Ceiba insignis--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 403.jpg
Ceiba insignis--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 402.jpg
Ceiba insignis--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 401.jpg
Ceiba insignis--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 399.jpg
Ceiba insignis--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 404.jpg
Ceiba insignis--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 397.jpg
Ceiba insignis--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 398.jpg
Ceiba insignis--Australia. Royal Botanic Garden, Melbourne. 19-20 Mch 08. 400.jpg
Native to Ecuador, Peru; introduced into Dominican Republic (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Location
Australia, Victoria (Royal Botanic Garden)
Location Remarks
Easy access off Birdwood Ave., which can be reached via St. Kilda Rd. or Domain Rd., Melbourne
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malvales
Family
Malvaceae
Genus
Ceiba
Specific Epithet
insignis
Authorship
(Kunth) P.E.Gibbs & Semir
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#274,480 of 335,497
Top 82%
Extinction probability
9%
