Pachira quinata

Pachira quinata
Flower showing abundance of stamens
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Pachira
Species: P. quinata
Binomial name
Pachira quinata
(Jacq.) W.S.Alverson
Synonyms

Bombacopsis quinata (Jacq.) Dugand
Bombax quinatum Jacq.[2]

Pachira quinata, commonly known as Pochote, is a species flowering tree in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It inhabits dry forests in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela, and Colombia.[2] Pochotes bear large, stubby thorns on their trunk and branches and are often planted as living fenceposts with barbed wire strung between them.

References

  1. ^ Sandiford (1998). Bombacopsis quinata. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 09 May 2006. Listed as Vulnerable (VU A1cd v2.3)
  2. ^ a b "Pachira quinata (Jacq.) W. S. Alverson". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1998-07-21. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?411381. Retrieved 2010-05-28. 

External links

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