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Gossypium barbadense L.
Creole cotton
Symbol: GOBA
Group: Dicot
Family: Malvaceae
Growth Habit: Tree
Shrub
Subshrub
Duration: Annual
Perennial
U.S. Nativity: Introduced

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Plant Synonyms:
GOBA Gossypium barbadense L.
 

GOBAA

Gossypium barbadense L. var. acuminatum (Roxb. ex G. Don) Triana & Planch.
 

GOBR2

Gossypium brasiliense Macfad.
 

GOPE

Gossypium peruvianum Cav.
 

GOVI4

Gossypium vitifolium Lam.
More Information
About Creole cotton

Link to plant Classification report for Gossypium barbadense

Plant source and reference for Gossypium barbadense

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State Distributional Map for GOBA
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Plant Distribution by State

Gossypium barbadense L.

GOBA

Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands

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Related Taxa:
Gossypium barbadense L.

View 44 genera in Malvaceae, 7 species in Gossypium

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Classification:
Gossypium barbadense L.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.
   
    Kingdom Plantae – Plants
       Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
          Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
             Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
                Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
                   Subclass Dilleniidae –
                      Order Malvales –
                         Family Malvaceae – Mallow family
                            Genus Gossypium L. – cotton
                               Species Gossypium barbadense L. – Creole cotton

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Introduced Information:
Gossypium barbadense L.
This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Gossypium barbadense L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 21710.

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