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Commiphora Jacq.

This genus name was first published in Pl. Rar. Hort. Schoenbr. 2: 66 (1797)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000009054.

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Synonyms of Commiphora

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Balsamea Gled. in Berl. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Schr. iii. (1782) 127 wfo-4000003983
Balsamodendrum Kunth Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 2: 348 (1824) wfo-4000003990
Balsamophloeos O.Berg Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 20: 163 (1862) wfo-4000003992
Balsamus Stackh. De Liban. 11 (1814) wfo-4000003994
Bdellium Baill. ex Laness. Pl. util. colon. franc. (1886) 815 nomen wfo-4000004262
Hemprichia Ehrenb. Linnaea 4(3): 396 (1829) wfo-4000017462
Heudelotia A.Rich. Guill. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent. 150. t. 39 (1832) wfo-4000017803
Hitzera Klotzsch Naturw. Reise Mossambique [Peters] 6(Bot., 1): 89 (1861) wfo-4000018007
Neomangenotia J.-F.Leroy Adansonia sér. 2, 16(2): 198 (1976) wfo-4000025761
Protionopsis Blume Mus. Bot. 1(15): 229 wfo-4000031256
Spondiopsis Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C (1895) 243 wfo-4000036165
Niotoutt Adans. Voy. 162 (1759) wfo-4000045114
Balessam Bruce Trav. Disc. Source Nile v. I. 25 (1790) wfo-4100003649

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Commiphora:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Commiphora africana (A.Rich.) Endl. Monogr. Phan. 4: 14 1883 — wfo-0000617158
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Commiphora angustefoliolata Mendes Bol. Soc. Brot. , sér. 2, 28: 137 (1964) wfo-0001328095
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Commiphora berardelli Chiov. Atti Reale Accad. Italia, Mem. Cl. Sci. Fis. 11: 22 (1940) wfo-0001328096
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Commiphora chariensis A.Chev. Etudes Fl. Afr. Centr. Franc. i. 51 (1913), nomen. wfo-0001350869
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Commiphora crenato-serrata Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 140 (1894) wfo-0001328098
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Commiphora cuneaphylla Chiov. ex Guid. in Riv. Ital. Ess. e Prof. xiii. 233 (1931), nomen. wfo-0000617237
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Commiphora daro Boiteau in Bull. Acad. Malgache, n. s., xxvi. 176 (1947), sine descr. lat. wfo-0000617244
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Commiphora laxicymigera H.Perrier Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 18: 281 (1944) wfo-0000617338
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Commiphora longebracteata Engl. Monogr. Phan. 4: 19 (1883) wfo-0001328100
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Commiphora mollis F.Hoffm. Beitr. Kenntn. Fl. Centr.-Ost-Afr. (1889) 21 wfo-0000617365
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Commiphora orbicularis var. orbicularis – – — wfo-0001315853
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Commiphora petiolutata J.B.Gillett – — wfo-0001218992
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Commiphora quidottii Chiov. – — wfo-0001218993
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Commiphora seyrigi Boiteau in Bull. Acad. Malgache, n. s., xxvi. 176 (1947), sine descr. lat. wfo-0000617472
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Commiphora shankarsinhiana K.D.Thacker & K.S.Rajput Rheedea 35(1): 7 (2025) wfo-1000080951
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Commiphora virgata Chiov. Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 47. 1916 ; also see Stefan. & Paoli, Miss. Somal. Ital. Merid., Relaz. 236, nomen. wfo-0001350876