Gossypium
See also: gossypium
Translingual
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, malvids - 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 (tree cotton) - type species; Gossypium barbadense, Gossypium hirsutum (upland cotton), Gossypium herbaceum (Levant cotton), Gossypium thurberi (Arizona wild cotton), Gossypium barbadense (Creole cotton/Sea Island cotton), Gossypium darwinii (Darwin's cotton), Gossypium tomentosum (Hawaiian cotton), Gossypium sturtianum (Sturt's desert rose) - other species
Derived terms
References
Gossypium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Gossypium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Gossypium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gossypium at USDA Plants database
- 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.
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