Bombax Linnaeus 1753 (cotton tree)
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Angiospermae - Malvales - Bombacaceae
Synonym: Salmalia Schott and Endlicher 1832
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum 1-1200
Parent taxon: Bombaceae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Chauhan 1991
Sister taxa: Bacutriporites, Bombacacidites, Bombacites, Eriodendron, Pachira
Subtaxa: Bombax virginiensis
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (6 collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1), Uganda (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (1)
• Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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