Burseraceae
Commiphora

Commiphora merkeri Engl.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 44: 144 (1910)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Kenya to Mozambique. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1963). Flora Zambesiaca 2(1): 1-351. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Gillett, J.B. (1991). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Burseraceae: 1-94.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1963). Flora Zambesiaca 2(1): 1-351. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • B.D. Burtt in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1935: 110 (1935).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 89 (1961).
  • Engl. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 44: 144 (1910)
  • Engl. in A. Engler, Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 48: 460, 480 (1912).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 79 (1949), pro parte.
  • Mattick in Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahelm 12: 662 (1935).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
May 19, 1982 Hansen, O.J. [3480] Botswana K000285573 Yes
Mar 27, 1974 Winter, B., de; Leistner [5407] Namibia K000285574 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [19654] Kenya K000353468 No
Chuwa, S. [2833] Tanzania K000353462 Yes
Glover; Gwynne; Samuel [2752] Kenya K000353443 No
Chuwa, S. [2607] Tanzania K000353461 Yes
Bally [3179] Kenya K000353445 No
Luke [857] Kenya K000353444 No
Newbould, J.G.B. [6330] Tanzania K000353465 No
Greenway, P.J.; Abdallah, R. [14996] Kenya K000353460 No
Richards, M. [28591] Tanzania K000353463 No
Mozambique K:SPC-04952.000 No
Richards, M. [23736] Tanzania K000353464 No
Merker, M. [565] Tanzania K000353466 Isosyntype Yes
Gillett, J.B.; White, F. [20246] Kenya K000353467 No

Sources

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • Common Names from Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com/
    • © Plants and People Africa http://www.plantsandpeopleafrica.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/