Cochlospermum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Bixaceae
Genus: Cochlospermum
Species: C. angolense – C. arafuricum – C. fraseri – C. gillivraei – C. gonzalezii – C. intermedium – C. macnamarae – C. malvifolium – C. noldeae – C. orinocense – C. palmatifidum – C. planchonii – C. regium – C. religiosum – C. tetraporum – C. tinctorium – C. vitifolium – C. wittei – C. wrightii
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cochlospermum in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 03. Reference page.

Name

Cochlospermum Kunth, 1822

Type species: Bombax religiosum L.

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Maximilianea Mart. ex Schrank, Flora 2: 451 (1819), nom. rej.
Wittelsbachia Mart. & Zucc., Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 1: 80 (1824), nom. illeg.
Amoreuxia Moc. & Sessé ex DC., Prodr. 2: 638 (1825).
Euryanthe Cham. & Schltdl., Linnaea 5: 224 (1830).
Azeredia Arruda ex Allemão, Apparecimento Coll. Doutor M.Arruda da Camara: ['10'] (1846).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References

Kunth, C.S. (1822) Malvac., Büttner., Tiliac.: 6.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Cochlospermum in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 03. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Cochlospermum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 03. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Cochlospermum. Published online. Accessed: May 03 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Cochlospermum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 03.
Tropicos.org 2019. Cochlospermum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 May 03.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cochlospermum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

Cochlospermum is a genus of trees in the Bixaceae family; some classifications place this genus in the family Cochlospermaceae. It is native to tropical regions of the world, particularly Latin America, Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, and Australia.[4]
Species

Species include:[4]

Cochlospermum angolense Welw. ex Oliv. - Angola, Zaïre
Cochlospermum fraseri Planch. - Western Australia, Northern Territory
Cochlospermum gillivraei Benth. - Northern Territory, Queensland, Papua New Guinea
Cochlospermum intermedium Mildbr - Central African Republic
Cochlospermum noldei Poppend. - Angola
Cochlospermum orinocense (Kunth) Steud. - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Peru
Cochlospermum planchonii Hook.f. ex Planch. - tropical Africa from Sierra Leone to Sudan
Cochlospermum regium (Schrank) Pilg. - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston - India, Sri Lanka, Western Himalayas, Myanmar; naturalized in Cambodia, Java, Bali, Peninsular Malaysia
Cochlospermum tetraporum Hallier - Bolivia, Paraguay, northwestern Argentina
Cochlospermum tinctorium Perrier ex A.Rich. - tropical Africa from Sierra Leone to Uganda
Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Spreng. - Mexico, Cuba, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil; naturalized in Trinidad, Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Bahamas
Cochlospermum wittei Robyns - Zaïre

References

"IPNI: Cochlospermum". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
"IPNI: Cochlospermum". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
Kunth, K.S. in von Humboldt, F.W.H.A., Bonpland, A.J.A. & Kunth, K.S. 1822. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum Edn. Quarto, 5(22): 297
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families