Cavanillesia arborea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Genus: | Cavanillesia |
Species: | C. arborea |
Binomial name | |
Cavanillesia arborea (Willd.) K.Schum. |
Cavanillesia arborea (common name barrigudo) is a flowering plant in the Baobab Family (Bombacaceae) native to the Caatinga region of Brazil. Fully mature specimens can have the appearance of a baobab (Adansonia digitata), but they can also assume the form of a brobdingnagian American football or rugby ball, balanced on a marvellously small base, swelling in the middle to as much as sixteen feet (five metres) and then constricting again just beneath the branches.
References
- Walker, C. C. (2022). "Cavanillesia Malvaceae". In Eggli, U.; Nyffeler, R. (eds.). Dicotyledons: Rosids. Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 1–7. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-85239-9_77-1. ISBN 978-3-030-85239-9.
- Schimper, Dr. A.F.W. (1903). Plant Geography on a Physiological Basis. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press. pp. 349 plus figure 193.
- Jacobsen, Hermann (1960). Handbook of Succulent Plants. Vol. 1. London: Blandford Press. p. 259.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Cavanillesia arborea |
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