Commiphora africana

Commiphora africana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Burseraceae
Tribus: Bursereae
Genus: Commiphora
Species: Commiphora africana
Varietates: C. a. var. glaucidula – C. a. var. oblongifoliolata – C. a. var. rubriflora

Name

Commiphora africana (A.Rich.) Engl., 1883

Synonyms

• Balsamea africana (A. Rich.) Baill.
• Balsamea kotschyi (O. Berg) Engl.
• Balsamea pilosa Engl.
• Balsamodendrum africanum (A. Rich.) Arn.
• Balsamodendrum africanum var. ramosissimum Oliv.
• Balsamodendrum kotschyi O. Berg
• Commiphora africana var. ramosissima (Oliv.) Engl.
• Commiphora africana var. tubuk (Sprague) Gillett
• Commiphora benadirensis Mattei
• Commiphora calciicola Engl.
• Commiphora loandensis Engl.
• Commiphora nkolola Engl.
• Commiphora palmatifoliolata Chiov.
• Commiphora pilosa (Engl.) Engl.
• Commiphora pilosa var. meyerijohannis Engl.
• Commiphora rugosa Engl.
• Commiphora sambesiaca Engl.
• Commiphora tubuk Sprague
• Heudelotia africana A. Rich.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Arabian Peninsula Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, C-Saudi Arabia) Continental: Africa South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal), Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, N-Cameroon, E-D.R. Congo (Zaire), Angola, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambzia, Zimbabwe, Zambia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Engler, H.G.A., 1883. Monogr. Phan. 4:14.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Commiphora africana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 12. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Commiphora africana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Commiphora africana. Published online. Accessed: Jul. 12 2019.
• The Plant List 2013. Commiphora africana in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul 12.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Commiphora africana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Jul 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Commiphora africana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

bamanankan: Jɛ̀lankùna, Barakante
Fulfulde: Mbaɗaɗi

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