Bursera cerasifolia

Bursera cerasifolia is an uncommon North American species of trees in the Frankincense Family in the soapwood order. It has been found only in the State of Baja California Sur in northwestern Mexico.[3]

Bursera cerasifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Burseraceae
Genus: Bursera
Species:
B. cerasifolia
Binomial name
Bursera cerasifolia
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Elaphrium cerasifolium (Brandegee) Rose
  • Elaphrium cerasiifolium (Brandegee) Rose
  • Bursera cerasiifolia Brandegee

Bursera cerasifolia is a shrub or small tree 4–8 meters tall. Leaves are simple (not compound), 4–6 cm long, usually crowded together at the tips of branches. Drupes are hairless and egg-shaped.[4]

References
  1. The Plant List, Bursera cerasiifolia Brandegee
  2. Tropicos, Bursera cerasifolia Brandegee
  3. SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter distribution map, photos of herbarium specimens
  4. Rose, Joseph Nelson 1911. North American Flora 25: 244 as Elaphrium cerasifolium
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