Bombacoideae

Bombacoideae
Cortex of juvenile Ceiba pentandra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Subfamily:	Bombacoideae Burnett, 1835

Bombacoideae is a subfamily of the mallow family, Malvaceae. It contains herbaceous and woody plants. Their leaves are alternate, commonly palmately lobed, with small and caducous stipules. Flowers are hermaphroditic and actinomorphic; the calyx has 5 sepals united at the base, accompanied frequently by an epicalyx (involucel). The corolla has 5 free petals and an androecium of numerous stamens, typically with filaments fused in a staminal tube (column) that surrounds the styles. The pollen is smooth and the ovary superior and pluricarpellate. Fruits are schizocarpous or capsular.

Genera

Adansonia L. - baobabs Aguiaria Ducke Bernoullia Oliv. Bombax L. Camptostemon Mast. Catostemma Benth. Cavanillesia Ruiz & Pav.

Ceiba Mill. Chiranthodendron Larreat. Eriotheca Schott & Endl. Fremontodendron Coville Gyranthera Pittier Huberodendron Ducke Lagunaria (DC.) Rchb.

Matisia Humb. & Bonpl. Neobuchia Urb. Ochroma Sw. Pachira Aubl. Patinoa Cuatrec. Pentaplaris L.O.Williams & Standl. Phragmotheca Cuatrec.

Pseudobombax Dugand Quararibea Aubl. Rhodognaphalon (Ulbr.) Roberty Scleronema Benth. Septotheca Ulbr. Spirotheca Ulbr. Uladendron Marc.-Berti

Classification

Some taxa in this subfamily were previously grouped under the now-obsolete family Bombacaceae as recent phylogenetic research has shown that Bombacaceae as traditionally circumscribed (including tribe Durioneae) is not a monophyletic group. Camptostemon, Lagunaria, Pentaplaris and Uladendron might more appropriately be placed in Malvoideae as might the tribe Matisieae (Matisia, Phragmotheca and Quararibea).

External links

• Media related to Bombacoideae at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Bombacoideae at Wikispecies