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283.0000 Family Malvaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 271 (1789), nom. cons.
249 genera, ca. 5400 spp.
Species listed in database: 5575; hybrids: 40
= Berryaceae Doweld; Tent. Syst. Pl. Vasc.: xxxvii (2001), Family
= Bombacaceae Kunth; Malvac., Büttner., Tiliac. 5 (1822), nom. cons.
= Brownlowiaceae Cheek; Kew Bull. 61: 443 (2006)
= Byttneriaceae R.Br.; Voy. Terra Austral. 2: 540 (1814), nom. cons.
= Chiranthodendraceae A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 303 (1887)
= Dombeyaceae Desf.; Tabl. Ecole Bot., ed. 3: 252 (1829), nom. cons.
= Durionaceae Cheek; Kew Bull. 61: 443 (2006)
= Grewiaceae Doweld & Reveal; Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 71: 100 (2005)
= Helicteraceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 264 (1858), Family
= Hermanniaceae Marquis; Esq. Règne Vég. 52 (1820)
= Hibiscaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 275 (1858)
= Lasiopetalaceae Rchb.; Mag. Aesth. Bot. 1(2): ad t. 37 (1823)
= Mansoniaceae A.Chev.; Just´s Bot. Jahresber. 38(1): 852 (1913)
= Melochiaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 271 (1858)
= Pentapetaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 222 (1820)
= Philippodendraceae A.Juss.; Dict. Univ. Hist. Nat. 9: 735 (1847)
= Plagianthaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 272 (1858)
= Sidaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přír. Rostlin 222 (1820)
= Sparrmanniaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 260 (1858)
= Sterculiaceae Vent.; Parad. Lond. 2: ad t. 69 (1807), nom. cons.
= Theobromataceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 264 (1858)
= Tiliaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 289 (1789), nom. cons.
283.7502 Genus Bombax L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 511 (1753)
Distribution: Tropical Africa and Asia to Australia
Species listed in database: 8
= Salmalia Schott. & Endl.; Melet. Bot. [Schott & Endlicher] 35 (1832)
= Xylon L.; Opera Var. 212 (1758)
= Gossampinus Buch.-Ham.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 15: 126 (1826)
species :
Bombax albidum Gagnep.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 77 (1909)
Distribution: Laos; Vietnam
41 LAO VIE
Synonyms: hidden
= Gossampinus albida (Gagnep.) Bakh.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 6: 190 (1924)
species :
Bombax anceps Pierre; Fl. Forest. Cochinch. t. 175 (1888)
Distribution: Myanmar (Ayeyarwady, Mon, Taninthayi); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; S-Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Langkawi Isl., Penang); Sumatera; Jawa; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali)
41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 JAW LSI MLY SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Bombax insigne subsp. anceps (Pierre) Prain; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 62: 66 (1893)
= Bombax kerrii Craib; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1915: 424 (1915)
= Bombax larutense Ridl.; Fl. Malay Penins. 1: 260 (1922)
= Bombax valetonii Hochr.; Bull. Inst. Bot. Buitenzorg 19: 15, 23 (1904)
= Gossampinus anceps (Pierre) Bakh.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 6: 190 (1924)
= Gossampinus valetonii (Hochr.) Bakh.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 6: 191 (1924)
= Salmalia anceps (Pierre) Stearn; Beautiful Indian Trees [Blatter & Millard], ed. 2: 129 (1955)
species :
Bombax blancoanum A.Robyns; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 33: 98 (1963)
Distribution: Philippines
42 PHI
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Bombax buonopozense Beauverd; Fl. Oware 2: 42, t. 83 (1816)
Distribution: Gambia; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Uganda; NW-Angola
22 BEN GAM GHA GUI IVO NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 25 UGA 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Bombax angulicarpum Ulbr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 534 (1913)
= Bombax buesgenii Ulbr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 537 (1913)
= Bombax buonopozense subsp. reflexum (Sprague) A.Robyns; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 33: 108 (1963)
= Bombax buonopozense var. cristata A.Chev.; Vég. Utiles Afrique Trop. Franç. 5: 187 (1909), nomen
= Bombax buonopozense var. velutinum A.Robyns; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 33: 112 (1963)
= Bombax flammeum Ulbr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 49: 530 (1913)
= Bombax reflexum Sprague; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 500 (1906)
= Gossampinus angulicarpa (Ulbr.) Bakh.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 6: 192 (1924)
= Gossampinus buesgenii (Ulbr.) Bakh.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 6: 192 (1924)
= Gossampinus buonopozensis Bakh.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 6: 191 (1924)
= Gossampinus flammea (Ulbr.) Bakh.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 6: 192 (1924)
= Gossampinus reflexa (Sprague) Bakh.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 6: 191 (1924)
species :
Bombax cambodiense Pierre; Fl. Forest. Cochinch. 3: 174 (1888)
Distribution: China (Yunnan); Myanmar (Kachin, Mon); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia
36 CHI 41 CBD LAO MYA THA
Synonyms: hidden
= Bombax anceps var. cambodiense (Pierre) A.Robyns; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 33: 119 (1963)
= Bombax insigne var. cambodiense (Pierre) Prain; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 62: 67 (1893)
= Gossampinus cambodiensis (Pierre) Bakh.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 6: 190 (1924)
species :
Bombax ceiba L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 511 (1753), nom. cons.
