Burseraceae
Commiphora

Commiphora schimperi (O.Berg) Engl.

First published in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 13 (1883)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to S. Africa, Arabian Peninsula. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Botswana, Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1963). Flora Zambesiaca 2(1): 1-351. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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

  • 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.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • B.D. Burtt in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1935: 108 (1935).
  • Coates Palgrave, Trees S. Afr.: 370 (1977)
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 92 (1961).
  • Engl. in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, ed. 2, 19A: 435, fig. 204C–D (1931).
  • Engl. in A. Engler & O. Drude, Die Vegetation Der Erde, IX, Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3(1): 795, fig. 371N–Nb (1915).
  • Engl. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 48: 459, 477, fig. 2N–Nb (1912)
  • Engl. in DC., Monogr. Phan. 4: 13 (1883)
  • Engl. in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 229 (1895)
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 83 (1949).
  • Schwartz, Fl. Trop. Arab.: 128 (1939).
  • Van der Walt in Flora of Southern Africa 18: 9 (1986).
  • Van der Walt. in Bothalia 11: 65, figs. 20–26 (1973).
  • Vollesen in Fl. Eth. 3: 454, fig. 123–7 (1990).
  • Wild in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 277, t. 52A (1963).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 4, 1984 Eggeling, W.J. [1221], Uganda K000425348 Yes
Sep 9, 1983 Trotha [233] K000425386 Yes
Jun 16, 1970 Schimper [624], Ethiopia K000199676 Yes
Jun 16, 1970 Schimper [624], Ethiopia K000199677 Yes
Jun 16, 1970 Seiner II [64], South Africa K000425455 Yes
Polhill, R. [1051], Tanzania 25207.000 No
Ash, J. [754], Ethiopia 40405.000 No
Beccari [23], Ethiopia K000199675 Yes
Hansen, O.J. [3530], Botswana K000285579 Yes
Chase, N.C. [8516], Zimbabwe K000285580 No
Eggeling, W.J. [854], Uganda K000425347 Yes
Holmberg [859], Peninsular Malaysia K000800059 Yes
Dr King's collector [8679], Peninsular Malaysia K000800061 Yes
Ellenbeck [292], Somalia K000199674 Yes
Engler [1924], Kenya K000425387 Yes
Wray, L. [2822], Peninsular Malaysia K000800060 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [2367], Tanzania Commiphora trothae 16040.000 No

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

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

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • 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 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

  • 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