Gossypium tomentosum

Gossypium tomentosum

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. Karpas
Species: Gossypium tomentosum

Name

Gossypium tomentosum Nutt. ex Seem., 1865

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Gossypium hirsutum f. tomentosum (Nutt. ex Seem.) Roberty in Candollea 9: ? (1942)
  • Hibiscus tomentosus (Nutt. ex Seem.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 68 (1891), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Gossypium parvifolium Nutt. ex Seem. in Fl. Vit.: 22 (1865), pro syn.
  • Gossypium sandvicense Parl. in Sp. Cotoni: 37 (1866)
  • Gossypium tomentosum var. parvifolium Nutt. ex G.Watt in Wild Cult. Cotton: 71 (1907)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
'Continental: Pacific Regional: Northern Central Pacific Hawaii References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nuttall, T., 1865. Flora Vitiensis 1:22. 1865

Additional references

• Wagner, W.L., Herbst, D.R. & Sohmer, S.H. (1999). Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawai'i, rev. ed., 1: 1-988. University of Hawai'i Press, Bishop Museum Press.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Gossypium tomentosum 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 tomentosum. Published online. Accessed: September 30 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Gossypium tomentosum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 September 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Gossypium tomentosum. 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 tomentosum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Hawaiian cotton or Ma‘o

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