Commiphora: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Burseraceae
- Genus
- Commiphora
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Commiphora
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Commiphora
Commiphora is the most species-rich genus of flowering plants in the frankincense and myrrh family, Burseraceae. The genus contains approximately 190 species of shrubs and trees, which are distributed throughout the (sub-) tropical regions of Africa, the western Indian Ocean islands, the Arabian Peninsula, India, and South America. The genus is drought-tolerant and common throughout the xerophytic scrub, seasonally dry tropical forests, and woodlands of these regions.
The common name myrrh refers to several species of the genus, from which aromatic resins are derived for various fragrance and medicinal uses by humans.
A previously unknown species belonging to this genus has been grown from a single ancient seed and tentatively identified as the biblical plant mentioned in the Bible as the source of a medicinal extract called tsori.
...Commiphora in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Kanniedood
- Chinese
- 沒藥樹屬
- Czech
- myrhovník
- English
- corkwoods
- English
- corkwood trees
- Finnish
- mirhapuut
- Russian
- Коммифора
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Commiphora africana
- Commiphora alata
- Commiphora anacardiifolia
- Commiphora andranovoryensis
- Commiphora angolensis
- Commiphora ankaranensis
- Commiphora aprevalii
- Commiphora arafy
- Commiphora baluensis
- Commiphora berryi
- Commiphora buruxa
- Commiphora caerulea
- Commiphora campestris
- Commiphora capensis
- Commiphora capuronii
- Commiphora caudata
- Commiphora cervifolia
- Commiphora chaetocarpa
- Commiphora ciliata
- Commiphora corrugata
- Commiphora crenato-serrata
- Commiphora dalzielii
- Commiphora dinteri
- Commiphora discolor
- Commiphora edulis
- Commiphora elliptica
- Commiphora eminii
- Commiphora falcata
- Commiphora fraxinifolia
- Commiphora gariepensis
- Commiphora giessii
- Commiphora gileadensis
- Commiphora glandulosa
- Commiphora glaucescens
- Commiphora gorinii
- Commiphora gracilifrondosa
- Commiphora grandifolia
- Commiphora guidottii
- Commiphora guillauminii
- Commiphora harveyi
- Commiphora hodai
- Commiphora humbertii
- Commiphora kaokoensis
- Commiphora karibensis
- Commiphora kataf
- Commiphora kraeuseliana
- Commiphora kua
- Commiphora kuneneana
- Commiphora laxecymigera
- Commiphora leptophloeos
- Commiphora madagascariensis
- Commiphora mafaidoha
- Commiphora mahafaliensis
- Commiphora marchandii
- Commiphora marlothii
- Commiphora merkeri
- Commiphora mollis
- Commiphora monoica
- Commiphora monstruosa
- Commiphora morondavensis
- Commiphora mossambicensis
- Commiphora multijuga
- Commiphora myrrha
- Commiphora namaensis
- Commiphora namibensis
- Commiphora neglecta
- Commiphora oblanceolata
- Commiphora obovata
- Commiphora orbicularis
- Commiphora ornifolia
- Commiphora ovalifolia
- Commiphora parvifolia
- Commiphora pedunculata
- Commiphora pervilleana
- Commiphora planifrons
- Commiphora pseudopaolii
- Commiphora pteleifolia
- Commiphora pterocarpa
- Commiphora pyracanthoides
- Commiphora razakamalalae
- Commiphora saxicola
- Commiphora schimperi
- Commiphora schlechteri
- Commiphora serrata
- Commiphora simplicifolia
- Commiphora socotrana
- Commiphora sphaerophylla
- Commiphora stellulata
- Commiphora steynii
- Commiphora sulcata
- Commiphora tenuipetiolata
- Commiphora tetramera
- Commiphora truncata
- Commiphora unilobata
- Commiphora viminea
- Commiphora virgata
- Commiphora wightii
- Commiphora wildii
- Commiphora woodii
- Commiphora zanzibarica































































































































































