Gossypieae

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Gossypieae
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Mexican cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum )
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Malvoideae
Tribe: Gossypieae
Genera

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Gossypieae is a tribe of the flowering plant subfamily Malvoideae. It includes the cotton ( Gossypium ) and related plants. It is distinguished from the Hibisceae on the basis of embryo structure and its apparently unique possession of glands able to synthesize the pigment gossypol. [1]

Genera

The following genera are recognised. [2] [3] The Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) differs in additionally including the genus Alyogyne and excluding the genus Thepparatia . [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Malvaceae Taxonomy: Tribe Gossypieae". Archived from the original on 2023-11-24. Retrieved 2011-01-23.
  2. ↑ Hinsley, Stewart R. (2007). "Classification: Gossypieae". Malvaceae Info. Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  3. ↑ Hinsley, Stewart R. "The Thepparatia Page". Malvaceae Info. Archived from the original on 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
  4. ↑ "Genera of Malvaceae tribe Gossypieae". Germplasm Resources Information Network . United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2017-04-24.


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