Boswellia nana

Boswellia nana is a species of plant in the Burseraceae family endemic to the Yemeni island of Socotra.[1][3] They are small trees or shrubs, sometimes so bent that they are lying nearly horizontal to the ground.[1]

Boswellia nana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Burseraceae
Genus: Boswellia
Species:
B. nana
Binomial name
Boswellia nana

The habitat of Boswellia nana is arid, partly deciduous forest land on limestone escarpments, at altitudes from 300–550 m. Specimens are also known to grow on flat, paved limestone; B. nana is known from only in two populations, confined to an area of less than 20 km² in the northeastern part of the island.[1]

It is possible that Boswellia nana is a natural hybrid between B. socotrana and another Boswellia species (though which other species is, as yet, unknown). Some evidence for this is found in a solitary Boswellia tree discovered growing at the bottom of limestone cliffs at Hamadero; it displays some characteristics of both B. nana and B. socotrana. Furthermore, this tree is growing in an area that lies ecologically in between the habitats of both species, sharing certain qualities. However, B. nana was thought (by botanists Mats Thulin and Abdul Nasser Al-Gifri, in 1998) to be a smaller form of Boswellia popoviana.[1]

References
  1. Assessor: Miller, A.; Evaluators: Abuzinada, A.H. & AL-Eisawi, D.M.H. (Arabian Plants Red List Authority) (2004). "Boswellia nana in IUCN 2012". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004. Retrieved January 7, 2013.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Boswellia nana was originally described and published in Hooker's Icones Plantarum 37: t. 3676. 1971. "Name - Boswellia nana Hepper". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
  3. "International Succulent Introductions: Plant Introductions of the Huntington Botanical Gardens – Boswellia nana". San Marino, California: Huntington Botanical Gardens. 2013. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2013.


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