Plant Viruses Online   

Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database

Known susceptibilities of Bombacaceae

Species tested:

Adansonia digitata

Baobab; Dead-rat-tree; Monkey-bread-tree

Bombax brevicuspe

Ceiba chlamydantha

Ceiba pentandra (syn. Bombax pentandrum; Ceiba casearia; Eriodendron anfractuosum)

Ceiba; Kapok; Silk-cotton-tree; White silk-cotton-tree; Kapokbaum; Kapokier; Arbe-kapok

Adansonia digitata

Common names:

Baobab; Dead-rat-tree; Monkey-bread-tree

Susceptible to:
• Cacao swollen shoot badnavirus
• Cacao yellow mosaic tymovirus
• Cassava brown streak-associated (?) carlavirus
• Okra mosaic tymovirus
Insusceptible to:
• Clitoria yellow vein tymovirus
• Hibiscus latent ringspot nepovirus

Bombax brevicuspe

Susceptible to:
• Cacao swollen shoot badnavirus

Ceiba chlamydantha

Susceptible to:
• Cacao swollen shoot badnavirus

Ceiba pentandra

Synonyms:

Bombax pentandrum; Ceiba casearia; Eriodendron anfractuosum

Common names:

Ceiba; Kapok; Silk-cotton-tree; White silk-cotton-tree; Kapokbaum; Kapokier; Arbe-kapok

Susceptible to:
• Cacao swollen shoot badnavirus
• Cacao yellow mosaic tymovirus
• Okra mosaic tymovirus
Insusceptible to:
• Clitoria yellow vein tymovirus

Cite this publication as: Brunt, A.A., Crabtree, K., Dallwitz, M.J., Gibbs, A.J., Watson, L. and Zurcher, E.J. (eds.) (1996 onwards). `Plant Viruses Online: Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database. Version: 20^th August 1996.' URL http://biology.anu.edu.au/Groups/MES/vide/

Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz, Paine and Zurcher (1993) should also be cited.