''Cochlospermum'' is a genus of

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s in the

Bixaceae The Bixaceae are a family of dicotyledonous plants commonly called the achiote family. Under the Cronquist system, the family was traditionally placed in the order Violales. However, newer arrangements move it, with some other families previousl ...

family; some classifications place this genus in the family

Cochlospermaceae The Cochlospermaceae were a family of two genera and 20-25 species of trees and shrubs, first described by Jules Émile Planchon in 1847. They have been included in the Bixaceae from the APG III system onwards. The older APG II system treated th ...

. It is native to tropical regions of the world, particularly

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Species

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Cochlospermum angolense ''Cochlospermum angolense'' is a tree in the family Bixaceae. It is native to Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. An extract of the tree's bark, called '' Borotutu'' in African traditional medicine, has been studied in mice for its p ...

Welw. Friedrich Martin Josef Welwitsch (25 February 1806 – 20 October 1872) was an Austrian explorer and botanist who in Angola was the first European to describe the plant ''Welwitschia mirabilis''. His report received wide attention among the bo ...

Oliv. Daniel Oliver, FRS (6 February 1830, Newcastle upon Tyne – 21 December 1916) was an English botanist. He was Librarian of the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1860–1890 and Keeper there from 1864–1890, and Professor of Botany at ...

- Angola, Zaïre #''

Cochlospermum fraseri ''Cochlospermum fraseri'' is a tree in the family Bixaceae with common names cotton tree, kapok bush, and kapok tree. It is native to north western Australia (in Western Australia and the Northern Territory). Taxonomy French botanist Jules Émil ...

'' Planch. - Western Australia, Northern Territory #''

Cochlospermum gillivraei ''Cochlospermum gillivraei'' is a tree in the family Bixaceae, with the common name In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name ...

Benth. George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studie ...

- Northern Territory, Queensland, Papua New Guinea #''

Cochlospermum intermedium ''Cochlospermum'' is a genus of trees in the Bixaceae family; some classifications place this genus in the family Cochlospermaceae. It is native to tropical regions of the world, particularly Latin America, Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, and Au ...

'' Mildbr - Central African Republic #''

Cochlospermum noldei ''Cochlospermum'' is a genus of trees in the Bixaceae family; some classifications place this genus in the family Cochlospermaceae. It is native to tropical regions of the world, particularly Latin America, Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, and Au ...

'' Poppend. - Angola #''

Cochlospermum orinocense ''Cochlospermum'' is a genus of trees in the Bixaceae family; some classifications place this genus in the family Cochlospermaceae. It is native to tropical regions of the world, particularly Latin America, Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, and A ...

'' (Kunth) Steud. - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Peru #''

Cochlospermum planchonii ''Cochlospermum'' is a genus of trees in the Bixaceae family; some classifications place this genus in the family Cochlospermaceae. It is native to tropical regions of the world, particularly Latin America, Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, and A ...

Hook.f. Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...

ex Planch. - tropical Africa from Sierra Leone to Sudan #''

Cochlospermum regium ''Cochlospermum regium'', also known as yellow cotton tree ( pt, Algodao do cerrado; th, สุพรรณิการ์, ), is a flowering plant that has its origins in the Cerrado tropical savanna of South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay) ...

'' (Schrank)

Pilg. Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger (3 July 1876, in Helgoland – 1 September 1953, in Berlin)

- Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay #'' Cochlospermum religiosum'' (L.) Alston - India, Sri Lanka, Western Himalayas, Myanmar; naturalized in Cambodia, Java, Bali, Peninsular Malaysia #''

Cochlospermum tetraporum ''Cochlospermum'' is a genus of trees in the Bixaceae family; some classifications place this genus in the family Cochlospermaceae. It is native to tropical regions of the world, particularly Latin America, Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, and A ...

'' Hallier - Bolivia, Paraguay, northwestern Argentina #''

Cochlospermum tinctorium ''Cochlospermum'' is a genus of trees in the Bixaceae family; some classifications place this genus in the family Cochlospermaceae. It is native to tropical regions of the world, particularly Latin America, Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, and A ...

'' Perrier ex A.Rich. - tropical Africa from Sierra Leone to Uganda #''

Cochlospermum vitifolium ''Cochlospermum vitifolium'' is a tree in the family Bixaceae. It is native to the Americas: from Mexico to Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South ...

'' (Willd.) Spreng. - Mexico, Cuba, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil; naturalized in Trinidad, Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Bahamas #''

Cochlospermum wittei ''Cochlospermum'' is a genus of trees in the Bixaceae family; some classifications place this genus in the family Cochlospermaceae. It is native to tropical regions of the world, particularly Latin America, Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, and A ...

'' Robyns - Zaïre

Gallery

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'' deciduous when flowering

References

Malvales genera {{Malvales-stub