Gossypium herbaceum

Gossypium herbaceum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Malvaceae
Subfamilia: Malvoideae
Tribus: Gossypieae
Genus: Gossypium
Subgenus: G. subg. Gossypium
Sectio: G. sect. Gossypium
Subsectio: G. subsect. Gossypium
Species: Gossypium herbaceum
Subspecies: G. h. subsp. africanum – G. h. subsp. herbaceum

Name

Gossypium herbaceum L., 1753.

Notes

Hutchison (1937) proprosed the following four races for cultivars. Following the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants, they are probably merely Cultivar Groups.

• Gossypium herbaceum race acerifolium
• Gossypium herbaceum race africanum
• Gossypium herbaceum race kuljianum
• Gossypium herbaceum race persicum

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-temperate Regional: Asia Central Afghanistan Regional: Southwestern Asia Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Angola, Botswana, Caprivi Strip, KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Albania, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cambodia, Canary Is., Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Greece, Guinea, Haiti, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Laccadive Is., Maldives, Mauritania, Mexico Northwest, Mozambique Channel I, Nicobar Is., Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Romania, Senegal, Sicilia, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Tadzhikistan, Togo, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Xinjiang, Yemen References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 693. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hutchinson, J. B. & Ghose, R. L. M. 1937. The classification of the cottons of Asia and Africa. - Inst. Plant Industry Bull. 8: 22 pp. .

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Gossypium herbaceum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Gossypium herbaceum. Published online. Accessed: September 30 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Gossypium herbaceum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 September 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Gossypium herbaceum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 September 30. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Gossypium herbaceum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

suomi: Intianpuuvilla

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