This article is about the genus of trees. For other uses, see Ceiba (disambiguation).
Ceiba
Ceiba pentandra leaves and fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Malvales
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Bombacoideae
Genus:
Ceiba Mill.[1]
Species
19, see text
Synonyms[2]
CampylantheraSchott & Endl. (1832)
ChorisiaKunth (1822)
EriodendronDC. (1824)
ErioneSchott & Endl. (1832)
GossampinusBuch.-Ham. (1827)
XylonL. (1758), nom. illeg.
Ceiba is a genus of trees in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical and subtropical areas of the Americas (from Mexico and the Caribbean to northern Argentina) and tropical West Africa.[3] Some species can grow to 70 m (230 ft) tall or more, with a straight, largely branchless trunk that culminates in a huge, spreading canopy, and buttress roots that can be taller than a grown person. The best-known, and most widely cultivated, species is Kapok, Ceiba pentandra, one of several trees known as kapok. Ceiba is a word from the Taíno language meaning "boat" because Taínos use the wood to build their dugout canoes.[4][5]
Ceiba species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera (butterfly and moth) species, including the leaf-miner Bucculatrix ceibae, which feeds exclusively on the genus.
Recent botanical opinion incorporates Chorisia within Ceiba and puts the genus as a whole within the family Malvaceae.[3]
^"Ceiba Mill". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-06-05. Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
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^ abA TAXONOMIC REVISION OF THE GENUS CEIBA MILL.(2003)
^María Elena Gutiérrez L. "En Recursos Biológicos" (in Spanish). Escuela de Ingeniería de Antioquía, Colombia. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
^"Ceiba pentandra" (PDF) (in Spanish). Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad: 65. Retrieved 4 October 2022. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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