ACCEPTED FLOWERING SPECIES

Ceiba pentandra

Name author: (L.) Gaertn.

A species in the Malvaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.

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Botanical classification

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Plant group: Angiosperms · flowering plants
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Ceiba
Species: Ceiba pentandra
Taxonomic status: Accepted in this release
Name publication year: 1791

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Synonyms & earlier names

Names that this release treats as synonyms of Ceiba pentandra. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.

39 synonyms in this snapshot

Bombax cumanenseName author: Kunth
Bombax guineenseName author: Schum. & Thonn.
Bombax guineensisName author: Schumach.
Bombax inermeName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
Bombax mompoxenseName author: Kunth
Bombax occidentaleName author: Spreng.
Bombax orientaleName author: Spreng.
Bombax pentandrumName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
Bombax pentandrumName author: Jacq.
Bombax plumosumName author: Noronha
Ceiba anfractuosaName author: (DC.) M.Gómez
Ceiba caribaeaName author: (DC.) A.Chev.
Ceiba caseariaName author: Medik.
Ceiba guineensisName author: (Schumach.) A.Chev.
Ceiba guineensis var. amplaName author: A.Chev.
Ceiba guineensis var. clausaName author: A.Chev.
Ceiba occidentalisName author: (Spreng.) Burkill
Ceiba pentandra f. albolanaName author: Ulbr.
Ceiba pentandra f. griseaName author: Ulbr.
Ceiba pentandra var. caribaeaName author: (DC.) Bakh.
Ceiba pentandra var. clausaName author: Ulbr.
Ceiba pentandra var. dehiscensName author: Ulbr.
Ceiba pentandra var. indicaName author: Bakh.
Ceiba thonneriiName author: A.Chev.
Ceiba thonningiiName author: A.Chev.
Eriodendron anfractuosumName author: DC.
Eriodendron anfractuosum var. africanumName author: DC.
Eriodendron anfractuosum var. caribaeumName author: DC.
Eriodendron anfractuosum var. guianenseName author: Sagot
Eriodendron anfractuosum var. indicumName author: DC.
Eriodendron caribaeumName author: (DC.) G.Don
Eriodendron caribaeumName author: G.Don ex Loud.
Eriodendron guineenseName author: G.Don
Eriodendron occidentaleName author: (Spreng.) G.Don
Eriodendron orientaleName author: Kostel.
Eriodendron pentandrumName author: (L.) Kurz
Gossampinus albaName author: Buch.-Ham.
Gossampinus rumphiiName author: Schott & Endl.
Xylon pentandrumName author: (L.) Kuntze

About this record

Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.

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