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

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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