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Taxon:
Gossypium hirsutum
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Gossypium
Subgenus:
Karpas
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Malvoideae
Tribe:
Gossypieae
Nomen number:
17917
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. ed. 2, 2:975. 1763
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
08/10/1999
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Gossypium hirsutum
L. subsp.
hirsutum
Gossypium hirsutum
L. var.
hirsutum
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Gossypium hirsutum
L. var.
marie-galante
(G. Watt) J. B. Hutch.
Gossypium jamaicense
Macfad.
Gossypium palmeri
G. Watt
Gossypium punctatum
Schumach.
Gossypium purpurascens
Poir.
Gossypium religiosum
L.
Gossypium schottii
G. Watt
Gossypium taitense
Parl.
Gossypium tridens
O. F. Cook & J. Hubb.
Gossypium hirsutum
L. subsp.
latifolium
(Murray) Roberty
Gossypium lanceolatum
Tod.
Gossypium morrillii
O. F. Cook & J. Hubb.
Gossypium mexicanum
Tod.
Gossypium hirsutum
L. var.
punctatum
(Schumach.) Roberty
Gossypium tricuspidatum
Lam.
No images
Reference(s)
Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds.
Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.agroatlas.ru/en/content/cultural/Gossypium_hirsutum_K/
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Beasley, J. O.
1942. Meiotic chromosome behavior in species, species hybrids, haploids, and induced polyploids of
Gossypium
. Genetics 27:25-54.
Brubaker, C. L. & J. F. Wendel.
1994. Reevaluating the origin of domesticated cotton (
Gossypium hirsutum
; Malvaceae) using nuclear restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs). Amer. J. Bot. 81:1309-1326.
URL:
http://www.amjbot.org
Note:
provides evidence for considering the Yucatan peninsula as the site for early domestication
Brubaker, C. L. et al.
1999. Production of fertile hybrid germplasm with diploid Australian
Gossypium
species for cotton improvement. Euphytica 108:199-213.
Note:
it reported sterile synthetic hybrids in crosses between
Gossypium hirsutum
and C and G-genome species, although crosses with K-genome species
G. nobile
and
G. populifolium
resulted in viable hybrids with "limited fertility"
Coppens d'Eeckenbrugge, G. & J.-M. Lacape.
2014. Distribution and differentiation of wild, feral, and cultivated populations of perennial upland cotton (
Gossypium hirsutum
L.) in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean. PLoS One 9(9):e107458.
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0107458
.
URL:
http://www.plosone.org/
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston.
1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Gossypium+hirsutum&quantity=1
Fryxell, P. A.
1976. A nomenclator of
Gossypium
. The botanical names of cotton. Techn. Bull. U.S.D.A. 1491:39.
Fryxell, P. A.
1979. The natural history of the cotton tribe 68-70.
Fryxell, P. A.
1992. A revised taxonomic interpretation of
Gossypium
L. (Malvaceae). Rheedea 2:161.
Fryxell, P. A.
1996. pers. comm.
Note:
re. uses
Jardín Botánico Nacional.
1998-. Flora de la República de Cuba
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Kellerman, T. S. et al.
1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa
Note:
poisonous
Kingsbury, J. M.
1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
Note:
poisonous
León, B.
1994. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Spanish common names
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Lubbers, E. L. & P. W. Chee.
2009. The worldwide gene pool of
G. hirsutum
and its improvement. Genetics and genomics of cotton 23-52.
URL:
http://books.google.com/books?id=17Twy9z1wHUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Genetics+and+genomics+of+cotton&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
McVaugh, R.
1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Paul, T. K. & M. P. Nayar.
1988. Malvaceae. Fascicles of flora of India. 19:115.
Pereira, G. S. et al.
2012. Selective fertilization in interspecific crosses of allotetraploid species of
Gossypium
. Botany 90:159-166.
URL:
http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/rp-ps/journalDetail.jsp?jcode=cjb&lang=eng
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rapp, R. A. et al.
2010. Gene expression in developing fibres of Upland cotton (
Gossypium hirsutum
L.) was massively. B. M. C. Biol. 8:139.
URL:
http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcbiol/
Note:
this study provided evidence of changes in the seed fiber microstructure between wild populations (as
Gossypium hirsutum
"var.
yucatanense
") and domesticated ones
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
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
Wendel, J. F. et al.
2009. Evolution and natural history of the cotton genus. Genetics and genomics of cotton 3-22.
URL:
http://books.google.com/books?id=17Twy9z1wHUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Genetics+and+genomics+of+cotton&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen.
Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/
Note:
treats Florida populations as native
Common names
English
American cotton –
Reference(s)
American upland cotton –
Reference(s)
Bourbon cotton –
Reference(s)
cotton –
Reference(s)
upland cotton –
Reference(s)
French
coton velu –
Reference(s)
cotonnier américain –
Reference(s)
German
amerikanische Baumwolle –
Reference(s)
Uplandbaumwolle –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
algodoeiro-americano –
Reference(s)
Spanish
algodón –
Reference(s)
algodonero americano –
Reference(s)
Swedish
texasbomull –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
lu di mian –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Yucatán
wild populations in the Yucatan peninsula
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Belize
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
El Salvador
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Guatemala
Petén
wild populations
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Honduras
1
Native
Southern America
Central America
Nicaragua
2
Cultivated
widely cult.
5
Uncertain
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Florida
5
Uncertain
Pacific
South-Central Pacific
French Polynesia
Marquesas Islands
5
Uncertain
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Samoa
5
Uncertain
Southern America
Caribbean
Cuba
5
Uncertain
Southern America
Caribbean
Hispaniola
5
Uncertain
Southern America
Caribbean
Jamaica
5
Uncertain
Southern America
Caribbean
United States
Puerto Rico
5
Uncertain
Southern America
Southern South America
Paraguay
Presidente Hayes
Native
Northern America
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Yucatán (wild populations in the Yucatan peninsula)]
Southern America
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize
,
Guatemala
[Petén (wild populations)],
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
,
El Salvador
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Uncertain
Northern America
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Florida]
Pacific
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
French Polynesia
[Marquesas Islands]
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Samoa
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola
,
Cuba
,
Jamaica
,
United States
[Puerto Rico]
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Paraguay
[Presidente Hayes]
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
fodder
seed meal fide
Fryxell, P. A.
1996. pers. comm.
Note:
re. uses
Human food
oil/fat
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Materials
fiber
Uphof, J. C. T.
1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Medicines
folklore
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
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
Name
References