Ceiba aesculifolia

Ceiba aesculifolia

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: Ceiba
Sectio: C. sect. Campylanthera
Species: Ceiba aesculifolia
Subspecies: C. aesculifolia subsp. aesculifolia - C. aesculifolia subsp. parvifolia

Name

Ceiba aesculifolia (Kunth) Britten & Baker.f., 1896

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Bombax aesculifolium Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 298 (1822)
  • Eriodendron aesculifolium (Kunth) DC. in Prodr. 1: 479 (1824)
  • Xylon aesculifolium (Kunth) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 24 (1898)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua Continental:Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Cuba, Puerto Rico References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Britten & Baker f., 1894. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. London 34:175.

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: I–XXV, 1–1192. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Ceiba aesculifolia 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. Ceiba aesculifolia. 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. Ceiba aesculifolia. Published online. Accessed: September 04 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Ceiba aesculifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 September 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ceiba aesculifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2023 September 04.

Vernacular names

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