Burckella
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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|taxon = Burckella
|authority = Pierre
|type_species = Burckella obovata
|type_species_authority = (G. Forst.) Pierrelectotype designated by Pennington, T. D. 1991. Gen. Sapotaceae 160. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
|synonyms = *Schefferella Pierre
- Cassidispermum Hemsl.
- Chelonespermum Hemsl.
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Burckella is a genus of plants in the family Sapotaceae, described as a genus in 1890.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40033337 Tropicos, Burckella Pierre]Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis . 1890. Notes Botaniques: Sapotacées 1: 3 It is named for the Dutch botanist William Burck.{{cite web |url=http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/FMCollectors/B/BurckW.htm |title=Burck, William |publisher=National Herbarium of the Netherlands |access-date=30 September 2022}}
Burckella is native to New Guinea, the Indonesian province of Maluku, and the islands of Papuasia east of New Guinea.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=28043 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
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- Burckella banikiensis - Solomon Islands
- Burckella erythrophylla - Papua New Guinea
- Burckella fijiensis - Fiji
- Burckella hillii - Fiji
- Burckella macropoda - Papua New Guinea
- Burckella magusum - West New Guinea
- Burckella obovata - Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Vanuatu
- Burckella parvifolia - Fiji
- Burckella polymera - West New Guinea
- Burckella poolei - Maluku, New Guinea
- Burckella richii - Fiji, Tonga, Samoa
- Burckella sorei - Solomon Islands
- Burckella thurstonii - Fiji
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Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre
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