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Magnoliopsida
Pachira aquatica Aubl.
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Árboles siempreverdes, sin aguijones, a veces con gambas, fuste liso. Hojas de 6-9 foliolos, glabros, cartáceos a subcoriáceos, oblongo-elípticos a oblonlanceolados de (12) 14 - 26 por 6 - 9 (11) cm, base decurrente.
Flores en el extremo de las rama, axilares, solitarias o en pares, hasta de 40 cm, pediceladas, pétalos verdes por fuera, blanco-crema interiormente, pubescentes en ambas caras, estambres 200-300 rojizos, 16 - 31 cm de largo, ovario súpero, estigma 5-lobulado. Frutos cápsulas subglobosas, leñosas, grandes, dehiscentes por 5 valvas, con pocas semillas. Los frutos pueden llegar a pesar, individualmente, hasta 6 kilos.The seeds are edible raw or roasted. Bonsai plants of this species are very tolerant of drought and shade and are sold in many countries as houseplants. Such plants usually have braided stems.
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Isotype for Pachira pustulifera Pittier
Catalog Number: US 472078
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): A. Tonduz
Year Collected: 1897
Locality: Sous le pont du chemin de fer à Florencia, près Turialba., Costa Rica, Central America
Elevation (m): 700
- Isotype: Pittier, H. F. 1914. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 315.
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Bombax aquatica (Aublet) Schumann
Isotype for Pachira pustulifera Pittier
Catalog Number: US 1382133
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): A. Tonduz
Year Collected: 1897
Locality: Florencia près Turialba., Costa Rica, Central America
Elevation (m): 650
- Isotype: Pittier, H. F. 1914. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 315.
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Chile Central
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Rights holder/Author | Pablo Gutierrez, IABIN |
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Holotype for Pachira villosula Pittier
Catalog Number: US 679734
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): H. F. Pittier
Year Collected: 1911
Locality: Panama Canal Zone, banks of Mamoni River, below La Capitana, province of Panama, Panama, Central America
Elevation (m): 20 to 25
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Àrvore
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Isotype for Pachira aquatica var. occidentalis Cuatrec.
Catalog Number: US 3501832
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): J. Cuatrecasas
Year Collected: 1944
Locality: Costa del pacífico; río Yurumanguí: Veneral., Valle del Cauca, Colombia, South America
Elevation (m): 5 to 50
- Isotype: Cuatrecasas, J. 1954. Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. 9: 169.
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Brasil
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