The genus " Durio " is placed by some taxonomists in the family Bombacaceae, or by others in a broadly defined Malvaceae that includes Bombacaceae, and by others in a smaller family of just seven genera Durionaceae.
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The genus " Durio " is placed by some taxonomists in the family Bombacaceae, or by others in a broadly defined Malvaceae that includes Bombacaceae, and by others in a smaller family of just seven genera Durionaceae.
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As circumscribed in its traditional sense, the family Bombacaceae includes around 30 genera ( 25 genera after Heywood " et al . " ) with about 250 species of tropical trees, some of considerable girth, so called " bottle trees ".
The larvae feed on plants of the families Araceae, Asteraceae, Bromeliaceae, Bombacaceae, Cecropiaceae, Clusiaceae, Dilleniaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Lecythidaceae, Loranthaceae, Malpighiaceae, Marantaceae, Melastomataceae, Myrtaceae, Orchidaceae, Rubiaceae, Sapindaceae, Zingiberaceae as well as bryophytes and lichens.
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Numerous phylogenetic studies have revealed that Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae and Bombacaceae as traditionally defined are APG II systems unite Bombacaceae, Malvaceae " sensu stricto ", Sterculiaceae and Tiliaceae into a more widely circumscribed Malvaceae, i . e ., Malvaceae " sensu lato ".
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Numerous phylogenetic studies have revealed that Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae and Bombacaceae as traditionally defined are APG II systems unite Bombacaceae, Malvaceae " sensu stricto ", Sterculiaceae and Tiliaceae into a more widely circumscribed Malvaceae, i . e ., Malvaceae " sensu lato ".
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Only pollen and habit seem to provide a morphological basis for the separation . " On the other hand they say : " One approach is to lump them [ the families in the core Malvales, including Bombacaceae ] all into a'super'Malvaceae, recognizing them as subfamilies.
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According to Takhtajan ( 1978 ), the following families have a pantropical distribution : Annonaceae, Hernandiaceae, Lauraceae, Piperaceae, Urticaceae, Dilleniaceae, Tetrameristaceae, Passifloraceae, Bombacaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Rhizophoraceae, Myrtaceae, Anacardiaceae, Sapindaceae, Malpighiaceae, Proteaceae, Bignoniaceae, Orchidaceae and Arecaceae.
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The " culo'e puya " battery comprises three drums made of lightweight wood from the tree known locally as " lano " or " ceiba de lana " ( " Ceiba pentandra ", a member of the Bombacaceae family, to which Balsa also belongs ).
