Gossypium (cotton)
Identity
- Preferred Scientific Name
- Gossypium L.
- Preferred Common Name
- cotton
- International Common Names
- Spanishalgodonero
- Frenchcotoncotonnier
- Local Common Names
- Cambodiakrabas
- GermanyBaumwollpflanze
- Italypianta del cotone
- Laosfay hua
- Philippinesbúlakkápaspernambúko
- Thailandfaai
- Vietnambông sê
- EPPO code
- GOSSS (Gossypium sp.)
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Habit
Gossypium barbadense (Gallini cotton); Habit. Kaanapali train depot, Maui, Hawaii. February 2007.
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Flowers, leaves and cotton seeds
Gossypium barbadense (Gallini cotton); Flowers, leaves and cotton seeds. Kealia Pond NWR, Maui, Hawaii. June 2013.
©Forest and Kim Starr/via Starr Environmental - CC BY 2.0
Gossypium sp. - colour illustration
©Wilhelm Valder
Flower
Gossypium barbadense (Gallini cotton); Flower. Kealia Pond NWR, Maui, Hawaii. June 2013.
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Bracts with developing fruit
Gossypium barbadense (Gallini cotton); Bracts with developing fruit. Kaanapali train depot, Maui, Hawaii. February 2007.
©Forest and Kim Starr/via Starr Environmental - CC BY 2.0
Bracts
Gossypium barbadense (Gallini cotton); Bracts. Kaanapali train depot, Maui, Hawaii. February 2007.
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Pitted fruit
Gossypium barbadense (Gallini cotton); Pitted fruit. Kaanapali train depot, Maui, Hawaii. February 2007.
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Seed capsules
Gossypium barbadense (Gallini cotton); Seed capsules. Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui, Hawaii. October 2009.
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Seeds and cotton
Gossypium barbadense (Gallini cotton); Seeds and cotton. Kaanapali train depot, Maui, Hawaii. February 2007.
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Fruit with fluff.
Gossypium barbadense (Gallini cotton); Fruit with fluff. Enchanting Floral Gardens of Kula, Maui, Hawaii. January 2010.
©Forest and Kim Starr/via Starr Environmental - CC BY 2.0
Leaves
Gossypium barbadense (Gallini cotton); Leaves. Kaanapali train depot, Maui, Hawaii. February 2007.
©Forest and Kim Starr/via Starr Environmental - CC BY 2.0
Young seedling
Gossypium barbadense (Gallini cotton); Young seedling. Kealia Pond NWR, Maui, Hawaii. June 2013.
©Forest and Kim Starr/via Starr Environmental - CC BY 2.0
Flower
Gossypium barbadense (Gallini cotton); Flower. Democratic Republic of the Congo. April 2010.
©Augustin Konda ku Mbuta/via Scamperdale, Flickr - CC BY-NC 2.0
Dysdercus sp.
Cotton stainer bugs (Dysdercus) on cotton
©CABI
Whole plant - line drawing
Gossypium hirsutum: 1 - flowering branch; 2- flower in longitudinal section; 3 - fruit; 4 - opening fruit.Reproduced from the series 'Plant Resources of South-East Asia', Vols 1-20 (1989-2000), by kind permission of the PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia.
©PROSEA Foundation
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