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Bursera cuneata (Schltdl.) Engl.

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Elaphrium cuneatum Schlecht. Linnaea 17 : 629. 1843
Bursera cuneala Engler, in DC. Monog. Phan. 4 : 56. 1883. Terebinthus cuneata Rose. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 10: 119. 1906.
Probably a tree ; young branches pubescent ; leaves pinnate ; rachis winged ; leaflets 7-9, elliptic to oblong, acute, cuneate at base, serrate, strongly nerved, somewhat pubescent above, densely pubescent beneath ; fruiting racemes longer than the petioles ; drupes ovoid to orbicular, acute.
Type locality : Near " Zamaliztlahuaca " [?Tlamixtlahuaca, Guerrero]. Distribution : Vera Cruz (?) and Guerrero.
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John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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