Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR)

Ceiba pentandra
(Bombacaceae)
kapok, kapok tree, silk-cotton tree

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Species description or overview

Ceiba pentandra information from PIER
Information on Ceiba pentandra as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Taxonomy & nomenclature

ITIS nomenclature info for Ceiba pentandra
Nomenclatural information about Ceiba pentandra is provided by ITIS.

Impacts

Ceiba pentandra (Bombacaceae): species information from GCW
Information on Ceiba pentandra as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Images

Images of Ceiba pentandra (Bombacaceae) (kapok)
Links to high-resolution free images of Ceiba pentandra (Bombacaceae) (kapok) by Forest & Kim Starr (USGS) are available here.

Ceiba pentandra images from PIER
Images of Ceiba pentandra provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).

Distribution

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy (2000) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
The status of invasive plants, vertebrates, arthropods, molluscs, and crustaceans, and options for a regional invasive species strategy for the South Pacific are presented in this series of articles from the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2000.

Full-text articles

Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy
South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP). Sherley, Greg (ed.) . 2000. Invasive species in the Pacific: A technical review and draft regional strategy. Apia, Samoa: South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. ISBN: 982-04-0214-X.

Assessing the risks of plant invasions arising from collections in tropical botanical gardens
Dawson, Wayne, Ahmed S. Mndolwa, David F. R. P. Burslem, and Philip E. Hulme. 2008. Assessing the risks of plant invasions arising from collections in tropical botanical gardens. Biodiversity Conservation. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008.

Bibliography

References for Ceiba pentandra
Bibliographic references for Ceiba pentandra are provided by HEAR.

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