Ceiba pentandra

Ceiba pentandra

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
Sectio: C. sect. Ceiba
Species: Ceiba pentandra

Name

Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn., 1791.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Bombax occidentale Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 124 (1826), nom. illeg.
  • Bombax pentandrum L. in Sp. Pl.: 511 (1753)
  • Ceiba anfractuosa M.Gómez in Bol. Secr. Agric. Comerc. Trab., Cuba 22: 66 (1914), nom. superfl.
  • Ceiba casearia Medik. in Malvenfam.: 16 (1787), nom. superfl.
  • Ceiba occidentalis Burkill in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 317 (1935), nom. superfl.
  • Eriodendron anfractuosum DC. in Prodr. 1: 479 (1824), nom. superfl.
  • Eriodendron occidentale G.Don in Gen. Hist. 1: 513 (1831), nom. superfl.
  • Eriodendron pentandrum (L.) Kurz in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 43: 113 (1874)
  • Gossampinus alba Buch.-Ham. in Trans. Linn. Soc. London 15: 126 (1827), nom. superfl.
  • Xylon pentandrum (L.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 75 (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Bombax cumanense Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 300 (1822)
  • Bombax guineense Schumach. in Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 302 (1827)
  • Bombax inerme L. in Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1141 (1759)
  • Bombax mompoxense Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 300 (1822)
  • Bombax orientale Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 124 (1826)
  • Bombax plumosum Noronha in Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 8 (1790), nom. nud.
  • Ceiba caribaea (DC.) A.Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 17: 266 (1937)
  • Ceiba guineensis (Schumach.) A.Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 17: 261 (1937)
  • Ceiba guineensis var. ampla A.Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 17: 262 (1937)
  • Ceiba guineensis var. clausa A.Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 17: 264 (1937)
  • Ceiba pentandra f. albolana Ulbr. in Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 30 (1913)
  • Ceiba pentandra var. caribaea (DC.) Bakh. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 6: 196 (1924)
  • Ceiba pentandra f. grisea Ulbr. in Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 6: 30 (1913)
  • Ceiba pentandra var. indica Bakh. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 6: 196 (1924)
  • Ceiba thonningii A.Chev. in Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 17: 249 (1937)
  • Eriodendron anfractuosum var. africanum DC. in Prodr. 1: 479 (1824)
  • Eriodendron anfractuosum var. caribaeum DC. in Prodr. 1: 479 (1824)
  • Eriodendron anfractuosum var. guianense Sagot in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 6, 11: 153 (1881)
  • Eriodendron anfractuosum var. indicum DC. in Prodr. 1: 479 (1824)
  • Eriodendron caribaeum (DC.) G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 292 (1830)
  • Eriodendron guineense (Schumach.) G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 292 (1830)
  • Eriodendron orientale Kostel. in Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 5: 1875 (1836)
  • Gossampinus rumphii Schott & Endl. in Melet. Bot.: 35 (1832)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Southern America Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. Regional: Central America Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru Regional: Brazil Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil West-Central Regional: Northern South America Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela Continental:Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest 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, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gaertner, J. 1790–1792 ["1791"]. De fructibus et seminibus plantarum. Volumen alterum, continens seminum centurias quinque posteriores cum tabulis aeneis CI. LII + 520 pp., tt. 80–180. Typis Guilielmi Henrici Schrammii, Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Reference page. : 2:244.

Additional references

• 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

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Ceiba pentandra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 05. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Ceiba pentandra. 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 05. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Ceiba pentandra. Published online. Accessed: September 05 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Ceiba pentandra. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 September 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ceiba pentandra in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2023 September 05.

Vernacular names

español: Lupuna
suomi: Amazoninkapokkipuu
magyar: Gyapotfa, kapokfa
italiano: Albero del kapok
Nederlands: Kapokboom
slovenščina: Kapokovec
Türkçe: İpek pamuk ağacı
中文: 美丽异木棉

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