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. |
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)
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Ameyaltepec
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S. Agustín Oapan
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S. Juan Tetelcingo
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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
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Ameyaltepec
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S. Agustín Oapan
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S. Juan Tetelcingo
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Bursera longipes (Rose) Standley |
(not named) | (not named) | (not named) |