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Trees, shrubs or suffrutices with subterranean rootstocks. Leaves palmatisect or palmatiparted, with 5-9 lobes; stipules subulate. Flowers actinomorphic, 5-15 cm in diameter. Sepals dimorphic, arranged sub-quincuncially, the outer two shorter, ovate-lanceolate, the inner three broadly ovate and often asymmetric, with papery margins, contorted in bud. Petals obovate, cuneate, more or less deeply emarginate at apex, contorted in bud in opposite direction as the inner sepals, glabrous, rarely ciliolate at margin, yellow, often with fine red stripes or marks. Stamens equal, numerous. Seeds cochleate to reniform, hairy Type species. Cochlospermum religiosum (Linnaeus) Alston from India, which is homotypic with C. gossypium (Linnaeus) A. P. de Candolle.

Plantes'ligneuses ou suffrutescentes et à rhizome souterrain, caducifoliées.'Feuilles'palmatilobées et à lobes très variables, glabres ou indumentées.'Racèmes'ou panicules terminaux ou axillaires, paraissant avant ou avec les feuilles.'Fleurs'5-mères; sépales inégaux et obtus; pétales tordus, grands et finement réticulés, souvent jaunes; étamines à filets grêles, égaux; anthères basifixes et déhiscentes par pores apicaux; ovaire 1-loculaire sauf à la base, à 3-5 placentas pariétaux; ovules ∞ et anatropes; style filiforme, à stigmate grêle et peu distinct.'Capsules'obovoïdes et souvent poilues, à endocarpe membraneux.'Graines réniformes, à longs poils cotonneux; testa extérieur mince, lâche et facilement séparable.\n\t\t\t\tGenre pantropical, principalement américain, comprenant environ 15 espèces, dont 3 pour la Flore.

COCHLOSPERMUM Kunth

Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 4(2): 406. 1827; Bombax vitifolium Willd.

Arboles o arbustos, 3–15 m de alto. Hojas con 5–7 lobos elípticos a oblongos, acuminadas, subenteras a serradas, glabras o pubescentes en el envés. Panícula terminal amplia, flores actinomorfas, 8–12 cm de ancho; pétalos ampliamente obovados, emarginados, amarillos; ovario 1-locular, con 5 placentas parietales. Cápsula suberecta a colgante, ampliamente ovada a obovada umbilicada, valva exterior de color café obscuro, gris o verdoso, afelpada o glabra, valva interna de color ocre a crema, glabra; semillas reniformes con tricomas blancos gosipinos.

Común en bosques deciduos, matorrales o malezas, mayormente en vegetación secundaria o a orillas de caminos, en todo el país; 0–850 m; fl dic–mar, fr feb–jun; Araquistain 492, Stevens 5790; norte de México a Ecuador y noreste de Brasil, Bolivia, las Antillas. Un género pantropical con 12 especies, 4 de ellas neotropicales. "Poro poro", "Tecumajoche".

Suffrutices shrubs trees trees

A pantropical genus of about 15 species, the majority in South America; only one species in Panama as well as in North America.

Suffrutices, shrubs or small trees, deciduous, sometimes with tuberous roots. Leaves petiolate, palmatilobed or compound-digitate, glabrous or not. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, racemose or paniculate. Flowers 5-merous, the sepals un- equal; petals convolute, large, membranous, mostly yellow; filaments slender, equal or not, the anthers basifixed, oblong or linear, apically poricidal; ovary 1-lo- cular except at the base, with 3-5 parietal placentae; style slender, the stigma scarcely thickened, usually inconspicously denticulate. Capsules 1-locular, the exocarp glabrous or not, the endocarp membranous; seeds reniform, long-lanate, the testa thin and easily detachable.

Sepals unequal Trees, shrubs or rhizomatous herbs or subshrubs Seeds cochleate-reniform, covered with long woolly hairs; embryo curved. Capsule obovoid or ellipsoid, 3–5-valved, ± hairy or glabrous Filaments slender, equal or ± unequal Trees, shrubs or rhizomatous herbs or subshrubs Seeds cochleate-reniform, covered with long woolly hairs; embryo curved. Capsule obovoid or ellipsoid, 3–5-valved, ± hairy or glabrous Filaments slender, equal or ± unequal