Pachira

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: Pachira
Species: P. amazonica – P. aquatica – P. aracamuniana – P. brevipes – P. calophylla – P. condorensis – P. coriacea – P. cowanii – P. cubensis – P. dolichocalyx – P. duckei – P. dugandeana – P. emarginata – P. endecaphylla – P. faroensis – P. flaviflora – P. fuscolepidota – P. glabra – P. gracilis – P. humilis – P. insignis – P. liesneri – P. macrocalyx – P. mawarinumae – P. minor – P. morae – P. moreirae – P. mutisiana – P. nervosa – P. nitida – P. nukakica – P. obovata – P. orinocensis – P. paraensis – P. patinoi – P. pseudofaroensis – P. pulchra – P. punga-schunkei – P. retusa – P. robynsii – P. rupicola – P. rurrenabaqueana – P. sessilis – P. sordida – P. speciosa – P. subandina – P. tepuiensis – P. tocantina – P. trinitensis – P. yapacanae

Name

Pachira Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 725. tt. 291, 292. (1775)

Type species: Pachira aquatica Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 726 (-729; tt. 291-292). (1775)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Bombacopsis Pittier in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 18: 162 (1916), nom. cons.
- Carolinea L.f. in Suppl. Pl.: 51 (1782)
- Raussinia Neck. in Elem. Bot. 2: 419 (1790), opus utique oppr.
- Rhodognaphalopsis A.Robyns in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 33: 272 (1963)
- Sophia L. in Pl. Surin.: 11 (1775), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Tropical America
- - Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela
- Introduced into:
  - Benin, Brazil West-Central, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Chad, Comoros, Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Liberia, Mali, Marianas, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Windward Is., Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 1. Pp. I–XXIX, 30–32, 1–621. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 2: 725. tt. 291, 292.

Additional references

Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Pachira in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 Dec. 17. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2020. Pachira. 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. 17. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Pachira. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 17 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Pachira. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 17 Dec. 2020.

Vernacular names

مصرى: بخيرة
العربية: بخيره
日本語: パキラ属
한국어: 파키라속
മലയാളം: പാച്ചിറ
русский: Пахира
svenska: Strandkastanjesläktet
українська: Пахіра
中文: 瓜栗属, 中美木棉属

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