''Pseudobombax'' is a genus of
flowering plants in the subfamily
Bombacoideae of the family
Malvaceae.
The genus ranges across tropical South America, Central America, Mexico, Cuba, Hispaniola, and the Windward Islands.
["''Pseudobombax'' Dugand". ''Plants of the World Online'', Kew Science. Accessed 26 August 2021]
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Selected species
* ''Pseudobombax argentinum
''Pseudobombax argentinum'', the soroche, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and h ...
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(Klas) Robert Elias Fries (11 July 1876, Uppsala – 29 January 1966, Stockholm), the youngest son of Theodor Magnus Fries (1832–1913) and grandson of Elias Magnus Fries(1794–1878)
and an expert on mushrooms. A Swedish botanist who was a ...
) A.Robyns – Soroche ( Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
* ''Pseudobombax ellipticum
''Pseudobombax ellipticum'', with common names including shaving brush tree, Dr Seuss tree, and ''amapolla tree'', is a species of plant in the subfamily Bombacoideae of the family Malvaceae.
Distribution
The tree is native to southern Mexic ...
'' (Kunth) Dugand – Shaving brush tree (Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras)
* '' Pseudobombax grandiflorum'' (Cav.) A.Robyns
* '' Pseudobombax guayasense'' A.Robyns (Ecuador)
* '' Pseudobombax longiflorum'' (Mart.) A.Robyns
* '' Pseudobombax millei'' (Standl.
Paul Carpenter Standley (March 21, 1884 – June 2, 1963) was an American botanist known for his work on neotropical plants.
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Standley was born on March 21, 1884 in Avalon, Missouri. He attended Drury College in Springfield, Missouri an ...
) A.Robyns – Beldaco (Ecuador)
* '' Pseudobombax septenatum'' (Jacq.) Dugand
References
External links
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Malvaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Neotropical realm flora
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