Ceiba insignis (Kunth) P. E. Gibbs & Semir GRIN-Global

Taxon: Ceiba insignis (Kunth) P. E. Gibbs & Semir

Summary

Genus:

Ceiba

Family:

Malvaceae

Subfamily:

Bombacoideae

Nomen number:

433222

Place of publication:

Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 45:134. 1988

Comment:

treated in a restricted sense by Gibbs & Semir (2003), as part of a "C. insignis" complex

Verified:

10/06/2003 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Chorisia insignis Kunth

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Reference(s)

Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993
Dubs, B. Prodromus florae matogrossensis. Botany of Mato Grosso, series B, no. 3. 1998
Gibbs, P. & J. Semir. 2003. A taxonomic revision of the genus Ceiba Mill. (Bombacaceae). Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 60:259-300.
Gibbs, P. E. et al. 1988. A proposal to unite the genera Chorisia Kunth and Ceiba Miller (Bombacaceae). Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 45:125-136.
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75. 1999
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. 1995-
Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74. 1996, 1999

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Loja
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Amazonas
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Cajamarca
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	Piura
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	San Martin
2	Cultivated

Native
Southern America

WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador [Loja], Peru [Amazonas, Cajamarca, Piura, San Martin]

Cultivated ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. 1995-

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=433222. Accessed 8 May 2026.