Commiphora ellenbeckii Engl.

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

• Gillett, J.B. (1991). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Burseraceae: 1-94. [Cited as Commiphora kua.]
• 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. [Cited as Commiphora kua.]
• Thulin, M. (ed.) in Thulin, M. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Somalia 2: 1-303. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Commiphora kua.]

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

• Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Commiphora ellenbeckii.]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

• Chiov., Fl. Somala 2: 73, fig. 39 (1932).
• Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 87 (1961), as to specimens cited, not as to distribution (see note).
• Engl. in A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(1): 788, fig. 371T–Tb (1915).
• Engl. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 34: 303 (1904)
• Engl. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 48: 460, 480, fig. 2T–Tb (1912)
• Vollesen in Fl. Eth. 3: 473 (1990).