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278.0000 Family Bixaceae Kunth; Malvac., Büttner., Tiliac. 17 (1822), nom. cons.
3 genera, ca. 20 spp.
Species listed in database: 28
= Cochlospermaceae Planch.; London J. Bot. 6: 305 (1847), nom. cons.
= Diegodendraceae Capuron; Adansonia, Sér. 2, 3: 392 (1964)
278.2001 Genus Cochlospermum Kunth; Malvenfam. 6 (1822)
Distribution: Tropical Africa, Southeast Asia through Malesia to N-Australia, subtropical and tropical America. Amoreuxia is nested within Cochlospermum and had to be included here.
Species listed in database: 21
= Amoreuxia Moq. & Sessé ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 2: 638 (1825)
= Azeredia Arruda ex Allemão; Apparecimento Coll. Doutor M. Arruda da Cámara [10] (1846)
= Euryanthe Cham. & Schltdl.; Linnaea 5: 224 (1830)
= Maximilianea Mart. & Schrank; Flora 2: 451 (1819), nomen rejic.
= Wittelsbachia Mart.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Martius] 1: 80, t. 55 (1824)
species :
Cochlospermum adjanyae Goyder & A.Gomes; PhytoKeys 232: 150 (2023)
Distribution: Angola
26 ANG
species :
Cochlospermum angolense Welw. ex Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 1: 113 (1868)
Distribution: SW-D.R.Congo [Zaire]; W-Angola
23 ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Maximiliana angolensis (Welw. ex Oliv.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 44 (1891)
species :
Cochlospermum arafuricum Cowie & R.A.Kerrigan; Telopea 18: 136 (2015)
Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory)
50 AUS
species :
Cochlospermum fraseri Planch.; London J. Bot. 6: 307 (1847)
subspecies :
subsp. fraseri
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea); Australia (Northern Territory)
42 NWG 50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Maximiliana fraseri (Planch.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 44 (1891)
subspecies :
subsp. heteroneurum (F.Muell.) Poppend.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 101(2): 240 (1980)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Cochlospermum heteroneurum F.Muell.; Hooker´s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 9: 15 (1857)
= Maximilianea heteroneura (F.Muell.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 44 (1891)
species :
Cochlospermum gillivraei Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 1: 106 (1863)
subspecies :
subsp. gillivraei
Distribution: New Guinea (Papua New Guinea); Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)
42 NWG 50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Maximiliana gillivraei (Benth.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 44 (1891)
subspecies :
subsp. gregorii (F.Muell.) Poppend.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 101(2): 237 (1980)
Distribution: Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)
50 AUS
Synonyms: hidden
= Cochlospermum gregorii F.Muell.; Fragm. [Mueller] 1: 71 (1858)
= Maximiliana gregorii (F.Muell.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 44 (1891)
species :
Cochlospermum gonzalezii (Sprague & L.Riley) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 138 (2018)
Name: Santa Rita mountain yellowshow
Distribution: USA (S-Arizona); Mexico (Jalisco, Michoacán, Sinaloa, Sonora)
76 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Amoreuxia gonzalezii Sprague & L.Riley; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 102 (1922)
species :
Cochlospermum intermedium Mildbr.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58: 234 (1923)
Distribution: Central African Republic
23 CAF
species :
Cochlospermum macnamarae Hislop, K.R.Thiele & Brassington; Nuytsia 23: 90 (2013)
Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)
50 AUS
species :
Cochlospermum malvifolium (A.Gray) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 138 (2018)
Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Amoreuxia malvifolia A.Gray; Pl. Wright. [A.Gray] 1: 29 (1852)
species :
Cochlospermum noldei Poppend.; Sukkulentenforsch. Afrika 225 (2004)
Distribution: Angola
26 ANG
species :
Cochlospermum orinocense (Kunth) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 393 (1841)
Distribution: Panama; Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Arauca, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Casanare, Córdoba, Guainía, Guaviare, La Guajira, Norte de Santander, Santander, Vichada); Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Barinas, Bolívar, Delta Amacuro, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Monagas, Sucre, Tachira, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Pando, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Maranhao); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso)
