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Taxon: Pseudobombax ellipticum (Kunth) Dugand

Genus: Pseudobombax
Family: Malvaceae subfamily: Bombacoideae. Also placed in: Bombacaceae
Nomen number: 30171
Place of publication: Caldasia 2:67. 1943
Name verified on: 27-Feb-1986 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-Jan-2002
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA).
Accessions: 3 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • shaving-brush tree   (Source: not available) – English
  • pochote   (Source: F NGalicia ) – Spanish
  • pochotl   (Source: F NGalicia ) – Spanish

Distributional range:

      Native:
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Northern Mexico: Mexico - San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas
    Central Mexico: Mexico - Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Veracruz
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: Guatemala; Mexico - Chiapas, Tabasco, Yucatan
    Caribbean: Cuba

References:

  • Dugand, A. 1943. Caldasia 2:65–67.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana. (F NGalicia)
  • Robyns. 1963. Bull. Jard. Bot. État 33:40–46.
  • St. John, H. 1973. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands. (L Hawaii)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Pseudobombax ellipticum (Kunth) Dugand:

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?30171 (09 February 2010)

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