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Gossypieae
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Gossypieae

Gossypieae is a tribe of the Malvoideae subfamily of flowering plants. It includes the cotton (Gossypium) and related plants. It is distinguished from the Hibisceae tribe on the basis of embryo structure and its apparently unique possession of glands able to synthesize the pigment gossypol.

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9 branches of this tribe, most-observed first

Cottons

genusGossypium

Thespesia

genusThespesia

Hampea

genusHampea

Flymallows

genusCienfuegosia

Azanza

genusAzanza

Kokia

genusKokia

Gossypioides

genusGossypioides

Lebronnecia

genusLebronnecia

Cephalohibiscus

genusCephalohibiscus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 860844.