MalvaceaeSubfamily Bombacoideae
Tribe Adansonieae
Subfamily Byttneroideae
Tribe Hermannieae
Subfamily Byttneroideae
Tribe Theobromeae
Subfamily Dombeyoideae
Tribe Dombeyeae
Subfamily Grewioideae
Tribe Grewieae
Subfamily Grewioideae
Tribe Sparrmannieae
Subfamily Helicteroideae
Tribe Durioneae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Gossypieae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Hibisceae
Subfamily Malvoideae
Tribe Malveae
Subfamily Sterculioideae
Tribe Sterculieae
W/C = Wild Collected |
Gossypium barbadense L.
- Common Name: Pima Cotton, Egyptian Cotton
- Family: Malvaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Peru, though widely cultivated elsewhere
- Habitat:
- Description: It is a tropical perennial plant that produces yellow flowers and has black seeds. It grows as a small, bushy tree and yields cotton with unusually long, silky fibers.
- Culture: It requires full sun and high humidity and rainfall.
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  Accession Data:- Accession # 200800015
- Source: Smith College Index 2007- #300
- Provenance: Seed collected from open pollinated conservatory plants. Original plants wild collected in Peru.
- Accession Date: 04-09-2008
- Bench: 1315 - NEO:Andean Tropics A
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 12-13-2011
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid II
- Order: Malvales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Malvaceae
- SubFamily: Malvoideae
- Tribe: Gossypieae
- SubTribe:
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