Ceiba pentandra

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Malvales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Bombacoideae
Tribus: Bombaceae
Genus: Ceiba
Sectiones: C. sect. Campylanthera – C. sect. Ceiba

Species: C. aesculifolia – C. boliviana – C. chodatii – C. crispiflora – C. erianthos – C. glaziovii – C. insignis – C. jasminodora – C. lupuna – C. pentandra – C. pubiflora – C. rubriflora – C. salmonea – C. samauma – C. schottii – C. soluta – C. speciosa – C. trischistandra – C. ventricosa

Name edit

Ceiba Mill., Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. [287]. (1754)

  • Type species: Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 244. (1791)

Synonyms edit

  • Homotypic
    • Xylon L., Opera Varia 212. 1758.
    • Xylum Post & Kuntze, Lex. 598. 1903.
  • Heterotypic
    • Campylanthera Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot. 35. 1832.
    • Chorisia Kunth, Malv. 6. 1822.
    • Erione Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot. 34: 1832.
    • Eriodendron DC. in Prodr. 1: 479 (1824)
    • Gossampinus Buch.-Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 15: 126 (1827)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental:Tropical America
      • Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
    • Introduced into:
      • Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mozambique, Nauru, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names edit

English: Kapok
suomi: Kapokkipuut
français: Fromager
Tiếng Việt: Chi Bông gòn
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