Other members of the Bombacaceae family also have interesting stories to tell. From Wordnik.com. [Did You Know? Mexico's kapok trees aided the U.S. war effort] Reference
These kapok or silk-cotton trees belong to the Bombax family, Bombacaceae, which includes many fascinating, handsome and much admired trees. From Wordnik.com. [Did You Know? Mexico's kapok trees aided the U.S. war effort] Reference
Some of the distinctive plants in the forests include the flamboyant tree, Delonix regia (family Leguminosae), and several species of baobabs (Adansonia, family Bombacaceae). From Wordnik.com. [Madagascar dry deciduous forests] Reference
The dry forests of southwestern Ecuador and northern Peru are dominated by large, emergent trees of the family Bombacaceae, including a species of ceiba, Ceiba trichistandra. From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena] Reference
The limestone cliffs to the east of Lake Tsimanampetsotsa, on the Mahafaly Plateau, have unusual vegetation comprising four main families: Euphorbiaceae, Didiereaceae, Bombacaceae, and Fabaceae. From Wordnik.com. [Madagascar spiny thickets] Reference
(Burseraceae family), Tetrapterocarpon geayi (Leguminosae family), and Gyrocarpus americanus (Hernandiaceae family), as well as other species from the Euphorbiaceae, Leguminosae, and the baobabs of the Bombacaceae. From Wordnik.com. [Madagascar spiny thickets] Reference
The local source can be divided into two categories: species that are characteristic of lowland rain forest, such as Dipterocarpaceae, Bombacaceae, and the genus Ficus (figs), and those that have a large global latitudinal distribution such as pines, Cruciferae (e.g., mustard), Theaceae (e.g., tea), and tree ferns. From Wordnik.com. [Sumatran montane rain forests] Reference
Visits Caluromys lanatus (Didelphidae) flowers Pseudobombax tomentosum (Bombacaceae). probable case pollination marsupials in Brazil. From Wordnik.com. [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference
The most common tree in the plot was Otoba parviflora (IK), and other highly abundant species included palms of the genera Astrocaryum, Iriartea and Scheelea, two species of Quararibea (Bombacaceae), Guarea and Trichilia (both Meliaceae from the subcanopy), one Pouteria (Sapotaceae), Pseudolmedia laevis (Moraceae) and Theobroma cacao (Sterculiaceae). From Wordnik.com. [Manu National Park, Peru] Reference
Notable families include Flacourtiaceae, Orchidaceae, Leguminosae, Euphorbiaceae, Annonaceae, Bombacaceae and Moraceae. From Wordnik.com. [Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve, Madagascar] Reference
The most common families are Bombacaceae, Combretaceae, Lecythidaceae, Leguminoseae, Sapotacea, Tiliaceae, and Vochysiaceae. From Wordnik.com. [Catatumbo moist forests] Reference
Anacardiaceae, Clusiaceae, Rubiaceae, Bombacaceae and Sapotaceae are unfamiliar names whose members yield favourite fruits such as acorns, chestnuts, figs, jackfruit, rambutan, mango, durian, rambutan, mangosteen, chiku, guava, jambu, nutmeg and coffee as well as other species that depend on the appetites of forest creatures to spread their seeds to new locations. From Wordnik.com. [The annotated budak] Reference
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