Accession Data

Gossypium barbadense

Common Name: Pima Cotton

Family: Malvaceae

Country of Origin: Peru, though widely cultivated elsewhere

Description: It is a tropical perennial plant that produces yellow flowers and has black seeds. It grows as a small, bushy tree and yields cotton with unusually long, silky fibers.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9-11

Accession #: 200800015

Accession Date: 2008-04-09 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1311

Quantity: 3

Source: Smith College Index 2007- #300

Provenance: Seed collected from open pollinated conservatory plants. Original plants wild collected in Peru.

Culture: It requires full sun and high humidity and rainfall.

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: eurosid II

Order: Malvales

Family: Malvaceae

SubFamily: Malvoideae

Tribe: Gossypieae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2025
2024
2023
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2008

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on 20 November 2015.
  2. Gossypium barbadense at Wikispecies. Last accessed 20 November 2015.
  3. Gossypium barbadense at Wikipedia. Last accessed 20 November 2015.

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