Taxon: Ceiba speciosa (A. St.-Hil.) Ravenna Genus: Ceiba
Family: Malvaceae. Also placed in: Bombacaceae
Nomen number: 433223.
Place of publication: Onira 3(15):46. 1998.
Name verified on: 06-Oct-2003 by Systematic Botany Laboratory. Last updated: 06-Oct-2003.
No species priority site assigned.
NO ACCESSIONS IN PGRC UNDER THIS NAME.


Common names:

• floss-silktree (Source: Dict Gard as Chorisia speciosa)
  
• See MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts.

Economic importance:

• Environmental uses: ornamental (fide Dict Gard, as Chorisia speciosa; Hortus 3, as Chorisia speciosa; Trees Bolivia, as Chorisia speciosa)
  

References:

reftitle = :Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND).: abbr = :Pl Names:
• M. H. Porcher et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND). (Pl Names)
  reftitle = :World economic plants: a standard reference.: abbr = :World Econ Pl:
• J. H. Wiersema & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference. (World Econ Pl) [new].
  

Synonyms:

• Chorisia speciosa A. St.-Hil.