Burseraceae

Boswellia Roxb. ex Colebr.

First published in Asiat. Res. 9: 379 (1807)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula, India.

Distribution

Native to:

Assam, Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Senegal, Socotra, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, West Himalaya, Yemen

Extinct in:

Sri Lanka

Introduced into:

Gulf States

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Engl. in E. & P. Pflanzenfam. 19A: 419 (1931).
  • —F.T.A. 1: 323

Flora of Somalia

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

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Thulin & Warfa in KB. 42: 487 (1987)
  • in Asiat. Res. 9: 379 (1807)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 13, 1990 Gillett, J.B. [4211] Somalia K000199592 Type Yes
Aug 13, 1990 Gillett, J.B. [4211] Somalia K000199593 Holotype Yes
Balfour, [B]. Yemen K001766262 Yes
Smith, A. R.; Lavranos, J. [115] Yemen K001766260 Yes
Theodore Bent; Theodore Bent. Yemen K001766261 Yes
Smith, A.R.; Lavranos, J. [227] Yemen K004327803 Yes
Thompson, R. [s.n.] India K004327569 Yes
Smith, A.R.; Lavranos, J. [584] Yemen K:SPC-30687.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Yemen K004327800 Yes
Smith, A.R.; Lavranos, J. [290] Yemen K004327801 Yes
Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M. [3300] Somalia K004327742 Yes
Miller, A.G. [2472] Oman K004327547 Yes
Smith, A.R.; Lavranos, J. [364] Yemen K:SPC-61724.000 No
McKinnon, A.S. [S/225] Somalia K004327744 Yes
Balfour, B. [710] Yemen K000199635 Type Yes
Drake-Brockmann, R.E. [782] Somalia K004327741 Yes
Nugent, R. [9] Somalia K004327743 Yes
Paoli, G. [908] Somalia K000199594 Holotype Yes
Beckett, J.J. [1106] Somalia K004327682 Yes
Smith, A.R.; Lavranos, J. [227] Yemen K004327802 Yes
Bent, J.T. [s.n.] K004327550 Yes
Bent, J.T. [54] K004327549 Yes
Thulin, M.; Gifri, A.N. [8788] Yemen K004327807 Yes
Fison, T. [52] Somalia K004327683 Yes
Smith, A.R.; Lavranos, J. [598] Yemen K:SPC-61725.000 No
Smith, A.R.; Lavranos, J. [290] Yemen K004327805 Yes
Bent, T. (Mr); Bent, T. (Mrs) [s.n.] Yemen K004327804 Yes
Cronk, Q. [41] Yemen K004327806 Yes
Miller, A.G. [2246] Oman K004327546 Yes
Meena, K.L. (Dr.) [s.n.] India K004327567 Yes
Carter, H.J. [s.n.] K004327548 Yes

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • 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

    • '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.

  • 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 2025. 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 2025. 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