Name: Semal
Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Hainan); Taiwan; Pakistan (Hazara, etc.); Nepal; Bhutan; India (almost throughout, sometimes cultivated); Sri Lanka; Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives] [I]; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl. (North Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl., Little Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Sulawesi; Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Camiguin, Mindanao); Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, etc.); Moluccas; New Guinea (Irian Jaya); Bismarck Arch.; Solomon Isl.; Cuba [I]; Hispaniola [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Trinidad & Tobago [I]
36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BAN BHU IND ldv NEP PAK SRL 41 AND CBD LAO NCB THA VIE 42 LSI MOL NWG PHI SUL 43 BIS SOL 81 cub gdl his trt
Synonyms: hidden
= Bombax aculeatum L.; Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 1141 (1759)
= Bombax heptaphyllum Cav.; Diss. 5, Quinta Diss. Bot. 296 (1788)
= Bombax malabaricum DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 479 (1824)
= Bombax thorelii Gagnep.; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 77 (1909)
= Bombax tussacii Urb.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 15: 171 (1918)
= Gossampinus malabarica (DC.) Merr.; Lingnan Sci. J. 5(1-2): 126 (1927)
= Gossampinus rubra Buch.-Ham.; Trans. Linn. Soc. London 15: 128 (1826)
= Gossampinus thorelii (Gagnep.) Bakh.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 6: 190 (1924)
= Pachira quinata W.S.Alverson; Novon 4: 7 (1994), nom. superfl.
= Pochota quinata W.D.Stevens; Taxon 36: 463 (1987), nom. superfl.
= Salmalia malabarica (DC.) Schott & Endl.; Melet. Bot. [Schott & Endlicher] 35 (1832)
variant :
var. leiocarpum A.Robyns; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 33: 97 (1963)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland)
50 AUS
species :
Bombax costatum Pellegr. & Vuillet; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 88 (1914)
Distribution: ?Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; N-Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; SW-Chad
22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO MLI NGA NGR SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN CON 24 CHA
Synonyms: hidden
= Bombax andrieui Pellegr. & Vuillet; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 90 (1914)
= Bombax angulicarpum var. andrieuii (Pellegr. & Vuillet) A.Chev.; Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 220: 510 (1945)
= Bombax angulicarpum var. costatum (Pellegr. & Vuillet) A.Chev.; Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 220: 510 (1945)
= Bombax angulicarpum var. houardii (Pellegr. & Vuillet) A.Chev.; Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci. 220: 510 (1945)
= Bombax buonopozense var. vuilletii Pellegr.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 25: 379 (1919)
= Bombax costatum var. andrieuii (Pellegr. & Vuillet) Aubrév.; Fl. Forest. Soudano-Guin. 172 (1950)
= Bombax costatum var. houardii (Pellegr. & Vuillet) Aubrév.; Fl. Forest. Soudano-Guin. 171 (1950)
= Bombax houardii Pellegr. & Vuillet; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 3: 89 (1914)
species :
Bombax insigne Wall.; Pl. Asiat. Rar. [Wallich] 1: 71, t. 79-80 (1830)
Distribution: China (S-Yunnan); India (Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu); Bangladesh; Andaman Isl. (Narcondum Isl., North Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl., Little Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Myanmar (widespread); Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; Jawa [I]
36 CHI 40 BAN IND 41 AND LAO MYA NCB THA VIE 42 jaw
Synonyms: hidden
= Bombax festivum Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 1841 (1829), nomen
= Bombax insigne var. alba Prain; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 62: 67 (1893)
= Bombax insigne var. andamanica Prain; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 62: 67 (1893)
= Bombax insigne var. polystemon Prain; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 62: 67 (1893)
= Bombax insigne var. tenebrosum (Dunn) A.Robyns; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 33: 116 (1963)
= Bombax insigne var. wightii Prain; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 62: 67 (1893)
= Bombax insulare Ridl.; Fl. Malay Penins. 1: 260 (1922)
= Bombax scopulorum Dunn; Fl. Madras 1: 100 (1915), et Kew Bull. 65 (1916)
= Bombax tenebrosum Dunn; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 35(247): 486-487 (1903)
= Gossampinus insignis (Wall.) Bakh.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, Sér. 3, 6: 190 (1924)
= Salmalia insignis (Wall.) Schott & Endl.; Melet. Bot. [Schott & Endlicher] 35 (1832)
= Salmalia scopulorum (Dunn) Stearn; Beautiful Indian Trees [Blatter & Millard], ed. 2: 128 (1955)
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