Bucida

''Bucida'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

s in the Indian almond family,

Combretaceae The Combretaceae, often called the white mangrove family, are a family of flowering plants in the order Myrtales. The family includes about 530 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas in ca 10 genera. The family includes the leadwood tree, ''Combre ...

. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete): * '' Bucida angustifolia'' * ''

Bucida buceras ''Terminalia buceras'' is a tree in the Combretaceae family. It is known by a variety of names in English, including bullet tree, black olive tree, gregorywood (or gregory wood), Antigua whitewood, and oxhorn bucida. It is native to Mexico, Cent ...

'' L. - Bullet tree (southern

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, the

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) * '' Bucida comintana'' * '' Bucida correlliana'' * '' Bucida eocenica'' * '' Bucida macrostachya'' * '' Bucida macrostachys'' * '' Bucida megaphylla'' * '' Bucida megapotamica'' * '' Bucida molinetii'' (M.Gómez) Alwan & Stace - Spiny black olive (southern

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in the

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, the Bahamas,

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...

) * '' Bucida nariniana'' * '' Bucida nitida'' * ''

Bucida ophiticola ''Bucida ophiticola'' is a species of plant in the Combretaceae family. It is endemic to Cuba. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat ...

'' Bisse (

) * '' Bucida palustris'' Borhidi & O.Muñiz * '' Bucida paramicola'' * '' Bucida sanchezensis'' * '' Bucida subinermis'' * '' Bucida umbellata'' * '' Bucida wigginsiana'' Myrtales genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Myrtales-stub