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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

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