Gossypium
See also: gossypium
Translingual

Gossypium sturtianum
Etymology
From Latin gossypinus, gossympĭnus (“cotton plant, Gossypium arboreum”). Named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).[1][2]
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids II - clades; Malvales - order; Malvaceae - family; Malvoideae - subfamily; Gossypieae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Gossypium subg. Gossypium, Gossypium subg. Houzingenia, Gossypium subg. Karpas, Gossypium subg. Sturtia - subgenera; Gossypium arboreum - type species, Gossypium hirsutum - other species
References
- Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
- Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.
Further reading
Gossypium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Gossypium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Gossypium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons- Gossypium at USDA Plants database
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