Summary
Gossypium raimondii is a species of cotton plant endemic to northern Peru. Its genome has been sequenced in order to improve the productivity and fiber quality of other Gossypium species.
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About the genus · Gossypium
Gossypium is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gossypieae of the mallow family, Malvaceae, from which cotton is harvested. It is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Old and New Worlds. There are about 50 Gossypium species, making it the largest genus in the tribe Gossypieae, and new species continue to be discovered. More on Wikipedia ›
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Photographs
Photographs: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (3).
Related
Other Gossypium 11 in the reference
Gossypium anomalum African Wild Cotton Photo: CC0, author not stated
Gossypium barbadense Creole cotton Photo: CC BY, Barry Stewart
Gossypium darwinii Darwin's Cotton Photo: CC0, author not stated
Gossypium harknessii San Marcos Hibiscus Photo: CC BY, Abraham Sánchez Romero
Gossypium herbaceum Levant cotton Photo: CC BY-SA, Rebecca Ryen-Stols
Gossypium hirsutum Cotton Photo: CC0, author not stated
Gossypium klotzschianum Galapagos Cotton Photo: CC BY, Rachel Allingham
Gossypium sturtianum Sturt's desert rose Photo: CC BY, Petra Holland
Gossypium thurberi Wild cotton Photo: CC BY, John Thomlinson
Gossypium tomentosum Hawaiian cotton Photo: CC BY, Thomas Irvine Names & registers
Also known as Gossypium klotzschianum subsp. raimondii; Gossypium klotzschianum var. raimondii. (GBIF Backbone)
The record
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Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
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