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Commiphora kua (R.Br. ex Royle) Vollesen

This species name was first published in Nordic J. Bot. 4(1): 37 (1984): (1984)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000617330.

Synonyms of Commiphora kua (R.Br. ex Royle) Vollesen

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Amyris kafal Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 80 (1775) wfo-0000532659
Balsamea abyssinica Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1(1): 41 (1880) wfo-0000558813
Balsamodendrum abyssinicum Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1(1): 41 (1880) wfo-0000558920
Balsamodendrum habessinica O.Berg Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 20: 161 (1862) wfo-0000558931
Balsamodendrum kua R.Br. ex Royle Man. Mat. Med. 341 (1847), in obs. wfo-0000558934
Balsamus kafal (Forssk.) Stackh. De Liban. 12 (1814) wfo-0000558955
Commiphora abyssinica (Engl.) Engl. Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 10 (1883) wfo-0000617154
Commiphora assaortensis Chiov. Fl. Somala 2: 64 (1932) wfo-0000617188
Commiphora atramentaria Chiov. Fl. Somala 2: 76 (1932) wfo-0000617189
Commiphora bruceae Chiov. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1941(2): 133 (1942) wfo-0000617202
Commiphora candidula Sprague Hooker's Icon. Pl. 32: t. 3106 (1927) wfo-0000617210
Commiphora crenulata (A.Terracc.) Chiov. Fl. Somala 2: 75, cum descr. ampl. (1932) wfo-0000617236
Commiphora dancaliensis Chiov. Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 403 (1915) wfo-0000617242
Commiphora ellenbeckii Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34(2): 303 (1904) wfo-0000617254
Commiphora flaviflora Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34(2): 304 (1904) wfo-0000617269
Commiphora gowlello Sprague Hooker's Icon. Pl. 32: t. 3109 (1927) wfo-0000617289
Commiphora gracilispina J.B.Gillett Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burser. 18 (1991) wfo-0000617292
Commiphora habessinica (O.Berg) Engl. Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 4: 10 (1883) wfo-0000617300
Commiphora habessinica var. crenulata A.Terracc. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 5: 111 (1894) wfo-0000617301
Commiphora incisa Chiov. Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 45 (1916) wfo-0000617319
Commiphora kua var. gowlello (Sprague) J.B.Gillett Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burser. 19 (1991) wfo-0000617331
Commiphora lindensis Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34(2): 303 (1904) wfo-0000617345
Commiphora salubris Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54(4): 294 (1917) wfo-0000617451
Commiphora subsessilifolia Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34(2): 303 (1904) wfo-0000617496
Balsamodendrum kafal (Forssk.) Kunth ex DC. Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 76 (1825) wfo-0000750328
Balsamodendrum habessinicum O.Berg Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 20(21): 161 (1862) wfo-0001328081
Commiphora habessinica subsp. tanganyikensis J.B.Gillett Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Burser. 26 (1991) wfo-0001366144
Balsamea habessinica (O.Berg) Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1(1): 41 (1880) wfo-1000061338
Balsamodendrum africanum var. habessinicum (O.Berg) Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 325 (1868) wfo-1200094026
Commiphora habessinica var. simplicifolia Schweinf. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7(App. 2): 291 (1899) wfo-1200094030