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Ver. 24.11
November 5th, 2024

266.0000 Family Burseraceae Kunth; Ann. Sci. Nat (Paris) 2: 346 (1824), nom. cons.
19 genera, ca. 730 spp. Phylogeny mostly following Cole (Poster, 2023)
Species listed in database: 753
= Balsameaceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl.: 36, 41 (1829)
266.0303 Genus Commiphora Jacq.; Hort. Schoenb. 2: 66 (1797)
Distribution: mostly Africa (many in semideserts in Somalia, S-Ethiopia, Kenya and Namibia / Angola), Madagascar (ca. 30), Mascarenes, few Arabian Peninsula eastward to W-India
Species listed in database: 170
= Balessam Bruce; Select Spec. Nat. Hist. 5: t. 25 (1790)
= Balsamea Gled.; Berl. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Schr. 3: 127 (1782)
= Balsamodendrum Kunth; Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. 1, 2: 348 (1824)
= Balsamophloeos O.Berg; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 20: 163 (1862)
= Balsamus Stackh.; De Liban: 11 (1814)
= Bdellion Baill. ex Laness.; Pl. Util. Col. Franç.: 815 (1886), nom. inval.
= Hemprichia Ehrenb.; Linnaea 4: 396 (1829)
= Heudelotia A.Rich.; Guill. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent. 150, t. 39 (1832)
= Hitzera Klotzsch; Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 89 (1861)
= Neomangenotia J.-F.Leroy; Adansonia, sér. 2, 16( 2): 198 (1976)
= Niotoutt Adans.; Voy. 162 (1759)
= Protionopsis Blume; Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 1: 229 (1850)
= Protium Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 176 (1834)
= Spondiopsis Engl.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C 243 (1895)
species :
Commiphora acuminata Mattick; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 656 (1935)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Commiphora africana (Rich.) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 14 (1883)
Distribution: Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; N-Cameroon; E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Chad (incl. Ennedi); Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, C-Saudi Arabia)
22 BEN BKN GAM IVO MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN TOG 23 CMN RWA ZAI 24 CHA ERI ETH SOM SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 35 SAU
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamea africana (A.Rich.) Baill.; Hist. Pl. 5: 295 (1874)
= Balsamea kotschyi (O.Berg) Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 41 (1881)
= Balsamea pilosa Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 41 (1881)
= Balsamodendrum africanum (A.Rich.) Arn.; Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 87 (1839)
= Balsamodendrum africanum var. ramosissimum Oliv.
= Balsamodendrum kotschyi O.Berg; Bot. Zeit. 20: 162 (1862)
= Bdellium africanum Baill. ex Laness.; Pl. Util. Col. Franç.: 815 (1886), nom. inval.
= Commiphora africana var. ramosissima Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 14 (1883)
= Commiphora africana var. togoensis Engl.; Explor. Bot. Afrique Occ. Franç. 1: 110 (1920)
= Commiphora africana var. tubuk (Sprague) J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 48 (1991)
= Commiphora benadirensis Mattei; Boll. Ort. Bot. Palermo 7: 177 (1908)
= Commiphora calciicola Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44: 147 (1910)
= Commiphora loandensis Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 370 (1899)
= Commiphora nkolola Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 308 (1905)
= Commiphora palmatifoliolata Chiov.; Fl. Somala II. 121 (1932)
= Commiphora pilosa (Engl.) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 12 (1883)
= Commiphora pilosa var. meyeri-johannis Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 95 (1892)
= Commiphora rugosa Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 307 (1905)
= Commiphora sambesiaca Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44: 146 (1910)
= Commiphora tubuk Sprague; Hook. Ic. Pl, t. 3108 (1927)
= Heudelotia africana A.Rich.; Guill. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent. 150, t. 39 (1832)
variant :
var. glaucidula (Engl.) J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 47 (1991)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora pilosa var. glaucidula Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 307 (1904)
variant :
var. oblongifoliolata (Engl.) J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 48 (1991)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora pilosa var. oblongifoliolata Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 95 (1892)
variant :
var. rubriflora (Engl.) Wild; Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 33: 42 (1959)
Distribution: Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
26 MOZ ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora africana var. venosa (Mattick) Govaerts; World Checklist Seed Plants 3(1): 20 (1999)
= Commiphora pilosa var. venosa Mattick; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 665 (1935)
= Commiphora rubriflora Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30(3-4): 336 (1901)
species :
Commiphora alata Chiov.; Stefan. & Paoli, Miss. Somal. Ital. Merid., Relaz. 236 (1916)
Distribution: SW-Somalia
24 SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora agar Chiov.; Fl. Somala II. 119 (1932)
species :
Commiphora alaticaulis J.B.Gillett & Vollesen; Kew Bull. 40(1): 52 (1985)
Distribution: SE-Ethiopia; SW-Somalia; Kenya
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN
species :
Commiphora anacardiifolia Dinter & Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 475 (1912)
Distribution: SW-Angola; NW-Namibia
26 ANG 27 NAM
species :
Commiphora andranovoryensis Phillipson, Raharim., A.Weeks & Gostel; Syst. Bot. 41(4): 1006 (2016)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Commiphora angolensis Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 24 (1883)
Name: Sand Corkwood
Distribution: Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Mpulamanga)
26 ANG ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamea angolensis Hiern; Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. 1: 124 (1896)
= Balsamea longebracteata (Engl.) Hiern; Cat. Afr. Pl. (Hiern) 1: 124 (1896)
= Commiphora gossweileri Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44: 147 (1910)
= Commiphora kwebensis N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 98 (1909)
= Commiphora longebracteata Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 19 (1883)
= Commiphora nigrescens Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44: 148 (1910)
= Commiphora olivieri Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 24 (1883)
= Commiphora rehmanniana Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 4: 255 (1896)
= Commiphora rehmannii Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 15 (1883)
species :
Commiphora angustefoliolata Mendes; Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 28: 137 (1964)
Distribution: SW-Angola
26 ANG
species :
Commiphora ankaranensis (Leroy) Cheek & Rakot.; Taxon 40(2): 235 (1991)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Neomangenotia ankaranensis J.-F.Leroy; Adansonia, sér. 2, 16( 2): 198 (1976)
species :
Commiphora antunesii Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 4: 255 (1896)
Distribution: SW-Angola
26 ANG
species :
Commiphora aprevalii (Baill.) Guillaumin; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 142 (1909)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamea aprevalii Baill.; Hist. pl. Madagascar, Atlas (1894) t. 226 d bis.
= Commiphora aprevalii var. granulifera H.Perrier; Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 18: 279 (1944)
species :
Commiphora arafy H.Perrier; Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, n. s. 18: 283 (1944)
Distribution: Madagascar; Comores (Mayotte, etc.)
