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June 2025

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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.

Statistics

Synonyms of Gossypium

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Hemiultragossypium Roberty Cotton Fibres Trop. 4: 91 (1949) wfo-4000017455
Ingenhouzia DC. Prodr. 1: 474. 1824. (Jan 1824) wfo-4000019088
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
Sturtia R.Br. Bot. App. Sturt Exp. 5. 1849. wfo-4000036971
Thurberia A.Gray Pl. Nov. Thurb. 308–309. 1854. wfo-4000038309
Ultragossypium Roberty Cotton Fibres Trop. : 91 (1949) wfo-4000039741
Xylon Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. (ed. 4) 1754. wfo-4000041021

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link