Bombax

See also: bombax

Translingual

Bombax ceiba tree with fallen seeds

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek βομβάξ (bombáx, “prodigious”)

Proper noun

Bombax n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – cotton trees, of tropical and subtropical environments in the Old World and Australia.

Usage notes

• Formerly included species now in genera Ceiba, Pseudobombax, Pachira, Eriotheca, Pochota, Rhodognaphalon, Cochlospermum, etc..

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids – clades; Malvales – order; Malvaceae – family; Bombacoideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Bombax ceiba - type species; Bombax buonopozense, Bombax costatum, Bombax insigne, Bombax mossambicense - species; for species formerly included see Bombax at Plants of the World Online

Derived terms

• Pseudobombax

References

• Bombax on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bombax on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bombax on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Bombax at USDA Plants database
• Bombax at Tropicos
• Bombax at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Bombax at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Bombax at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Bombax at Plants of the World Online