Bombacoideae

Bombacoideae is a subfamily of the mallow family, Malvaceae. It contains herbaceous and woody plants. Their leaves are alternate, commonly palmately lobed, with small and caducous stipules. The flowers are hermaphroditic and actinomorphic; the calyx has 5 sepals united at the base, which are not accompanied by an epicalyx (involucel). The corolla has 5 free petals and an androecium of numerous stamens, typically with free filaments which are not fused in a staminal tube (column). The pollen is smooth and the ovary superior and pluricarpellate. The fruits are schizocarpous or capsular.

==Genera== Adansonia L. - baobabs Aguiaria Ducke Bernoullia Oliv. Bombax L. Camptostemon Mast. Catostemma Benth. Cavanillesia Ruiz & Pav. Ceiba Mill. Chiranthodendron Larreat. Eriotheca Schott & Endl. Fremontodendron Coville Gyranthera Pittier Huberodendron Ducke Lagunaria (DC.) Rchb. Matisia Humb. & Bonpl. Neobuchia Urb. Ochroma Sw. Pachira Aubl. Patinoa Cuatrec. Pentaplaris L.O.Williams & Standl. Phragmotheca Cuatrec. Pseudobombax Dugand Quararibea Aubl. Rhodognaphalon (Ulbr.) Roberty Scleronema Benth. Septotheca Ulbr. Spirotheca Ulbr. Uladendron Marc.-Berti