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roble de guayo

Bourreria virgata · Ehretiaceae · also called Bourreria virgata

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Form
shrub
Rated in
Global
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Global

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution
Documented in PR.

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

How to read this page

The status above is computed from the cited rows below: independent recommendations can support a fire-resistant result, an avoid row can produce keep-away, and disagreement stays visible as conflict. Placement notes preserve each source’s own scheme rather than translating unlike rules into one scale. This is evidence about a plant, not permission to plant it in every part of the defensible space; Zone 0 remains noncombustible.

The evidence

Grouped by what each source concluded. Primary evidence rated the plant itself (a lab, field program, or original curation); corroboration compiled or republished another source's rating and resolves to its root lineage.

Listed without a rating (48)
Corroboration (48 rows from 1 source)

  • FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database — Dryad / Global Ecology and Biogeography · Dryad version 9 · original source Corroboration Trait database lineage: meta-aggregator

    48 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.

    • Primary study Rodriguez2016: Rodriguez, Y. C., Rodriguez, M. P. R., Mesa, F. J., Hernandez, Y. C., & Becerra, L. W. M. (2016). Flammability of plant species of pine ecosystem. Revista Cubana De Ciencias Forestales, 4, 36-47.

      Shared row context: plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Rodriguez2016-1; sampling november to october.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 6.33”

          FLAMITS record 10964.

        • “time to flaming (s): 5.06”

          FLAMITS record 10965.

        • “time to flaming (s): 6.77”

          FLAMITS record 10966.

        • “time to flaming (s): 8.28”

          FLAMITS record 10967.

        • “time to flaming (s): 9.2”

          FLAMITS record 10968.

        • “time to flaming (s): 7.35”

          FLAMITS record 10969.

        • “time to flaming (s): 9.11”

          FLAMITS record 10970.

        • “time to flaming (s): 8.72”

          FLAMITS record 10971.

        • “time to flaming (s): 7.8”

          FLAMITS record 10972.

        • “time to flaming (s): 7.96”

          FLAMITS record 10973.

        • “time to flaming (s): 6.44”

          FLAMITS record 10974.

        • “time to flaming (s): 6.22”

          FLAMITS record 10975.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11252.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11253.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11254.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11255.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11256.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11257.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11258.

        • “flammability value: 4”

          FLAMITS record 11259.

        • “flammability value: 4”

          FLAMITS record 11260.

        • “flammability value: 2”

          FLAMITS record 11261.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11262.

        • “flammability value: 5”

          FLAMITS record 11263.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “flaming duration (s): 10.64”

          FLAMITS record 11060.

        • “flaming duration (s): 10.97”

          FLAMITS record 11061.

        • “flaming duration (s): 7.72”

          FLAMITS record 11062.

        • “flaming duration (s): 5.87”

          FLAMITS record 11063.

        • “flaming duration (s): 7.03”

          FLAMITS record 11064.

        • “flaming duration (s): 6.85”

          FLAMITS record 11065.

        • “flaming duration (s): 7.18”

          FLAMITS record 11066.

        • “flaming duration (s): 7.21”

          FLAMITS record 11067.

        • “flaming duration (s): 7.38”

          FLAMITS record 11068.

        • “flaming duration (s): 7.97”

          FLAMITS record 11069.

        • “flaming duration (s): 11.42”

          FLAMITS record 11070.

        • “flaming duration (s): 8.21”

          FLAMITS record 11071.

        • “burning duration (s): 50”

          FLAMITS record 11156.

        • “burning duration (s): 41”

          FLAMITS record 11157.

        • “burning duration (s): 41”

          FLAMITS record 11158.

        • “burning duration (s): 37”

          FLAMITS record 11159.

        • “burning duration (s): 43”

          FLAMITS record 11160.

        • “burning duration (s): 39”

          FLAMITS record 11161.

        • “burning duration (s): 39”

          FLAMITS record 11162.

        • “burning duration (s): 40”

          FLAMITS record 11163.

        • “burning duration (s): 41”

          FLAMITS record 11164.

        • “burning duration (s): 42”

          FLAMITS record 11165.

        • “burning duration (s): 51”

          FLAMITS record 11166.

        • “burning duration (s): 38”

          FLAMITS record 11167.

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Last verified 2026-08-25. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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