Burseraceae
Commiphora

Commiphora neglecta I.Verd.

First published in Bothalia 6: 214 (1951)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mozambique to S. Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

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/168994525/169318202

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

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

Morphology General Habit
Tree up to 9 m. tall; bark smooth, green, peeling; branches cinereous-pubescent when young, often spiny.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 3-foliolate; petiole up to 4·5 cm. long, sparsely pilose; leaflets up to 6 × 3·5 cm., terminal usually very broadly obovate, the laterals smaller and broadly elliptic to rotund, apex shortly apiculate or rounded, margins finely crenate-serrate but entire towards the base, base cuneate, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers appearing with the leaves or before the leaves, in clusters in short side-shoots or (male) in short dichasial cymes; pedicels c. 2 mm. long, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 2 mm. long, campanulate, lobed to half-way.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 3·5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamen-filaments subterete.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
Disk-lobes 4.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit c. 1·3 × 1·2 cm., subglobose, minutely apiculate, glabrous; pseudaril with 4 rather thick and slightly winged arms; endocarp c. 1 × 0·8 cm., smooth, both faces deeply convex.
[FZ]

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