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

Common names:

• floss-silktree   (Source: Dict Gard [as Chorisia speciosa]) – English
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard, as Chorisia speciosa; Hortus 3, as Chorisia speciosa; Trees Bolivia, as Chorisia speciosa)
  

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Brazil: Brazil - Bahia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Para, Parana, Rio de Janeiro, Rondonia, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo
  Western South America: Bolivia - Beni, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz; Peru - Cuzco, Junin, San Martin
  Southern South America: Argentina - Chaco, Corrientes, Misiones, Santa Fe; Paraguay - Alto Parana, Caaguazu

• also cultivated

References:

• Gibbs, P. & J. Semir. 2003. A taxonomic revision of the genus Ceiba Mill. (Bombacaceae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 60:259–300.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. [= Chorisia speciosa].
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Ravenna, P. 1998. On the identity, validity, and actual placement in Ceiba of several Chorisia species (Bombacaceae), and description of two new South American species. Onira 3(15):42–51.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Ceiba speciosa.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Ceiba speciosa.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Ceiba speciosa.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Chorisia speciosa A. St.-Hil. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 11 accessions)

Check other web resources for Ceiba speciosa (A. St.-Hil.) Ravenna:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• 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.

Images:

• Flowering tree: University of Florida IFAS Extension image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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