Cochlospermum

Cochlospermum
Cochlospermum vitifolium in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Bixaceae
Genus:	CochlospermumKunth[1][2][3]
Synonyms[4]
AmoreuxiaMoc. & Sessé ex DC. AzerediaArruda ex Allemão EuryantheCham. & Schltdl. MaximilianeaMart. ex Schrank WittelsbachiaMart. & Zucc.

Cochlospermum is a genus of trees in the Bixaceae family; some classifications place this genus in the family Cochlospermaceae. It is native to tropical regions of the world, particularly Latin America, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Australia.^[4]

Some species of Cochlospermum (C. tinctorium) have been used as a yellow dyestuff on leather products and fabrics.^[5]

Species

Species include:^[4]

• Cochlospermum adjanyaeGoyder & A.Gomes - Angola^[6]
• Cochlospermum angolenseWelw. ex Oliv. - Angola, Zaïre
• Cochlospermum arafuricumCowie & R.A.Kerrigan - Northern Territory, Australia
• Cochlospermum fraseriPlanch. - Western Australia, Northern Territory
• Cochlospermum gillivraeiBenth. - Northern Territory, Queensland, Papua New Guinea
• Cochlospermum gonzalezii(Sprague & L.Riley) Byng & Christenh. - western Mexico and Arizona, USA
• Cochlospermum intermediumMildbr. - Central African Republic
• Cochlospermum macnamaraeHislop, K.R.Thiele & Brassington - Western Australia
• Cochlospermum malvifolium(A.Gray) Byng & Christenh. - northeastern Mexico
• Cochlospermum noldeiPoppend. - Angola
• Cochlospermum orinocense(Kunth) Steud. - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Peru
• Cochlospermum palmatifidum(DC.) Byng & Christenh. - Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, USA (Arizona, New Mexico)
• Cochlospermum planchoniiHook.f. ex Planch. - tropical Africa from Sierra Leone to Sudan
• Cochlospermum regium(Schrank) Pilg. - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
• Cochlospermum religiosum(L.) Alston - India, Sri Lanka, Western Himalayas, Myanmar; naturalized in Cambodia, Java, Bali, Peninsular Malaysia
• Cochlospermum tetraporumHallier f. - Bolivia, Paraguay, northwestern Argentina
• Cochlospermum tinctoriumPerrier ex A.Rich. - tropical Africa from Sierra Leone to Uganda
• Cochlospermum vitifolium(Willd.) Spreng. - Mexico, Cuba, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil; naturalized in Trinidad, Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Bahamas
• Cochlospermum witteiRobyns - Zaïre
• Cochlospermum wrightii(A.Gray) Byng & Christenh. - Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Peru, and Texas, USA

Gallery

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  Individual of Cochlospermum tetraporum emerging over the canopy of the Chacoan thicket.
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  Cochlospermum fraseri flower.
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  Cochlospermum fraseri fruit.
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  Cochlospermum gillivraei
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  Cochlospermum religiosum trunk in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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  Cochlospermum religiosum flowers in Kolkata
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  Cochlospermum religiosum flowers in Kolkata
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  Cochlospermum religiosum flowering tree in Kolkata
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  Cochlospermum religiosum flowering canopy in Kolkata
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  Cochlospermum planchonii flower
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  Cochlospermum vitifolium in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
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  Fallen flowers Cochlospermum fraseri
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  flowers & fruit Cochlospermum fraseri
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  Cochlospermum fraseri deciduous when flowering

References

1. "IPNI: Cochlospermum". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
2. "IPNI: Cochlospermum". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
3. Kunth, K.S. in von Humboldt, F.W.H.A., Bonpland, A.J.A. & Kunth, K.S. 1822. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum Edn. Quarto, 5(22): 297
4. "Cochlospermum Kunth". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
5. Dalziel, J.M. (1926). "African Leather Dyes". Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information. 6 (6). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: 230. doi:10.2307/4118651. JSTOR 4118651.
6. "Cochlospermum adjanyae Kunth". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 3 August 2024.