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Accession Data:

Gossypium darwinii G.Watt

  • subg. Karpas

  • Common Name: Darwin's Cotton
  • Family: Malvaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Galapagos Islands (endemic)
  • Habitat: arid and transition zones in shrubland and dry forest

  • Description: Genetic studies indicate that it is most closely related to the native American species Gossypium barbadense,[1] thus it is surmised that a seed arrived from South America on the wind, in the droppings of a bird or associated with debris by sea.2
  • USDA Zone: 9-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201500041
  • Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College
  • Accession Date: 05-29-2015
  • Bench: 1202 - AUS:North Bench W
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 02-17-2023
  • Restrictions:
    • BGCI Limited Ex Situ Distribution - Plants do not leave building without Manager approval!

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid II
  • Order: Malvales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Malvaceae
  • SubFamily: Malvoideae
  • Tribe: Gossypieae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Endemism (endemic)
  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • Fiber Plants
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Galapagos

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 29 May 2015.
  2. Gossypium darwinii at Wikipedia. Accessed 29 May 2015.
  3. Tye, A. & Callebaut, J. 2014. Gossypium darwinii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. Accessed on 29 May 2015.

data regenerated on Thu, 02 Mar 2023 13:37:23 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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