29 COM MDG
species :
Commiphora arenaria Thulin; Nordic J. Bot. 20(4): 395 (2000)
Distribution: SW-Somalia
24 SOM
species :
Commiphora baluensis Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 313 (1904)
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; Kenya; NE-Tanzania
24 ETH 25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora gallaensis (Engl.) Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 487 (1912)
= Commiphora hildebrandtii var. gallaensis Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 427 (1912)
species :
Commiphora benguelensis Swanepoel; Phytotaxa 217(2): 191 (2015)
Distribution: Angola
26 ANG
species :
Commiphora berardelli Chiov.; Atti R. Accad. Ital., Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. etc. 11: (Pl. Nov. Aethiop.) 22(1940)
Distribution: Ethiopia
24 ETH
Remarks: status uncertain
species :
Commiphora berryi (Arn.) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 17 (1883)
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Amyris gileadensis Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 28 (1814) nomen, Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 2: 246 (1832)
= Balsamea berryi (Arn.) Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 41 (1880)
= Balsamea gileadensis (Kunth) Oken; Allg. Naturgesch. 3: (3) 1758 (1841)
= Balsamodendrum berryanum Voigt; Hort. Suburb. Calc. 149 (1845)
= Balsamodendrum berryi Arn.; Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 86 (1839)
= Protium gileadense (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 177 (1834)
species :
Commiphora boranensis Vollesen; Kew Bull. 40(1): 64 (1985)
Distribution: Ethiopia; SW-Somalia; N-Kenya
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN
species :
Commiphora brevicalyx H.Perrier; Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, n. s. 18: 277 (1944)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora brevicalyx subsp. vezorum Capuron; Adansonia, sér. 2, 2: 281 (1962)
species :
Commiphora buruxa Swanepoel; S. African J. Bot. 77(3): 609 (2011)
Distribution: Namibia
27 NAM
species :
Commiphora caerulea Burtt; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 111 (1935)
Distribution: Tanzania; S-Zambia; S-Malawi; Zimbabwe; N-Botswana
25 TAN 26 MLW ZAM ZIM 27 BOT
species :
Commiphora campestris Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 97 (1893)
subspecies :
subsp. campestris
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania
24 ETH 25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora scheffleri Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44: 150 (1910)
variant :
var. heterophylla (Engl.) J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 35 (1991)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora heterophylla Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 306 (1904)
subspecies :
subsp. glabrata (Engl.) J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 35 (1991)
Distribution: Somalia; Kenya; Tanzania
24 SOM 25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora glabrata Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44: 148 (1910)
subspecies :
subsp. magadiensis J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 35 (1991)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
subspecies :
subsp. shinyangensis J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 36 (1991)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
subspecies :
subsp. wajirensis J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 36 (1991)
Distribution: Kenya
25 KEN
species :
Commiphora capensis (Sond.) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 18 (1883)
Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)
27 NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamea capensis (Sond.) Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 42 (1881)
= Balsamodendrum capense Sond.; Fl. Cap. [Harvey] 1: 526 (1860)
= Commiphora rangeana Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44(2-3): 149 (1910)
= Commiphora ruquietiana Dinter & Engl. ex Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 482 (1912)
= Elaphrium capense (Sond.) DC.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 724 (1824)
species :
Commiphora capuronii Bard.-Vauc.; Adansonia, sér. 3, 24(1): 43 (2002)
Distribution: N-Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Commiphora caudata (Wight & Arn.) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 27 (1883)
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Amyris acuminata Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 28 (1814) nomen, Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 2: 246 (1832)
= Amyris serratifolia Rottler ex A.W.Benn.; Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 1: 529 (1875)
= Balsamea caudata (Wight & Arn.) Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 42 (1881)
= Balsamea pubescens (Wight & Arn.) Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 42 (1880)
= Balsamodendrum arnottianum Marchand; Adansonia 7: 266 (1866 publ. 1867)
= Balsamodendrum caudatum (Wight & Arn.) Marchand; Adansonia 7: 266 (1866 publ. 1867)
= Balsamodendrum roxburghianum (Wight & Arn.) Wall. ex Voigt; Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 150 (1845)
= Commiphora roxburghii (Wight & Arn.) Alston; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Peradeniya 11: 300 (1930)
= Protionopsis caudata (Wight & Arn.) Blume; Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 1: 229 (1850)
= Protionopsis roxburghiana (Wight & Arn.) Blume; Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 1: 229 (1850)
= Protium caudatum Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 176 (1834)
= Protium roxburghiana Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 176 (1834)
variant :
var. pubescens (Wight & Arn.) K.M.Matthew; Kew Bull. 46(3): 540 (1991)
Distribution: S-India (Tamil Nadu)
40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora pubescens (Wight & Arn.) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 21 (1883)
= Protionopsis pubescens (Wight & Arn.) Blume; Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. 1: 229 (1850)
= Protium pubescens Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 176 (1834)
= Tingulonga pubescens (Wight & Arn.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 108 (1891)
species :
Commiphora cervifolia Van der Walt; J. S. Afr. Bot. 37(3): 189 (1971)
Distribution: S-Namibia
27 NAM
species :
Commiphora chaetocarpa J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 18 (1991)
Distribution: C-Somalia
24 SOM
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Commiphora chevalieri Engl.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54: 8 (1907)
Distribution: Central African Republic
23 CAF
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Commiphora chiovendana J.B.Gillett ex Thulin; Nordic J. Bot. 20(4): 405 (2000 publ. 2001)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
species :
Commiphora ciliata Vollesen; Kew Bull. 40(1): 50 (1985)
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; Somalia; NE-Kenya
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Commiphora coleopsis H.Perrier; Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, n. s. 18: 282 (1944)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Commiphora confusa Vollesen; Kew Bull. 40(1): 54 (1985)
Distribution: South Sudan; S-Ethiopia; Kenya; NE-Tanzania
24 ETH SSU 25 KEN TAN
species :
Commiphora corrugata J.B.Gillett & Vollesen; Kew Bull. 40(1): 59 (1985)
Distribution: Ethiopia; SW-Somalia; NE-Kenya
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Commiphora crenatoserrata Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 140 (1894)
Distribution: N-Namibia
27 NAM
species :
Commiphora cuneifolia Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 304 (1889)
Distribution: Madagascar (Antsiranana)
29 MDG
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Commiphora cyclophylla Chiov. ex Guid.; Riv. Ital. Ess. e Prof. 13: 233 (1931), nomen, Chiov. Fl. Somala II. 88(1932), descr.
