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    Species Accepted

    Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.

    Silk Cotton Tree
    EukaryotaPlantae...Ceiba
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 39 countries or islands

      39 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      American SamoaNo
      AustraliaNo
      BangladeshNo
      Burkina FasoNo
      Brunei DarussalamNo
      Cook IslandsYes
      EcuadorNoUnknown
      EcuadorNo
      FijiYes
      Micronesia, Federated States ofNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      67 results
      Albero del kapok Italian
      Amazoninkapokkipuu Finnish
      A̱kum kcg
      Buboi Pilipino
      Ceibo yua
      Kalngebard Palauan
      Kapok
      Kapokbaum German
      Kapokboom Dutch
      Kapokovec Slovenian

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      1 result
      Source Dataset

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      31 results
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      Kurz. (1874). J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 43: 113 (1874).
      A.Chev. (1937). Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 17: 261 (1937).
      Schott & Endl. Melet. Bot.
      Buch.-Ham. (1826). Trans. Linn. Soc. London 15: 126 (1826).
      Medik. Malvenfam. 16 (1787), nom. superfl.
      DC. Prodr.
      Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16.
      Sagot. (1881). Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 6, 11: 153 (1881).
      L. Sp. Pl.

      Citation

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