Bursera schlechtendalii

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Family: Burseraceae

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Country of Origin: Central America

Description: Bursera schlechtendalii produces terpenes stored under pressure in networks of canals that run throughout the cortex of stem and in the leaves. When a leaf is broken, it releases abundant resins, which may bathe the leaf surface and often form a squirt that travels for up to 150 cm. Plants vary in the proportion of their leaves that release resins after damage. Larvae of the chrysomelid genus Blepharida can inflict substantial damage to plants because they avoid the squirt response by cutting the leaf veins before consuming the leaves. Nevertheless, resins still protect plants against this insect. ²

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USDA Zone:

Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College

Provenance:

ex hort. Smith #2013-47 ex Monaco Index Seminum 2013 #47.

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Classification:

• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• SubClass: eurosid II
• Order: Sapindales
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• Family: Burseraceae
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References:

1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 10 December 2014.
2. Judith X. Becerra 1994. Squirt-Gun Defense in Bursera and the Chrysomelid Counterploy. Ecology 75:1991–1996.
3. Beccera, Judith et al; Interactions Between Chemical and Mechanical Defenses in the Plant Genus Bursera and Their Implications for Herbivores; American Zoologist (2001) 41(4): 865-876.
4. Bursera schlechtendalii at USDA-GRIN. Last accessed on Thursday, July 28, 2016.

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