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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Burseraceae |
| Genus: | Bursera |
| Species: | B. simaruba
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| Bursera simaruba | |
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Bursera simaruba, commonly known as gumbo-limbo, copperwood, almácigo,[3] chaca, West Indian birch, naked Indian, and turpentine tree, is a tree species in the family Burseraceae, native to the Neotropics, from South Florida to Mexico and the Caribbean to Brazil, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.[2] Bursera simaruba is prevalent in the Petenes mangroves ecoregion of the Yucatán, where it is a subdominant plant species to the mangroves.[4] In the United States, specimens may be found in the Gulf of Mexico along the western coast of Florida.
- ^ Fuentes, A.C.D.; Samain, M.-S.; Martínez Salas, E. (2019). "Bursera simaruba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T61987595A61987597. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T61987595A61987597.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Bursera simaruba". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-04-06.
- ^ "almácigo". WordReference.com. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ World Wildlife Fund. eds. Mark McGinley, C.Michael Hogan & C. Cleveland. 2010. Petenes mangroves. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and the Environment. Washington, D.C. Archived October 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine