Checklist: Malvaceae subfamily Bombacoideae

MALVACEAE SUBFAMILY BOMBACOIDEAE

Introduction:

This is a checklist of taxa generated from the database. Genera and species which are purely cultivated have been excluded.

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Literature:  
Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z. (1976) Hortus Third. A concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc., New York 
Robyns, A. (1963) Bombacaceae Flore du Congo du Ruanda et du Burundi Volume X 191-204 
Wild, H. (1961) Bombacaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2)  
  
NamesFZ Divisions
  
RHODOGNAPHALON (Ulbr.) Roberty 
Rhodognaphalon lukayense (De Wild. & T.Durand) A.Robyns III
Bombax lukayense De Wild. & T.Durand
Pachira lukayensis (De Wild. & T.Durand) Bakh.
  
5023.000 ADANSONIA L. 
Adansonia digitata L. I,II,III,VII
  
5024.000 BOMBAX L. 
Bombax buonopozense P.Beauv.
subsp. buonopozense ?
Bombax buonopozense P.Beauv.
subsp. reflexum (Sprague) A.Robyns II,V,VI
  
5024.020 PACHIRA Aubl. 
BOMBACOPSIS Pittier 
Pachira glabra Pasq. II,III,IV,V,VI,IX
Bombacopsis glabra (Pasq.) Robyns
Bombax glabrum (Pasq.) Robyns
Bombax oleaginum (Decne.) Robyns
Pachira oleaginea Decne.
Pochota glabra (Pasq.) Bullock
  
5026.000 CEIBA Mill. 
CHORISIA Kunth 
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. II,III,IV,V,VI,VII,VIII,IX,XI
Bombax pentandrum L.
Ceiba casearia Medik.
Eriodendron anfractuosum DC.

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The DRC flora team (2026). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Checklist: Malvaceae subfamily Bombacoideae].
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