Burseraceae
Commiphora

Commiphora mollis (Oliv.) Engl.

First published in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 23 (1883)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Kenya to S. Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1963). Flora Zambesiaca 2(1): 1-351. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gillett, J.B. (1991). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Burseraceae: 1-94.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.
  • Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1963). Flora Zambesiaca 2(1): 1-351. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • B.D. Burtt in KB. 1935: 108, 111 (1935).
  • Brenan in KB. 5: 367 (1951), excl. syn. C. heterophylla.
  • Coates Palgrave, Trees S. Afr.: 366 (1977).
  • Engl. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 48: 472 (1912).
  • Engl. in DC., Monogr. Phan.: 4123 (1883)
  • Engl. in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 230 (1895)
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 81 (1949).
  • Lisowski et al. in Bol. Soc. Brot, sér. 2, 46: 90 (1972).
  • Troupin in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 7: 134, fig. 2D (1958).
  • Van der Walt in Bothalia 11: 73, fig. 39–44 (1973).
  • Van der Walt in Flora of Southern Africa 18: 18 (1986).
  • Wild in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 273, t. 511B (1963).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 13, 2008 Crawford, F. [36] Namibia K000450356 No
Jun 16, 1970 Gürich [21] Namibia K000425461 Type Yes
Jun 16, 1970 Dinter [1733] Namibia K000425462 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 1, 1959 Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000425438 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 23, 1949 Pole-Evans, I.B. [3202] Botswana K000511037 No
Apr 23, 1949 Böhm [281] Tanzania K000425430 Syntype Yes
Apr 23, 1949 Pole-Evans, I.B. [3221] Botswana K000511036 No
Apr 23, 1949 Fischer [292] Tanzania K000425429 Syntype Yes
Apr 23, 1949 Stuhlmann [3450] Tanzania K000425432 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 23, 1949 Stolz, A. [1678] Tanzania K000425427 Type Yes
Apr 23, 1949 Stolz, A. [1678] Tanzania K000425428 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 22, 1949 Gossweiler, J. [8400] Angola K001307663 No
Apr 22, 1949 Trotha [8a] Tanzania K000425431 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 22, 1949 Gossweiler, J. [8400] Angola K001307665 No
Apr 22, 1949 Dekindt [46] Angola K000425390 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 22, 1949 Dekindt [225] Angola K000425389 Unknown Type Material Yes
Apr 22, 1949 unknown [4493] Angola K000425388 Type Yes
Apr 22, 1949 Gossweiler, J. [s.n.] Angola K001307664 No
Wild, H. [2299] Zimbabwe K:SPC-21892.000 No
Maiato, F.; Camôngua, J. [FM1930] Angola K001636027 Yes
Hansen, O.J. [3263] Botswana K000511038 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • 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/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • 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/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0