Brief Summary
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Bursera arborea occurs in tropical dry forest on the Pacific coast of Mexico. A specific example ecoregion of occurrence is in the Jalisco dry forests. Typical flora associates in this ecoregion are: Glassywood (Astronium graveolens),Amapola Blanca (Bernoullia flammea), Sideroxylon cartilagineum and Calophyllum brasiliense.
Bursera arborea is a tree noted for its young shoots being exceedingly slender.
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- C. Michael Hogan
- bibliographic citation
- World Wildlife Fund & C.Michael Hogan. 2010. Jalisco Dry Forests. Encyclopedia of Earth. eds. Mark McGinley and C.J.Cleveland, National Academy of Sciences and the Environment, Washington DC http://www.eoearth.org/article/Jalisco_dry_forests?topic=49597
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- C. Michael Hogan (cmichaelhogan)
Comprehensive Description
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Elaphrium arboreum Rose
Terebinlhus arborea Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 118. 1906.
A tall tree ; old trunks red and smooth ; young branches pubescent ; leaflets 2-4 pairs, 4-9 cm. long, ovate, rounded or cuneate or rarely cordate at base, more or less abruptly acuminate, the tip obtuse, somewhat pubescent on both sides ; inflorescence paniculate ; fruit glabrous ; calyx-lobes ovate, acute, ciliate ; drupes in very compact clusters.
Type locality: Between Acaponeta and Concepcion, Tepic.
Distribution : Common along the coastal plain of southern Sinaloa and Tepic.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
