Taxon:  Gossypium thurberi Tod.



Summary
Genus:
Gossypium
Subgenus:
Houzingenia
Section:
Houzingenia
Subsection:
Houzingenia
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Malvoideae
Tribe:
Gossypieae
Nomen number:
17947
Place of publication:
Relaz. cult. coton. 120.  1877
Comment:
a nom. nov. based on Thurberia thespesioides A. Gray
Verified:
08/10/1999 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
95 (90  active, 27  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Álvarez, I. et al. 2005. Phylogeny of the New World diploid cottons (Gossypium L., Malvaceae) based on sequences of three low-copy nuclear genes. Pl. Syst. Evol. 252:199-214.
  2. Beasley, J. O. 1942. Meiotic chromosome behavior in species, species hybrids, haploids, and induced polyploids of Gossypium. Genetics 27:25-54.
  3. Campbell, B. T. et al. 2010. Status of the global cotton germplasm resources. Crop Sci. (Madison) 50:1161-1179.
  4. Cotton Crop Germplasm Committee. 2005. Cotton germplasm status report and crop vulnerability status 19.
  5. Fryxell, P. A. 1976. A nomenclator of Gossypium. The botanical names of cotton. Techn. Bull. U.S.D.A. 1491:73.
  6. Fryxell, P. A. 1979. The natural history of the cotton tribe 56.
  7. Fryxell, P. A. 1992. A revised taxonomic interpretation of Gossypium L. (Malvaceae). Rheedea 2:136.
  8. Giles, J. A. 1962. The comparative genetics of Gossypium hirsutum L. and the synthetic amphiploid, Gossypium arboreum L. × Gossypium thurberi Tod. Genetics 47:45-59.
  9. Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
  10. Khan, S. A. et al. 2000. Molecular phylogeny of Gossypium species by DNA fingerprinting. Theor. Appl. Genet. 101:931-938.
  11. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  12. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert.
  13. Wendel, J. F. & V. A. Albert. 1992. Phylogenetics of the cotton genus (Gossypium): character state weighted parsimony analysis of chloroplast-DNA restriction site data and its systematic and biogeographic implications. Syst. Bot. 17:115-143. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  14. Wendel, J. F. et al. 1995. Bidirectional interlocus concerted evolution following allopolyploid speciation in cotton (Gossypium). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92:280-284. Note: it included two D-genome species Gossypium raimondii and G. thurberi, and a synthetic hybrid G. arboreum × G. thurberi
  15. Wendel, J. F. et al. 2009. Evolution and natural history of the cotton genus. In: Paterson, A. H., ed., Genetics and genomics of cotton 3-22.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoChihuahuaw.Fryxell, P. A. 1992. A revised taxonomic interpretation of Gossypium L. (Malvaceae). Rheedea 2:136.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSonora Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizonas.Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
Native
Northern America
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona (s.)]
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua (w.), Sonora]

Reference(s)
  1. Fryxell, P. A. 1992. A revised taxonomic interpretation of Gossypium L. (Malvaceae). Rheedea 2:136.
  2. Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
  3. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert.
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=17947. Accessed 29 April 2026.