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Commiphora pyracanthoides subsp. glandulosa Schinz Wild [family BURSERACEAE]

Date Updated: 26 July 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 2, Part 1, page 263, (1963) Author: H. Wild
Names
Commiphora pyracanthoides subsp. glandulosa Schinz Wild [family BURSERACEAE], in Bol. Soc. Brot., Sér. 2, 33: 44 (1959). TAB. 49 fig B. Type from SW. Africa. Commiphora glandulosa Schinz [family BURSERACEAE], in Bull. Herb. Boiss., Sér. 2, 8: 633 (1908). — Exell & Mendonça, C.F.A. 1, 2: 298 (1951). — O.B.Mill. in Journ. S. Afr. Bot. 18: 38 (1952). — Brenan in Kew Bull. 1953: 106 (1953). Type from SW. Africa (Damaraland). Balsamodendrum africanum [family BURSERACEAE], sensu Oliv., F.T.A. 1: 326 quoad specim. Chapman. Commiphora lugardae N.E.Br. [family BURSERACEAE], in Kew Bull. 1909: 99 (1909). — Burtt Davy, F.P.F.T. 2: 485 (1932). — O.B.Mill., loc. cit. Type: Bechuanaland Prot., Kwebe Hills, Lugard 23 (K, holotype). Commiphora seineri Engl. [family BURSERACEAE], Bot. Jahrb. 44: 145 (1910); op. cit. 48: 480 (1912); in Engl. & Prantl. Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 19a: 347 (1931). — Burtt Davy, loc. cit. Type: N. Rhodesia, Sesheke, Seiner 57 (B, holotype †; K, photo). Commiphora pyracanthoides [family BURSERACEAE], sensu Brenan, loc. cit. pro parte quoad specim. Seiner II, 103. — White, F.F.N.R.: 176 (1962) pro parte quoad specim. Angus 1038.
Information
Small tree up to 8 m. tall. Leaves often slightly glandular, especially toward the base. Calyx densely glandular outside.
Habitat
In dry deciduous woodland, occasionally on termite mounds in Brachystegia woodland.
Distribution
Mozambique M Catuane, fl. x.1944, Pimenta (LISC).Zimbabwe S Lower Sabi, west bank, fr. 29.i.1948, Wild 2442 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Hartley, Poole, fr. 17.i.1945, Hornby 3129 (SRGH).Zimbabwe W Victoria Falls, fr. 18.xi.1949, Wild 3080 (K; SRGH).Zambia S Kafue Flats, fl. 7.x.1930, Milne-Redhead 1223 (K).Botswana SE Kanye, fl. 14.xi.1948, Hillary & Robertson 517 (K; PRE; SRGH).Mozambique T R. Mouzi, fl. 26.ix.1948, Wild 2642 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe N Mtoko, fl. 10.x.1955, Lovemore 443 (K; SRGH).Zambia B Sesheke, fr. 26.xii.1952, Angus 1038 (FHO; K; PRE).Botswana N Lake Makarikari, fr. 12.xii.1929, Pole Evans 2595 (K; PRE).
Distribution (external)
Angola SW. Africa Transvaal
Notes
Three fruiting specimens (Phelps 102 (K; SRGH) from Kariba and Lovemore 239 (K; SRGH) from Wankie, S. Rhodesia and Banda 361 (BM; SRGH) from Zomba District, Nyasaland) have slender petioles up to 2 cm. long and a tendency to produce very small lateral leaflets. They have the fruits of C. pyracanthoides and have glandular petioles and leaves. By analogy with the variation of leaf form in C.madagascariensis they are probably not a distinct species but forms of C.pyracanthoides subsp. glandulosa.
Commiphora pyracanthoides subsp. glandulosa Schinz Wild [family BURSERACEAE]
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