Taxon:  Gossypium longicalyx J. B. Hutch. & B. J. S. Lee



Summary
Genus:
Gossypium
Subgenus:
Gossypium
Section:
Gossypium
Subsection:
Longiloba
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Malvoideae
Tribe:
Gossypieae
Nomen number:
5288
Place of publication:
Kew Bull. 13:221.  1958
Verified:
08/10/1999 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
7 (4  active, 4  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. Agudelo, P. et al. 2005. Histological observations of Rotylenchulus reniformis on Gossypium longicalyx and Interspecific cotton hybrids. J. Nematol. 37:444-447. Note: it examined resistance in samples of both Gossypium longicalyx and synthetic triple species hybrids involving G. hirsutum
  2. Bell, A. & A. F. Robinson. 2004. Development and characteristics of triple species hybrids used to transfer reniform nematode resistance from Gossypium longicalyx to Gossypium hirsutum. IN: 2004 Beltwide Cotton Conferences, San Antonio, TX. 422-426.
  3. Campbell, B. T. et al. 2010. Status of the global cotton germplasm resources. Crop Sci. (Madison) 50:1161-1179. Note: it listed Gossypium longicalyx as a F-genome species, and part of the secondary gene pool of cotton
  4. Cotton Crop Germplasm Committee. 2005. Cotton germplasm status report and crop vulnerability status 19.
  5. Dighe, N. D. et al. 2009. Linkage mapping of resistance to reniform nematode in cotton following introgression from Gossypium longicalyx (Hutch. and Lee). Crop Sci. (Madison) 49:1151-1164. DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2008.03.0129.
  6. Fryxell, P. A. 1976. A nomenclator of Gossypium. The botanical names of cotton. Techn. Bull. U.S.D.A. 1491:47.
  7. Fryxell, P. A. 1979. The natural history of the cotton tribe 68.
  8. Fryxell, P. A. 1992. A revised taxonomic interpretation of Gossypium L. (Malvaceae). Rheedea 2:155.
  9. Khan, S. A. et al. 2000. Molecular phylogeny of Gossypium species by DNA fingerprinting. Theor. Appl. Genet. 101:931-938.
  10. Konan, O. N. et al. 2007. Cytogenetics of a new trispecies hybrid in cotton: [(Gossypium hirsutum L. × G. thurberi Tod.)2 × G. longicalyx Hutch. & Lee]. Pl. Breed. (New York) 126:176-181.
  11. Meyer, V. G. 1973. A study of reciprocal hybrids between Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) and experimental lines with cytoplasms from seven other species. Crop Sci. (Madison) 13:439-444.
  12. Phillips, L. L. & M. A. Strickland. 1966. The cytology of a hybrid between Gossypium hirsutum and G. longicalyx. Canad. J. Genet. Cytol. 8:91-95. Note: in this study Gossypium longicalyx was assigned the F-genome
  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. 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
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Fryxell, P. A. 1992. A revised taxonomic interpretation of Gossypium L. (Malvaceae). Rheedea 2:155.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Fryxell, P. A. 1992. A revised taxonomic interpretation of Gossypium L. (Malvaceae). Rheedea 2:155.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  Fryxell, P. A. 1992. A revised taxonomic interpretation of Gossypium L. (Malvaceae). Rheedea 2:155.
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania, Uganda

Reference(s)
  1. Fryxell, P. A. 1992. A revised taxonomic interpretation of Gossypium L. (Malvaceae). Rheedea 2:155.
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=5288. Accessed 17 April 2026.