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The Botanical System of the Plants
Das Botanisches System der Pflanzen
Friedrich A. Lohmueller

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Familia: Bombacaceae Kunth (1822), nom. cons. (Malvaceae subfam. Bombacoideae)
Genus:  Pachira Aubl. -- Hist. Pl. Guiane 725. (1775)

Species: ~ 50
Geography: subtropical and topical America.
Type Name: Pachira aquatica Aubl.

• Pachira affinis Decne. -- Fl. des Serres, 23: 52. (1880) - Brasilia
  = Bombax affine Ducke -- Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 5: 162. (1930)
• Pachira amazonica ( A.Robyns ) W.S.Alverson -- Novon 4: 6. (1994) - Amazonas, Venezuela, Northern South America
  basionym: Bombacopsis amazonica A.Robyns Bull. Jard. Bot. État 33: 186. 1963
• Pachira angusta Duchass. ex Decne. -- Fl. des Serres, 23: 52. (1880)
  = Pachira sessilis
• Pachira aquatica Aubl. (1775) - (provision-tree, Guiana-chestnut, sabanut, châtaigner sauvage, castaño de agua) - tropical America
  syn.: Bombax aquaticum (Aubl.) K.Schum. (1890)
  syn.: Bombax macrocarpum (Schltdl. & Cham.) K. Schum.
  syn.: Carolinea macrocarpa Cham. & Schltdl.
  syn.: Pachira macrocarpa (Cham. & Schltdl.) Walp.
• Pachira cyathophora Casar. - Brasilia. = Pseudobombax grandiflorum (Cav.) A. Robyns
  syn.: Bombax cyathophorum K.Schum. -- Fl. Bras. (Martius) 12, pt. 3: 228. (1886)
• Pachira emarginata A. Rich. - Cuba, Caribbean, Southern America.
  syn.: Bombacopsis emarginata (A. Rich.) A. Robyns (1963)
  syn.: Bombax emarginata (A. Rich.) C. Wright
• Pachira glabra Pasq.
  syn.: Bombax glabrum (Pasq.) A.Robyns -- Bull. Jard. Bot. État 30(4): 474. (1960)
  syn.: Bombacopsis glabra (Pasq.) A. Robyns
• Pachira grandiflora Tussac -- Fl. Antill. 4: 12. tt. 3,4. -- West Indies.
• Pachira insignis (Sw.) Savigny - Mexico.
  syn.: Bombax affine (Mart. & Zucc.) Ducke
  syn.: Carolinea insignis Sw.
• Pachira macrocarpa (Cham. & Schltdl.) Walp.
  = Pachira aquatica Aubl.
• Pachira quinata (Jacq.) W. S. Alverson - Panama, Central America.
  syn.: Bombacopsis quinata (Jacq.) Dugand
  basionym: Bombax quinatum Jacq. -- Enum. Syst. Pl. 26. (1760)
• Pachira sessilis Benth. -- Bot. Voy. Sulphur 70. (1844) - Panama, Central America.
  syn.: Pachira angusta Duchass. ex Decne.
  syn.: Pochota sessilis (Benth.) W.D.Stevens -- Taxon 36: 463. (1987)
• Pachira sordida (R.E.Schult.) W.S.Alverson -- Novon 4(1): 8 (1994) - Vaupés, Colombia, Western South America.
  bayionym: Bombax sordidum R.E.Schult. -- Bot. Mus. Leafl. Harvard Univ. 16: 75. (1953)
  syn.: Pochota sordida (R.E.Schult.) Steyerm. & W.D.Stevens -- Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: 398. (1988)
  syn.: Rhodognaphalopsis coriacea var. sordida (R.E.Schult.) A.Robyns -- Bull. Jard. Bot. État 33: 292. (1963)
• Pachira speciosa Triana & Planch. -- Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. ser. 4, 17: 319-320. (1862) - Colombia, Western South America.
  syn.: Bombacopsis speciosa (Triana & Planch.) A.Robyns -- Bull. Jard. Bot. État 33: 219. (1963)
  syn.: Pochota speciosa (Triana & Planch.) Montiel -- Phytologia 64: 336. (1988)