80 PAN 82 CLM FRG GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Bombax orinocense Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 5: 300 (1822)
= Cochlospermum parkeri Planch.; London J. Bot. 6: 310 (1847)
= Cochlospermum parviifolium Planch.; London J. Bot. 6: 311 (1847)
= Cochlospermum wentii Pulle; Enum. Vasc. Pl. Surinam 310 (1906)
= Cochlospermum williamsii J.F.Macbr.; Candollea 5: 388 (1934)
= Maximilianea orinocensis (Kunth) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 44 (1891)
= Maximilianea parkeri (Planch.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 44 (1891)
= Maximilianea parvifolia (Planch.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 44 (1891)
= Wittelsbachia orinocensis (Kunth) Mart. & Zucc.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Martius] 1: 83 (1824)
species :
Cochlospermum palakondense A.M.Reddy, Nagendra & K.Prasad; Ann. Bot. Fenn. 61(1): 232 (2024)
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh)
40 IND
species :
Cochlospermum palmatifidum (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 138 (2018)
Name: Mexican yellowshow
Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico); Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Queretaro, Sinaloa, Sonora, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Guatemala; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Curacao; Colombia (Huila, Tolima)
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX 80 COS ELS GUA HON NIC 81 CUR 82 CLM
Synonyms: hidden
= Amoreuxia colombiana Sprague; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1922: 104 (1922)
= Amoreuxia palmatifida Moc. & Sessé ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 2: 638 (1825)
= Amoreuxia schiedeana (Cham. & Schltdl.) Planch.; London J. Bot. 5: 140, t. 1 (1846)
= Euryanthe schiedeana Cham. & Schltdl.; Linnaea 5: 225 (1830)
species :
Cochlospermum planchonii Hook.f. ex Planch.; London J. Bot. 6: 309 (1847)
Distribution: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; ?Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; SW-Chad
22 BEN BKN GHA GNB GUI IVO MLI NGA NGR SEN SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN 24 CHA
species :
Cochlospermum regium (Schrank) Pilg.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 716 (1924)
Distribution: Thailand [I]; Java [I]; Bolivia (Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Amapa, Amazonas); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Rio Grande do Norte); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais); S-Brazil (Paraná); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay, Amambay, Canindeyu, Concepcion, San Pedro)
41 tha 42 jaw 83 BOL 84 BRA 85 PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Amoreuxia unipora Tiegh.; J. Bot. [Morot] 14: 48 (1900)
= Azeredia pernambucana Arruda ex Allemão; Apparecimento Coll. Doutor M. Arruda da Cámara [10] (1846)
= Cochlospermum insigne A.St.-Hil., A.Juss. & Cambess.; Pl. Usuel. Bras., t. 57 (1827), nom. illeg.
= Cochlospermum insigne var. mattogrossense Pilg.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 176 (1902)
= Cochlospermum insigne var. pohlianum Eichler; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 13(1): 431 (1871)
= Cochlospermum trilobum Standl.; Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 22: 92 (1940)
= Maximilianea longirostrata Barb.Rodr.; Pl. Jard. Rio de Janeiro 112 (1891)
= Maximilianea regia Schrank; Flora 2: 452 (1819)
= Maximilianea regia var. glaberrima Chodat & Hassl.; Bull. Herb. Boissier, Sér. 2, 3: 810 (1903)
= Maximilianea regia var. mattogrossensis (Pilg.) S.F.Blake; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 11: 127 (1921)
= Wittelsbachia insignis Mart. & Zucc.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Martius] 1: 81 (1826), nom. illeg.
species :
Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston; Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6, Suppl., 14 (1931)
Distribution: India (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh); Sri Lanka; Myanmar; Thailand [I]; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia [I]; Philippines [I]; Java [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I] (Bali [I]); Trinidad & Tobago [I]
40 IND SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA tha VIE 42 jaw lsi mly phi 81 trt
Synonyms: hidden
= Bombax gossypium L.; Syst. Nat., ed. 12, 2: 517 (1767), nom. illeg.
= Bombax religiosum L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 512 (1753)
= Cochlospermum balicum Boerl.; Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. [Boerlage] 49 (1899)
= Cochlospermum gossypium DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 527 (1824), nom. illeg.
= Maximilianea gossypium (DC.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 44 (1891), nom. illeg.
