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Nomenclature: wfo-0000592594

Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 244 (1791)

Nomenclatural References

• literature : Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 244. 1791 BHL link from IPNI metadata.
• person : Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) Based on occurrence of standard abbreviation 'L.' in the authors string.
• person : Joseph Gaertner (1732-1791) Based on occurrence of standard abbreviation 'Gaertn.' in the authors string.
• database : IPNI record: 1166232-2
• database : The Plant List v1.1 record kew-2707382
• database : The Plant List version 1.0, record: kew-2707382

Taxonomy: Accepted in 2023-12 classification

Placement: Code > Plantae Haeckel > Pteridobiotina Britton & Brown > Angiosperms > Malvales Juss. > Malvaceae Juss. > Ceiba Mill. > Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.

Synonyms

• Xylon pentandrum (L.) Kuntze
• Bombax cumanense Kunth
• Bombax guineensis Schumach.
• Bombax inerme L.
• Bombax mompoxense Kunth
• Bombax occidentale Spreng.
• Bombax orientale Spreng.
• Bombax pentandrum L.
• Bombax pentandrum Jacq.
• Ceiba anfractuosa (DC.) M.Gómez
• Ceiba caribaea (DC.) A.Chev.
• Ceiba casearia Medik.
• Ceiba guineensis (Schumach.) A.Chev.
• Ceiba occidentalis (Spreng.) Burkill
• Ceiba pentandra var. caribaea (DC.) Bakh.
• Ceiba thonningii A.Chev.
• Eriodendron anfractuosum DC.
• Eriodendron anfractuosum var. caribaeum DC.
• Eriodendron anfractuosum var. guianense Sagot
• Eriodendron caribaeum (DC.) G.Don
• Eriodendron occidentale (Spreng.) G.Don
• Eriodendron orientale Kostel.
• Eriodendron pentandrum (L.) Kurz
• Gossampinus alba Buch.-Ham.
• Gossampinus rumphii Schott & Endl.
• Ceiba guineensis var. ampla A.Chev.
• Ceiba guineensis var. clausa A.Chev.
• Ceiba pentandra f. albolana Ulbr.
• Ceiba pentandra f. grisea Ulbr.
• Ceiba pentandra var. indica Bakh.
• Eriodendron anfractuosum var. indicum DC.
• Eriodendron anfractuosum var. africanum DC.
• Bombax guineense Schum. & Thonn.
• Eriodendron caribaeum G.Don ex Loud.
• Ceiba pentandra var. clausa Ulbr.
• Ceiba pentandra var. dehiscens Ulbr.
• Ceiba thonnerii A.Chev.

Facets

Life Form: Tree (1).

Countries (ISO): Angola [AO] (2); Bahamas (the) [BS] (1); Bangladesh [BD] (1); Belize [BZ] (1); Benin [BJ] (1); Bolivia (Plurinational State of) [BO] (1); Brazil [BR] (3); British Indian Ocean Territory (the) [IO] (1); Burkina Faso [BF] (1); Burundi [BI] (1); Cambodia [KH] (1); Cameroon [CM] (1); Central African Republic (the) [CF] (1); Chad [TD] (1); China [CN] (1); Colombia [CO] (1); Congo (the Democratic Republic of the) [CD] (1); Congo (the) [CG] (1); Cook Islands (the) [CK] (1); Costa Rica [CR] (1); Côte d'Ivoire [CI] (1); Cuba [CU] (1); Dominican Republic (the) [DO] (1); Ecuador [EC] (1); El Salvador [SV] (1); Eritrea [ER] (1); Ethiopia [ET] (1); Fiji [FJ] (1); French Guiana [GF] (1); French Polynesia [PF] (4); Gabon [GA] (1); Gambia (the) [GM] (1); Ghana [GH] (1); Guatemala [GT] (1); Guinea [GN] (1); Guinea-Bissau [GW] (1); Guyana [GY] (1); Honduras [HN] (1); India [IN] (3); Indonesia [ID] (1); Jamaica [JM] (1); Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) [LA] (1); Liberia [LR] (1); Malawi [MW] (1); Mali [ML] (1); Marshall Islands (the) [MH] (1); Mexico [MX] (6); Mozambique [MZ] (1); Nauru [NR] (1); Nicaragua [NI] (1); Niger (the) [NE] (1); Nigeria [NG] (1); Niue [NU] (1); Panama [PA] (1); Peru [PE] (1); Puerto Rico [PR] (1); Senegal [SN] (1); Sierra Leone [SL] (1); Somalia [SO] (1); Sri Lanka [LK] (1); Sudan (the) [SD] (1); Suriname [SR] (1); Tanzania, the United Republic of [TZ] (1); Thailand [TH] (1); Tonga [TO] (1); Trinidad and Tobago [TT] (1); Uganda [UG] (1); Vanuatu [VU] (1); Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) [VE] (2); Viet Nam [VN] (1); Yemen [YE] (1); Zambia [ZM] (1).

IUCN Threat Status: Least Concern (1).

Taxonomic References

• database : The Plant List v1.1 record kew-2707382 Based on the initial data import