Protium (plant)

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the family Burseraceae}}

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| image = Protium heptaphyllum.jpg

| image_caption = Protium heptaphyllum

| taxon = Protium

| authority = Burm.f. (1768), nom. cons.

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

151, see text

| subdivision_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331880-2 Protium Burm.f.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

| synonyms =

  • Caproxylon {{small|Tussac (1827)}}
  • Crepidospermum {{small|Hook.f. (1862)}}
  • Dammara {{small|Gaertn. (1791)}}
  • Hedwigia {{small|Sw. (1788), nom. rej.}}
  • Hemicrepidospermum {{small|Swart (1942)}}
  • Icica {{small|Aubl. (1775)}}
  • Icicopsis {{small|Engl. (1874)}}
  • Knorrea {{small|DC. (1825), not validly publ.}}
  • Managa {{small|Aubl. (1775)}}
  • Marignia {{small|Comm. ex Kunth (1824)}}
  • Paraprotium {{small|Cuatrec. (1952)}}
  • Schwaegrichenia {{small|Rchb. (1828)}}
  • Tetragastris {{small|Gaertn. (1790)}}
  • Tingulonga {{small|Rumph. ex Kuntze (1891)}}

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}}

Protium is a genus of more than 140 species of flowering plants in the family Burseraceae. It is native to the Neotropics from northern Mexico to Paraguay and southern Brazil, and to Madagascar, the Indian subcontinent, Indochina, southern China, the Philippines, Java, and New Guinea.{{Cite journal|last1=Daly|first1=Douglas Charles de Burgh|last2=Fine|first2=Paul Van Antwerp|last3=Martínez-Habibe|first3=María Cristina|date=March 2012|title=Burseraceae: a model for studying the Amazon flora|journal=Rodriguésia|volume=63|issue=1|pages=021–030|doi=10.1590/s2175-78602012000100002|issn=2175-7860|doi-access=free}} The genus had been included in Bursera, but is distinct.{{Cite journal|url=http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2175-78602012000100002|title=Burseraceae: a model for studying the Amazon flora|author1=Douglas Charles de Burgh Daly |author2=Paul Van Antwerp Fine |author3=María Cristina Martínez-Habibe |date=January–March 2012|journal=Rodriguésia|volume=63|issue=1|pages=021–030|doi=10.1590/S2175-78602012000100002|doi-access=free}}

The species are usually small or medium-sized trees, but some can be large, up to {{convert|35|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall. In their native range, some species are grown for timber, used as firewood, as medicinal plants, for their fruit, their resin (Copal) or in other cultural contexts.

Species

151 species are accepted.

Uses

References

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  • [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=104892 Flora of Pakistan] (treats species in the genus Bursera)

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Category:Burseraceae genera

Category:Taxa named by Nicolaas Laurens Burman

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