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; Somalia; NE-Kenya
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora campestris Chiov.; (1916), non Engl.
= Commiphora cornii Chiov. ex Guid.; Riv. Ital. Ess. e Prof. 13: 233 (1931), in obs, Chiov. Fl. Somala II. 96 (1932)
= Commiphora lughensis Chiov.; Fl. Somala 2: 105 (1932)
species :
Commiphora dalzielii Hutch.; Hutch. & Dalziel, Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 1: 488 (1928), et Kew Bull. 25 (1929)
Distribution: Ghana
22 GHA
species :
Commiphora dinteri Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44: 151 (1910)
Distribution: Namibia
27 NAM
species :
Commiphora discolor Mendes; Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 41: 155 (1967)
Distribution: SW-Angola; NW-Namibia
26 ANG 27 NAM
species :
Commiphora drake-brockmanii Sprague; Hook. Ic. Pl, t. 3112 (1927)
Distribution: NE-Somalia
24 SOM
species :
Commiphora edulis (Klotzsch) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 22 (1883)
subspecies :
subsp. edulis
Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo)
25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamea edulis (Klotzsch) Baill.; Bull. Soc. Linn. Par. 1: 122 (1877)
= Commiphora chlorocarpa Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 414 (1900)
= Commiphora morogorensis Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 473 (1912)
= Commiphora trollii Mattick; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 659 (1935)
= Hitzera edulis Klotzsch; Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 89 (1861)
subspecies :
subsp. boiviniana (Engl.) J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 65 (1991)
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; S-Somalia; NE-Uganda; Kenya
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora boiviniana Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 21 (1883)
= Commiphora boiviniana var. crenata Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 22 (1883)
= Commiphora savoiae Chiov.; Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. s. 34: 843 (1927)
= Commiphora scaberula Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 295 (1917)
subspecies :
subsp. holosericea (Engl.) J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 67 (1991)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora holosericea Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 313 (1904)
= Commiphora pilosissima Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 308 (1904)
species :
Commiphora elliptica Phillipson, Raharim., A.Weeks & Gostel; Syst. Bot. 41(4): 1011 (2016)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Commiphora eminii Engl.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C 230 (1895)
subspecies :
subsp. eminii
Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia
25 TAN 26 ZAM
subspecies :
subsp. trifoliolata (Engl.) J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 57 (1991)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Spondiopsis trifoliolata Engl.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C 243 (1895)
subspecies :
subsp. zimmermannii (Engl.) J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 57 (1991)
Distribution: Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Mozambique
25 KEN TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora kyimbilensis Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 293 (1917)
= Commiphora missionis Chiov.; Racc. Bot. Miss. Consol. Kenya, 17 (1935)
= Commiphora puguensis Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 289 (1911)
= Commiphora zimmermannii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44: 154 (1910)
species :
Commiphora engleri Guillaumin; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 141, in obs. (1909)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora acutifoliolata Mattick; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 708 (1935)
= Commiphora laxiflora Engl.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C 230 (1895), non Baker 1887
species :
Commiphora enneaphylla Chiov.; Fl. Somala II. 78 (1932)
Distribution: SW-Somalia
24 SOM
species :
Commiphora erlangeriana Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 311 (1904)
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; Somalia
24 ETH SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora retifolia Chiov.; Fl. Somala II. 54 (1932)
species :
Commiphora erosa Vollesen; Kew Bull. 40(1): 60 (1985)
Distribution: SE-Ethiopia; SW-Somalia; Kenya
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN
species :
Commiphora falcata Capuron; Adansonia, sér. 2, 2: 277 (1962), et Syst. Bot. 41(4): 1013 (2016)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Commiphora foliacea Sprague; Hook., Ic. Pl, t. 3105 (1927)
Distribution: Somalia; Oman (Dhofar)
24 SOM 35 OMA
species :
Commiphora franciscana Capuron; Adansonia, sér. 2, 2: 274 (1962)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Commiphora fraxinifolia Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 459 (1887)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Commiphora fulvotomentosa Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 295 (1917)
Distribution: Tanzania; Mozambique
25 TAN 26 MOZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora torrei Mendes; Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 44: 295 (1970)
species :
Commiphora gardoensis J.B.Gillett ex Thulin; Nordic J. Bot. 20(4): 399 (2000 publ. 2001)
Distribution: NE-Somalia
24 SOM
species :
Commiphora gariepensis Swanepoel; Bothalia 36(1): 52 (2006)
Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)
27 NAM SAF
species :
Commiphora giessii Van der Walt; Dinteriol 9: 23 (1973)
Distribution: Namibia
27 NAM
species :
Commiphora gileadensis (L.) C.Chr.; Dansk Bot. Arkiv 4: No. 3, 18 (1922)
Name: Mekkabalsam (DE)
Distribution: Egypt (SE-Egypt); Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; NE-Kenya; Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Asir); Oman (Dhofar); Yemen (Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut, Inner Hadhramaut, N-Inner Yemen, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen); Pakistan (Karachi, Sind, Baluchistan); India (Gujarat)
20 EGY 24 DJI ERI ETH SOM SUD 25 KEN 35 OMA SAU YEM 40 IND PAK
Synonyms: hidden
= Amyris gileadensis L.; Diss. Opob., Amoen. Acad. 7: 68 (1764) (as "giliadensis")
= Amyris opobalsamum L.; Amoen. Acad. 7: 68 (1762)
= Balsamea gileadensis (L.) Oken; Allg. Naturgesch. 3(3): 1758 (1841)
= Balsamea meccanensis Gled.; Berl. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Schr. 3: 127 (1782)
= Balsamea opobalsamum (L.) Baill.; Traité Bot. Méd. Phan. 2: 953 (1884)
= Balsamea stocksiana Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 41 (1880)
= Balsamodendron pubescens Stocks; J. Asiat. Soc. Bomb. 2: 395, t. 25 (1848)
= Balsamodendrum ehrenbergianum O.Berg; Bot. Zeit. 20: 163 (1862)
= Balsamodendrum gileadense (L.) Kunth ex DC.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 76 (1825)
= Balsamodendrum opobalsamum (L.) Kunth; Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. 1, 2: 348 (1824)
= Balsamodendrum pubescens Stocks; J. As. Soc. Bomb. 2: 395 (1848)
= Balsamus libanotus Stackh.; Extr. Bruce´ s Travels: 11 (1815)
= Balsamus meccanensis Stackh.; De Liban. 12 (1814)
= Balsamus theophrasti Stackh.; Extr. Bruce´ s Travels: 11 (1815)
= Commiphora albiflora Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 310 (1905)
= Commiphora ancistrophora Chiov.; Fl. Somala II. 111 (1932)
= Commiphora anfractuosa Chiov.; Fl. Somala II. 99 (1932)
= Commiphora cassan Chiov.; Fl. Somala II. 122 (1932)
= Commiphora coronillifolia Chiov. ex Guid.; Riv. Ital. Ess. e Prof. 13: 233 (1931), nomen, Chiov. Fl. Somala II. 101 (1932), descr.
= Commiphora gileadensis var. pubescens (Stocks) J.B.Gillett
= Commiphora gillettii Chiov.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1941: 135 (1941)
= Commiphora microcarpa Chiov.; Fl. Somala II. 126 (1932)
= Commiphora opobalsamum (L.) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 15 (1883)
= Commiphora opobalsamum var. ehrenbergiana (O.Berg) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 17 (1883)
= Commiphora stocksiana (Engl.) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 17 (1883)
= Commiphora suckertiana Chiov.; Nuov. Contr. Fl. Somalia. Ital. (Atti Soc. Nat. e Mat. Modena, lxvi.: 1935) 7(1934)
= Commiphora velutina Chiov.; Stefan. & Paoli, Miss. Somalia. Ital. Merid., Relaz., 236 (1916), nomen, et 1: 47 (1916), descr.
species :
Commiphora glandulosa Schinz; Bull. Herb. Boissier Ser. 2, 8: 633 (1908)
Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; SW-Angola; Zambia; ?Malawi; Zimbabwe; S-Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora berberidifolia Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 480 (1912)
= Commiphora lugardiae N.E.Br.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909, 99 (1909)
= Commiphora pyracanthoides subsp. glandulosa (Schinz) Wild; Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 33: 44 (1959)
= Commiphora ruahensis Mattick; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 661 (1935)
= Commiphora seineri Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44(2-3): 145 (1910)
= Commiphora thermitaria Lisowski, Malaisse & Symoens; Bol. Soc. Brot. 46: 83 (1972 publ. 1973)
species :
Commiphora glaucescens Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 283 (1889)
Distribution: Namibia
27 NAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora hereroensis Schinz; Bull. Herb. Boissier Ser. 2, 8: 632 (1908)
= Commiphora pruinosa Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26(3-4): 368 (1899)
species :
Commiphora gorinii Chiov.; Fl. Somala II. 108 (1932)
Distribution: SW-Somalia
24 SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora erythraea var. glabrescens Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 21 (1883)
species :
Commiphora gracilifrondosa Dinter ex Van der Walt; J. S. Afr. Bot. 37(3): 193 (1971)
Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)
27 NAM SAF
species :
Commiphora grandifolia Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 25 (1883)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamea madagascariensis Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 42 (1881)
= Balsamodendron madagascariense (Jacq.) Marchand; Adansonia 8: 1867 (1868) 71, t. 6
= Commiphora grandifolia var. ambongensis Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 26 (1883)
= Commiphora laxiflora Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 459 (1887)
species :
Commiphora guerichiania Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 141 (1894)
Distribution: Namibia
27 NAM
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Commiphora guidottii Chiov. ex Guid.; Riv. Ital. Ess. e Prof. 13: 232 (1931), in obs., Chiov. Fl. Somala II. 91(1932)
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; Somalia
24 ETH SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora sessiliflora Vollesen; Kew Bull. 40(1): 71 (1985)
species :
Commiphora guillauminii H.Perrier; Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, n. s. 18: 281 (1944)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Commiphora gurreh Engl.; Ann. Ist. Bot. Roma 7: 17 (1897), et Chiov., Fl. Somala II. 85 (1932), descr. ampl.
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; Somalia; NE-Kenya
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora tenuis Vollesen; Kew Bull. 40(1): 48 (1985)
species :
Commiphora hartmannii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44: 144 (1910)
Distribution: Namibia
27 NAM
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Commiphora harveyi (Engl.) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 25 (1883)
Distribution: Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
26 MOZ 27 SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamea harveyi Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 42 (1881)
= Protium africanum Harv.; Fl. Cap. [Harvey] 2: 592 (1862)
species :
Commiphora hildebrandtii (Engl.) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 15 (1883)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; N-Kenya
24 ERI ETH SOM 25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamea hildebrandtii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 42 (1881)
= Commiphora ogadensis Chiov.; Fl. Somala II. 103 (1932)
= Commiphora tephrodes Chiov.; Atti R. Accad. Ital., Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. etc. 11: (Pl. Nov. Aethiop.) 23 (1940)
species :
Commiphora hodai Sprague; Hook. Ic. Pl, t. 3111 (1927)
Distribution: SE-Ethiopia; Somalia
24 ETH SOM
species :
Commiphora hornbyi Burtt; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 112 (1935)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Commiphora horrida Chiov.; Fl. Somala II. 87 (1932)
Distribution: SE-Ethiopia; Somalia
24 ETH SOM
species :
Commiphora humbertii H.Perrier; Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, n. s. 18: 276 (1944)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Commiphora kaokoensis Swanepoel; Bothalia 35(1): 47 (2005)
Distribution: Namibia
27 NAM
species :
Commiphora karibensis Wild; Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2. 33: 83 (1959)
Distribution: Zambia; Zimbabwe; Botswana
26 ZAM ZIM 27 BOT
species :
Commiphora kataf (Forssk.) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 19 (1883)
Distribution: Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; NE-Tanzania; Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, Asir); Yemen (W-Yemen: Tihama)
24 ERI ETH SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 35 SAU YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Amyris kataf Forssk.; Fl. Aeg.-Arab. 80 (1775)
= Balsamea erythraea (Ehrenb.) Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 42 (1881)
= Balsamea kataf (Forssk.) Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 42 (1881)
= Balsamodendrum kataf (Forssk.) Kunth; Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. 1, 2: 349 (1824)
= Balsamophloeos kataf (Forssk.) O.Berg; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 20: 163 (1862)
= Commiphora allophylla Sprague; Hook. Ic. Pl, t. 3110 (1927)
= Commiphora erythraea (Ehrenb.) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 20 (1883)
= Commiphora holtziana Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 310 (1905)
= Commiphora holtziana subsp. microphylla J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 81 (1991)
= Commiphora kataf subsp. turkanensis J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 81 (1991)
= Commiphora somalensis Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 96 (1893)
= Hemprichia erythraea Ehrenb.; Linnaea 4: 396 (1829)
species :
Commiphora kerstingii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44: 152 (1910)
Distribution: Togo; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad [c]
22 NGA TOG 23 CAF CMN 24 cha
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora ararobba Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 291 (1911)
species :
Commiphora kraeuseliana Heine; Senck. Biol. 37: 493 (1956)
Distribution: Namibia
27 NAM
species :
Commiphora kua (R.Br. ex Royle) Vollesen; Nordic J. Bot. 4(1): 37 (1984)
Name: Echte Myrrhe
Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; Abd-al-Kuri Isl.; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; N-Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, C-Saudi Arabia, Asir); Oman (Dhofar); Yemen (coastal Hadhramaut, Inner Hadhramaut, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen)
23 ZAI 24 DJI ERI ETH SOC SOM 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 35 OMA SAU YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamea abyssinica (O.Berg) Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 41 (1881)
= Balsamea habessinica (O.Berg) Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 41 (1880)
= Balsamodendron abyssinicum Berg; Bot. Zeit. 20: 161 (1862)
= Balsamodendron kua R.Br. ex Royle; Man. Mat. Med. 341 (1847)
= Balsamodendrum abyssinicum Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 41 (1880)
= Balsamodendrum africanum var. habessinicum (O.Berg) Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 325 (1868)
= Balsamodendrum habessinicum O.Berg; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 20: 161 (1862)
= Balsamodendrum kafal (Forssk.) Kunth ex DC.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 76 (1825)
= Balsamodendrum kua R.Br. ex Royle; Man. Mat. Med. 341 (1847)
= Balsamus kafal (Forssk.) Stackh.; Extr. Bruce´ s Travels: 12 (1815)
= Commiphora abyssinica (Berg) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 10 (1883)
= Commiphora abyssinica var. crenulata A.Terracc.
