| Commiphora gileadensis (L.) C. Chr. |
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| Family : BURSERACEAE |
| Protologue : Dansk Bot. Ark. iv. 3, 18 (1922) |
| Notes : Sensu lato, see Thulin in Fl. Somal. vol.2 (1999) |
| Information on the genus : Commiphora |
| Basionym : Amyris gileadensis L. |
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Status
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| Status for NA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Amyris gileadensis L. (1768) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Commiphora albiflora Engl. (1905) |
| =Commiphora ancistrophora Chiov. (1932) |
| =Commiphora cassan Chiov. (1932) |
| =Commiphora gillettii Chiov. (1941) |
| =Commiphora microcarpa Chiov. (1932) |
| =Commiphora velutina Chiov. (1916) |
| =Commiphora suckertiana Chiov. (1934) |
| =Commiphora coronillifolia Chiov. (1931) |
| =Commiphora anfractuosa Chiov. (1932) |
| =Amyris opobalsamum L. |
| =Commiphora opobalsamum (L.) Engl. (1883) |
| =Commiphora opobalsamum var. ehrenbergianum (O. Berg) Engl. |
| =Balsamodendrum ehrenbergianum O. Berg |
| =*Commiphora opobalsamum var. induta (Hutch.) Sprague ex Bruce |
| =Balsamea stocksiana Engl. |
| =Commiphora stocksiana (Engl.) Engl. (1883) |
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| Taxon infra-specific |
| Commiphora gileadensis var. pubescens (Stocks) J. B. Gillett |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Shrub or tree 1,5-5 m tall, unarmed, sometimes with long slender drooping branches; bark yellowish to dull orange or grey or black, smooth, sometimes peeling in small papery flakes. |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Acacia, Commiphora woodland or bushland; semidesert scrub; limestone hills; sand dunes; red to grey sandy soil overlying limestone and basement complex or rocky limestone ridges; old lava flows; dry hilly savanna; 0-1300 m alt. |
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According to Thulin (Fl. Somal., l.c.) the original material of C. microcarpa (in synonymy) is very poor, fruiting twigs without leaves. |
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SE Egypt (possibly originally introduced); Saudi Arabia, Yemen, S Oman. |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
Bibliography for North Africa :
- Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 2: 68 (2000).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The Euro-Mediterranean Plant Base |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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