PLANTS Profile for Cochlospermum vitifolium (silk cottontree)

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Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Willd. ex Spreng.
silk cottontree

Symbol:

COVI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Bixaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

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Photo of Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Willd. ex Spreng.

©Mark W. Skinner. USDA NRCS NPDC. Venezuela, Estado Barinas, Rancho de Palma Sola. January 14, 1981. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

More Information:

Images:
Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Willd. ex Spreng.

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Synonyms:
Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Willd. ex Spreng.

BOVI3

Bombax vitifolium Willd.

Distribution:
Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Willd. ex Spreng.


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Related Taxa:
Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Willd. ex Spreng.

View 3 genera in Bixaceae, 2 species in Cochlospermum

Classification:
Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Willd. ex Spreng.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Violales
Family	Bixaceae – Lipstick-tree family
Genus	Cochlospermum Kunth – cochlospermum
Species	Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Willd. ex Spreng. – silk cottontree

Introduced Information:
Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Willd. ex Spreng.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Willd. ex Spreng.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501604.

Time Generated: 10/07/2008 03:22 AM MDT