Accession Data
Gossypium darwinii
Common Name: Darwin's Cotton
Family: Malvaceae
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
Accession Data
USDA Zone: 9-11
Accession #: 201500041
Accession Date: 2015-05-29 00:00:00
Confirmed At: 2026-03-10 19:18:39
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 3116
Quantity: 3
Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: eurosid II
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
SubFamily: Malvoideae
Tribe: Gossypieae
Flowering Data:
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References
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 29 May 2015.
- Gossypium darwinii at Wikipedia. Accessed 29 May 2015.
- Tye, A. & Callebaut, J. 2014. Gossypium darwinii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. Accessed on 29 May 2015.
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