Ceiba insignis

Ceiba insignis
	Flower is white with a golden throat
	Bottle-shaped trunk is covered in heavy prickles
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Ceiba
Species:	C. insignis
Binomial name
	Ceiba insignis; (Kunth) P.E.Gibbs & Semir
Synonyms
	Ceiba integrifolia (Ulbr.) Ravenna; Ceiba mythica Ravenna; Chorisia insignis Kunth; Chorisia integrifolia Ulbr.;

Ceiba insignis (syn. Chorisia insignis), the white floss-silk tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to dry tropical forests of southern Ecuador and northern Peru.^[1]^[2] It has found use as a street tree in scattered cities around the world.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Ceiba insignis (Kunth) P.E.Gibbs & Semir". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
^ "Ceiba insignis". apps.cals.arizona.edu. The University of Arizona. 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
^ Ossola, Alessandro; Hoeppner, Malin J.; Burley, Hugh M.; Gallagher, Rachael V.; Beaumont, Linda J.; Leishman, Michelle R. (2020). "The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities". Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29 (11): 1907–1914. doi:10.1111/geb.13169. S2CID 225429443.

This Malvaceae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[POWO_945332-1-1] "Ceiba insignis (Kunth) P.E.Gibbs & Semir". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 September 2022.

[2] "Ceiba insignis". apps.cals.arizona.edu. The University of Arizona. 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2022.

[GUTI-3] Ossola, Alessandro; Hoeppner, Malin J.; Burley, Hugh M.; Gallagher, Rachael V.; Beaumont, Linda J.; Leishman, Michelle R. (2020). "The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities". Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29 (11): 1907–1914. doi:10.1111/geb.13169. S2CID 225429443.

[1]

[2]

[3]