A Chronology of Middle Missouri Plains Village Sites

502 • smithsonian contributions to botany
Carpodiptera simonis Urb., Symb. Antill. 6: 16. 1909.
Distribution: Endemic to Hispaniola (Haiti).
Common Name: Bois d’ortie rouge (Haiti).
References: 5, 7, 30, 445
Cavanillea hastata (Cav.) Medik. = Anoda cristata (L.) Schltdl.
Ceiba aesculifolia (Kunth) Britton & Baker f., J. Bot. 34: 175. 1896;
Bombax aesculifolium Kunth in F.W.H.A. von Humboldt, A.J.A.
Bonpland & C.S. Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 5: 298. 1822.
Distribution: Exotic in Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico; native to
Mexico and Central America.
Common Name: Pochote (Puerto Rico).
References: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 58, 131, 435.
Ceiba anfractuosa (DC.) M. Gómez = Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
Ceiba caribaea (DC.) A. Chev. = Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
Ceiba insignis (Kunth) P.E. Gibbs & Semir, Notes R. Bot. Gard.
Edinburgh 45: 134. 1988; Chorisia insignis Kunth in F.W.H.A.
von Humboldt, A.J.A. Bonpland & C.S. Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp.
(quarto ed.) 5: 297. 1822.
Distribution: Exotic in Hispaniola; native to South America.
Common Name: Estrella federal (Dominican Republic).
References: 7, 435, 445.
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2(2): 244. 1791; Bombax
pentandrum L., Sp. Pl. 511. 1753.
Eriodendron anfractuosum DC., Prodr. 1: 479. 1824; Ceiba
anfractuosa (DC.) M. Gómez, Fl. Habanera 141. 1897.
Eriodendron anfractuosum DC. var. caribaeum DC., Prodr. 1: 479.
1824; Ceiba caribaea (DC.) A. Chev., Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop.
17: 264. 1937; Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. var. caribaea (DC.)
Bakh., Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 6: 194. 1924; Eriodendron
caribaeum (DC.) G. Don in J.C. Loudon, Hort. Brit. 292. 1830.
Distribution: Native to Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto
Rico, Virgin Islands (Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, St.
Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla,
Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Grenadines, Montserrat,
St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent),
Curaçao, Margarita, Tobago, Trinidad, Mexico, Central America,
and South America.
Common Names: Silk-cotton tree (Bahamas), Ceiba, Ceiba real, Seiba
(Cuba), Ceiba (Dominican Republic), Fromager, Mapou, Mapou
coton, Fromagier (Haiti), Silk cotton tree (Jamaica), Fromager,
Silk cotton tree, Mapou rouge, Kapokier, Pin tree, Fonjajé, Mapou
(Lesser Antilles), Ceiba, Kapok, Silk cotton (Puerto Rico), Jumbie
tree, Kapok tree, Silk-cotton tree (Virgin Islands), Bois épineux,
Fromager (Guadeloupe).
References: 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 19, 45, 58, 61, 131, 172, 301, 323, 435, 445,
601, 606.
Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. var. caribaea (DC.) Bakh. = Ceiba
pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
Ceiba speciosa (A. St.-Hil.) Ravenna, Onira 3: 46. 1998; Chorisia
speciosa A. St.-Hil., Pl. Usuel. Bras. 63. 1827.
Distribution: Cultivated in Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico; native
to South America.
Common Names: Ceiba orquídea (Cuba), Estrella federal (Dominican
Republic), Chorisia (Puerto Rico).
References: 7, 131, 132, 435, 445.
Chorisia insignis Kunth = Ceiba insignis (Kunth) P.E. Gibbs & Semir
Chorisia speciosa A. St.-Hil. = Ceiba speciosa (St.-Hil.) Ravenna
Cienfuegosia heterophylla (Vent.) Garcke, Bonplandia 8: 150. 1860;
Redutea heterophylla Vent., Descr. Pl. Nouv., t. 11. 1800; Fugosia
heterophylla (Vent.) Spach., Hist. Veg. Phan. 3: 397. 1834.