= Commiphora abyssinica var. simplicifolia Schweinf.
= Commiphora assaortensis Chiov.; Fl. Somala II. 64 (1932)
= Commiphora atramentaria Chiov.; Fl. Somala II. 76 (1932)
= Commiphora bruceae Chiov.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1941: 133 (1941)
= Commiphora candidula Sprague; Hook. Ic. Pl, t. 3106. (1927)
= Commiphora crenulata (A.Terracc.) Chiov.; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 404 (1915), et Fl. Somala II. 75 (1932)
= Commiphora dancaliensis Chiov.; Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 403 (1915)
= Commiphora ellenbeckii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 303 (1904)
= Commiphora flaviflora Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 304 (1904)
= Commiphora gowlello Sprague; Hook. Ic. Pl, t. 3109 (1927)
= Commiphora gracilispina J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 18 (1991)
= Commiphora habessinica (O.Berg) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 10 (1883)
= Commiphora habessinica subsp. tanganyikensis J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 26 (1991)
= Commiphora habessinica var. crenulata A.Terracc.; Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 5: 111 (1894)
= Commiphora habessinica var. simplicifolia Schweinf.; Bull. Herb. Boissier 7(App. 2): 291 (1899)
= Commiphora incisa Chiov.; Stefan. & Paoli, Miss. Somalia. Ital. Merid., Relaz, 236 (1916), nomen, et Chiov., Result. Sci. Miss. Stefan-Paoli Somalia. Ital. 1: 45 (1916), descr.
= Commiphora kua var. gowlello (Sprague) J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 19 (1991)
= Commiphora lindensis Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 303 (1904)
= Commiphora salubris Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 294 (1917)
= Commiphora subsessilifolia Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 303 (1904)
species :
Commiphora kucharii Thulin; Nordic J. Bot. 20(4): 409 (2000 publ. 2001)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
species :
Commiphora kuneneana Swanepoel; Bothalia 37(1): 42 (2007)
Distribution: Namibia
27 NAM
species :
Commiphora lacerata Thulin; Nordic J. Bot. 24(4): 374 (2007)
Distribution: NE-Somalia
24 SOM
species :
Commiphora lamii H.Perrier; Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, n. s. 18: 275 (1944)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Commiphora lasiodisca H.Perrier; Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, n. s. 18: 284 (1944)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Commiphora laxecymigera H.Perrier; Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, n. s. 18: 281 (1944)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Commiphora leandriana H.Perrier; Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, n. s. 18: 280 (1944)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Commiphora lobatospathulata J.B.Gillett ex Thulin; Nordic J. Bot. 20(4): 403 (2000 publ. 2001)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
species :
Commiphora longibracteata Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 19 (1883)
Distribution: Angola
26 ANG
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamea longibracteata Hiern; Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 124 (1896)
species :
Commiphora madagascariensis Jacq.; Pl. Rar. Horti Schoenbr. 2: 66 (1797)
Distribution: Tanzania; Mauritius [I]; Saudi Arabia [I] (Asir [I]); India [I] (Assam [I], West Bengal [I]); Bangladesh [I]
25 TAN 29 mau 35 sau 40 ban ind
Synonyms: hidden
= Amyris agallocha Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 28 (1814), nomen
= Amyris commiphora Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 2: 244 (1824)
= Balsamea agallocha Baill.; Hist. Pl. 5: 295 (1874)
= Balsamea roxburghii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 41 (1880)
= Balsamodendron agallocha Wight & Arn.; Ann. Nat. Rist. 3: 86 (1839)
= Balsamodendron commiphora (Roxb.) Royle; Illustr. Bot. Himal. 175 (1835)
= Balsamodendron roxburghii Arn.; Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 86 (1839), non Stocks, 1848.
= Balsamodendrum agallocha Wight & Arn.; Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 86 (1839)
= Balsamodendrum commiphora Royle; Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 175 (1835), nom. superfl.
= Balsamodendrum roxburghii Arn.; Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 86 (1839), nom. superfl.
= Commiphora agallocha (Wight & Arn.) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 11 (1883)
= Commiphora roxburghii Alston; Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Peradeniya) 11: 300 (1930), nom. illeg.
