Bombacaceae

E319692

former taxonomic family plant family

Bombacaceae is a former family of tropical flowering trees and shrubs, including kapok and baobab, now usually treated as part of the mallow family Malvaceae.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bombacaceae canonical	2
subfamily Bombacoideae of Malvaceae	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former taxonomic family ⓘ plant family ⓘ
APGIIITreatment	treated as subfamily Bombacoideae of Malvaceae ⓘ
APGSystemTreatment	included in Malvaceae sensu lato ⓘ
class	Magnoliopsida ⓘ
commonName	bombax family ⓘ
containsSpeciesProducing	durian fruit ⓘ
distribution	tropical Africa ⓘ tropical Americas ⓘ tropical Asia ⓘ
division	Magnoliophyta ⓘ
economicUse	food plants ⓘ ornamental plants ⓘ source of kapok fiber ⓘ timber production ⓘ
flowerCharacteristic	large showy flowers ⓘ often nocturnal flowering ⓘ
flowerType	angiosperm ⓘ
fruitType	capsule ⓘ
historicalCircumscription	recognized as separate family in older classifications ⓘ
includedIn	Malvaceae ⓘ
includesCommonName	baobab ⓘ kapok ⓘ
isCurrentlyTreatedAs	Bombacaceae self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: subfamily Bombacoideae of Malvaceae
kingdom	Plantae ⓘ
leafType	palmately compound leaves ⓘ simple leaves ⓘ
notableMember	Adansonia ⓘ surface form: Adansonia digitata Adansonia ⓘ surface form: Adansonia grandidieri Ceiba ⓘ surface form: Bombax ceiba Ceiba ⓘ surface form: Ceiba pentandra Durio ⓘ surface form: Durio zibethinus Pachira aquatica ⓘ
order	Malvales ⓘ
pollination	bat-pollinated species ⓘ insect-pollinated species ⓘ
relatedTo	Malvaceae ⓘ Sterculiaceae ⓘ Tiliaceae ⓘ
seedCovering	silky fibers ⓘ
seedDispersal	wind-dispersed seeds ⓘ
taxonomicRank	family ⓘ
typicalGrowthForm	shrub ⓘ tree ⓘ
typicalHabitat	tropical regions ⓘ
woodCharacteristic	lightweight wood ⓘ soft wood ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malvids → includesFamily → Bombacaceae ⓘ

Tiliaceae → isRelatedTo → Bombacaceae ⓘ

Bombacaceae → isCurrentlyTreatedAs → Bombacaceae self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: subfamily Bombacoideae of Malvaceae