Pseudobombax

Pseudobombax is a genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Bombacoideae of the family Malvaceae.

The genus ranges across tropical South America, Central America, Mexico, Cuba, Hispaniola, and the Windward Islands.^[2]

Species

28 species are accepted.^[2]

Pseudobombax andicola A.Robyns
Pseudobombax argentinum (R.E.Fr.) A.Robyns – Soroche (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay)
Pseudobombax cajamarcanus Fern.Alonso
Pseudobombax calcicola Carv.-Sobr. & L.P.Queiroz
Pseudobombax campestre (Mart.) A.Robyns
Pseudobombax cinereum Ravenna
Pseudobombax crassipes Ravenna
Pseudobombax croizatii A.Robyns
Pseudobombax ellipticoideum A.Robyns
Pseudobombax ellipticum (Kunth) Dugand – Shaving brush tree (Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras)
Pseudobombax euryandrum Ravenna
Pseudobombax furadense Gianasi & R.M.Santos
Pseudobombax grandiflorum (Cav.) A.Robyns
Pseudobombax longiflorum (Mart.) A.Robyns (Bolivia & Brazil)
Pseudobombax majus (A.Robyns) Carv.-Sobr.
Pseudobombax marginatum (A.St.-Hil.) A.Robyns
Pseudobombax maximum A.Robyns
Pseudobombax millei (Standl.) A.Robyns (synonym P. guayasense A.Robyns) – beldaco (Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru)
Pseudobombax minimum Carv.-Sobr. & L.P.Queiroz
Pseudobombax munguba (Mart.) Dugand
Pseudobombax palmeri (S.Watson) Dugand
Pseudobombax parvifolium Carv.-Sobr. & L.P.Queiroz
Pseudobombax petropolitanum A.Robyns
Pseudobombax pulchellum Carv.-Sobr.
Pseudobombax riopretensis Ravenna
Pseudobombax septenatum (Jacq.) Dugand^[3]
Pseudobombax simplicifolium A.Robyns
Pseudobombax tomentosum (Mart. & Zucc.) A.Robyns

^ "Genus: Pseudobombax Dugand". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2003-06-05. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
^ ^a ^b "Pseudobombax Dugand". Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 4 November 2025. [1]
^ "GRIN Species Records of Pseudobombax". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2013-04-29.