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As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2023

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Commiphora Jacq.

This genus name was first published in Pl. 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.	Berl. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Schr. 3: 127 (1782)		wfo-4000003983
Balsamodendrum	Kunth	Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 2: 348 (1824)		wfo-4000003990
Balsamophloeos	O.Berg	Bot. Zeitung 20: 163. 1862.		wfo-4000003992
Balsamus	Stackhouse	De Libanoto 11. 1814.		wfo-4000003994
Bdellium	Baill. ex Laness.	Pl. Util. Col. Franç. : 815 (1886)		wfo-4000004262
Hemprichia	Ehrenberg	Linnaea 4: 396. 1829.		wfo-4000017462
Heudelotia	A.Rich.in J.B.A.Guillemin, Perrottet & A.Richard,	Fl. Seneg. Tent. 150. 1831.	—	wfo-4000017803
Hitzera	Klotzsch	W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(1): 89 (1861)		wfo-4000018007
Neomangenotia	J.-F.Leroy	Adansonia, n.s. 16(2): 198. 1976.		wfo-4000025761
Protionopsis	Blume	Mus. Bot. 1: 229. 1850.		wfo-4000031256
Spondiopsis	Engl.	Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C (1895) 243.		wfo-4000036165
Niotoutt	Adans.	Hist. Nat. Sénégal , Engl. ed.: 162 (1759)		wfo-4000045114

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Unplaced Names

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

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Commiphora chariensis	A.Chev.	Etudes Fl. Afr. Centr. Franc. i. 51 (1913), nomen.		wfo-0001350869
Commiphora cuneaphylla	Chiov. ex Guid.	Rivista Ital. Essenze Profumi 13: 233 (1931)		wfo-0000617237
Commiphora daro	Boitcau	Bull. Acad. Malgache , n.s., 26: 176 (1947)		wfo-0000617244
Commiphora mollis	F.Hoffm.	Beitr. Fl. Centr.-Ost-Afr. : 21 (1889)		wfo-0000617365
Commiphora omundomba	Swanepoel & A.Weeks	Phytotaxa 543(4): 211. 2022		wfo-1000029736
Commiphora orbicularis var. orbicularis	–	–	—	wfo-0001315853
Commiphora petiolutata	J.B.Gillett	–	—	wfo-0001218992
Commiphora quidottii	Chiov.	–	—	wfo-0001218993
Commiphora rehmanniana	Engl.	Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(4): 255 (1896)		wfo-0000617431
Commiphora seyrigi	Boiteau	Bull. Acad. Malgache , n.s., 26: 176 (1947)		wfo-0000617472
Commiphora simplicifolia	H.Perrier	Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 18: 274 (1944)		wfo-0000617474
Commiphora virgata	Chiov.	Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 47. 1916 ; also see Stefan. & Paoli, Miss. Somal. Ital. Merid., Relaz. 236, nomen.		wfo-0001350876