Bombax insigne

Bombax insigne

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: Bombax insigne

Name

Bombax insigne Wall., 1830.

Homonyms

• Bombax insigne (Sw.) K.Schum. (1890) = Pachira insignis (Sw.) Sw. ex Savigny

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Bombax insigne subsp. genuina Prain in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 62: 67 (1893), nom. illeg.
  • Salmalia insignis (Wall.) Schott & Endl. in Melet. Bot.: 35 (1832)
• Heterotypic
  • Bombax festivum Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 1841 (1829), nom. nud.
  • Bombax insigne var. alba Prain in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 62: 67 (1893)
  • Bombax insigne var. andamanica Prain in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 62: 67 (1893)
  • Bombax insigne var. polystemon Prain in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 62: 65 (1893)
  • Bombax insigne var. tenebrosum (Dunn) Robyns in Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 33: 116 (1963)
  • Bombax insigne var. wightii Prain in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 62: 67 (1893)
  • Bombax scopulorum Dunn in J.S.Gamble, Fl. Madras: 100 (1915)
  • Bombax tenebrosum Dunn in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 35: 486 (1903)
  • Gossampinus insignis Bakh. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 6: 190 (1924)
  • Salmalia scopulorum (Dunn) Stearn in E.Blatter & W.A.Millard, Some Beautiful Indian Trees, ed. 2: 128 (1955)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Asia-tropical Regional: Indian subcontinent Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, India Regional: China China South-Central Regional: Southeastern Asia Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Wallich, N. (1829) 1830. Plantae Asiaticae Rariores, or, Descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants. Vol. 1. 100 pp. London. BHL Reference page. :s 1: 71, t. 79-80.

Additional references

• Kress, W.J.E., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E.R. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. 2003. A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar (Revised from the original works by J. H. Lace, R. Rodger, H. G. Hundley, and U Chit Ko Ko on the "List of Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Principal Climbers, etc. Recorded from Burma"). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1–590. Smithsonian Institution. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Bombax insigne in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2023 September 04. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2023. Bombax insigne. 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2023 September 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Bombax insigne. Published online. Accessed September 04 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Bombax insigne. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 04 September 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Bombax insigne in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2023 September 04.

Vernacular names

മലയാളം: കല്ലിലവ്
português: mamorana-grande
中文: 长果木棉

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