Bombax costatum

Bombax costatum

Bombax costatum

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
Genus: Bombax
Species: Bombax costatum

Name

Bombax costatum Pellegr. & Vuillet, 1914

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Bombax angulicarpum var. costatum (Pellegr. & Vuillet) A.Chev. in Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 220: 510 (1945)
  • Bombax costatum var. typicum Aubrév. in Fl. Forest. Soudano-Guin.: 171 (1950), not validly publ.
• Heterotypic
  • Bombax andrieui Pellegr. & Vuillet in Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 90 (1914)
  • Bombax angulicarpum var. andrieui (Pellegr. & Vuillet) A.Chev. in Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 220: 510 (1945)
  • Bombax angulicarpum var. houardii (Pellegr. & Vuillet) A.Chev. in Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 220: 510 (1945)
  • Bombax buonopozense var. vuilletii Pellegr. in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 379 (1919)
  • Bombax costatum var. andrieui (Pellegr. & Vuillet) Aubrév. in Fl. Forest. Soudano-Guin.: 172 (1950)
  • Bombax costatum var. houardii (Pellegr. & Vuillet) Aubrév. in Fl. Forest. Soudano-Guin.: 171 (1950)
  • Bombax houardii Pellegr. & Vuillet in Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 89 (1914)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Africa Regional: Western Africa Benin, Burkina, Cameroon, Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Regional: Central Africa Central African Repu, Chad, Mali, Niger Regional: Eastern Africa Sudan References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pellegr. & Vuillet, 1914. Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 88

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 1996. World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2). 492 pp., MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-572-0006-6. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Bombax costatum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 04. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Bombax costatum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Bombax costatum. Published online. Accessed: September 04 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Bombax costatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 September 2023.

Vernacular names

مصرى: بومباكس كوستاتوم
bamanankan: Bumu
Esperanto: Savana bombako
فارسی: درخت پنجه دندهای
Wolof: Garabu Lawbe

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