Trees or shrubs . Leaves are pinnate. Flowers are gathered in panicles, regular, calyx and corolla fourfold, eight stamens. The fruit is a single-seeded drupe [2] .
According to The Plant List , the genus includes 58 species [3] :
- Amyris abeggii Ekman ex Urb.
- Amyris amazonica Cornejo & Kallunki
- Amyris apiculata Urb. & Ekman
- Amyris attenuata Standl.
- Amyris axilliflora griseb.
- Amyris balsamifera L. typus
- 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 IMJohnst.
- Amyris crebrinervis gereau
- Amyris cubensis ( Borhidi & Acuña ) Beurton
- Amyris diatrypa Spreng.
- Amyris elemifera L.
- Amyris filipes lundell
- Amyris granulata Urb.
- Amyris guatemalensis lundell
- Amyris guianensis aubl.
- Amyris Humboldtii Krug & Urb.
- Amyris Ignea Steyerm.
- Amyris intermedia Urb. & Ekman
- Amyris lineata C.Wright ex Griseb.
- Amyris lurida lundell
- Amyris macrocarpa gereau
- Amyris madrensis S.Watson
- Amyris maestrensis A.Bordhidi & Kereszty
- Amyris magnifolia Gómez-Laur. & Q.Jiménez
- Amyris marshii Standl.
- Amyris metopioides Zanoni & MMMejía
- Amyris mexicana lundell
- Amyris monofoliaris PESánchez
- Amyris monophylla brandegee
- Amyris Multijuga Turcz.
- Amyris oblanceolata A.Pool
- Amyris pernambucensis arruda
- Amyris phlebotaenioides Urb. & Ekman
- Amyris pinnata kunth
- Amyris polymorpha Urb.
- Amyris polyneura Urb.
- Amyris pungens Urb.
- Amyris purpusii P.Wilson
- Amyris rekoi sfblake
- Amyris rhomboidea standl.
- Amyris robinsonii DC.
- Amyris sandemanii sandwith
- Amyris staminosa lundell
- Amyris stromatophylla P.Wilson
- Amyris sylvatica Jacq.
- Amyris terebinthifolia Ten.
- Amyris texana ( Buckley ) P.Wilson
- Amyris thyrsiflora Turcz.
- Amyris trimera Krug & Urb.
- Amyris verrucosa borhidi & kereszty
- Amyris vestita lundell
