Amyris is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek word αμ ('), which means "intensely scented" and refers to the strong odor of the resin. Members of the genus are commonly known as torchwoods''' because of their highly flammable wood.
Amyris is a genus of flowering plants in the citrus family, Rutaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek word αμ ('), which means "intensely scented" and refers to the strong odor of the resin. Members of the genus are commonly known as torchwoods' because of their highly flammable wood.
==Species== , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: Amyris abeggii Ekman ex Urb. Amyris amazonica Cornejo & Kallunki Amyris apiculata Urb. & Ekman Amyris attenuata Standl. Amyris balsamifera L. – balsam torchwood Amyris barbata Lundell Amyris brachybotrys Turcz. Amyris brenesii Standl. Amyris carterae Rebman & F.Chiang Amyris centinelensis Cornejo Amyris chiapensis Lundell Amyris conzattii Standl. Amyris cordata I.M.Johnst. Amyris crebrinervis Gereau Amyris cubensis (Borhidi & Acuña) Beurton Amyris diatrypa Spreng. – hairy torchwood Amyris elemifera L. – sea torchwood Amyris filipes Lundell Amyris granulata Urb. Amyris guatemalensis Lundell Amyris guianensis Aubl. Amyris humboldtii Krug & Urb. Amyris ignea Steyerm. Amyris intermedia Urb. & Ekman Amyris jorgemeavei Hern.-Barón, Espejo, Pérez-García, Cerros & López-Ferr. Amyris karlitae W.Palacios Amyris lineata C.Wright ex Griseb. Amyris lurida Lundell Amyris macrocarpa Gereau Amyris madrensis S.Watson – mountain torchwood Amyris magnifolia Gómez-Laur. & Q.Jiménez Amyris marshii Standl. Amyris metopioides Zanoni & M.M.Mejía Amyris mexicana Lundell Amyris monophylla Brandegee Amyris multijuga Turcz. Amyris oblanceolata A.Pool Amyris pernambucensis Arruda Amyris phlebotaenioides Urb. & Ekman Amyris pinnata Kunth Amyris plumieri DC. Amyris polymorpha Urb. Amyris polyneura Urb. Amyris pungens Urb. Amyris purpusii P.Wilson Amyris rekoi S.F.Blake Amyris rhomboidea Standl. Amyris robinsonii DC. Amyris roseomaculata Hern.-Barón, Cerros, M.González, Espejo & López-Ferr. Amyris sandemanii Sandwith Amyris staminosa Lundell Amyris stromatophylla P.Wilson Amyris terebinthifolia Ten. Amyris texana (Buckley) P.Wilson – Texas torchwood, chapotillo Amyris thyrsiflora Turcz. Amyris trimera Krug & Urb. Amyris vestita Lundell
Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).