Burseraceae
Burseraceae Kunth, Ann. Sci. Nat. 2: 346. 1824. nom. cons. 'Bursera Family'
Characteristic Features:
Trees or shrubs with often scented resinous exudates and smooth flaking bark
Leaves opposite, imparipinnate compound with often long petiolulate and pulvinate leaflets
Diversity:
World- 18 genera 649 species (The Plant List 2013); 19 genera, 615 species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016); 19 genera, 675 species (Mabberely 2017); 20 genera, 723 species (CoL 2021)
India - 8 genera 22 species (Karthikeyan 2000); 7 genera, 22 species (BSI, 2021)
Indian Himalaya- 3 genera, 5 species (Singh et al. 2019)
Uttarakhand - 2 genera 2 species (Uniyal et al. 2007, Pusalkar & Srivastava 2018)
General Characters:
Burseraceae in POWO 2021 (Plants of the World Online)
Burseraceae in Wikipedia
Systematic Position of the Family in Different Systems of Classifications:
Systematic position in 2-Superkingdom, 7-Kingdom classification of Ruggiero et al. (2015)
Super Kingdom- Eukaryota, Kingdom- Plantae, Subkingdom- Viridiplantae, Infrakingdom- Streptophyta, Superphylum- Embryophyta, Phylum- Tracheophyta, Subphylum- Spermatophytina, Superclass- Angiospermae, Class- Magnoliopsida, Superorder- Rosanae, Order-Sapindales
Bentham & Hooker (1862-83)
Class : Dicotyledons
Subclass : Polypetalae
Series : Disciflorae
Orders : Geraniales
Engler & Prantl (1887-1915)
Kingdom : Plantae
Division : Embryophyta Siphonogama
Subdivision: Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledoneae
Subclass : Archichlamydeae
Order : Geraniales
Hutchinson (1973)
Phylum : Angiospermae
Subphylum: Dicotyledones
Division : Lignosae
Order : Rutales
Cronquist (1988)
Division : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Rosidae
Order : Sapindales
Thorne & Reveal (2007)
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Malvidae
Super Order : Rutanae
Order : Rutales
Takhtajan (2009)
Phylum : Magnoliophyta
Class : Magnoliopsida
Subclass : Rosidae
Super Order : Rutanae
Order : Rutales
Reveal (2012)
Class : Equisetopsida
Subclass : Magnoliidae
Super Order : Myrtanae
Order : Sapindales
Suborder : Sapindineae
APG-IV (2016)
Clade : Angiosperms
Clade : Eudicots
Clade : Core Eudicots
Clade : Superrosids
Clade : Rosids
Clade : Malvids
Order : Sapindales
Shipunov (2020)
Class : Angiospermae
Subclass : Rosidae
Super Order : Malvanae
Order : Sapindales
Suborder : Sapindineae
Genera & Species in Pantnagar
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~~~Wild Flora~~~
Garuga pinnata Roxb.
Garuga pinnata Roxb.