Protium (plant)

Protium
Protium heptaphyllum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Burseraceae
Genus: Protium
Burm.f. (1768), nom. cons.
Species[1]

151, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Caproxylon Tussac (1827)
  • Crepidospermum Hook.f. (1862)
  • Dammara Gaertn. (1791)
  • Hedwigia Sw. (1788), nom. rej.
  • Hemicrepidospermum Swart (1942)
  • Icica Aubl. (1775)
  • Icicopsis Engl. (1874)
  • Knorrea DC. (1825), not validly publ.
  • Managa Aubl. (1775)
  • Marignia Comm. ex Kunth (1824)
  • Paraprotium Cuatrec. (1952)
  • Schwaegrichenia Rchb. (1828)
  • Tetragastris Gaertn. (1790)
  • Tingulonga Rumph. ex Kuntze (1891)

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.[1][2] The genus had been included in Bursera, but is distinct.[3]

The species are usually small or medium-sized trees, but some can be large, up to 35 m (115 ft) 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.

  1. ^ a b c Protium Burm.f. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  2. ^ Daly, Douglas Charles de Burgh; Fine, Paul Van Antwerp; Martínez-Habibe, María Cristina (March 2012). "Burseraceae: a model for studying the Amazon flora". Rodriguésia. 63 (1): 021–030. doi:10.1590/s2175-78602012000100002. ISSN 2175-7860.
  3. ^ Douglas Charles de Burgh Daly; Paul Van Antwerp Fine; María Cristina Martínez-Habibe (January–March 2012). "Burseraceae: a model for studying the Amazon flora". Rodriguésia. 63 (1): 021–030. doi:10.1590/S2175-78602012000100002.