Taxon:  Gossypium pulchellum (C. A. Gardner) Fryxell



Summary
Genus:
Gossypium
Subgenus:
Sturtia
Section:
Grandicalyx
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Malvoideae
Tribe:
Gossypieae
Nomen number:
5291
Place of publication:
Austral. J. Bot. 13:92.  1965
Verified:
08/09/1999 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Fugosia pulchella C. A. Gardner

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Campbell, B. T. et al. 2010. Status of the global cotton germplasm resources. Crop Sci. (Madison) 50:1161-1179. Note: it cites Gossypium pulchellum as a K-genome species and part of the tertiary gene pool of cotton
  2. Cotton Crop Germplasm Committee. 2005. Cotton germplasm status report and crop vulnerability status 20.
  3. Fryxell, P. A. et al. 1992. A revision of Gossypium sect. Grandicalyx (Malvaceae), including the description of six new species. Syst. Bot. 17:109. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  4. Fryxell, P. A. 1976. A nomenclator of Gossypium. The botanical names of cotton. Techn. Bull. U.S.D.A. 1491:61.
  5. Fryxell, P. A. 1979. The natural history of the cotton tribe 52.
  6. Fryxell, P. A. 1992. A revised taxonomic interpretation of Gossypium L. (Malvaceae). Rheedea 2:127.
  7. 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
  8. 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
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australian.Fryxell, P. A. 1992. A revised taxonomic interpretation of Gossypium L. (Malvaceae). Rheedea 2:127.
Native
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Western Australia (n.)]

Reference(s)
  1. Fryxell, P. A. 1992. A revised taxonomic interpretation of Gossypium L. (Malvaceae). Rheedea 2:127.
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=5291. Accessed 14 May 2026.