Gossypium mustelinum is a shrub in the mallow family which is native to tropical northeast Brazil. [1] It is an endangered[2] wild relative of cultivated cotton.

Gossypium mustelinum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Gossypium
Species:
G. mustelinum
Binomial name
Gossypium mustelinum
Miers ex G.Watt

References edit

  1. ^ "Gossypium mustelinum Miers ex G.Watt | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  2. ^ "Gossypium mustelinum". IUCN Red List. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2023.