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 prized...

(Arizona and northern Mexico) Gossypium barbadense L. – Creole cotton/Sea Island Cotton (tropical South America) Gossypium darwinii G.Watt – Darwin's cotton...

production) Gossypium barbadense – known as extra-long staple cotton, native to tropical South America (over 5% of world production) Gossypium arboreum – tree...

nectar production. Gossypium barbadense var. marie-galante (G. Watt) A. Chev., Rev. Int. Bot. Appl Agric. Trop. 18:118. 1938. Gossypium jamaicense Macfad...

indicate that it is most closely related to the native American species Gossypium barbadense, thus it is surmised that a seed arrived from South America on the...

staple length such as short, medium, long staple, and extra-long. Gossypium barbadense, one of several cotton species, produces extra-long staple fibers...

in Huaca Prieta in Peru, dated to about 6000 BCE. It is here that Gossypium barbadense is thought to have been domesticated at its earliest. Some of the...

town supports a small seaside resort and fishing industry. Cotton (Gossypium barbadense) grown in the area is brokered in the market. Zinjibar was a long-established...

Taíno and, presumably, Lucayan diets. The Lucayans grew cotton (Gossypium barbadense) and tobacco, and used other plants such as agave, furcraea and hibiscus...

edulis) Guava (Psidium guajava) Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus) Cotton (Gossypium barbadense) Cassava (Manihot esculenta) Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) Amaranth...