Bombaceae

Bombax ceiba

Taxonavigation

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
Genera: Bombax – Ceiba – Eriotheca – Neobuchia – Pachira – Pochota – Pseudobombax – Rhodognaphalon – Spirotheca

Name

Bombaceae Kunth, Syn. Pl. 3: 258. (1824) nom. et typ. cons.

• Type genus: Bombax L., 1: 511. (1753)

References

Primary references

• Kunth, K.S. 1824. Synopsis Plantarum, quas, in itinere ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi, collegerunt Al. de Humboldt et Am. Bonpland 3: 258.

Additional references

• Carvalho-Sobrinho, J.G., Alverson, W.S., Alcantara, S., Queiroz, L.P., Mota, A.C. & Baum, D.A. 2016. Revisiting the phylogeny of Bombacoideae (Malvaceae): Novel relationships, morphologically cohesive clades, and a new tribal classification based on multilocus phylogenetic analyses. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 101: 56-74. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.05.006 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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