Ceiba pentandra is a tropical tree of the order Malvales and the family Malvaceae, native to Central America, the Caribbean, and the northern half of South America; some authors also consider it nativ

The Malvales are an order of flowering plants. As circumscribed by APG II-system, the order includes about 6000 species within nine families. The order is placed in the eurosids II, which are part of