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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).
Ceiba pentandra information from NTBG
Information about Ceiba pentandra is available from the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG).
Taxonomy & nomenclature
GRIN nomenclature info for Ceiba pentandra
Nomenclatural information about Ceiba pentandra is provided by USDA/ARS/NGRP/GRIN.
Ceiba pentandra information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Ceiba pentandra, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.
IPNI nomenclature info for Ceiba pentandra
Nomenclatural information about Ceiba pentandra is provided by The International Plant Names Index (IPNI).
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).
Risk assessments
Ceiba pentandra weed risk assessment for Hawaii-Pacific
Results of a weed risk assessment for Ceiba pentandra for the Hawaii-Pacific region are presented by the Hawaii-Pacific Weed Risk Assessment team.
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) 
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.
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