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Boswellia

The genus Boswellia is in the family Burseraceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Boswellia

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Boswellia ameero Balf.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia boranensis Engl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia bricchettii (Chiov.) Chiov. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia bullata Thulin Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia chariensis Guillaumin Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia dalzielii Hutch. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia dioscoridis Thulin Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia elegans Engl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia elongata Balf.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia frereana Birdw. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia globosa Thulin Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia hildebrandtii Engl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia holstii Engl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia madagascariensis Capuron Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia microphylla Chiov. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia multifoliolata Engl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia nana Hepper Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia neglecta S.Moore Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia occidentalis Engl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia odorata Hutch. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia ogadensis Vollesen Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia ovalifoliolata N.P.Balakr. & A.N.Henry Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia papyrifera (Del.) Hochst. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia pirottae Chiov. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia popoviana Hepper Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia rivae Engl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia ruspoliana Engl. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia sacra Flueck. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia serrata Roxb. ex Colebr. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Boswellia socotrana Balf.f. Accepted M WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 40 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Boswellia. Of these 30 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 3 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Boswellia. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 40 species names for the genus Boswellia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 30 75.0%
Synonym 7 17.5%
Unplaced 2 5.0%
Unassessed 1 2.5%

All names

The status of the 43 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Boswellia recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 30 69.8%
Synonym 10 23.3%
Unplaced 2 4.7%
Unassessed 1 2.3%

The confidence with which the status of the 40 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Boswellia, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 30 7 0 0 37 92.5%
Low confidence 0 0 2 1 3 7.5%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Boswellia, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
WCSP (in review) 30 7 2 1 0 40 100%