Bourreria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ehretiaceae. 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. The genus is native to the tropical Americas and to eastern Africa and Madagascar. American species are distributed from Mexico to northern South America, and in the Caribbean and Florida in the United States. The center of diversity is in the Caribbean, Central America,Gottschling, M. and J. S. Miller. (2007). A revision of Bourreria (Boraginales, Ehretiaceae) in South America. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94(4) 734-44. and Mexico.Campos Ríos, G. M. (2005). Revisión del género Bourreria P. Browne (Boraginaceae) en México. Polibotánica 19, 39-103. (Spanish) The eastern African species range from Ethiopia to Mozambique and to Madagascar, the Comoro Islands, and Mauritius.
Species 52 species are accepted. Bourreria andrieuxii (synonym Bourreria purpusii ) – guayabillo, lágrima de virgen, yoa prieto, jazmín del monte Bourreria angustifolia Bourreria apetala Bourreria aquilana Bourreria bolivarensis Bourreria calophylla Bourreria capuronii Bourreria comorensis Bourreria costaricensis Bourreria croatii Bourreria darcyana Bourreria exsucca Bourreria franciscoi Bourreria grandicalyx Miller, J. S. and B. Sirot. (1997). A New Species of Bourreria (Boraginaceae) from Costa Rica. Novon 7(4) 395-97. Bourreria grayumii Bourreria havanensis (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Miers (synonym Bourreria cassinifolia (A.Rich.) Griseb.) – smooth strongbark Bourreria hintonii Bourreria huanita – huanita, jazmín de palo, jazmín del istmo, guie-xoba Bourreria labatii Bourreria laxa Bourreria leslieae Bourreria linearis Bourreria longiflora Bourreria lowryana Bourreria lyciacea Bourreria microphylla Bourreria moaensis Bourreria mollis (synonym Bourreria oxyphylla ) – bojón, jub a che, palo de nance, taruche, copo a max Bourreria moratiana Bourreria motaguensis Véliz Pérez, M. E., et al. (2009). Especie nueva del género Bourreria (Ehretiaceae, Boraginales) de Mesoamérica. Brittonia 61(3), 237-40. Bourreria nemoralis Bourreria orbicularis Bourreria petiolaris Bourreria polyneura Bourreria pulchra – bakalbo, kakalché, copte ché Bourreria quirosii Bourreria randrianasoloana Bourreria rekoi Bourreria rinconensis Miller, J. S. (1999). New Boraginaceae from tropical America 1: New species of Bourreria and Tournefortia from Costa Rica and a note on the publication of Cordia collococca. Novon 9(2) 230-35. Bourreria ritovegana Bourreria rowellii Bourreria rubra Bourreria scabra Bourreria schatziana Bourreria sonorae – chocolatillo, lengua de gato Bourreria spathulata – capulín, zalzapotzin, zapotillo Bourreria succulenta Jacq. (synonyms Bourreria baccata and Bourreria ovata Miers) – bodywood, chink, poisonberry, Bahamian strongbark Bourreria superba – ricate Bourreria teitensis Bourreria tomentosa (synonym Bourreria radula (Poir.) G.Don) – rough strongbark Bourreria virgata (Sw.) G.Don – roble de guayo
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