Bombax

Bombax insigne

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: Bombax
Species: B. albidum – B. anceps – B. blancoanum – B. buonopozense – B. cambodiense – B. ceiba – B. costatum – B. insigne

Name

Bombax L., 1753, nom. cons.

• Lectotypus: Bombax ceiba, typ. cons.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Salmalia Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot. 35 (1832).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental:Tropical & Subtropical Old World Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Burkina, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Congo, East Himalaya, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zaïre Introduced into: Brazil North, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Laccadive Is., Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Nicobar Is., Trinidad-Tobago References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 511. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 1996. World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2). 492 pp., MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-572-0006-6. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Bombax in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 04. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Bombax. 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 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Bombax. Published online. Accessed: September 04 2023. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Bombax. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 September 2023. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• English: Cotton Trees
• Esperanto: Bombako
• suomi: Kapokkiot
• polski: Wełniak
• 中文: Category:木棉属

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