Burckella
Burckella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Sapotaceae |
Subfamily: | Sapotoideae |
Genus: | Burckella Pierre |
Type species | |
Burckella obovata | |
Synonyms[3] | |
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Burckella is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae, described as a genus in 1890.[2][4] It is named for the Dutch botanist William Burck.[5]
Burckella is native to New Guinea, the Indonesian province of Maluku, and the islands of Papuasia east of New Guinea.[3]
- Species[3]
- Burckella banikiensis - Solomon Islands
- Burckella erythrophylla - Papua New Guinea
- Burckella fijiensis - Fiji
- Burckella hillii - Fiji
- Burckella macropoda - Papua New Guinea
- Burckella magusum - West New Guinea
- Burckella obovata - Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu
- Burckella parvifolia - Fiji
- Burckella polymera - West New Guinea
- Burckella poolei - Maluku, New Guinea
- Burckella richii - Fiji, Tonga, Samoa
- Burckella sorei - Solomon Islands
- Burckella thurstonii - Fiji
References
- ^ lectotype designated by Pennington, T. D. 1991. Gen. Sapotaceae 160. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- ^ a b Tropicos, Burckella Pierre
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis . 1890. Notes Botaniques: Sapotacées 1: 3
- ^ "Burck, William". National Herbarium of the Netherlands. Retrieved 30 September 2022.