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The genus Bombax is in the family Malvaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Bombax

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Bombax albidum Gagnep.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax anceps Pierre	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax blancoanum A.Robyns	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax brevicuspe Sprague	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Bombax buonopozense P.Beauv.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	1
Bombax campestre (Mart. & Zucc.) K.Schum.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax carabotense Pittier	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Bombax carolinum Vell.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax ceiba L.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax celendinus Weberbauer	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Bombax congo Burm.f.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax costatum Pellegr. & Vuillet	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax cummingii Ettingsh.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax decaphyllum (J.St.-Hil. & Naudin) Decne.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax encephalartos J.Schust.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax flavescens Kuhlm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax glaucescens Ettingsh.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax grandiflorum Sonn.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax hexaphyllum Vell.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax hibiscifolium Willd. ex Steud.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax insigne Wall.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax mediterraneum Arruda	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax mucronulatum (Pittier) Aristeg.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax paraensis Ducke	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Bombax plumosum Noronha	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax rhodognaphalon K. Schum.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Bombax roseorum Cuatrec.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax rubrinervis Hoffmanns.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax serrata Desf.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax sexdigitatum Vell.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Bombax villosum Mill.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 73 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Bombax. Of these 9 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 20 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Bombax. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 73 species names for the genus Bombax recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	9	12.3%
◕	Synonym	38	52.1%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	26	35.6%

All names

The status of the 93 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Bombax recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	10	10.8%
◕	Synonym	56	60.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	27	29.0%

Of the species names,

• 2 are recorded as invalid

The confidence with which the status of the 73 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Bombax, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	1	0	0	1	1.4%
	Medium confidence	9	37	0	0	46	63.0%
	Low confidence	0	0	0	26	26	35.6%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Bombax is as follows: