Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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The Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) is a tool for the botanical community that deals with plant names and their usage in the scientific literature, whether as a current name or synonym. APNI does not recommend any particular taxonomy or nomenclature. For a listing of currently accepted scientific names for the Australian vascular flora, please use the Australian Plant Census (APC) link above.
Malvaceae Juss.
Bombax ceiba L.
, legitimate , scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753) , Species Plantarum 1 :
511
[tax. nov.]
Type:
"Habitat in Indie utraque."
Bakhuizen van den Brink, R.C. (1924) , Revisio Bombacacearum. Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg ser. 3, 6 :
189
[secondary reference]
Domin, K. (1928) , Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89) :
965-966
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Bombax heptaphyllum Cav.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Bombax malabaricum DC.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Salmalia malabaricum ( DC.) Schott & Endl.
legitimate
Hyland, B.P.M. (1971) , A key to the common rainforest trees between Townsville and Cooktown, based on leaf and bark features :
66, Code 426
[secondary reference]
common name:
Kapok
[n/a]
common name:
Silk Cotton Tree
[n/a]
common name:
Northern Cottonwood
[n/a]
common name:
Kapok-Tree
[n/a]
Williams, K.A.W. (1980) , Native Plants of Queensland Edn. 2, 1 :
30
[secondary reference]
common name:
Silk Cotton Tree
[n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M. (1982) , A revised card key to rainforest trees of North Queensland :
67, 125, 137, Code 426
[secondary reference]
common name:
Kapok
[n/a]
common name:
Silk cotton Tree
[n/a]
common name:
Northern Cottonwood
[n/a]
common name:
Kapok Tree
[n/a]
Green, J.W. (1985) , Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2 :
114
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Bombacaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region :
198, Fig. 53B
[secondary reference]
common name:
Kapok tree
[n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993) , Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 1 :
100, 114, 146, Code 426
[secondary reference]
common name:
Silk Cotton Tree
[n/a]
common name:
Semul
[n/a]
common name:
Northern Cottonwood
[n/a]
common name:
Kapok
[n/a]
common name:
Kapok Tree
[n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M. & Whiffin, T.P. (1993) , Australian tropical rain forest trees: an interactive identification system 2 :
41, Code 426
[secondary reference]
Robson, Peter J. (1993) , Checklist of Australian Trees: alphabetical listings of common and scientific names :
-
[secondary reference]
common name:
Silk Cottontree
[n/a]
common name:
Semul
[n/a]
common name:
Northern Cottonwood
[n/a]
common name:
Kapok tree
[n/a]
common name:
Kapok
[n/a]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994) , Fruits of the Rainforest :
56-57, Fig. 92
[secondary reference]
common name:
Silk Cotton Tree
[n/a]
common name:
Kapok-Tree
[n/a]
Hyland, B.P.M., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. in Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (1994) , Appendix I: Provisional Species List. Fruits of the Rainforest :
302
[secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B., Elick, R.W. & Ford, A.J. (1999) , Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs. Australian tropical rain forest trees and shrubs :
58
[secondary reference]
Hyland, B.P.M., Whiffin, T.P., Christophel, D.C., Gray, B. & Elick, R.W. (2003) , Australian tropical rain forest plants. Trees, Shrubs and Vines :
Code 426
[secondary reference]
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004) , Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest :
92
[secondary reference]
common name:
Bombax
[n/a]
common name:
Silk Cotton Tree
[n/a]
common name:
Kapok Tree
[n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009) , Australian Plant Census :
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Bombax malabaricum DC.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Gossampinus heptaphylla Bakh.
legitimate
Varietal rank not recognised in NT.
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2012) , Australian Plant Census :
-
APC
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Bombax heptaphyllum Cav.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Bombax malabaricum DC.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Salmalia malabaricum ( DC.) Schott & Endl.
legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Bombax heptaphylla Benth.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Bombax malabarica F.Muell.
orth. var.
taxonomic synonym:
Gossampinus heptaphylla Bakh.
legitimate
APC Comment:
Varietal rank not recognised in NT.
APC Dist.:
WA, NT, Qld