Bourreria
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Bourreria is a genus of flowering plant
s in the borage
family, Boraginaceae
. Members of the genus are commonly known as strongbark or strongback. The generic name was chosen by Patrick Browne
to honour German pharmacist Johann Ambrosius Beurer.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the borage
Borage
Borage, , also known as a starflower, is an annual herb originating in Syria, but naturalized throughout the Mediterranean region, as well as Asia Minor, Europe, North Africa, and South America. It grows to a height of , and is bristly or hairy all over the stems and leaves; the leaves are...
family, Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae
Boraginaceae, the Borage or Forget-me-not family, include a variety of shrubs, trees, and herbs, totaling about 2,000 species in 146 genera found worldwide.A number of familiar plants belong to this family....
. Members of the genus are commonly known as strongbark or strongback. The generic name was chosen by Patrick Browne
Patrick Browne
Patrick Browne was an Irish physician and botanist.-Career:Browne was born in Woodstock, County Mayo, sent to relatives on Antigua in 1737 and returned to Europe due to ill health after two years. He studied medicine, natural history and especially botany at Reims, Paris and Leyden, qualifying...
to honour German pharmacist Johann Ambrosius Beurer.
Selected species
- Bourreria baccataBourreria baccataBourreria baccata is a species of plant in the Boraginaceae family. It is endemic to Jamaica.-Source:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....
Raf.Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-SchmaltzConstantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz, as he is known in Europe, was a nineteenth-century polymath who made notable contributions to botany, zoology, the study of prehistoric earthworks in North America and Mesoamerican ancient linguistics.Rafinesque was eccentric, and is often portrayed as an... - Bourreria cassinifolia (A.Rich.) Griseb. – Smooth Strongbark
- Bourreria ovata Miers
- Bourreria radula (Poir.) G.Don – Rough Strongbark
- Bourreria revoluta Kunth
- Bourreria succulenta Jacq. – Bodywood
- Bourreria velutinaBourreria velutinaBourreria velutina is a species of plant in the Boraginaceae family. It is endemic to Jamaica.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....
(DC.) Gurke - Bourreria virgata (Sw.) G.Don – Roble de Guayo