- Family:
- Malvaceae Juss.
Ceiba Mill.

[FTEA]
Bombacaceae, H. Beentje (East African Herbarium). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1989
- Morphology General Habit
- Trees, often spiny
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves digitately compound, with caducous stipules
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers axillary or subterminal, solitary or fasciculate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx cupular, truncate or 3-5-lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 5, imbricate, connate at the base to the staminal tube
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens (10-)15, in 5 bundles, united near the base into a filament-tube; each phalange of 3 connate filaments bearing 2-3 straight or coiled anther-thecae, each bundle alternipetalous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary 5-locular, each locule with many ovules; stigma club-shaped, pentagonal
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule a woody or coriaceous 5-valved capsule
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds many, surrounded by the wool of the endocarp; endosperm thin or absent; cotyledons much contorted.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology Trunk
- Trunks often spiny
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves digitate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers solitary or clustered
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx cup-shaped, truncate or 3–5-lobed
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 5
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens (10–)15, in 5 bundles; filaments united below into a tube; anthers 1-thecous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary 5-celled, with numerous ovules; style club-shaped at the tip
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a woody or leathery 5-valved capsule, with many seeds embedded in woolly hairs.
- Distribution
- Twenty species native to America.
[FZ]
Bombacaceae, H. Wild. Flora Zambesiaca 1:2. 1961
- Morphology General Habit
- Tall trees, often spiny.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves digitately 3–9 (or very rarely more)-foliolate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers moderately large, axillary or subterminal, solitary in the axils or often fasciculate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx 5-lobed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 5.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens (10) 15, united in 5 phalanges, each bearing 2–3 coiled anther-thecae and united below in a tube.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary 5-locular, loculi multiovulate; stigma club-shaped, pentagonal.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Capsule a woody or coriaceous 5-valved capsule.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds many, embedded in a copious wool.
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
Introduced into:
Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Is., Central African Repu, Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Congo, Cook Is., Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Is., Mozambique, Nauru, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Samoa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre
- Ceiba acuminata (S.Watson) Rose
- Ceiba aesculifolia (Kunth) Britten & Baker f.
- Ceiba boliviana Britten & Baker f.
- Ceiba chodatii (Hassl.) Ravenna
- Ceiba crispiflora (Kunth) Ravenna
- Ceiba erianthos (Cav.) K.Schum.
- Ceiba glaziovii (Kuntze) K.Schum.
- Ceiba insignis (Kunth) P.E.Gibbs & Semir
- Ceiba jasminodora (A.St.-Hil.) K.Schum.
- Ceiba lupuna P.E.Gibbs & Semir
- Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
- Ceiba pubiflora (A.St.-Hil.) K.Schum.
- Ceiba rubriflora Carv.-Sobr. & L.P.Queiroz
- Ceiba salmonea (Ulbr.) Bakh.
- Ceiba samauma (Mart.) K.Schum.
- Ceiba schottii Britten & Baker f.
- Ceiba soluta (Donn.Sm.) Ravenna
- Ceiba speciosa (A.St.-Hil., A.Juss. & Cambess.) Ravenna
- Ceiba trischistandra (A.Gray) Bakh.
- Ceiba ventricosa (Nees & Mart.) Ravenna
Ceiba Mill. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4: s.p. (1754)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Gard. Dict. Abridg. ed. 4 (1754).
Flora Zambesiaca
- Gard. Diet. Abridg. ed. 4, 1 (1754).
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Gard. Dict, Abridg. ed. 4, 1 (1754)
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Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Somalia
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
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