''Pseudobombax septenatum'' is of the family

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, commonly known as Algodón de río, beldaco, ceibo barrigón, majagua colorada or barrigon. It is a

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tree up to in height which grows in semideciduous rainforest with a definite dry season. It is found from

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. Its flowers are cream-colored and like those of Ceiba spp., in forming a roundish cluster of stamens on a stalk surrounding the pistel, in this instance up to one thousand stamens in number. The leaves generally have seven smooth-edged narrowly oblong leaflets. It was originally named Pachira barrigon, and later Bombax barrigon. It has the bright green lines running through the bark that is also seen in Ceiba spp. and Chorissa spp. It was first described in 1760 by the Dutch scientist

Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin (16 February 172726 October 1817) was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany. Biography Born in Leiden in the Netherlands, he studied medicine at Leiden University, then moved first to P ...

as ''Bombax septenatum''. The current name is from

Armando Dugand Armando Dugand (July 23, 1906 – 1971) was a Colombian botanist, geobotanist Phytogeography (from Greek φυτόν, ''phytón'' = "plant" and γεωγραφία, ''geographía'' = "geography" meaning also distribution) or botanical geography i ...

in 1943.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q6089768 Flora of Nicaragua Flora of Brazil septenatum Flora of Bolivia Flora of Colombia Flora of Costa Rica Flora of El Salvador Flora of Panama Flora of Peru Flora of Venezuela Plants described in 1943 Taxa named by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin