Accession Data:
Bursera schlechtendalii Engl.
- Common Name:
- Family: Burseraceae Kunth
- Country of Origin: Central America
- Habitat: tropical subhumid forest
- 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
Accession Data:
- Accession # 201400247
- Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College
- Provenance: ex hort. Smith #2013-47 ex Monaco Index Seminum 2013 #47.
- Accession Date: 12-05-2014
- Bench: 2213 - XER:Sonoran-Baja Deserts
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 04-13-2022
- Restrictions:
- Distribution Agreement (CBD or similar) - Plants do not leave Greenhouse/TLS w/o Manager approval!
- Distribution Agreement (CBD or similar) - Plants do not leave Greenhouse/TLS w/o Manager approval!
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid II
- Order: Sapindales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Burseraceae
- SubFamily:
- Tribe:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mexico Southeast / Guatemala
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 10 December 2014.
- Judith X. Becerra 1994. Squirt-Gun Defense in Bursera and the Chrysomelid Counterploy. Ecology 75:1991–1996.
- 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.
- Bursera schlechtendalii at USDA-GRIN. Last accessed on Thursday, July 28, 2016.
data regenerated on Fri, 17 Feb 2023 11:50:41 -0500 [bcm v4.0]
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