Gossypium - Wikipedia Gossypium ( ɡɒˈsɪpiəm ) [3] is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gossypieae of the mallow family, Malvaceae, from which cotton is harvested It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Old and New Worlds
Gossypium hirsutum - North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant . . . 1 5-2 5 inch round light green capsule that matures to brown Around 36 seeds inside with both long and short fibers It is called a cotton boll 6-8 large white or yellow cup-shaped flowers with 5 petals on fertile branches Green leaves are cordate and alternate with 3-5 lobes and 3-6 inches long and wide
Gossypium - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics Cotton (Gossypium spp ) is one of the world’s most important cash crop plants, which is widely cultivated for its natural fibers for the textile industry uses and its by-products like seed oil and seed meal further add to its commercial value
Gossypium herbaceum - Plant Finder - Missouri Botanical Garden Gossypium herbaceum, commonly called Levant cotton, is a perennial shrub of the mallow family that grows to 6’ tall It is an Old World or Asiatic cotton with short staple-length fibre that is native to northern Africa, Asia Minor and India
Gossypium Leaf blades moderately to deeply lobed, the lobes acute to acuminate and usually narrowed or constricted at their base; bracts of the involucel entire, 3-7-laciniate, or 5-13-dentate, free or sometimes connate basally; diploid (subgenus Gossypium)
USDA Plants Database Gossypium hirsutum, commonly known as upland cotton, is a species of cotton plant
Gossypium hirsutum: Identification, Health Benefits, Uses . . . Gossypium hirsutum, commonly known as Mexican Cotton or Upland Cotton, is a versatile and widely cultivated plant that meets 90% of the world's cotton needs This resilient member of the mallow family, Malvaceae, can grow as an annual or perennial, reaching up to 5 feet tall
Gossypium - FNA Etymology: Greek gossypion, cotton, or Arabic goz or gothn, a silky or soft substance Synonyms: Erioxylum Rose Standley Ingenhouzia de Candolle Selera A Gray Thurberia Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6 Treatment on page 250 Mentioned on page 188, 215, 218 Shrubs [trees], hairy or glabrate, not viscid Stems erect [or procumbent]
The Domestication History of Cotton (Gossypium) - ThoughtCo Cotton (Gossypium sp ) is one of the most important and earliest domesticated non-food crops in the world Used primarily for its fiber, cotton was domesticated independently in both the Old and New Worlds
Gossypium hirsutum - Wikipedia Gossypium hirsutum, also known as upland cotton or Mexican cotton, is the most widely planted species of cotton in the world Globally, about 90% of all cotton production is of cultivars derived from this species [2]