies sin espinas y de hojas pequenas) en laderas y canones, dominado por Lysiloma candida, Ruellia californica y Fouquieria diguetii y 3) matorral inerme-cardonal (asociacion de diferentes especies sin espinas y especies suculentas con espinas) en las partes mas bajas, dominado por Pachycereus pringlei, Bursera epinnata y Prosopis glandulosa (Guerrero-Cardenas et al., 2016).
Los objetivos de este estudio fueron determinar la etiologia de la muerte prematura del cilantro (Coriandrum sativum L.) en Oaxaca, Mexico y evaluar el efecto de cuatro dosis (50, 100, 200 y 400[micron]l x [l.sup.-1]) de los aceites esenciales de Bursera linanoe, Cymbopogon citratus, Larrea tridentata, Laurus nobilis, Mentha pulegium, Origanum vulgare, Syzygium aromaticum y Thymus vulgaris sobre la inhibicion (%) del crecimiento micelial in vitro del patogeno.