Santiria balsamifera Oliv.

First published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 16: t. 1573 (1887)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is São Tomé, Príncipe. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Gulf of Guinea Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ikabanga, D.U. (2019). Révision taxonomique du genre Santiria (Burseraceae) en Afrique tropicale. Candollea 74: 115-130.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828. [Cited as Santiria trimera.]
  • Onana, J.M. (2009). Le genre Santiria (Burseraceae) en Afrique: redéfinition de Santiria trimera. Systematics and Geography of Plants 79: 215-224. [Cited as Santiria trimera.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ikabanga, D.U. (2019). Révision taxonomique du genre Santiria (Burseraceae) en Afrique tropicale. Candollea 74: 115-130.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Portugal Santiriopsis balsamifera K:SPC-65556.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
  • 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