Gossypium (/ɡɒˈsɪpiəm/) is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Gossypieae of the mallow family, Malvaceae, from which cotton is harvested. It is...

Gossypium hirsutum, also known as upland cotton or Mexican cotton, is the most widely planted species of cotton in the world. Globally, about 90% of all...

Gossypium barbadense is one of several species of cotton. It is in the mallow family. It has been cultivated since antiquity, but has been especially...

Gossypium arboreum, commonly called tree cotton, is a species of cotton native to Indian subcontinent and other tropical and subtropical regions of the...

Gossypium herbaceum, commonly known as Levant cotton, is a species of cotton native to the semi-arid regions of sub-Saharan Africa and Arabia, where it...

Bombax gossypium L. Bombax religiosum L. Cochlospermum balicum Boerl. Cochlospermum gossypium DC. Maximilianea gossypium Kuntze Wittelsbachia gossypium Mart...

Gossypium sturtianum, or Sturt's desert rose, is a woody shrub, closely related to cultivated cotton, found in most mainland states of Australia and the...

Gossypium mustelinum is a shrub in the mallow family which is native to tropical northeast Brazil. It is an endangered wild relative of cultivated cotton...

Gossypium anomalum is a species of wild cotton in the family Malvaceae, native to drier parts of Africa. A crop wild relative of cultivated cotton, its...

or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and...