Gossypium arboreum

Gossypium arboreum
Seed capsules on a cultivated specimen in Osaka, Japan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Gossypium
Species:
G. arboreum
Binomial name
Gossypium arboreum
Synonyms[2]
    • Gossypium albiflorum Tod.
    • Gossypium anomalum G.Watt
    • Gossypium arboreum var. wightianum (Tod.) M.R.Almeida
    • Gossypium asiaticum Raf.
    • Gossypium bani (G.Watt) Prokh.
    • Gossypium cernuum Tod.
    • Gossypium comesii Sprenger
    • Gossypium figarei Tod.
    • Gossypium glabratum Tod.
    • Gossypium gracile Salisb.
    • Gossypium herbaceum var. wightianum (Tod.) T.Cooke
    • Gossypium indicum Lam.
    • Gossypium intermedium Tod.
    • Gossypium macranthum Tod.
    • Gossypium nanking Meyen
    • Gossypium neglectum Tod.
    • Gossypium obtusifolium Roxb. ex G.Don
    • Gossypium obtusifolium var. wightiana G.Watt
    • Gossypium perennans Delile ex Roberty
    • Gossypium puniceum Fenzl
    • Gossypium roseum Tod.
    • Gossypium roxburghii Tod.
    • Gossypium royleanum Tod.
    • Gossypium rubicundum Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
    • Gossypium rubrum Forssk.
    • Gossypium sanguineum Hassk.
    • Gossypium soudanense (G.Watt) G.Watt
    • Gossypium vaupelii J.Graham
    • Gossypium wattianum S.Y.Hu
    • Gossypium wightianum Tod.
    • Hibiscus albiflorus Kuntze
    • Hibiscus cernuus (Tod.) Kuntze
    • Hibiscus nangking Kuntze
    • Xylon indicum (Lam.) Medik.

Gossypium arboreum, commonly called tree cotton, is a species of cotton native to Indian subcontinent and other tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World. There is evidence of its cultivation as long ago as the Indus Valley Civilisation of the Indus River for the production of cotton textiles. The shrub was included in Linnaeus's Species Plantarum published in 1753. The holotype was also supplied by him, which is now in the Linnean Herbarium in the Swedish Museum of Natural History.[3]

  1. ^ Rowe, J.; Holubec, V. (2019). "Gossypium anomalum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. IUCN: e.T71774166A71774188. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T71774166A71774188.en.
  2. ^ a b "Gossypium arboreum". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Pakistan was invoked but never defined (see the help page).