gossypium

The origin of the genus Gossypium is dated to around 5-10 million years ago.

Consequently, the genus Gossypium has long attracted the attention of scientists.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on the stems of young Gossypium species.

American cotton, gossypium hirsutum, produces the longer staple needed for machine production.

Of these, Gossypium appears to be the preferred host, but significant pest presence on okra has also been reported.

The hostplant for the species is Gossypium herbaceum.

It is considered a pest on Zea mays and Gossypium.

Gossypol is a natural phenol derived from the cotton plant (genus Gossypium).

The larvae feed on Gossypium species.

Gossypium species are distributed in arid to semiarid regions of the tropics and subtropics.

Gossypium hirsutum (upland cotton) Cotton used to make ceremonial garments.

Indian cotton, gossypium arboreum, is finer but the staple is only suitable for hand processing.

Its only host plant is Wild Cotton (Gossypium thurberi).

It is sometimes confused with Sturt's Desert Rose Gossypium sturtianum.

Gossypium barbadense - known as extra-long staple cotton, native to tropical South America (8% of world production)

Gossypium hirsutum (upland cotton)

Cotton (gossypium hirsutum) fiber is birefringent because of high levels of cellulosic material in the fiber's secondary cell wall.

The genus Gossypium comprises around 50 species, making it the largest in species number in the tribe Gossypioieae.

Gossypium barbadense - Creole cotton (tropical South America)

Cotton (of the species Gossypium barbadense) likely provided the basis of the dominance of inland over coast (whether development was earlier, later, or contemporaneous).

Gossypium herbaceum - Levant cotton (southern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula)

Gossypieae (Gossypium, the cottons etc.)

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Altahea officinalis, Lavatera olbia and Gossypium species.

Gossypium tomentosum, also known as Hawaiian cotton, is endemic to dry and rocky coastal areas of the Hawaiian Islands.

This word comes from the Latin word for cotton, gossypium, combined with the Swahili word for place of concealment, boma.