Bourreria succulenta

Bourreria succulenta is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. It is a tree native to Caribbean islands including Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and the Lesser Antilles, and to Florida, southern Mexico, and northern Venezuela. It is known by several synonyms, including Bourreria baccata and B. velutina.^[2] Common names include cherry, currant tree, poisonberry, chink, and bodywood.^[3]

Bourreria succulenta
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)(as Bourreria baccata)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Boraginaceae
Genus:	Bourreria
Species:	B. succulenta
Binomial name
Bourreria succulenta Jacq. (1763)
Synonyms[2]
List Bourreria baccata Raf. (1838) Bourreria beureria Huth (1893) Bourreria clariuscula Miers (1869) Bourreria domingensis (A.DC.) Griseb. (1862) Bourreria grandiflora (Poir.) Griseb. (1866), nom. illeg. Bourreria ovata Miers (1869) Bourreria ovata var. hirtella O.E.Schulz (1929) Bourreria recurva Miers (1869) Bourreria revoluta Kunth (1818) Bourreria rigida Miers Bourreria succulenta var. canescens O.E.Schulz (1910) Bourreria succulenta var. revoluta (Kunth) O.E.Schulz (1911) Bourreria succulenta f. umbrosa O.E.Schulz (1911) Bourreria tomentosa var. velutina (A.DC.) Griseb. (1861) Bourreria velutina (A.DC.) Gürke (1893) Bourreria velutina var. venosa (Miers) O.E.Schulz (1911) Bourreria venosa (Miers) Stearn (1971) Bourreria wrightii Alain (1956) Collococcus glaber (L.) Friesen (1931-1932 publ. 1933) Cordia beurreria Willd. (1798), pro syn. Cordia bourreria L. (1759) Cordia collococca L. (1762), nom. illeg. Cordia glabra L. (1753) Crematomia attenuata Miers (1869) Crematomia elongata Miers (1869) Crematomia molliuscula Miers (1869) Crematomia revoluta (Kunth) Miers (1869) Crematomia velutina Miers (1869) Crematomia venosa Miers (1869) Ehretia beurreria Chapm. (1860) Ehretia bourreria L. (1762) Ehretia bourreria Desf. (1802), nom. illeg. Ehretia bourreria var. paracalophylla M.Gómez (1890) Ehretia domingensis A.DC. (1845) Ehretia exsucca Bertero ex Griseb. (1862), nom. illeg. Ehretia grandiflora Poir. (1811) Ehretia revoluta A.DC. (1845) Ehretia rupestris Salisb. (1796) Hymenesthes nitida Miers (1875) Lithocardium glabrum (L.) Kuntze (1891) Morelosia beurera Kuntze (1891) Morelosia domingensis (A.DC.) Kuntze (1891) Morelosia ovata (Miers) Kuntze (1891) Morelosia recurva (Miers) Kuntze (1891) Morelosia revoluta (Kunth) Kuntze (1891)

References

1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Bourreria baccata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T35265A9922763. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T35265A9922763.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. Bourreria succulenta Jacq. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
3. "Bourreria succulenta". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 27 December 2014.