Hibiscus redoutei Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 69. 1891.
Kosteletzkya pentasperma sensu Eggers, Fl. St. Croix 30. 1879, non (L.)
O.J. Blanch., Fryxell, & D.M. Bates, 1978.
Distribution: Native to Cuba, Virgin Islands (St. Thomas), Margarita,
Tobago, Trinidad, and South America.
References: 3, 61, 260, 301, 323.
Cienfuegosia yucatanensis Millsp., Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser.,
2(1): 74. 1900.
Distribution: Native to Bahamas, Cuba, United States (FL), and Mexico.
References: 3, 45, 260.
Clompanus caribaea (R. Br.) Kuntze = Sterculia caribaea R. Br.
Cola acuminata (P. Beauv.) Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot. 33. 1832;
Sterculia acuminata P. Beauv., Fl. Owar. 1: 41. 1805.
Cola vera K. Schum., Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 3: 15. 1900.
Distribution: Exotic in Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Lesser
Antilles; native to West Africa.
Common Names: Cola, Nuez de cola (Cuba), Palo de col, Palo de cola,
Cola (Dominican Republic), Kolatier (Haiti), Nuez de cola, Cola,
Cola nut (Puerto Rico).
References: 1, 5, 7, 58, 123, 131, 132, 151, 445, 606.
Cola nitida (Vent.) Schott & Endl., Melet. Bot. 33. 1832; Sterculia
nitida Vent., Jard. Malmaison, t. 91. 1805.
Distribution: Exotic in Hispaniola and Lesser Antilles (Dominica);
native to West Africa.
Common Name: Cola (Dominican Republic).
References: 1, 31, 123.
Cola vera K. Schum. = Cola acuminata (P. Beauv.) Schott & Endl.
Corchorus acutangulus Lam. = Corchorus aestuans L.
Corchorus aestuans L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1079. 1759.
Corchorus acutangulus Lam., Encycl. 2: 104. 1786.
Distribution: Native to Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola,
Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (Guana, St. Croix, St. John,
St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Antigua,
Barbados, Grenada, Grenadines, Montserrat, St. Barthélemy, St.
Eustatius, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Vincent), Bonaire, Curaçao,
Margarita, Tobago, Trinidad, Mexico, Central America, and South
America.
Common Names: Balai-savane (Lesser Antilles).
References: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 19, 45, 58, 61, 180, 224, 301, 323, 445.
Note: Considered exotic and invasive in Cuba by CeNBIO.
Corchorus capsularis L., Sp. Pl. 529. 1753.
Distribution: Exotic in Cayman Islands, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Lesser
Antilles (Martinique, St. Thomas); native to Asia.
Common Names: Yute (Cuba), Yute-yute, Yute (Puerto Rico).
References: 4, 131, 132.
Corchorus detersilis Gand. = Corchorus hirsutus L.
Corchorus hirsutus L., Sp. Pl. 530. 1753.
Corchorus arenarius Kunth in F.W.H.A. von Humboldt, A.J.A.
Bonpland & C.S. Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 5: 339. 1823.
Corchorus detersilis Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 60: 457. 1913.
Corchorus hirtus sensu Sessé & Moc., Fl. Mex., ed. 2, 131. 1894, non
L., 1762.
Corchorus lanuginosus Macfad., Fl. Jamaica 1: 108. 1837.
Distribution: Native to Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto
Rico, Virgin Islands (Anegada, Guana, St. Croix, St. John, St.
Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla,
Guadeloupe, St. Barthélemy, St. Eustatius, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St.
Vincent), Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, and Venezuela.
Common Names: Jack switch, Mallet, Woolly corchorus (Bahamas),
Gringuelé, Malva blanca de costa, Cadillo, Gallito cimarrón,
Malva de chivo, Malva de oveja, Marilópez, Tremolina blanca