Ochroma pyramidale

Ochroma pyramidale

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
Genus: Ochroma
Species: Ochroma pyramidale

Name

Ochroma pyramidale (Cav. ex Lam.) Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 5: 123. 1920.

Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Bombax pyramidale Cav. ex Lam., Encycl. [J. Lamarck & al.] 2(2): 552. (Apr) 1788.

• Homotypic
  • Bombax pyramidale Cav., Diss. 5: 294(–295), t. 153. (Jul) 1788, isonym
  • Bombax pyramidatum Steud., Nomencl. Bot. 1: 114. 1821, sphalm., pro syn.

• Heterotypic
  • Ochroma lagopus Sw., Prodr.: 98. (Jun–Jul) 1788. (as Lagopus)
  • Ochroma tomentosum Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd., Enum. Pl. 2: 695. 1809. (as Ochroma tomentosa)
  • Ochroma lagopodum St.-Lag., Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 131. 1880, orth. var.
  • Bombax angulatum Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 154(–155). 1894. (as Angulata) – Fl. Mexic.: 169. 1895 [1896]. (as Angulata)
  • Ochroma concolor Rowlee, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 9(6): 161(–162). 1919.
    • Typus: Guatemala, Alta Verapaz: Trece Aguas, on cacao plantation; 9 May 1914; O.F.Cook & C.B.Doyle 82 (holotype: US-00102061 [= 862345]).
  • Ochroma limonense Rowlee, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 9(6): 163. 1919. (as Ochroma limonensis)
  • Ochroma grandiflorum Rowlee, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 9(6): 163(–164). 1919. (as Ochroma grandiflora)
  • Ochroma velutinum Rowlee, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 9(6): 164(–165). 1919. (Ochroma velutina)
  • Ochroma bicolor Rowlee, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 9(6): 165(–166). 1919.
  • Ochroma bolivianum Rowlee, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 9(6): 166. 1919. (as Ochroma boliviana)
  • Ochroma obtusum Rowlee, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 9(6): 166(–167). 1919. (as Ochroma obtusa)
  • Ochroma peruvianum I.M.Johnst., Contr. Gray Herb. 81: 95. 1928. (as Ochroma peruviana)
    • Typus: Peru, Huánuco: Pampayacu, Rio Hullaga; 23 Jan 1927; R.Kanehira 354 (holotype: GH-00071937, GH-00071938).
  • Ochroma tomentosum var. ibarrense Benoist, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 88(2–3): 439. 1941. (as var. Ibarrensis)
  • Ochroma pyramidale var. concolor (Rowlee) R.E.Schult., Bot. Mus. Leafl. 9(9): 177(–179). 1941.
  • Ochroma lagopus var. bicolor (Rowlee) Standl. & Steyerm., Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23(2): 62. 1944.
  • Ochroma lagopus var. occigranatense Cuatrec., Phytologia 4(8): 480. 1954. (as var. occigranatensis)
    • Typus: Colombia, Valle del Cauca: Cordillera Occidental, vertiente occidental: Hoya del río Digua, lado izquierdo: Piedra de Moler, alt. 900–1180 m; 25 Aug 1943; Cuatrecasas 15143 (holotype: F-0052157F, F-0052158F, F-0052159F, F-0052160F; isotypes: COL-000002457, COL-000002458).
  • Ochroma pyramidale var. bicolor (Rowlee) Brizicky in Brizicky et al., Trop. Woods 109: 63(–64). 1958.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Northern America Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest. Southern America Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama. Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is. Northern South America French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela. Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Brazil Brazil North. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

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• Brizicky, G.K., Stern, W.L. & Chambers, K.L. 1958. A collection of woody plants from Panama. Tropical Woods 109: 61–80. PDF Reference page. 
• Cavanilles, A.I. 1788. Quinta dissertatio botanica. De Sterculia, Kleinhovia, Ayenia, Buttneria, Bombace, Adansonia, Crinodendro, Aytonia, Malachodendro, Stewartia et Napaea. Accedit praecedentium dissertationum Mantissa. Pp. 267–304, tt. 125–159 in Monadelphiae classis dissertationes decem. Apud Franciscum Amb. Didot, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 
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• Rowlee, W.W. 1919. Synopsis of the genus Ochroma, with descriptions of new species. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 9: 157–167. BHL. Reference page. 
• Saint-Lager, J.B. 1880. Réforme de la nomenclature botanique. Annales de la Société Botanique de Lyon 7: 1–154. BHL Reference page. 
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Additional references

• Alverson, W.S., Dorr, L.J. & Steyermark, J.A. (†) 2007. Bombacaceae. In Funk, V., Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S.N., Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 220–223. BHL Reference page. 
• Alverson, W.S. & Steyermark, J.A. (†). 1997. Bombacaceae. Pp. 496–527 in Steyermark, J.A., Berry, P.E. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 3, Araliaceae–Cactaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis. ISBN 0-915279-46-0. Reference page. 
• Avendaño Reyes, S. 1998. Bombacaceae. In Flora de Veracruz, Fasc. 107. 40 pp. Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Xalapa, Veracruz; University of California, Riverside, CA, USA. ISBN 968-7863-29-3. PDF Reference page. 
• DeFilipps, R. 1991. Bombacaceae. In Nicolson, D.H., Flora of Dominica, Part 2: Dicotyledoneae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 77: 52–53. BHL Reference page. 
• Dorr, L.J. 2012. Malvaceae. In Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T., Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 496–529. BHL Reference page. 
• Fawcett, W. & Rendle, A.B. 1926. Family LXV. Bombacaceae. Pp. 149–154 in Flora of Jamaica, containing descriptions of the flowering plants known from the Island, Vol. 5, Dicotyledons, families Buxaceae to Umbelliferae. British Museum, London. BHL Reference page. 
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• Gentry, A.H. & Alverson, W.S. 2001. Bombacaceae Kunth. Pp. 430–435 in Stevens, W.D., Ulloa Ulloa, C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (eds.), Flora de Nicaragua, Vol. 1, Introducción, gimnospermas y angiospermas (Acanthaceae–Euphorbiaceae). (Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-915279-95-9. Online Reference page. 
• Liogier, A.H. 1982. Familia Bombacaceae. Pp. 178–189 in La Flora de la Española. I. Universidad Central del Este, San Pedro de Macorís, República Dominicana. Reference page.  (as Ochroma lagopus)
• Liogier, H.A. 1994. Family 76.– Bombacaceae. Pp. 173–185 in Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. Spermatophyta. Vol. III Cyrillaceae to Myrtaceae. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. ISBN 0-8477-2336-4 Reference page. 
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• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ochroma pyramidale. Published online. Accessed: 30 March 2018.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Ochroma pyramidale.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ochroma pyramidale in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2018-03-30.
• Hassler, M. 2018. Ochroma pyramidale. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 June 22. Reference page. 

• Tropicos.org 2018. Ochroma pyramidale. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 March 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Ochroma pyramidale. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 March 2018.
• Ochroma pyramidale in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 14 April 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Ochroma pyramidale. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 March 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Ochroma pyramidale. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 March 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Ochroma pyramidale. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 March 2018.
• Tropicos.org: Bolivia Catalogue: Ochroma pyramidale. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 March 2018.
• Ochroma pyramidale in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 12 April 2018.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Balsabaum
English: Balsa
suomi: Balsapuu
français: Balsa
Nederlands: Balsaboom
slovenščina: Balzovec
svenska: Balsa
Türkçe: Balsa

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