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| Family : MALVACEAE |
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 2: 693 (1753) |
| Information on the genus : Gossypium |
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Status
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| Status for NA : | accepted (weed) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Gossypium herbaceum L. subsp. herbaceum |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Gossypium arboreum auct. |
| =Gossypium abyssinicum Watt (1926) |
| =Gossypium prostratum Schumach. & Thonn. (1827) |
| =*Gossypium puberulum Klotzsch |
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| Taxon infra-specific |
| Gossypium herbaceum subsp. africanum (Watt) Vollesen (1987) |
| Gossypium herbaceum L. subsp. herbaceum |
| Gossypium herbaceum var. acerifolium (Guill. & Perr.) A.Chev. (1939) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Shrublet to 1-1,5 m tall, with terete branches. |
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| Ecology : |
Woodland, bush and grassland; 915-1220 m alt. Botswana, S. Africa, Namibia. |
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Bibliography for North Africa :
- DESFONTAINES R. L. (1799). Flora Atlantica, sive Historia Plantarum, quae in Atlante, Agro tunetano et algeriensi crescunt. [vol. 2] Paris. Vol. II, p. 1-180, 1798, p. 181-463, pl. 151-254. [p.12?]
- HANSEN, A. & P. SUNDING (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 17: [1-295]
- BOULOS, L. (2000). FLORA OF EGYPT. [vol. 2] Al Harara Publishing. Cairo. [p.109]
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Germplasm Resources Information Network |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Tropicos |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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