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Pseudobombax ellipticum (shavingbrush tree)

Synonyms: Bombax ellipticum (homotypic); Bombax mexicanum; Carolinea fastuosa (homotypic); Pachira fastuosa

Wikipedia Abstract

Pseudobombax ellipticum, with the Common names include "shaving brush tree" and amapolla tree, is a species of plant in the Bombacoideae subfamily of the Malvaceae family.
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Infraspecies

Pseudobombax ellipticum var. ellipticum
Pseudobombax ellipticum var. tenuiflorum

Attributes

Specific Gravity [1]  0.34
Structure [2]  Tree

Predators

Icterus pustulatus (Streak-backed Oriole)[3]
Icterus wagleri (Black-vented Oriole)[3]
Leptonycteris curasoae (southern long-nosed bat)[4]
Reithrodontomys mexicanus (Mexican harvest mouse)[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jérôme Chave, Helene C. Muller-Landau, Timothy R. Baker, Tomás A. Easdale, Hans ter Steege, Campbell O. Webb, 2006. Regional and phylogenetic variation of wood density across 2,456 neotropical tree species. Ecological Applications 16(6), 2356 - 2367
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 4Population dynamics, reproduction, and diet of the lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae) in Jalisco, Mexico: implications for conservation, Kathryn E. Stoner, Karla A. O.-Salazar, Roxana C. R.-Fernández and Mauricio Quesada, Biodiversity and Conservation, Volume 12, Number 2, 357-373 (2003)
♦ 5Peromyscus mexicanus (Rodentia: Cricetidae), ANA LILIA TRUJANO-ALVAREZ AND SERGIO TICUL ALVAREZ-CASTANEDA, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 42(858):111–118 (2010)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0