Ceiba insignis (Cultivated)

Ceiba insignis (Kunth) P.E.Gibbs & Semir, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 45: 134 1988. (Syn: Ceiba integrifolia (Ulbr.) Ravenna; Ceiba mythica Ravenna; Chorisia insignis Kunth; Chorisia integrifolia Ulbr.);  Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Argentina (Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa Prov., Jujuy, Mendoza, Misiones, Salta, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe Prov., San Juan Prov., Tucuman), trop. Africa (introduced), Haiti […]

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Ceiba speciosa (Cultivated)

Ceiba speciosa (A.St.-Hil.) Ravenna, Onira 3: 46 1998. (syn. Ceiba rosea (Seem.) K.Schum.; Chorisia rosea Seem.; Chorisia speciosa A.St.-Hil.; Chorisia speciosa var. minor Chodat; Chorisia speciosa var. paraguariensis Hassl.; Spirotheca allenii (Woodson) Cuatrec.; Spirotheca codazziana Romero; Spirotheca rhodostyla Cuatrec.; Spirotheca rimbachii Cuatrec.; Spirotheca rosea (Seem.) P.E. Gibbs & W.S. Alverson; Spirotheca salmonea Ulbr.; Spirotheca trilobata […]

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Ceiba pentandra (Introduced)

Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 244 1791. (Syn.: Bombax cumanense Kunth; Bombax guineense Schum. & Thonn.; Bombax guineensis Schumach.; Bombax inerme L.; Bombax mompoxense Kunth; Bombax occidentale Spreng. [Illegitimate]; Bombax orientale Spreng.; Bombax pentandrum L.; Bombax pentandrum Jacq.; Ceiba anfractuosa (DC.) M.Gómez; Ceiba caribaea (DC.) A.Chev.; Ceiba casearia Medik.; Ceiba guineensis (Thonn.) A.Chev. ..; […]

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Ceiba acuminata (Cultivated)

Ceiba acuminata (S.Watson) Rose, Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 8: 320 1905. (syn:Eriodendron acuminatum S.Watson); chorisia insignis? – indiantreepix | Google Groups : 6 posts by 4 authors. I took these pictures of a White Floss Silk Tree in flowering along the roadside in Gachibowli, Hyderabad. However, the photos on the netshow the flower’s stamens […]

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