Boswellia bullata

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	SAPINDALES	BURSERACEAE

Scientific Name:	Boswellia bullata
Species Authority:	Thul. & Gifri

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1
Year Published:	2004
Assessor/s:	Miller, A.
Reviewer/s:	Abuzinada, A.H. & AL-Eisawi, D.M.H. (Arabian Plants Red List Authority)
Contributor/s:
Justification: A rare tree with a fragmented distribution; known from only three locations with a very restricted total area of occupancy.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Endemic to Soqotra.
Countries:	Native: Yemen (Socotra)
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Population [top]

Population Trend:	Unknown

Population Trend:

Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Rare on limestone cliffs in dry, semi-deciduous woodland. Altitude of 100–300 m. A distinctive cliff-dwelling tree, characterized by its pinnate leaves and crinkly, deeply irregularly crenate-serrate leaflets. There is some variation; plants from the single population known in the east of the island (at Bit gobeher) differ from trees from the west (at Wadi Ayeq and the cliffs above Qaysoh) in having red (not greenish yellow) petals and leaves with fewer (9–13), more regularly and less deeply crenate-serrate leaflets.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Habitat and Ecology:

Rare on limestone cliffs in dry, semi-deciduous woodland. Altitude of 100–300 m.

A distinctive cliff-dwelling tree, characterized by its pinnate leaves and crinkly, deeply irregularly crenate-serrate leaflets. There is some variation; plants from the single population known in the east of the island (at Bit gobeher) differ from trees from the west (at Wadi Ayeq and the cliffs above Qaysoh) in having red (not greenish yellow) petals and leaves with fewer (9–13), more regularly and less deeply crenate-serrate leaflets.

Systems:

Terrestrial

Citation:	Miller, A. 2004. Boswellia bullata. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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