Elephant Trees, Copales, and Cuajiotes

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Physical Setting: Mexico's Mountain Ranges and Climate
2. American Tropical Deciduous Forests
3. Bursera Through Time: The Advantages of Being at the Right Place at the Right Time
4. Bursera's Anatomical and Physiological Adaptations to the Land
To Exfoliate or Not to Exfoliate, That Is the Question
Succulence
Leaves, the Most Variable Trait of Bursera
5. Bursera Leaves and Their Interactions with Leaf Devourers
6. Bursera Reproductive Traits, or a Genus with Confused Sexuality
Reproductive Systems
Flowers
Fruits
7. Bursera and People
Resins
Essential Oil
Bursera Wooden Artifacts
8. Where Burseras Grow
9. How to Grow Burseras
10. Systematics and Taxonomy
Bursera Belongs to the Burseraceae
Evolutionary Relationships Within the Genus
11. Bursera: Genus and Species Descriptions
12. Index of Plants by Major Leaf Traits and Location
Glossary
References
Index

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