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Accession Data:

Ceiba speciosa (A.St.-Hil.) Ravenna

  • sect. Ceiba

  • Common Name: silk floss tree, kapok, floss silk tree, ceiba del brasil
  • Family: Malvaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Brazil & Argentina, but cultivated throughout tropics

  • Uses: The seedpod silk has been used to stuff cushions
  • USDA Zone: 9b-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200500018
  • Source: Joan Leonard - Ohio State
  • Provenance: 2004 AERGC Plant Swap - seed from Matt Ritter, Cal Poly
  • Accession Date: 04-07-2005
  • Bench: 1312 - NEOA: Ground Bed 2 NE
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-08-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid II
  • Order: Malvales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Malvaceae
  • SubFamily: Bombacoideae
  • Tribe: Adansonieae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Fiber Plants
  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Costa Rica / Panama / Bolivia / Colombia / Ecuador / Peru / Brazil West-Central / Brazil Northeast / Brazil Southeast / Brazil North / Brazil South / Argentina Northeast / Paraguay

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, December 20, 2016.
  2. Floridata website
  3. Ceiba speciosa at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Tuesday, December 20, 2016.

data regenerated on Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:57:08 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Subfamily Bombacoideae
Tribe Adansonieae

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  • Adansonia grandidieri
  • Adansonia za
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  • Ceiba pentandra
  • Ceiba speciosa
  • Pachira aquatica
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  • Pachira glabra
  • Pseudobombax ellipticum

Subfamily Byttneroideae
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Tribe Theobromeae

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Tribe Dombeyeae

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Subfamily Grewioideae
Tribe Grewieae

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Subfamily Grewioideae
Tribe Sparrmannieae

  • Sparmannia africana

Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Gossypieae

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  • Gossypium barbadense
  • Gossypium darwinii
  • Thespesia populnea

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  • Pavonia strictiflora

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Tribe Malveae

  • Abutilon hybridum
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Subfamily Sterculioideae
Tribe Sterculieae

  • Brachychiton rupestris
  • Cola acuminata
  • Cola nitida
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