Embrace the new species Boswellia orpedionis Thulin and MHWEBER are described, illustrated by photographs and mapped. This tree is only known by a small population that grows in the level limestone in the Qatariyah plateau in southern Socotra and is the twelfth endemic species of Boswellia Of the Socotra archipelago. Differs from B. Dioscoridis Thulin having 7–9 leaflets with pubescent nerves on the upper side, and having larger flowers and fruits. Boswellia Amero Balf.F. It is shown that it has pytrenes with wide wings, an unusual characteristic in the genus and unique among the species in Socotra. Two new locations are reported to B. Bullata Thulin, which is mostly shown by winged pyrenos by little.
Keywords: Endemic species, taxonomy, Yemen
Boswellia orpedionis Thulin and MHWEBER sp. nov.
A species that differs from Boswellia Dioscoridis Thulin having 7–9 pubescent leaflets with crunchy hairs along the nerves above (versus mainly sheets 11–17-foliolate and complete (versus).
Etymology: The epithet ‘Oopedionis‘(from the Greek to’of the plateau‘) refers to the habitat of the species.
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