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Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Gaertn. (1791). In: Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 244. T. 133.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Malvales
family
Malvaceae
genus
Ceiba
species
Ceiba pentandra

Name

Synonyms
Bombax cumanense Kunth
Bombax guineense Schumach. & Thonn.
Bombax guineensis Schumach. & Thonn.
Bombax inerme L.
Bombax mompoxense Kunth
Bombax occidentale Spreng.
Bombax orientale Spreng.
Bombax pentandrum Jacq.
Bombax pentandrum L.
Bombax plumosum Noronha
Ceiba anfractuosa (DC.) Maza
Ceiba anfractuosa M.Gómez
Ceiba caribaea (DC.) A.Chev.
Ceiba casearia Medik.
Ceiba guineensis (Schumach.) A.Chev.
Ceiba guineensis var. ampla A.Chev.
Ceiba guineensis var. clausa A.Chev.
Ceiba occidentalis (Spreng.) Burkill
Ceiba pentandra f. albolana Ulbr.
Ceiba pentandra f. grisea Ulbr.
Homonyms
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
Ceiba pentandra Telugu
Common names
Albero del kapok in Italian
Algodón de ceibo in Spanish
Amazoninkapokkipuu in Finnish
A̱kum in language.
Bobeka in Spanish
Bobewe in Spanish
Buboi in language.
Ceiba in Spanish
Ceiba in Spanish
Ceibo in language.
Ceibo in Spanish
Gemenewe in Spanish
Imiyëiacuyei in Spanish
Jëoyëi in Spanish
Kalngebard in language.
Kapok in Spanish
Kapok in language.
Kapok in language.
Kapok tree in Spanish
Kapokbaum in German
Kapokbaum in German
Kapokboom in Dutch
Kapokier, Fromager in French
Kapokovec in Slovenian
Kapoktræ in Danish
Kapuk in Indonesian
Katoen Boom in Dutch
Katunbom in language.
Katunbòm in language.
Kau-kau in language.
Lupuna in Spanish
Mafumeira in Portuguese
Mapajo in language.
Mapajo in language.
Mpembafuma in language.
Ouatier, Fromager, Kapok in French
Paina-lisa in Portuguese
Pechi in Spanish
Pembafoma in language.
Plí in language.
Pochota in Spanish
Pulí in language.
Putu in Spanish
Putu kaspi in Spanish
Putu yura in Spanish
Randu in Indonesian
Shkulí in language.
Silk Cotton Tree in English
Silk Cotton Tree in English
Silk Cotton-Tree in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid,60 (2):259-300,2003
  2. Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & Celis, M. (eds.). (2015). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C. Disponible en http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
  3. Sp. Pl.,511,1753
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