Pseudobombax

Genus of flowering plants

Pseudobombax
Pseudobombax ellipticum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Bombacoideae
Genus: Pseudobombax
Dugand[1]
Species

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Pseudobombax is a genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Bombacoideae of the family Malvaceae.

The genus ranges across tropical South America, Central America, Mexico, Cuba, Hispaniola, and the Windward Islands.[2]

Selected species

  • Pseudobombax argentinum (R.E.Fr.) A.Robyns – Soroche ( Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
  • Pseudobombax ellipticum (Kunth) Dugand – Shaving brush tree (Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras)
  • Pseudobombax grandiflorum (Cav.) A.Robyns
  • Pseudobombax guayasense A.Robyns (Ecuador)
  • Pseudobombax longiflorum (Mart.) A.Robyns (Bolivia & Brazil)
  • Pseudobombax millei (Standl.) A.Robyns – Beldaco (Ecuador)
  • Pseudobombax septenatum (Jacq.) Dugand[3]
  • Pseudobombax tomentosum (Mart. & Zucc.) A.Robyns

References

  1. ^ "Genus: Pseudobombax Dugand". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-06-05. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
  2. ^ "Pseudobombax Dugand". Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 26 August 2021. [1]
  3. ^ "GRIN Species Records of Pseudobombax". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2013-04-29.

External links

  • Media related to Pseudobombax at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
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