Commiphora gileadensis

Commiphora gileadensis

Taxonavigation

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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 gileadensis

Name

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Commiphora gileadensis (L.) C.Chr., 1922

Synonyms

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  • Amyris gileadensis L.
  • Amyris opobalsamum L.
  • Balsamea meccanensis Gled.
  • Balsamea stocksiana Engl.
  • Balsamodendron pubescens Stocks
  • alsamodendrum ehrenbergianum O. Berg
  • Balsamodendrum gileadense Kunth
  • Balsamodendrum opobalsamum (L.) Kunth
  • Balsamus libanotus Staekh.
  • Balsamus meccanensis Stackh.
  • Balsamus theophrasti Stackh.
  • Commiphora albiflora Engl.
  • Commiphora ancistrophora Chiov.
  • Commiphora anfractuosa Chiov.
  • ommiphora cassan Chiov.
  • Commiphora coronillifolia Chiov. ex Guidotti
  • Commiphora gileadensis var. pubescens (Stocks) J. B. Gillett
  • Commiphora gillettii Chiov.
  • Commiphora microcarpa Chiov.
  • Commiphora opobalsamum (L.) Engl.
  • Commiphora opobalsamum var. ehrenbergianum (Berg) Engl.
  • Commiphora opobalsamum var. induta (Hutch.) Sprague ex Hutch. & Bruce
  • Commiphora stocksiana (Engl.) Engl.
  • Commiphora suckertiana Chiov.
  • Commiphora velutina Chiov.

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional: Northern Africa
      • Egypt (SE-Egypt)
    • Regional: Eastern Africa
      • Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, NE-Kenya
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: Arabian Peninsula
      • Oman (Dhofar), Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Asir), Yemen (Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut, Inner Hadhramaut, N-Inner Yemen, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen)
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical
    • Regional: Indian Subcontinent
      • Pakistan (Karachi, Sind, Baluchistan)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Vernacular names

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English: Balsam of Mecca
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