species :
Commiphora mafaidoha H.Perrier; Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, n. s. 18: 283 (1944)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Commiphora mahafaliensis Capuron; Adansonia, sér. 2, 2: 276 (1962)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Commiphora marchandii Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 26 (1883)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora pulverulenta Guillaumin; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 142 (1909)
species :
Commiphora marlothii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44: 155 (1910)
Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga)
23 ZAI 26 MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT SAF
species :
Commiphora mildbraedii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44: 145 (1910)
subspecies :
subsp. mildbraedii
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; Kenya
24 ETH 25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora riparia Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 474 (1912)
subspecies :
subsp. dodomaensis J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 54 (1991)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Commiphora mollis (Oliv.) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 23 (1883)
Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Mpulamanga)
23 ZAI 25 TAN 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamea mollis (Oliv.) Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 42 (1881)
= Balsamea welwitschii (Engl.) Hiern; Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. 1: 124 (1896)
= Balsamodendrum molle Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 326 (1868)
= Commiphora boehmii Engl.; Engl. Jahrb 48: 472 (1912)
= Commiphora cinerea Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 139 (1894)
= Commiphora dekindtiana Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 312 (1905)
= Commiphora iringensis Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44: 150 (1910)
= Commiphora krausei Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44: 152 (1910)
= Commiphora montana Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 312 (1905)
= Commiphora ndemfi Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 293 (1917)
= Commiphora stuhlmannii Engl.; Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C 230 (1895)
= Commiphora welwitschii Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 22 (1883)
species :
Commiphora mombassensis Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 372 (1899)
Distribution: SE-Tanzania; N-Mozambique
25 TAN 26 MOZ
species :
Commiphora monoica Vollesen; Kew Bull. 40(1): 62 (1985)
Distribution: S-Ethiopia
24 ETH
Conservation Status: IUCN E
species :
Commiphora monstruosa (H.Perrier) Capuron; Adansonia, sér. 2, 2(2): 270 (1962)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Operculicarya monstruosa H.Perrier; Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, n. s. 18: 249 (1944)
species :
Commiphora morondavensis Phillipson, Raharim., A.Weeks & Gostel; Syst. Bot. 41(4): 1014 (2016)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Commiphora mossambicensis (Oliv.) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 26 (1883)
Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana
25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamea mossambicensis (Oliv.) Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 42 (1881)
= Commiphora fischeri Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20: 97 (1893)
= Commiphora stolzii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 292 (1917)
= Protium mossambicense Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 329 (1868)
species :
Commiphora mossamedensis Mendes; Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 38: 138 (1964)
Distribution: SW-Angola
26 ANG
species :
Commiphora mulelame (Hiern) K.Schum.; Bot. Jahresber. [Just] 27(1): 479 (1901)
Distribution: W-Angola
26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamea mulelame Hiern; Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. 1: 125 (1896)
species :
Commiphora multifoliolata J.B.Gillett ex Thulin; Nordic J. Bot. 20(4): 407 (2000 publ. 2001)
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; SW-Somalia
24 ETH SOM
species :
Commiphora multijuga (Hiern) K.Schum.; Bot. Jahresber. [Just] 27(1): 480 (1901)
Distribution: SW-Angola; N-Namibia
26 ANG 27 NAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamea multijuga Hiern; Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. 1: 126 (1896)
species :
Commiphora murraywatsonii J.B.Gillett ex Thulin; Nordic J. Bot. 20(4): 408 (2000 publ. 2001)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
species :
Commiphora myrrha (T.Nees) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 10 (1883)
Name: Somali-Myrrhe (DE)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; NE-Kenya; Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, C-Saudi Arabia, Asir); Yemen (Aden, coastal Hadhramaut, Tihama, W-Yemen); India [c]
24 ERI ETH SOM 25 KEN 35 SAU YEM 40 ind
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamea myrrha (T.Nees) Oken; Allg. Naturgesch. 3: (3) 1760 (1841)
= Balsamea myrrha Baill.; Hist. Pl. 5: 294 (1874)
= Balsamea playfairii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 42 (1880)
= Balsamodendrum myrrha T.Nees; M. F. Weihe et al., Pl. Officin.: t. 182 (1828)
= Balsamodendrum simplicifolium Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1896: 91 (1896)
= Commiphora coriacea Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 369 (1899)
= Commiphora cuspidata Chiov.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1941: 134 (1941)
= Commiphora habessinica var. grossedentata Chiov.; Atti Reale Accad. Italia, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. 11: 22 (1941)
= Commiphora molmol (Engl.) Engl. ex Tschirch; Handb. Pharmakogn. 3: 1117 (1925)
= Commiphora myrrha var. molmol Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 95 (1892)
= Commiphora playfairii var. benadirensis Chiov.; Fl. Somala 2: 70 (1932)
= Commiphora rivae Engl.; Ann. Ist. Bot. Roma 7: 17 (1897), descr.
= Commiphora simplicifolia Schweinf. ex Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1896: 90 (1896), pro syn.
species :
Commiphora namaensis Schinz; Bull. Herb. Boissier Ser. 2, 8: 633 (1908)
Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (N-Cape Prov.)
27 NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora rotundifolia Dinter & Engl. ex Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 289 (1911)
species :
Commiphora namibensis Swanepoel; Phytotaxa 178(3): 211 (2014)
Distribution: Angola
26 ANG
species :
Commiphora neglecta I.Verd.; Bothalia 6: 214 (1951)
Distribution: Zimbabwe; S-Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
26 MOZ ZIM 27 SAF SWZ
species :
Commiphora oblanceolata Schinz; Bull. Herb. Boissier Ser. 2, 8: 633 (1908)
Distribution: NW-Namibia
27 NAM
species :
Commiphora oblongifolia J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 27 (1991)
Distribution: Kenya
25 KEN
species :
Commiphora obovata Chiov.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1941: 136 (1941)
Distribution: SE-Ethiopia; Somalia; SE-Kenya
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Commiphora oddurensis Chiov. ex Guid.; Riv. Ital. Ess. e Prof. 13: 233 (1931), nomen, Chiov. Fl. Somala II. 71(1932), descr.
subspecies :
subsp. oddurensis
Distribution: SE-Ethiopia; Somalia; NE-Kenya
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN
subspecies :
subsp. suffruticosa (Teshome) Sebsebe & Friis; Webbia 68(2): 143 (2013)
Distribution: ?Ethiopia
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora suffruticosa Teshome; Ethiop. J. Biol. Sci. 5(1): 1 (2006)
species :
Commiphora omundomba Swanepoel & A.Weeks; Phytotaxa 543(4): 211 (2022)
Distribution: Angola
26 ANG
species :
Commiphora orbicularis Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 18 (1883)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamea greveana Baill.; Hist. pl. Madagascar, Atlas (1894) t. 226 c.
= Commiphora greveana (Baill.) Guillaumin; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 56: 141 (1909)
variant :
var. tulearensis Capuron; Adansonia, sér. 2(2): 281 (1962)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Commiphora ornifolia (Balf.f.) J.B.Gillett; Kew Bull. 34(4): 759 (1980)
Distribution: Soqotra
24 SOC
Synonyms: hidden
= Lannea ornifolia (Balf.f.) Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], Nachtr. 1: 213 (1897)
= Odina ornifolia Balf.f.; Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 11: 507 (1882)
= Calesiam ornifolium (Balf.f.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 151 (1891)
variant :
var. glabra (Radcl.-Sm.) J.B.Gillett; Kew Bull. 34(4): 759 (1980)
Distribution: Soqotra
24 SOC
Synonyms: hidden
= Lannea ornifolia var. glabra Radcl.-Sm.; Kew Bull. 25(2): 174 (1971)
species :
Commiphora otjihipana Swanepoel; S. African J. Bot. 74(4): 623 (2008)
Distribution: NW-Namibia
27 NAM
species :
Commiphora ovalifolia J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 27 (1991)
Distribution: C-Kenya
25 KEN
species :
Commiphora paolii Chiov.; Stefan. & Paoli, Miss. Somal. Ital. Merid., Relaz. 236 (1916), nomen, et Res. Sci. Somal. Ital. 1: 46 (1916), descr.
