Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston
First published in H.Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6(Suppl.): 14 (1931)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is India to Myanmar. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, West Himalaya
Introduced into:
Cambodia, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Sri Lanka, Trinidad-Tobago
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Cochlospermum gossypium DC. in Prodr. 1: 527 (1824), nom. illeg.
- Maximilianea gossypium Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 44 (1891), nom. illeg.
- Wittelsbachia gossypium Mart. & Zucc. in C.F.P.von Martius, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 1: 80 (1824), nom. illeg.
- Bombax gossypium L. in Syst. Nat. ed. 12. 2: 517 (1767), nom. illeg.
- Bombax religiosum L. in Sp. Pl.: 512 (1753)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Cochlospermum balicum Boerl. in Cat. Pl. Phan.: 49 (1899)
- Bombax congo Burm.f. in Fl. Indica: 145 (1768)
- Bombax grandiflorum Sonn. in Voy. Indes Orient. 2: 235 (1782)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Baksh-Comeau, Y., Maharaj, S.S., Adams, C.D., Harris, S.A., Filer, D.L. & Hawthorne, W.D. (2016). An annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Trinidad and Tobago with analysis of vegetation types and botanical 'hotspots'. Phytotaxa 250: 1-431.
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images