Details for: PI 50136, Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn., Kapok


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
Top Name:
Kapok
Origin:
Collected – Transvaal, South Africa
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
06 May 1920
PI Assigned:
1920
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
Top Name:
Kapok
Origin:
Collected – Transvaal, South Africa
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
06 May 1920
PI Assigned:
1920
Source History
Collected

Transvaal, South Africa

Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Kapok
Type: Local name

Narrative
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
Genus:
Ceiba
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Bombacoideae
Nomen number:

9703
Place of publication:

Fruct. sem. pl. 2:244. 1791
Verified:
10/06/2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Bombax pentandrum L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ceiba caribaea (DC.) A. Chev.
Ceiba casearia Medik.
Eriodendron anfractuosum DC.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishkapok  1Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Englishkapoktree  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishsilk cottontree  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishwhite silk cottontree  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Frenchcapoc  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchfromager  2Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Frenchkapokier  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanKapokbaum  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Germanweißer Kapokbaum  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1286.
Portuguese (Brazil)samauma  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)samauma-da-várzea  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanishárbol capoc  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishceiba  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishpochote  2McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Swedishkapok  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Annotations
  • The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 24 Jul 2001, from Eriodendron anfractuosum DC. to Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
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