Pseudobombax ellipticum

Pseudobombax ellipticum var. ellipticum

Pseudobombax ellipticum

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: Pseudobombax
Species: Pseudobombax ellipticum
Varietas: P. e. var. ellipticum – P. e. var. tenuiflorum

Name

Pseudobombax ellipticum (Kunth) Dugand, 1943.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Bombax ellipticum Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 5: 299–300. 1822 [1].

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Southern America Regional: Central America Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Windward Is. Regional: Caribbean Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti Continental:Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Leeward Is., Marshall Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Dugand, A. 1943. Caldasia. Boletin del Instituto de Ciencias Naturales de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Bogota 2: 67.

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. Pseudobombax ellipticum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 06. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Pseudobombax ellipticum. 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 06. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Pseudobombax ellipticum. Published online. Accessed: September 06 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Pseudobombax ellipticum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 September 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pseudobombax ellipticum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

español: cabellos de ángel, mocoque
Nāhuatl: xiloxochitl

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