Ceiba Medik. Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank GENUS Published in Malv. 15 (1787); Gaertn. Fruct. ii. 244. t. 133 (1791). Classification kingdom Plantae phylum Tracheophyta class Magnoliopsida order Malvales family Malvaceae genus Ceiba Name Homonyms Ceiba Mill. Ceiba Clark & Durham, 1946 Ceiba Medik.