Cochlospermum

Cochlospermum fraseri

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: Bixaceae
Genus: Cochlospermum
Species: C. adjanyae – C. angolense – C. arafuricum – C. fraseri – C. gillivraei – C. gonzalezii – C. intermedium – C. macnamarae – C. malvifolium – C. noldeae – C. orinocense – C. palmatifidum – C. planchonii – C. regium – C. religiosum – C. tetraporum – C. tinctorium – C. vitifolium – C. wittei – C. wrightii

Name

Cochlospermum Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 5: 297 (ed. qu.) et 231 (ed. f.) (1822), nom. cons.

• Type species: Bombax gossypium L., nom. illeg. (Bombax religiosum L. (religiosa) = Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston, Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6: 14. (24 Mar 1931))

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Maximilianea Mart. ex Schrank, Flora 2: 451 (1819), nom. rej.
  • Wittelsbachia Mart. & Zucc., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1: 80 (1824), nom. illeg.
  • Amoreuxia Moc. & Sessé ex DC., Prodr. 2: 638 (1825).
  • Euryanthe Cham. & Schltdl., Linnaea 5: 224 (1830).
  • Azeredia Arruda ex Allemão, Apparecimento Coll. Doutor M.Arruda da Camara: ['10'] (1846).

References

Primary references

• Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S. 1821–1823 ["1821"]. Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt. Tomus 5 (quarto ed.). 432 pp., tt. 413–512. N. Maze, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Goyder, D.J., Davies, N., Finckh, M., Gomes, A., Gonçalves, F.M.P., Meller, P. & Paton, A.J. 2023. New species of Asclepias (Apocynaceae), Baphia (Leguminosae), Cochlospermum (Bixaceae) and Endostemon (Lamiaceae) from the Kalahari sands of Angola and NW Zambia, with one new combination in Vangueria (Rubiaceae). PhytoKeys 232: 145–166. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.232.110110 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Cochlospermum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jan. 13. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Cochlospermum. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 May 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Cochlospermum. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 13 2024.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Cochlospermum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 May 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cochlospermum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Buttercup Tree

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