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Taxon:  Gossypium herbaceum L.



Summary
Genus:
Gossypium
Subgenus:
Gossypium
Section:
Gossypium
Subsection:
Gossypium
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Malvoideae
Tribe:
Gossypieae
Nomen number:
17915
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:693. 1753
Verified:
08/10/1999 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 2  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Gossypium herbaceum L. var. africanum (G. Watt) J. B. Hutch. ex S. C. Harland (0 active accession[s])
Gossypium herbaceum L. var. herbaceum (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Gossypium transvaalense G. Watt
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Common names
English
Arabian cotton –
Levant cotton –
Maltese cotton –
short-staple cotton –
Syrian cotton –
French
cotonnier d'Asie –
cotonnier herbacé –
German
gewöhnliche Baumwolle –
krautiger Baumwollstrauch –
Japanese Rōmaji
shiro-bana-wata –
Portuguese
algodoeiro-asiático –
Spanish
algodonero –
algodonero herbáceo –
Swedish
indisk bomull –
Transcribed Chinese
cao mian –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal 
2CultivatedAfrica Africa  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
Native
Africa
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
Cultivated
Africa
  • REGION: Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
Human foodoil/fat Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990
Materialsfiber Fryxell, P. A. 1979. The natural history of the cotton tribe. 1979 64.
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=17915. Accessed 27 December 2024.

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