Cochlospermum

Cochlospermum
	Cochlospermum vitifolium in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Bixaceae
Genus:	Cochlospermum; Planch.
Synonyms
	Maximilianea Mart. ex Schrank; Wittelsbachia Mart. & Zucc.; Azeredia Arruda ex Allemão;

Cochlospermum is a genus of trees in the Cochlospermaceae family; many classifications place this genus in the family Bixaceae. It is native to tropical regions of the world, particularly Latin America, Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, and Australia.^[1]

Cochlospermum angolense Welw. ex Oliv. - Angola, Zaïre
Cochlospermum fraseri Planch. - Western Australia, Northern Territory
Cochlospermum gillivraei Benth. - Northern Territory, Queensland, Papua New Guinea
Cochlospermum intermedium Mildbr - Central African Republic
Cochlospermum noldei Poppend. - Angola
Cochlospermum orinocense (Kunth) Steud. - Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, Brazil, Peru
Cochlospermum planchonii Hook.f. ex Planch - tropical Africa from Sierra Leone to Sudan
Cochlospermum regium (Schrank) Pilg. - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
Cochlospermum religiosum (L.) Alston - India, Sri Lanka, Western Himalayas, Myanmar; naturalized in Cambodia, Java, Bali, Peninsular Malaysia
Cochlospermum tetraporum Hallier - Bolivia, northwestern Argentina
Cochlospermum tinctorium Perrier ex A.Rich. - tropical Africa from Sierra Leone to Uganda
Cochlospermum vitifolium (Willd.) Spreng. - Mexico, Cuba, Central America, Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil; naturalized in Trinidad, Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, Bahamas
Cochlospermum wittei Robyns - Zaïre

Gallery

Individual of Cochlospermum tetraporum emerging over the canopy of the Chacoan thicket.
Cochlospermum fraseri flower.
Cochlospermum fraseri fruit.
Cochlospermum gillivraei
Cochlospermum religiosum trunk in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Cochlospermum religiosum flowers in Kolkata
Cochlospermum religiosum flowers in Kolkata
Cochlospermum religiosum flowering tree in Kolkata
Cochlospermum religiosum flowering canopy in Kolkata
Cochlospermum planchonii flower
Cochlospermum vitifolium in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Fallen flowers Cochlospermum fraseri