Gossypium anomalum

Gossypium anomalum
In Angola
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Gossypium
Species:	G. anomalum
Binomial name
Gossypium anomalum Wawra & Peyr.
Synonyms [2]
List Cienfuegosia anomala(Wawra & Peyr.) Gilg Cienfuegosia pentaphyllaK.Schum. Gossypium barbosanumL.Ll.Phillips & Clement Gossypium capitis-viridisMauer Hibiscus anomalus(Wawra & Peyr.) Kuntze

Gossypium anomalum is a species of wild cotton in the family Malvaceae, native to drier parts of Africa. ^[2] A crop wild relative of cultivated cotton, its genome has been sequenced. ^[3]

Subtaxa

The following subspecies are accepted: ^[2]

• Gossypium anomalum subsp. anomalum – Cape Verde, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Eritrea, Somalia
• Gossypium anomalum subsp. senarense(Fenzl ex Wawra & Peyr.) Vollesen – Angola, Namibia

References

1. Rowe, J.; Holubec, V. (2019). "Gossypium anomalum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T71774166A71774188. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T71774166A71774188.en . Retrieved 29 December 2023.
2. "Gossypium anomalum Wawra & Peyr". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 18 September 2022.
3. Grover, Corrinne E.; Yuan, Daojun; Arick, Mark A.; Miller, Emma R.; Hu, Guanjing; Peterson, Daniel G.; Wendel, Jonathan F.; Udall, Joshua A. (2021). "The Gossypium anomalum genome as a resource for cotton improvement and evolutionary analysis of hybrid incompatibility". G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 11 (11). doi:10.1093/g3journal/jkab319. PMC   8527517 . PMID   34549783.