Table 1.
List of the current scientific name, official tree name, synonyms, geographical distribution, and references according to the “The World Flora Online website”.
| Current Scientific Name | Official Tree Name | Synonyms | Geographical Distribution |
References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boswellia sacra | Boswellia sacra Flueck. |
Boswellia bhaw-dajiana Birdw. Boswellia bhaw-dajiana var. serrulata Engl. Boswellia carteri Birdw. Boswellia carteri var. Subintegra Engl. Boswellia carteri var. Undulatocrenata Engl. Boswellia undulatocrenata (Engl.) Engl. |
Arabian Peninsula (Oman, Yemen) | [18] |
| Boswellia serrata | Boswellia serrata Roxb. Ex Colebr. |
Boswellia balsamifera Spreng. Boswellia glabra Roxb. Boswellia thurifera Roxb. Ex Fleming Chloroxylon dupada Buch.-Ham. |
India | [19] |
| - | Boswellia odorata Hutch. | - | Niger, northern Nigeria, and eastern Cameron | [20] |
| - | Boswellia popoviana Hepper | - | Socotra | [21] |
| - | Boswellia ruspoliana Engl. | - | Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya | [22] |
| Boswellia socotrana | Boswellia socotrana Balf.f. | - | Socotra | [23] |
| - | Boswellia holstii Engl. | - | Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya | [24] |
| - | Boswellia microphylla Chiov. | - | Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya | [25] |
| - | Boswellia multifoliolata Engl. | - | Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya | [26] |
| Boswellia nana | Boswellia nana Hepper | - | Socotra | [27] |
| Boswellia ogadensis | Boswellia ogadensis Vollesen | - | Ethiopia | [28] |
| Boswellia ovalifoliolata | Boswellia ovalifoliolata N.P.Balakr. & A.N.Henry | - | India | [29] |
| Boswellia pirottae | Boswellia pirottae Chiov. | - | Ethiopia | [30] |
| Boswellia ameero | Boswellia ameero Balf.f. | - | Socotra | [31] |
| - | Boswellia boranensis Engl. | - | Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya | [32] |
| - | Boswellia bricchettii (Chiov.) Chiov. | - | [33] | |
| - | Boswellia bullata Thulin | - | Socotra | [34] |
| - | Boswellia chariensis Guillaumin | - | Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan | [35] |
| - | Boswellia dioscoridis Thulin | - | Socotra | [36] |
| Boswellia elongata | Boswellia elongata Balf.f. | - | Socotra | [37] |
| Boswellia frereana | Boswellia frereana Birdw. | - | Somalia | [38] |
| - | Boswellia globosa Thulin | - | Somalia | [39] |
| Boswellia dalzielii | Boswellia dalzielii Hutch. | - | Northern Nigeria | [40] |
| Ambilobea madagascariensis | Ambilobea madagascariensis (Capuron) Thulin, Beier & Razafim. | Boswellia madagascariensis Capuron | Madagascar | [41] |
| Garuga floribunda | Garuga floribunda Decne. |
Boswellia javanica Turcz. Bursera javanica (Turcz.) Baill. Garuga abilo (Blanco) Merr. Garuga clarkii Merr. Garuga littoralis Merr. Garuga mollis Turcz. Garuga pacifica Burkill Garuga pinnata var. mollis Kurz |
Southern China, Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, through southeast Asia to the Pacific Islands | [42] |
| Boswellia papyrifera | Boswellia papyrifera (Caill. Ex Delile) Hochst. |
Amyris papyrifera Caill. ex Delile Boswellia occidentalis Engl. |
Ethiopia | [43] |
| Boswellia rivae | Boswellia rivae Engl. | - | Ethiopia | [44] |
| Boswellia hildebrandtii | Boswellia hildebrandtii Engl. | - | Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya | [45] |
| - | Boswellia elegans Engl. | - | Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya | [46] |
| Boswellia neglecta | Boswellia neglecta S.Moore. | - | Eritrea | [47] |
WFO: The World Flora Online.