Malvaceae

Gossypium L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 693 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropics & Subtropics.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Angola, Arizona, Aruba, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Hawaii, Honduras, India, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesser Sunda Is., Mali, Marianas, Marquesas, Mauritania, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New South Wales, Nicaragua, Niger, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Queensland, Samoa, Society Is., Somalia, South Australia, Southwest Caribbean, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tuamotu, Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Victoria, Wake I., Western Australia, Yemen, Zimbabwe

Introduced into:

Alabama, Albania, Aldabra, Andaman Is., Ascension, Assam, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Bulgaria, California, Cambodia, Canary Is., Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central African Repu, Chagos Archipelago, Chile Central, Chile North, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, Cook Is., Cuba, East Himalaya, Egypt, Florida, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, Haiti, Illinois, Italy, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Laccadive Is., Laos, Leeward Is., Liberia, Louisiana, Maldives, Marshall Is., Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Mississippi, Missouri, Mozambique Channel I, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Mexico, New York, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Romania, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Socotra, South Carolina, Spain, St.Helena, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Texas, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad-Tobago, Tubuai Is., Turkmenistan, Turks-Caicos Is., Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Virginia, Windward Is., Xinjiang, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • J. B. Hutchinson, Silow & Stephens, The Evolution of Gossypium (1947)
  • Roberty in Candollea 13: 9–165 (1950). (See Appendix, p. 122.)
  • Roberty in Candollea 9: 19–103 (1942)
  • Watt in Kew Bull. 1926: 193–210
  • Watt in Kew Bull. 1927: 321–356
  • Wouters in Publ. I.N.É.A.C., Sér. Sci. 34 (1948)
  • see also Watt, Wild & Cultivated Cotton Pl. (1907)
  • —F.T.A. 1: 210

Flora Zambesiaca

  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 309 (1754).
  • J. B. Hutch. in Hutch., Silow & Stephens, Evol. Gossyp.: 14 (1947).
  • Sp. Pl. 2: 693 (1753)

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
  • Fryxell in Rheedea 2(2): 108–165 (1992)
  • Fryxell, The natural history of the cotton tribe (1980)
  • Vollesen in Kew Bull. 42: 337–349 (1987).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • K.B. 42: 337–349 (1987)
  • L, Gen. Pl. ed. 5: 309 (1754)
  • Sp. Pl.: 693 (1753)

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jun 1, 2008 Jones, B.L. [131] Malaysia K000224932 No
Jun 1, 2008 Jones, B.L. [132] Malaysia K000224933 No
Feb 28, 1963 Cunningham, A. [260] Australia K000659983 Syntype Yes
Feb 28, 1963 s.coll. [s.n.] Australia K000659982 Type Yes
Feb 28, 1963 Cunningham, A. [264] Australia K000659981 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jan 2, 1945 Welwitsch [5221] K000240845 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lamb, P., H. [s.n.] Nigeria K000240864 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lavranos, J.; Mies; et al. [31450] Yemen K001870928 No
Cowie, I.D. & Stewart, J.M.D. [4321] Australia K001567380 Yes
s.coll. [24] K001220102 Yes
Wendel, J.F.; Brubaker, C.L. [9270] Australia K001516577 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001220101 Yes
Fernandes, J.M. [4] Brazil K001220072 Yes
s.coll. [41] K001220103 Yes
s.coll. [18] K001220108 Yes
Dorr, L.J. [7651] Venezuela K001220100 Yes
Harley, R.M. [56129] Brazil K001220075 Yes
Fryxell, P.A.; Craven, L.A.; Stewart, J.McD. [4556] Australia K000659984 Isotype Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K001220105 Yes
Fernandes, J.M. [2] Brazil K001220080 Yes
s.coll. [10] K001220106 Yes
Harley, R.M. [56129] Brazil K001220077 Yes
Holton, I.F. [749] Colombia K001220073 Yes
Fernandes, J.M. [s.n.] Brazil K001220079 Yes
Marloth [1321] K000240846 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fernandes, J.M. [2] Brazil K001220071 Yes
Harley, R.M. [56129] Brazil K001220076 Yes
s.coll. [41] K001220109 Yes
Maas, P.J.M.; Maas, H. [363] Brazil K001220099 Yes
Fernandes, J.M. [1] Brazil K001220078 Yes
s.coll. [1] K001220104 Yes
Lamb, P., H. [7] Nigeria K000240861 Type Yes
s.coll. [22] K001220107 Yes

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0