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Malvaceae Gossypium herbaceum | Taxonomy | Flora of the World

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Taxon

Gossypium herbaceum L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 2: 693. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL IPNI

AcceptedGBIF

Predicted not threatened

Gossypium herbaceum L. belongs to the Malvaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

Gossypium herbaceum--Cameroon. Limbe Botanic Garden. 4 Dec 03. 095.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Davidson C., Christoph S.R. s.n.

December 6, 2003

Location

Cameroon, Southwest, Antsiranana (Limbe, Limbe Botanic Garden)

4.018898, 9.197624

Location Remarks

City of Limbe

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malvales

Family

Malvaceae

Genus

Gossypium

Specific Epithet

herbaceum

Authorship

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.7

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#291,134 of 335,497

Top 87%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →