PLANTS Profile for Bourreria succulenta (bodywood)

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Bourreria succulenta Jacq.
bodywood

Symbol:

BOSU2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Boraginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N
VI		N

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Bourreria ovata

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Bourreria succulenta Jacq.

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Synonyms:
Bourreria succulenta Jacq.

	BODO	Bourreria domingensis auct. non (DC.) Griseb.
	BOOV	Bourreria ovata Miers

Distribution:
Bourreria succulenta Jacq.


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USA (FL), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Bourreria succulenta Jacq.

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 4 species in Bourreria

Classification:
Bourreria succulenta Jacq.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Lamiales
Family	Boraginaceae – Borage family
Genus	Bourreria P. Br. – strongbark
Species	Bourreria succulenta Jacq. – bodywood

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Bourreria succulenta Jacq.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Florida:
bodywood		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Bourreria succulenta Jacq.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31732.

Time Generated: 10/27/2008 02:10 AM MDT