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June 2024

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genus

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
Hemiultragossypium Roberty Cotton Fibres Trop. 4: 91 (1949) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000017455
Ingenhouzia DC. Prodr. 1: 474. 1824. (Jan 1824) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000019088
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
Sturtia R.Br. Bot. App. Sturt Exp. 5. 1849. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000036971
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 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001394130
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 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 parviflora L. Amoen. Acad. 3: 416 1756 wfo-0001077199
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 sturtii subsp. sturtii 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