Biology:Ceiba insignis

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Malvaceae

Ceiba insignis
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Flower is white with a golden throat
Chorisia insignis 001.jpg
Bottle-shaped trunk is covered in heavy prickles
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Ceiba
Species:
C. insignis
Binomial name
Ceiba insignis
(Kunth) P.E.Gibbs & Semir
Synonyms[1]
  • Ceiba integrifolia (Ulbr.) Ravenna
  • Ceiba mythica Ravenna
  • Chorisia insignis Kunth
  • Chorisia integrifolia Ulbr.

Ceiba insignis (syn. Chorisia insignis), the white floss-silk tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to dry tropical forests of southern Ecuador and northern Peru.[1][2] It has found use as a street tree in scattered cities around the world.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Ceiba insignis (Kunth) P.E.Gibbs & Semir" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/945332-1. 
  2. "Ceiba insignis". The University of Arizona. 2012. https://apps.cals.arizona.edu/arboretum/taxon.aspx?id=380. 
  3. Ossola, Alessandro; Hoeppner, Malin J.; Burley, Hugh M.; Gallagher, Rachael V.; Beaumont, Linda J.; Leishman, Michelle R. (2020). "The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities". Global Ecology and Biogeography 29 (11): 1907–1914. doi:10.1111/geb.13169. 

Wikidata ☰ Q11225022 entry