= Wittelsbachia gossypium Mart. & Zucc.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Martius] 1: 80 (1824), nom. illeg.
species :
Cochlospermum tetraporum H.Hallier; Meded. Rijks-Herb. 19: 39 (1913)
Distribution: Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay); Argentina (Jujuy, Salta)
83 BOL 85 ARG PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Cochlospermum argentinense (Speg.) Hauman; Physis (Buenos Aires) 4: 584 (1919)
= Cochlospermum zahlbruckneri Osterm.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 395 (1914)
= Maximilianea argentinensis Speg.; Physis (Buenos Aires) 3: 9 (1917)
= Maximilianea tetrapora (Hallier f.) S.F.Blake; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 11: 131 (1921)
species :
Cochlospermum tinctorium Perr. ex A.Rich.; Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1: 99 (1831)
Distribution: Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; N-Cameroon; Central African Republic; S-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Uganda
22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO MLI NGA NGR SEN TOG 23 CAF CMN 24 CHA SSU SUD 25 UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Cochlospermum niloticum Oliv.; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 1: 113 (1868)
= Maximilianea nilotica (Oliv.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 44 (1891)
= Maximilianea tinctoria (Perr. ex A.Rich.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 44 (1891)
species :
Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(2), Cur. Post.: 206 (1827)
Name: Emperatriz de la seiva, Rosa imperial, Rosa de Maximiliano; Maximilian rose, Brazilian rose
Distribution: Cameroon [I]; New Guinea [I]; Fiji [I]; Society Isl. [I] (Rahiti [I], Raiatea [I]); Mexico (Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas [I]; Cuba [I]; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. (Tortola); Montserrat [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Dominica [I]; Martinique [I]; St. Lucia [I]; Trinidad [I]; Colombia (Antioquia, Bolívar, Casanare, Cesar, Chocó, Córdoba, Guaviare, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Sucre, Vichada); Venezuela (Amazonas, Anzoategui, Apure, Aragua, Barinas, Bolívar, Carabobo, Cojedes, Venezuela Distrito Federal, Falcon, Guarico, Lara, Merida, Monagas, Portuguesa, Sucre, Tachira, Trujillo, Zulia); Guyana; Surinam; ?French Guiana; Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, La Paz, Santa Cruz); N-Brazil (Roraima, Amapa, Pará, Amazonas, Rondônia); NE-Brazil (Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Bahia)
23 cmn 42 nwg 60 fij 61 sci 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS GUA HON NIC PAN 81 bah cub dom gdl HIS mar mts pue stl trt VIR 82 CLM GUY SUR VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Bombax vitifolium Willd.; Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. [Willdenow] 720 (1809)
= Cochlospermum codinae Eichler; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 13(1): 431 (1871)
= Cochlospermum hibiscoides Kunth; Syn. Pl. Aequat. 3: 214 (1824)
= Cochlospermum hibiscoides var. dasycarpum Triana & Planch.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 17: 92 (1862)
= Cochlospermum hibiscoides var. gymnocarpum Triana & Planch.; Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., Sér. 4, 17: 92 (1862)
= Cochlospermum luetzelburgii Pilg.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 716 (1924)
= Cochlospermum serratifolium Moc. & Sessé ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 1: 537 (1824)
= Cochlospermum triphyllum (S.F.Blake) Pittier; Man. Pl. Usual. Venez. 141 (1926)
= Maximilianea codinae (Eichler) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 44 (1891)
= Maximilianea hibiscodes (Kunth) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 44 (1891)
= Maximilianea triphylla S.F.Blake; J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 11: 129 (1921)
= Maximilianea vitifolia (Willd.) Krug & Urb.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 293 (1893)
= Wittelsbachia vitifolia (Willd.) Mart. & Zucc.; Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. [Martius] 1: 82 (1826
species :
Cochlospermum wittei Robyns; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 33: 418 (1963)
subspecies :
subsp. wittei
Distribution: SE-D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
subspecies :
subsp. incanum (Robyns) Poppend.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 101(2): 233 (1980)
Distribution: N-Nigeria; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
22 NGA 23 CON ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Cochlospermum incanum A.Robyns; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 33: 419 (1963)
species :
Cochlospermum wrightii (A.Gray) Byng & Christenh.; Global Fl. 4: 138 (2018)
Name: Wright´s yellowshow
Distribution: USA (Texas); Mexico (Campeche, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan); Curacao; Peru
77 USA 79 MEX 81 CUR 83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Amoreuxia potentilloides Pilg.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 255 (1936)
= Cochlospermum potentilloides (Pilg.) J.F.Macbr.; Candollea 8: 23 (1940)
= Amoreuxia wrightii A.Gray; Pl. Wright. [A.Gray] 2: 26 (1853)
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Covering 356,783 accepted species,
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