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, 2^nd 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