Boswellia serrata Roxb.

First published in Asiat. Res. 9: 379 (1807)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Indian Subcontinent. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, India, West Himalaya

Extinct in:

Sri Lanka

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Balkrishna, A. (2018). Flora of Morni Hills (Research & Possibilities): 1-581. Divya Yoga Mandir Trust.
  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1999). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 13: 1-284. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Meena, S.L. (2012). A checklist of the vascular plants of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India. Nelumbo 54: 39-91.
  • Sikarwar, R.L.S. (2014). Angiosperm diversity assessment of Chitrakootthe legendary place of Vindhyan range, India. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany 38: 563-619.
  • 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

  • Barooah, C. & Ahmed, I. (2014). Plant diversity of Assam. A checklist of Angiosperms and Gymnosperms: 1-599. Assam science technology and environment council, India.
  • Dassanayake (ed.) (1999). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 13: 1-284. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. PVT. LTD., New Delhi, Calcutta.
  • Meena, S.L. (2012). A checklist of the vascular plants of Banaskantha district, Gujarat, India. Nelumbo 54: 39-91.
  • Thulin, M. (2020). The genus Boswellia (Burseraceae). The Frankincense trees. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses; Arbeten Fran Botaniska Institutionen i Uppsala 39: 1-149.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Stocks [s.n.] India K004327552 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [8720] India K004327553 Yes
Drummond, J.R.; Kabir [15266] India K004327583 Yes
Hook, J.D. [s.n.] India K004327602 Yes
Kabir [15118] India K004327580 Yes
Wallich, N. [8486E] India K000651707 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gamble, J.S. [10225] India K004327601 Yes
Baksh, R. [6349] India K004327590 Yes
Kabir [15226] India K004327579 Yes
[Falconer] [62] India K004327596 Yes
Baksh, R. [6349] India K004327592 Yes
Drummond, J.R.; Kabir [15120] India K004327587 Yes
Haines, H.H. [2157] India K004327568 Yes
Jacquemont, V. [452] India K004327575 Yes
Ramamoorthy, T.P. [HFP1271] India K004327571 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [747] India K004327600 Yes
Drummond, J.R.; Kabir [15118] India K004327588 Yes
Haines, H.H. [2157] India K004327577 Yes
Edgeworth, M.P. [399] India K004327597 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [10225] India K004327572 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8486] K001125649 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gamble, J.S. [26439] India K004327574 Yes
Wood, J.J. [273] India K004327594 Yes
Mooney, H.F. [3262] India K004327599 Yes
Drummond, J.R.; Kabir [15120] India K004327589 Yes
Kabir [15118] India K004327578 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8486] K001125650 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8486] K001125651 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kabir [15265] India K004327581 Yes
Hook, J.D. [s.n.] India K004327604 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8486] K001125654 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drummond, J.R.; Kabir [15119] India K004327586 Yes
Kabir [15120] India K004327582 Yes
Kabir [15119] India K004327591 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K004327598 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8486] K001125647 Unknown Type Material Yes
[H. B. C.] [s.n.] India K004327576 Yes
Stocks [s.n.] India K004327551 Yes
Hook, J.D. [254] India K004327573 Yes
Carter, H.G. [s.n.] India K004327593 Yes
Wallich, N. [8486E] India K000651706 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drummond, J.R.; Kabir [15118] India K004327585 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8486] K001125648 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K004327595 Yes
Matthew, K.M.; Rajendren, K.N. [RHT48476] India K004327554 Yes
Drummond, J.R.; Baksh, R. [6349] India K004327584 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [10224] India K004327603 Yes
Hook, J.D.; Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K004327605 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K000651705 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 8486] India K001125652 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 8486] K001125653 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India Boswellia glabra K004327559 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [15218] India Boswellia glabra K004327562 Yes
s.coll. [397] India Boswellia glabra K004327563 Yes
Ritchie [1009] India Boswellia glabra K004327556 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [18665] India Boswellia glabra K004327561 Yes
Diraviadoss [RHT27545] India Boswellia glabra K004327558 Yes
Ritchie (Dr.) [1009] India Boswellia glabra K004327557 Yes
Royle (Dr.) [s.n.] India Boswellia glabra K004327566 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [11054] India Boswellia glabra K004327564 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India Boswellia glabra K004327565 Yes
s.coll. [6898] India Boswellia glabra K004327560 Yes

Sources

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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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