MalvaceaeSubfamily Bombacoideae
Tribe Adansonieae
Subfamily Byttneroideae
Tribe Hermannieae
Subfamily Byttneroideae
Tribe Theobromeae
Subfamily Dombeyoideae
Tribe Dombeyeae
Subfamily Grewioideae
Tribe Grewieae
Subfamily Grewioideae
Tribe Sparrmannieae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Gossypieae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Hibisceae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Malveae
Subfamily Sterculioideae
Tribe Sterculieae
W/C = Wild Collected |
Chorisia speciosa A.St.-Hil.
- Query IPNI
- Common Name: silk floss tree, kapok, floss silk tree, ceiba del brasil
- Family: Malvaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Brazil & Argentina, but cultivated throughout tropics
- Habitat:
- Uses: The seedpod silk has been used to stuff cushions
Images of this accession: {and/or its current location}
Accession Data:- Accession # 200500018
- Source: Joan Leonard - Ohio State
- Provenance: 2004 AERGC Plant Swap - seed from Matt Ritter, Cal Poly
- Accession Date: 04-07-2005
- Bench: 1319 - NEO:Guyana Highlands B
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 07-08-2009
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid II
- Order: Malvales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Malvaceae
- SubFamily: Bombacoideae
- Tribe: Adansonieae
- SubTribe:
References:Floridata website
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