Burseraceae
Commiphora

Commiphora angolensis Engl.

First published in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 4: 24 (1883)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical & S. Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Descriptions

Burseraceae, H. Wild. Flora Zambesiaca 2:1. 1963

Morphology General Habit
Bush or small tree up to 5 m. tall; bark on older specimens chestnut-brown, polygonal-reticulate on bole, flaking in scales 2 cm. across, greenish on branches and peeling in papery buff strips; young branches densely pubescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves pinnate with the leaflets 2–4-jugate or occasionally 3-foliolate; petiole up to 5 cm. long, pubescent; leaflets up to 6 × 2·3 cm., oblong, elliptic-oblong, ovate or rotund, apex acute or obtuse, margin crenate-serrate, base rounded or very broadly cuneate, slightly asymmetric, sparsely pubescent above, more densely so below, occasionally almost glabrous; petiolules up to 0·5 mm. long, pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers appearing with the young leaves, in axillary dichasial cymes up to 8 cm. long or the female inflorescences reduced to 1–2-flowered abbreviated cymes; branches of inflorescence pubescent; bracteoles up to 3 mm. long, filamentous, pilose; pedicels up to 5 mm. long, slender, pilose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx c. 4 mm. long, infundibuliform, lobed to 1/3-way, pilose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 2·5–4 mm. long, pilose outside except towards the margins.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamen-filaments flattened and broadened towards the base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
Disk-lobes not developed.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit 0·85–1·3 × 0·7 × 1 cm., ovoid-globose, minutely apiculate, glabrous; pseudaril covering up to 2/3 of the endocarp and becoming thin above; endocarp c. 1·1 × 0·8 cm., cordiform, smooth, both faces moderately convex.
[FZ]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/146459476/146459478

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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