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Gossypium L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 693 (1753)   Link to external nomenclature reference

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.

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Synonyms of Gossypium

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Neogossypium Roberty Cotton Fibres Trop. : 89 (1949) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000025698
Notoxylinon Lewton J. Washington Acad. Sci. 5: 305 (1915) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000026356
Selera Ulbr. Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 55: 51 (1913) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000034986
Thurberia A.Gray Pl. Nov. Thurb. 308–309. 1854. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000038309
Ultragossypium Roberty Cotton Fibres Trop. : 91 (1949) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000039741
Xylon Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. (ed. 4) 1754. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000041021

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 abyssinicum G.Watt Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1926: 208 (1926) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000707812
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium australe var. australe F.Muell. Relazione sulla Cultura dei Cotoni in Italia seguita da una Monographia del Genre Gossypium 1877 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394130
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium barbadense subsp. typicum Roberty Candollea 10: 393. 1946 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001367233
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium ceratodenum anon. ex Journ. Heredity 1935, xxvi. 30, in obs. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001353661
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium farbadense L. – — wfo-0001077485
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium herbaceum var. wightianum (Tod.) T.Cooke Fl. Bombay 1(1): 116. 1901 [Jul 1901] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200009877
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium hirsutum var. hirsutum L. Giornale del Real Istituto d'Incoraggiamento in Sicilia 1(3) 1863 = Osservazioni Sapra Talune Specie si Cotone Coltivate nel Real Orto Botanico di Palermo (1863) 74 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394146
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium hopi Lewton Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 60(6): 9 (1912) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000707959
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium labillarderianum Tod. Relaz. Cult. Coton. : 11 (1877) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000707978
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium leucadenum anon. ex Journ. Heredity 1935, xxvi. 30, in obs. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001353662
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium lysinum anon. ex Journ. Heredity 1935, xxvi. 30, in obs. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001353663
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium pallidum Montrouz. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci. , sér. 2, 10: 181 (1860) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000708031
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium parviflora L. Amoen. Acad. 3: 416 1756 — wfo-0001077199
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium peruvianum subsp. typicum Roberty Candollea 10: 382. 1946 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001367234
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium praestantissimum L. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Linn. Herb. 82 (1912), nomen. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001353664
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium puberulum Klotzsch Naturw. Reise Mossambique [Peters] 6(Bot., 1): 128. 1861 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001353665
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium sinense Fisch. Cat. Jard. Pl. Gorenki ed. 2, 56, nomen. 1812 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001353666
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum J.H.Willis Vict. Naturalist 64 1947 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394173
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium sturtii subsp. sturtii F.Muell. Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 9 1875 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001367430
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium synochrum anon. ex Journ. Heredity 1935, xxvi. 30, in obs. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001353667
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium terraceium anon. ex Journ. Heredity 1935, xxvi. in obs. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001353668
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium uliginosum Curtiss ex Roberty – — wfo-0001244387
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Gossypium verticillata L. Sp. Pl. 689 1753 — wfo-0001077200