Ceiba

For The journal called Ceiba, see ISSN 0008-8692.

Ceiba pentandra

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
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

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

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

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Xylon L., Opera Varia 212. 1758.
  • Xylum Post & Kuntze, Lex. 598. 1903.

• Heterotypic
  • Campylanthera Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot. 35. 1832.
    • Type species: C. samauma Schott & Endl.
  • Chorisia Kunth, Malv. 6. 1822.
    • Type species: C. insignis Kunth
  • Erione Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot. 34: 1832.
    • Type species: E. jasminodora (A.St.-Hil.) Schott & Endl.
  • Eriodendron DC. in Prodr. 1: 479 (1824)
  • Gossampinus Buch.-Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 15: 126 (1827)

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Miller, P. 1754. The Gardeners Dictionary. Abridged. Ed. 4, Vol. 1–3 (unpaged). John & James Rivington, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.79061 Reference page. : ed. 4. [287].

Additional references

• Gibbs, P., & Semir, J. 2003. A taxonomic revision of the genus Ceiba Mill. (Bombacaceae). Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 60(2): 259–300. DOI: 10.3989/ajbm.2002.v60.i2.92 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Ceiba in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 16. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2020. Ceiba. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Ceiba. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 16 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Ceiba. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 Dec. 2020.

Vernacular names

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

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