Burseraceae
Commiphora

Commiphora tenuipetiolata Engl.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 483 (1912)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical & S. Africa. It is a 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, usually glabrous except for the bracteoles; bark smooth, peeling in whitish strips, under layer dark green.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 3-foliolate or pinnate with the leaflets 2-jugate (rarely 3-jugate); petiole up to 4·5 cm. long, sometimes sparsely pilose, slender and often twisted; terminal leaflet up to 5·8 × 3 cm., obovate to broadly obovate, apex rounded, base gradually cuneate, lateral leaflets up to 4 × 2·5 cm., elliptic, broadly elliptic or obovate, apex obtuse, base cuneate; all leaflets with margins entire or with a few crenations near the apex, glabrous, glaucous; petiolules up to 1 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers appearing with the very young leaves, in axillary paniculate cymes up to 4 cm. long or the female inflorescences reduced to 1–2-flowered abbreviated cymes; branches of inflorescence very slender; bracteoles c. 3 mm. long, filamentous, pubescent; pedicels up to 3 mm. long, slender.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx c. 3–5 mm., long, infundibuliform, lobed to about 1/3-way.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals 2–3 mm. long.
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 c. 1·2 cm. in diam., globose, somewhat flattened; pseudaril covering about 2/3 of the endocarp and becoming thin above; endocarp c. 1 × 0·75 cm., subcordiform, smooth, both faces moderately convex.
[FZ]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/146458777/146458779

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

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]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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