Taxon:  Ceiba insignis (Kunth) P. E. Gibbs & Semir



Summary
Genus:
Ceiba
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Bombacoideae
Nomen number:
433222
Place of publication:
Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 45:134.  1988
Comment:
treated in a restricted sense by Gibbs & Semir (2003), as part of a "Ceiba insignis" complex
Verified:
10/06/2003 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
8 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Chorisia insignis Kunth

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  2. Dubs, B. 1998. Prodromus florae matogrossensis. Botany of Mato Grosso, series B, no. 3.
  3. Gibbs, P. & J. Semir. 2003. A taxonomic revision of the genus Ceiba Mill. (Bombacaceae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 60:259-300.
  4. Gibbs, P. E. et al. 1988. A proposal to unite the genera Chorisia Kunth and Ceiba Miller (Bombacaceae). Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 45:125-136.
  5. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
  6. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  7. Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: mentions
  8. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorLoja Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruAmazonas Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruCajamarca Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruPiura Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeruSan Martín Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
2Cultivated    also cult. 
Native
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador [Loja], Peru [Amazonas, Cajamarca, Piura, San Martín]
Cultivated (also cult.)

Reference(s)
  1. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  2. Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: mentions
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=433222. Accessed 15 April 2026.