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Bursera Jacquin ex Linnaeus. Gumbo-limbo.

A genus of about 100 species, FL peninsula and sw. United States south through the West Indies, Mexico, and Central America to n. South America.

Ref: Daly, Harley, Martínez-Habibe, & Weeks In Kubitzki (2011). Show full citations.

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image of plant© Alan Cressler: Bursera simaruba, Tropical Hardwood Hammock, Turner River Calusa Shell Mounds Everglades National Park Collier, County, Florida 1 by Alan Cressler | Bursera simaruba source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Jay Horn | Bursera simaruba source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Bursera simaruba | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Jay Horn | Bursera simaruba source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Bursera simaruba, Tropical Hardwood, Hammock Turner, River Calusa Shell Mounds, Everglades National Park, Collier County, Florida 3 by Alan Cressler | Bursera simaruba source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Bursera simaruba | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Bursera simaruba | Original Image ⭷

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