Genus Gossypium L.


Summary
Genus number:
5113
Last updated:
12 March 2007
Family:
Malvaceae
Subfamily:
Malvoideae
Tribe:
Gossypieae
Common name(s):

cotton
Accession count:

14359 (11215  active, 8679  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
all accepted species are in GRIN


Synonyms
Synonym(s)


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References:
  1. Cronn, R. C. et al. 2002. Rapid diversification of the cotton genus (Gossypium: Malvaceae) revealed by analysis of sixteen nuclear and chloroplast genes. Amer. J. Bot. 89:707-725.
  2. Fryxell, P. A. 1992. A revised taxonomic interpretation of Gossypium L. (Malvaceae). Rheedea 2:108-165.
  3. Fryxell, P. A. 1997. The American genera of Malvaceae--II. Brittonia 49:232.
  4. Percival, A. E. et al. 1999. Taxonomy and germplasm resources. In: Smith, W. C., ed., Cotton: origin, history, technology, and production 33-63.
  5. Viot, C. R. & J. F. Wendel. 2023. Evolution of the cotton genus, Gossyoium, and its domestication in the Americas. Crit. Rev. Pl. Sci. 1-32. DOI: 10.1080/07352689.2022.2156061.
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/taxonomygenus?id=5113. Accessed 11 May 2026.