Bombax ceiba Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 511. 1753, typ.cons.

"Habitat in India utraque." RCN: 5005.

Replaced synonym of: Bombax aculeatum L. (1759), nom. illeg.

Conserved type (Robyns in Taxon 10: 160. 1961): [icon] "Moulelavou " in Rheede, Hort. Malab. 3: 61, t. 52. 1682.

Generitype of Bombax Linnaeus, nom. cons.

Current name: Bombax ceiba L. ( Bombacaceae).