Bixaceae

Cochlospermum Kunth

First published in Malvac., Büttner., Tiliac.: 6 (1822)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics to S. U.S.A.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Myanmar, Netherlands Antilles, New Guinea, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Territory, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Queensland, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Suriname, Texas, Togo, Uganda, Venezuela, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Zaïre

Introduced into:

Bahamas, Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Jawa, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Puerto Rico, Society Is., Sri Lanka, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • —F.T.A. 1: 112.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • G.F.P. 2: 233 (1967)
  • Keating in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 59: 282–296 (1973), nom. conserv.
  • Malv.: 6 (1822)
  • van Steenis in Flora Malesiana, ser. 1, 4: 61 (1949)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1992 Brooks, R.R.; Reeves, R.D.; Ferreira, H.D. [TMEX 438] Brazil K000973156 Yes
Fernández, M.; Flórez, M.; Torres, G.; Guzmán, A.; Gallego, E.; Bolaños, J.; Cordero, J.; Toro, T.; Rodelo, C. [MFL_3635] Colombia K001609279 Yes
Goyder, D.J.; Gomes, A. [9002] Angola K001334241 Holotype Yes
Brooks, R.R.; Reeves, R.D.; Ferreira, H.D. [TMEX 479] Brazil K000973155 Yes
Coradin, L.; Silva, G.P.; Vieira, J.G.A.; Souza, F.B.; Harley, R.M.; Linington, S.; Baker, R. [5729] Brazil K000973153 Yes
Heringer, E.P.; Filgueiras, T.S.; Mendonça, R.C.; Pereira, B.A.S. [7312] Brazil K000973152 Yes
Welwitch, F.M.J. [544] K000231183 Type Yes
Welwitch, F.M.J. [544] Angola K001400408 Type Yes
Coradin, L.; Silva, G.P.; Vieira, J.G.A.; Souza, F.B.; Harley, R.M.; Linington, S.; Baker, R. [6581] Brazil K000973154 Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Wright, C. [916] Mexico Amoreuxia K000470093 Type Yes

Sources

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0