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Burseraceae : The Frankinsense Family

To date 16 species of this family have been collected in the Oapan, San Juan Tetelcingo, and Ameyaltepec area, all belonging to the genera Bursera. Of these, 15 have been identified by Nahuatl consultants with a Nahuatl name. One collected species, Bursera longipes (Rose) Standley, was not recognized as a plant named in Nahuatl.

The following members of this family have been documented in sources consulted on Guerrero flora: Bursera aloexylon, Bursera aptera, Bursera ariensis, Bursera bicolor, Bursera bipinnata, Bursera bipinnata X copallifera, Bursera bolivarii, Bursera bonetti, Bursera chenopodycta, Bursera copallifera, Bursera denticulata, Bursera discolor, Bursera diversifolia, Bursera fagaroides, Bursera fagaroides, Bursera glabrifolia, Bursera grandifolia, Bursera jorullensis, Bursera lancifolia, Bursera longipes, Bursera mirandae, Bursera morelensis, Bursera multifolia, Bursera schlechtendalii, Bursera submoniliformis, Bursera suntui, Bursera vejar-vazquezii, Bursera velutina, and Bursera xochipalensis.

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List of Burseraceae species collected, with most common Nahuatl names

(for sound and text of Temini:xka:tsi:n by Inocencio Díaz of Ameyaltepec, click sound icon and then arrow)

 
Genus species
 
Ameyaltepec
S. Agustín Oapan
S. Juan Tetelcingo
 

Bursera aloexylon (Schiede ex. Schlecht.) Engler

  kopalkuwtli kopalkohtli de komi:nos kopalkuwtle
  Bursera aptera Ramírez   kuwxio:tl istá:k / kuwxio:tl de kostik ki:sa ikopahlo kohxio:tl ista:k kwékwé:xtik i:xihyo kohxio:tl
  Bursera arborea (Rose) Riley   kuwxio:tl istá:k de texkahloh (not named) (not named)
  Bursera bipinnata (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Engl.   sa:ntokopalkuhtli / kopalsa:ntoh kopalkohtli i:pan ki:sa i:kopahlo de sa:ntoh kopalkuhtle de kopalpo:tsahle
  Bursera bolivarii Rzedowski   kuwxio:tl istá:k xkipia ikopahlo / kuwxio:tl istá:k kohxio:tl ista:k xkipia i:kopahlo / kohxio:tl ista:k kwékwé:xtik i:xihyo kuwxio:tl ist:ák pestik / ista:k kohxio:tl
  Bursera lancifolia Schlecht   (not named) a:te:nkohtli pitsa:wak a:te:nkuwtle
  Bursera morelensis Ramírez   kuwxio:tl chi:chi:ltik tsi:kapakohtli tsi:kapalkuwtle
  Bursera schlechtendalii Engler   temini:xka:tsi:n temaní:xká:tsi:n temenexi:ka:tsi:n
  Bursera simaruba L.   ka:kawan:an ka:kawan:an ka:kawan:an
  Bursera sp. Jacq. ex L.   chi:chiwatsi:n chi:chiwatsi:n chi:chiwaktsi:n
  Bursera submoniliformis Engler   kopalkuwtli kopalkohtli tekwitlanextik kopalkuwtle tekwitlanextik
  Bursera vejar-vazquezii Miranda   xo:chikopahli xo:chikopahli xo:chikopahle
  Bursera velutina Bullock   te:tlatia de tlatla:katl (not named) te:tlatia de tlahtla:katl
  Bursera xochipalensis Rzedowski   kopalchi:noh kopalchi:noh kopalchi:noh

 

List of Burseraceae species collected that have no known Nahuatl names in the region

 
Genus species
 
Ameyaltepec
S. Agustín Oapan
S. Juan Tetelcingo
 

Bursera longipes (Rose) Standley

  (not named) (not named) (not named)