Distribution: Ethiopia; Kenya
24 ETH 25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora longipedicellata Vollesen; Kew Bull. 40(1): 69 (1985)
species :
Commiphora parvifolia (Balf.f.) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 536 (1883)
Distribution: Soqotra
24 SOC
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamodendrum parvifolium Balf.f.; Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 11: 506 (1882)
species :
Commiphora pedunculata (Kotschy & Peyr.) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 23 (1883)
Distribution: Senegal; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ghana; Togo; Benin; S-Niger; Nigeria; N-Cameroon; Central African Republic; SW-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; S-Tanzania; Zambia
22 BEN BKN GHA MLI NGA NGR SEN TOG 23 CAF CMN 24 CHA SSU SUD 25 TAN 26 ZAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamea pedunculata Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 42 (1881)
= Balsamodendrum pedunculatum Kotschy & Peyr.; Pl. Tinn.: 11 (1867)
= Commiphora ledermannii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 290 (1911)
= Commiphora mollissima Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 290 (1911)
= Commiphora rosifolia EngI.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 291 (1911)
species :
Commiphora pervilleana Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 29 (1883)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora pervilleana var. glaberrima H.Perrier; Fl. Madagasc. 106: 28 (1946)
species :
Commiphora planifrons (Balf.f.) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 536 (1883)
Distribution: Soqotra
24 SOC
Conservation Status: IUCN R
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamodendrum planifrons Balf.f.; Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 11: 506 (1882)
species :
Commiphora playfairii (Hook.f.) Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 4: 253 (1896)
Distribution: NE-Somalia
24 SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamodendrum playfairii Hook.f. ex Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 326 (1868)
species :
Commiphora pseudopaolii J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 83 (1991)
Distribution: C-Kenya
25 KEN
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Commiphora pteleifolia Engl.; Abhandl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. (1894) 16 nomen, et Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. 229C(1895)
Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; SE-Kenya; Tanzania; N-Zambia; ?Mozambique
23 ZAI 25 KEN TAN 26 ZAM
species :
Commiphora pterocarpa H.Perrier; Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, n. s. 18: 282 (1944)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Commiphora pyracanthoides Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 368 (1899)
Distribution: Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
26 MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ
species :
Commiphora quadricincta Schweinf.; Bull. Herb. Boissier 7, App. 2: 283 (1899)
Distribution: Egypt (SE-Egypt); Niger; NE-Nigeria; Chad; Sudan; N-Ethiopia; Eritrea; Saudi Arabia (NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Asir); Oman (Mascat & Oman); Yemen (Aden Desert, N-Inner Yemen)
20 EGY 22 NGA NGR 24 CHA ERI ETH SUD 35 OMA SAU YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora airica A.Chev.; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, Ser. 2, 4: 584 (1932)
species :
Commiphora quercifoliola J.B.Gillett ex Thulin; Nordic J. Bot. 20(4): 402 (2000 publ. 2001)
Distribution: NE-Somalia
24 SOM
species :
Commiphora razakamalalae Gostel, Phillipson & A.Weeks; Syst. Bot. 41(4): 1016 (2016)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Commiphora rostrata Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 4: 252 (1896), et Ann. Ist. Bot. Roma 7: 17 (1897), descr.
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora reflexa Chiov.; Fl. Somala II. 88 (1932)
= Commiphora robecchii Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 4: 252 (1896), et Ann. Ist. Bot. Roma 7: 17 (1897), descr.
= Commiphora rostrata var. reflexa (Chiov.) J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 15 (1991)
species :
Commiphora ruspolii Chiov.; Fl. Somala 2: 116 (1932)
Distribution: SE-Ethiopia
24 ETH
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Commiphora samharensis Schweinf.; Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: App. II. 290 (1899)
Distribution: NE-Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; NE-Tanzania
24 ERI ETH SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora crassispina Sprague; Hook. Ic. Pl, t. 3107. (1927)
= Commiphora danduensis J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 39 (1991)
= Commiphora samharensis subsp. terebinthina (Vollesen) J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 40 (1991)
= Commiphora terebinthina Vollesen; Kew Bull. 40(1): 45 (1985)
species :
Commiphora sarandensis Burtt; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 113 (1935)
subspecies :
subsp. sarandensis
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
subspecies :
subsp. moyaleensis J.B.Gillett; Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burserac.: 75 (1991)
Distribution: N-Kenya
25 KEN
species :
Commiphora saxicola Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 283 (1889)
Distribution: Namibia
27 NAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora dulcis Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 141 (1894)
species :
Commiphora schimperi (O.Berg) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 13 (1883)
Distribution: E-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zimbabwe; S-Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, C-Saudi Arabia); Yemen (W-Yemen)
23 ZAI 24 ERI ETH SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MOZ ZIM 27 BOT SAF SWZ 35 SAU YEM
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamea schimperi (O.Berg) Engl.; Bot. Jabrb. 1: 41 (1881)
= Balsamodendrum schimperi O.Berg; Bot. Zeit. 20: 162 (1862)
= Commiphora arussensis Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 305 (1905)
= Commiphora betschuanica Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44: 149 (1910)
= Commiphora buraensis Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 309 (1905)
= Commiphora flabellulifera Chiov.; Stefan. & Paoli, Miss. Somalia. Ital. Merid., Relaz., 236 (1916), nomen, et Chiov. Result. Sci. Miss. Stefan.-Paoli Somalia Ital. 1: 43 (1916), descr.
