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Details for: PI 120822,
Ochroma pyramidale
(Cav. ex Lam.) Urb., Balsa
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Ochroma pyramidale
(Cav. ex Lam.) Urb.
Top Name:
Balsa
Origin:
Collected – Guayas, Ecuador
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
28 Jan 1937
PI Assigned:
1937
Inventory Volume:
130
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Ochroma pyramidale
(Cav. ex Lam.) Urb.
Top Name:
Balsa
Origin:
Collected – Guayas, Ecuador
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
28 Jan 1937
PI Assigned:
1937
Source History
Collected
Guayas, Ecuador
Locality:
Guayaquil
Comment:
Received as Ochroma grandiflora (Rowlee)
Collector(s):
Mexia, Y., Bureau of Plant Industry - USDA
Accession Names and Identifiers
Balsa
Type: Local name
No. 8487-A
Type: Collector identifier
Narrative
Ochroma pyramidale
(Cav. ex Lam.) Urb.
Genus:
Ochroma
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Bombacoideae
Nomen number:
25473
Place of publication:
Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 5:123. 1920
Verified:
11/19/1992
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Bombax pyramidale
Cav. ex Lam.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ochroma bicolor
Rowlee
Ochroma concolor
Rowlee
Ochroma grandiflorum
Rowlee
Ochroma lagopus
Sw.
Ochroma obtusum
Rowlee
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
balsa
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
corkwood
1
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English
downtree
1
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
French
balsa
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
French
patte-de-liève
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
German
Balsabaum
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Portuguese (Brazil)
pata-de-lebre
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
pau-de-bolsa
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
pau-de-jangada
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
topa
2
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Name
References
Annotations
The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received:
15 Mar 2010, from
Ochroma grandiflorum
Rowlee to
Ochroma pyramidale
(Cav. ex Lam.) Urb.
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
25 Feb 2010, from
Undetermined
spp. to
Ochroma pyramidale
(Cav. ex Lam.) Urb.
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