Burckella

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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]

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Burckella
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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.
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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

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