Taxon:
Gossypium barbadense L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:693. 1753
Verified:
08/10/1999
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
American Pima cotton – American-Egyptian cotton – Brazilian cotton – Egyptian cotton – Gallini cotton – kidney cotton – long-staple cotton – Peruvian cotton – Pima cotton – Sea Island cotton – upland cotton – French
coton des Indes Occidentales – cotonnier d'Egypte – German
Sea Island-Baumwolle – westindische Baumwolle – Portuguese
algodoeiro-americano – Spanish
algodón – algodonero de las Barbados – Swedish
västindisk bomull –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Guayas | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | Los Ríos | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | Tumbes | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
Native
Southern America
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador [Guayas, Los Ríos], Peru [Tumbes]
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Materials | fiber | source of pima or Egyptian cotton | Wendel, J. F. et al. 1992. Genetic diversity in Gossypium hirsutum and the origin of upland cotton. Amer. J. Bot. 79:1291-1310. URL: http://www.amjbot.org |
Materials | fiber | textile | Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. |
Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa Note: poisonous |