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

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|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]

;Species

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  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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