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June 2022

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genus

Gossypium L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 693 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000016081.

Synonyms of Gossypium

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Neogossypium Roberty Cotton Fibres Trop. : 89 (1949) wfo-4000025698
Notoxylinon Lewton J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 305 (1915) wfo-4000026356
Selera Ulbr. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 55: 51 (1913) wfo-4000034986
Ultragossypium Roberty Cotton Fibres Trop. : 91 (1949) wfo-4000039741

Species in Gossypium ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Gossypium:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium peruvianum subsp. typicum Roberty Candollea 10: 382. 1946 wfo-0001367234
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium sturtii subsp. sturtii F.Muell. Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9 1875 wfo-0001367430