Commiphora gileadensis (L.) C.Chr.
First published in Dansk Bot. Ark. 4(3): 18 (1922)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. Tropical Africa to NE. Kenya, Arabian Peninsula. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Balsamea gileadensis (L.) Oken in Allg. Naturgesch. 3(3): 1758 (1841)
- Balsamodendrum gileadense (L.) Kunth ex DC. in Prodr. 2: 76 (1825)
- Amyris gileadensis L. in Opobalsamum: s.p. (1764)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Balsamea meccanensis Gled. in Berl. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Schr. 3: 127 (1782)
- Balsamea opobalsamum (L.) Baill. in Traité Bot. Méd. Phan. 2: 953 (1884)
- Balsamodendrum ehrenbergianum O.Berg in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 20: 163 (1862)
- Balsamodendrum opobalsamum (L.) Kunth ex DC. in Prodr. 2: 76 (1825)
- Balsamus libanotus Stackh. in Extr. Bruce' s Travels: 11 (1815)
- Balsamus meccanensis Stackh. in Extr. Bruce' s Travels: 12 (1815)
- Balsamus theophrasti Stackh. in Extr. Bruce' s Travels: 11 (1815)
- Commiphora albiflora Engl. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 310 (1904)
- Commiphora ancistrophora Chiov. in Fl. Somala 2: 111 (1932)
- Commiphora anfractuosa Chiov. in Fl. Somala 2: 99 (1932)
- Commiphora cassan Chiov. in Fl. Somala 2: 122 (1932)
- Commiphora coronillifolia Chiov. in Fl. Somala 2: 101 (1932)
- Commiphora gillettii Chiov. in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1941: 135 (1941)
- Commiphora microcarpa Chiov. in Fl. Somala 2: 126 (1932)
- Commiphora opobalsamum (L.) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 15 (1883)
- Commiphora opobalsamum var. ehrenbergiana (O.Berg) Engl. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 17 (1883)
- Commiphora suckertiana Chiov. in Atti Soc. Naturalisti Mat. Modena 66: 7 (1934)
- Commiphora velutina Chiov. in Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 47 (1916)
- Amyris opobalsamum L. in Opobalsamum: s.p. (1764)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Boulos, L. (2000). Flora of Egypt 2: 1-352. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- 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.
- Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. 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.
- Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.
- Thulin, M. (ed.) in Thulin, M. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Somalia 2: 1-303. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Audru, J., Cesar, J. & Lebrun, J.-P. (1994). Les Plantes Vasculaires de la République de Djibouti. Flore Illustrée 1: 1-336. CIRAD, Départerment d'Elevage et de Médecine vétérinaire, Djibouti.
- 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.
- 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.
- Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman). Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91.
- Thulin, M. (ed.) in Thulin, M. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Somalia 2: 1-303. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Gillett, J.B. [12599], Kenya | 8928.000 | No | |||
Gillett, J.B. [4817], Somalia | Commiphora gillettii | K000425323 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Ellebeck [2041a] | Commiphora albiflora | K000425330 | Yes |
Sources
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Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East 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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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. 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 2023. 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