Bourreria is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as strongbark or strongback.[2] The generic name was chosen by Patrick Browne to honour German pharmacist Johann Ambrosius Beurer.[3] The genus is native to the Americas, where species are distributed from Mexico to northern South America, and in the Caribbean and Florida in the United States. The center of diversity is in the Caribbean, Central America,[4] and Mexico.[5]
As of 2007 there are about 30 species in the genus.[4]
Species include:
Bourreria is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as strongbark or strongback. The generic name was chosen by Patrick Browne to honour German pharmacist Johann Ambrosius Beurer. The genus is native to the Americas, where species are distributed from Mexico to northern South America, and in the Caribbean and Florida in the United States. The center of diversity is in the Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico.
As of 2007 there are about 30 species in the genus.
Species include:
Bourreria andrieuxii – guayabillo, lágrima de virgen Bourreria baccata Raf. Bourreria bolivarensis Bourreria cassinifolia (A.Rich.) Griseb. – smooth strongbark Bourreria costaricensis Bourreria formosa Bourreria grandicalyx Bourreria hintonii Bourreria huanita – huanita, jazmín de palo, jazmín del istmo, guie-xoba Bourreria longiflora Bourreria mollis Bourreria motaguensis Bourreria obovata Bourreria ovata Miers – Bahamian strongbark Bourreria oxyphylla – bojón, jub a che, palo de nance, taruche, copo a max Bourreria pulchra – bakalbo, kakalché, copte ché Bourreria purpusii – yoa prieto, jazmín del monte Bourreria radula (Poir.) G.Don – rough strongbark Bourreria rekoi Bourreria revoluta Kunth Bourreria rinconensis Bourreria rowellii Bourreria rubra Bourreria sonorae – chocolatillo, lengua de gato Bourreria spathulata – capulín, zalzapotzin, zapotillo Bourreria succulenta Jacq. – bodywood, chink, poisonberry Bourreria superba – ricate Bourreria velutina (DC.) Gurke Bourreria virgata (Sw.) G.Don – roble de guayo
