Boswellia occidentalis Engl.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 292 (1911)
This name is a synonym of Boswellia papyrifera

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers. [Cited as Boswellia papyrifera.]
  • Gillett, J.B. (1991). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Burseraceae: 1-94. [Cited as Boswellia papyrifera.]
  • Thulin, M. (2020). The genus Boswellia (Burseraceae). The Frankincense trees. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses; Arbeten Fran Botaniska Institutionen i Uppsala 39: 1-149. [Cited as Boswellia papyrifera.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Boswellia occidentalis.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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