= Commiphora neumannii Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 306 (1904)
= Commiphora resiniflua Martelli; Fl. Bogos. 15 (1886)
= Commiphora trothae Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 371 (1899)
species :
Commiphora schlechteri Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 372 (1899)
Distribution: Mozambique
26 MOZ
species :
Commiphora schultzei Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44: 151 (1910)
Distribution: Botswana
27 BOT
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Commiphora sennii Chiov.; Fl. Somala 2: 74 (1932)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora virgata Chiov.; Stefan. & Paoli, Miss. Somalia. Ltal. Merid., Relaz., 236 (1916), nomen, et Chiov. Result. Sci. Miss. Stefan.-Paoli Somalia. Ltal. 1: 47 (1916), descr., non Engl.
species :
Commiphora serrata Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 24 (1883)
Distribution: S-Mozambique
26 MOZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora serrata var. multipinnata Engl.
species :
Commiphora serrulata Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 96 (1893)
Distribution: Ethiopia; N-Somalia
24 ETH SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora anglosomaliae Chiov.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1941: 132 (1941)
= Commiphora serrulata var. tenuipes Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 306 (1904)
species :
Commiphora setulifera Chiov. ex Guid.; Riv. Ital. Ess. e Prof. 13: 233 (1931), in obs., Chiov. Fl. Somala II. 112 (1932)
Distribution: SW-Somalia
24 SOM
species :
Commiphora simplicifolia H.Perrier; Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, n. s. 18: 274 (1944)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Commiphora sinuata H.Perrier; Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, n. s. 18: 275 (1944)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Commiphora socotrana (Balf.f.) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 536 (1883)
Distribution: Soqotra
24 SOC
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamodendrum socotranum Balf.f.; Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb. 11: 505 (1882)
species :
Commiphora spathulata Mattick; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 661 (1935)
Distribution: S-Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Commiphora spathulifoliolata Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 140 (1894)
Distribution: Namibia
27 NAM
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Commiphora sphaerocarpa Chiov.; Result. Sci. Miss. Stefan. Paoli Somalia. Ital. 1: 48 (1916)
Distribution: SE-Ethiopia; Somalia
24 ETH SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora cerasiformis Chiov. ex Guid.; Riv. Ital. Ess. e Prof. 13: 233 (1931), nomen, Chiov. Fl. Somala II. 104 (1932), descr.
= Commiphora hirtella Chiov.; Chiov. Fl. Somala II. 110 (1932)
species :
Commiphora sphaerophylla Chiov.; Fl. Somala II. 119 (1932)
Distribution: SE-Ethiopia; Somalia
24 ETH SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora ellisiae Vollesen; Kew Bull. 40(1): 67 (1985)
species :
Commiphora spinulosa J.B.Gillett ex Thulin; Nordic J. Bot. 20(4): 399 (2000 publ. 2001)
Distribution: NE-Somalia
24 SOM
species :
Commiphora staphyleifolia Chiov. ex Guid.; Riv. Ital. Ess. e Prof. 13: 233 (1931), nomen, Chiov. Fl. Somala II. 97(1932), descr.
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; SW-Somalia
24 ETH SOM
species :
Commiphora stellatopubescens J.B.Gillett ex Thulin; Nordic J. Bot. 20(4): 397 (2000 publ. 2001)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
species :
Commiphora stellulata H.Perrier; Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, n. s. 18: 278 (1944)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Commiphora steynii Swanepoel; Bothalia 36(1): 45 (2006)
Distribution: SW-Angola; Namibia
26 ANG 27 NAM
species :
Commiphora stolonifera Burtt; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 114 (1935)
Distribution: Tanzania
25 TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora fragariifolia Mattick; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 664 (1935)
species :
Commiphora sulcata Chiov.; Fl. Somala 123 (1929)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Commiphora swynnertonii Burtt; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 115 (1935)
Distribution: NE-Kenya; NC-Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Commiphora tenuipetiolata Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 483 (1912)
Distribution: S-Zimbabwe; S-Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga)
26 MOZ ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF
species :
Commiphora tetramera Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 27 (1883)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Colophonia tetramera Boivin ex Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 27 (1883)
= Balsamea tetramera Baill.; Hist. pl. Madagascar, Atlas (1894) t. 226 d.
species :
Commiphora truncata Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 309 (1905)
Distribution: E-Ethiopia; Somalia
24 ETH SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora crenatolobata Chiov.; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1941: 133 (1941)
species :
Commiphora tsimanampetsae Capuron; Adansonia, sér. 2, 2: 275 (1962)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
species :
Commiphora ugogensis Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 314 (1905)
Distribution: Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe
25 TAN 26 ZAM ZIM
species :
Commiphora ulugurensis Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 4: 255 (1896), et Engl. Jahrb. 26: 369
Distribution: E-Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Commiphora unilobata J.B.Gillett & Vollesen; Kew Bull. 40(1): 73 (1985)
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; S-Somalia; E-Kenya
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN
Conservation Status: IUCN R
species :
Commiphora viminea Burtt Davy; Man. Fl. Pl. & Ferns Transvaal, Pt. II. p. 21: 485 (1932)
Distribution: S-Kenya; N-Tanzania; S-Zambia; Zimbabwe; S-Mozambique; NW-Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga)
25 KEN TAN 26 MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora merkeri Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44: 144 (1910) p. p.
species :
Commiphora virgata Engl.; Bot Jahrb. 19: 139 (1894)
Distribution: SW-Angola; Namibia
26 ANG 27 NAM
species :
Commiphora wightii (Arn.) Bhandari; Bull. Bot. Surv. Ind. 6: 327 (1965)
Distribution: Oman (Dhofar); Pakistan (Baluchistan, Karachi, Sind, Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab); India (Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan)
35 OMA 40 IND PAK
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamea mukul Baill.; Hist. Pl. 5: 295 (1874)
= Balsamodendrum mukul Hook. ex Stocks; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 1: 259 (1849)
= Balsamodendrum roxburghii Stocks; J. Asiat. Soc. Bomb. 2: 391 (1848)
= Balsamodendrum wightii Arn.; Ann. Nat. Hist. 3: 86 (1839)
= Commiphora mukul (Hook. ex Stocks) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 12 (1883)
= Commiphora roxburghii Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] III, 4: 253 (1896)
= Commiphora roxburghii var. serratifolia Haines; Bot. Bihar Orissa 6: 1307 (1924)
species :
Commiphora wildii Merxm.; Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 3: 609 (1960)
Distribution: SW-Angola; NW-Namibia
26 ANG 27 NAM
species :
Commiphora woodii Engl.; Bot Jahrb. 15: 97 (1893)
Distribution: S-Mozambique; South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
26 MOZ 27 SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Commiphora caryifolia Oliv.; Hook. Icon. pl. 23: t. 2287 (1894)
species :
Commiphora zanzibarica (Baill.) Engl.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 28 (1883)
Distribution: SE-Kenya; E-Tanzania; Zanzibar; ?Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal)
25 KEN TAN 26 MOZ ZIM 27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Balsamea zanzibarica Baill.; Adansonia 11: 180 (1874)
= Commiphora spondioides Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 371 (1899)
= Commiphora zanzibarica var. elongata Engl.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 468 (1912)
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