Taxon:  Gossypium herbaceum L. var. africanum (G. Watt) J. B. Hutch. ex S. C. Harland



Summary
Genus:
Gossypium
Subgenus:
Gossypium
Section:
Gossypium
Subsection:
Gossypium
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Malvoideae
Tribe:
Gossypieae
Nomen number:
17916
Place of publication:
Bibliogr. Genet. 9:115.  1932 (J. B. Hutch. & Ghose, Indian J. Agric. Sci. 7:250.  1937)
Verified:
08/10/1999 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
8 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Gossypium herbaceum L. (185 active accession[s])
Gossypium herbaceum L. var. herbaceum (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Gossypium obtusifolium Roxb. ex G. Don var. africanum G. Watt

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Gossypium africanum (G. Watt) G. Watt

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62 Note: = Gossypium herbaceum subsp. africanum (G. Watt) Vollesen
  2. Carrisso, L. W. et al., eds. 1937-. Conspectus florae angolensis.
  3. Compton, R. H. 1976. The flora of Swaziland.
  4. Cufodontis, G. 1953-1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta.
  5. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  6. Fryxell, P. A. 1976. A nomenclator of Gossypium. The botanical names of cotton. Techn. Bull. U.S.D.A. 1491:15.
  7. Fryxell, P. A. 1979. The natural history of the cotton tribe (Malvaceae, Tribe Gossypieae). In: Fryxell, P. A., The natural history of the cotton tribe 64.
  8. Fryxell, P. A. 1992. A revised taxonomic interpretation of Gossypium L. (Malvaceae). Rheedea 2:147. Note: mentions
  9. Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa
  10. Kulkarni, V. N. et al. 2009. The worldwide gene pools of Gossypium arboreum L. and G. herbaceum L., and their improvement. In: Paterson, A. H., ed., Genetics and genomics of cotton 69-97.
  11. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  12. Ross, J. 1972. The flora of Natal.
  13. Vollesen, K. 1987. The native species of Gossypium (Malvaceae) in Africa, Arabia and Pakistan. Kew Bull. 42:337-349.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62 Note: = Gossypium herbaceum subsp. africanum (G. Watt) Vollesen
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62 Note: = Gossypium herbaceum subsp. africanum (G. Watt) Vollesen
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62 Note: = Gossypium herbaceum subsp. africanum (G. Watt) Vollesen
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62 Note: = Gossypium herbaceum subsp. africanum (G. Watt) Vollesen
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62 Note: = Gossypium herbaceum subsp. africanum (G. Watt) Vollesen
Native
Africa
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]

Reference(s)
  1. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62 Note: = Gossypium herbaceum subsp. africanum (G. Watt) Vollesen
  2. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=17916. Accessed 10 May 2026.