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[ Gossypiospermum ] [ Gossypium ] [ Gothofreda ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Gossypium

Hierarchical position of the Genus Gossypium

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt. pub. 1993       SuperOrdo  Malvanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 242. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Malvales Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 43. 1829.       Subordo  Malvineae Rchb. pub. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: lxxxi. Jul 1841.       Familia  Malvaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 271. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons. common name: Mallows       Tribus  Gossypieae Alef. pub. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 19: 301. 11 Oct 1861.       Genus  Gossypium L. pub. (1753) common name: cotton

Named members of the Genus Gossypium

1	Species  arboreum L. common name: tree cotton
2	Species  barbadense L.
	3    Varietas  acuminatum (Roxb. ex G. Don) Triana & Planch. syn. Gossypium barbadense
4	Species  brasiliense Macfad. syn. Gossypium barbadense
5	Species  herbaceum L. common name: Levant cotton
6	Species  hirsutum L.
	7    Varietas  hirsutum common name: upland cotton 8    Varietas  marie-galante (Watt) Hutchinson common name: Marie Galante cotton 9    Varietas  punctatum (K. Schum. & Thonn.) Roberty syn. Gossypium hirsutum var. hirsutum
10	Species  mexicanum Tod. syn. Gossypium hirsutum
11	Species  nanking Meyen syn. Gossypium arboreum
12	Species  obtusifolium Roxb. syn. Gossypium herbaceum
13	Species  peruvianum Cav. syn. Gossypium barbadense
14	Species  purpurascens Poir. syn. Gossypium hirsutum var. hirsutum
15	Species  sandvicense Parl. syn. Gossypium tomentosum
16	Species  sturtianum J. H. Willis common name: Sturt's desert rose
17	Species  sturtii F. Muell. syn. Gossypium sturtianum
18	Species  thurberi Todaro common name: Thurber's cotton
19	Species  tomentosum Nutt. ex Seem. common name: Hawai'i cotton
20	Species  vitifolium Lam. syn. Gossypium barbadense

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.