Boswellia papyrifera (Caill. ex Delile) Hochst.
First published in Flora 26: 81 (1843)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Nigeria to Eritrea and NE. Uganda. It is a Tree and grows primarly in the Seasonally Dry Tropical biome(s).
Distribution
Native to:
Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Amyris papyrifera Caill. ex Delile, F.Caillaud, Voy. Méroé 4(prepr.): 99 (1826)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Boswellia chariensis Guillaumin, Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 33 (1908)
- Boswellia occidentalis Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 292 (1911)
- Boswellia odorata Hutch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1910: 138 (1910)
- Ploesslia floribunda Endl., S.L.Endlicher & E.Fenzl, Nov. Stirp. Dec.: 40 (1839)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting 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.
- Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Gillett, J.B. (1991). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Burseraceae: 1-94.
- Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
- Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
- Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Onana, J.M. (2017). Flore du Cameroun 43: 1-94. Ministère de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche scientifique (Mesres), Yaoundé.
- Thulin, M. (2020). The genus Boswellia (Burseraceae). The Frankincense trees. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses; Arbeten Fran Botaniska Institutionen i Uppsala 39: 1-149.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers.
- Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort.
- Thulin, M. (2020). The genus Boswellia (Burseraceae). The Frankincense trees. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses; Arbeten Fran Botaniska Institutionen i Uppsala 39: 1-149.
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- A. Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 148 (1847).
- Engl. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 4: 34, t. 1/23–32 (1883).
- Engl. in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, ed. 2,19A: 423, fig. 198 (1931).
- F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan 2: 321, fig. 116 (1952).
- Geerling, Guide de terrain des ligneux Sahéliens et Soudano-Guineens: 87 (1982).
- Hochst. in Flora 26: 81 (1843).
- Oliv. in Flora of Tropical Africa 1: 323 (1868).
- Vollesen in Fl. Eth. 3: 443, fig. 123. 1A–D (1990).
- W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 51 (1952).
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Kotschy [455], Ethiopia | K000199589 | Yes | |||
Kotschy [455] | K000199590 | Unknown type material | Yes |
Sources
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Flora of West Tropical Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0