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Cottons
Gossypium
Gossypium is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gossypieae of the mallow family, Malvaceae from which cotton is harvested. It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Old and New Worlds. There are about 50 Gossypium species, making it the largest genus in the tribe Gossypieae and new species continue to be discovered. The name of the genus is derived from the Arabic word goz, which refers to a soft substance.
37 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Upland Cotton
speciesGossypium hirsutum
desert cotton
speciesGossypium thurberi
Darwin's cotton
speciesGossypium darwinii
Levant Cotton
speciesGossypium herbaceum
Ma'o
speciesGossypium tomentosum
Sea Island Cotton
speciesGossypium barbadense
Australian Desert Rose
speciesGossypium australe
Davidson's Cotton
speciesGossypium davidsonii
Gossypium aridum
speciesGossypium aridum
Sturt's desert rose
speciesGossypium sturtianum
San Marcos Hibiscus
speciesGossypium harknessii
Gossypium robinsonii
speciesGossypium robinsonii
Gossypium anomalum
speciesGossypium anomalum
Tree Cotton
speciesGossypium arboreum
Gossypium turneri
speciesGossypium turneri
Gossypium armourianum
speciesGossypium armourianum
Three-leaved Cotton
speciesGossypium triphyllum
Gossypium stocksii
speciesGossypium stocksii
Wake Island Cotton
speciesGossypium stephensii
Gossypium raimondii
speciesGossypium raimondii
Gossypium rotundifolium
speciesGossypium rotundifolium
Gossypium cunninghamii
speciesGossypium cunninghamii
Gossypium nobile
speciesGossypium nobile
Gossypium nelsonii
speciesGossypium nelsonii
Gossypium bickii
speciesGossypium bickii
Rubelzul Cotton
speciesGossypium irenaeum
Gossypium anapoides
speciesGossypium anapoides
Gossypium costulatum
speciesGossypium costulatum
Gossypium klotzschianum
speciesGossypium klotzschianum
Gossypium populifolium
speciesGossypium populifolium
Gossypium mustelinum
speciesGossypium mustelinum
Gossypium longicalyx
speciesGossypium longicalyx
Gossypium laxum
speciesGossypium laxum
Gossypium trilobum
speciesGossypium trilobum
Gossypium gossypioides
speciesGossypium gossypioides
Gossypium lobatum
speciesGossypium lobatum
Gossypium schwendimanii
speciesGossypium schwendimanii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Maria Sibylla Merian — Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium (1719)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1719 · p.47
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.85
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.609
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.554
De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica
Willem Piso · 1658 · p.214
In the stacks
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