Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Cochlospermum gossypium
Bixaceae Kunth
Cochlospermum gossypium (L.) DC. , legitimate, scientific
Candolle, A.P. de in Candolle, A.P. de (ed.) (1824), Ternstroemiaceae. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 1: 527 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Bombax gossypium L. nom. illeg.
Heward, R. in Hooker, W.J. (1847), Some observations on Dr. Leichhardt's overland journey from Moreton Bay on the East coast of Australia to Port Essington on the North coast. London Journal of Botany 6: 353 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Bombax gossypium L. nom. illeg.
  • APC Comment: An Asian species, now referred to Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston, recorded by R.Heward, London J. Botany 353 (1824), but not known to occur in Australia.