Burckella

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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Sapotoideae
Genus: Burckella
Pierre
Type species
Burckella obovata
(G. Forst.) Pierre[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Schefferella Pierre
  • Cassidispermum Hemsl.
  • Chelonespermum Hemsl.

Burckella is native to New Guinea, the Indonesian province of Maluku, and the islands of Papuasia east of New Guinea.[3]

Species[3]
  1. Burckella banikiensis - Solomon Islands
  2. Burckella erythrophylla - Papua New Guinea
  3. Burckella fijiensis - Fiji
  4. Burckella hillii - Fiji
  5. Burckella macropoda - Papua New Guinea
  6. Burckella magusum - West New Guinea
  7. Burckella obovata - Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu
  8. Burckella parvifolia - Fiji
  9. Burckella polymera - West New Guinea
  10. Burckella poolei - Maluku, New Guinea
  11. Burckella richii - Fiji, Tonga, Samoa
  12. Burckella sorei - Solomon Islands
  13. Burckella thurstonii - Fiji

References
  1. lectotype designated by Pennington, T. D. 1991. Gen. Sapotaceae 160. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  2. Tropicos, Burckella Pierre
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis . 1890. Notes Botaniques: Sapotacées 1: 3
  5. "Burck, William". National Herbarium of the Netherlands. Retrieved 30 September 2022.


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