Overview
Species Name
herbaceum
Family
Malvaceae
Scientific Name
Gossypium herbaceum L.
Synonym
Gossypium transvaalense
Common Name
Arabian cotton [view all 12 ]
GRIN Taxonomy
GRIN
Geographic Origin
Africa-Asia
Genome Group
A
Genome
A1
Haploid Chromosome Number
13
Ploidy
diploid
Propagation Method
N/A
Fertile with Gossypium triphyllum [view all 3 ]
Sterile with Gossypium thurberi [view all 9 ]
Incompatible with Gossypium aridum [view all 2 ]
Germplasm N/A
Library [view all 3 ]
Sequence
[view all 2393723 ]
Publication
N/A
Description
Cultivars and land races of Africa and Asia, wild from Southern Africa.
Useful Agronomic Traits : Resistance to hoppers, white flies, thrips, aphids, and leaf curl virus (Shim J, et al. 2018 ) .
Alias
Synonym
Gossypium transvaalense
Common Name
Levant cotton
Maltese cotton
short-staple cotton
Syrian cotton
Cao Mian [Chinese]
cotonnier d'Asie [French]
cotonnier herbacΘ [French]
krautiger Baumwollstrauch [German]
algodoeiro-asißtico [Portuguese]
algodonero [Spanish]
algodonero herbßceo [Spanish]
Arabian cotton
Relationships
This species is fertile with the following:
This species is sterile with the following:
This species is incompatible with the following:
Germplasm
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Libraries
The following libraries are associated with this organism.
Image
File Name Legend
113_Gherbaceum_A1-038_boll.jpg G. herbaceum - cotton bolls
114_Gherbaceum_A1-142_flower.jpg G. herbaceum - flower
115_Gherbaceum_A1-142_leaves.jpg G. herbaceum - leaves
116_Gherbaceum_leaves-boll.jpg G. herbaceum - leaves and bolls
G12sp_KEW-42-337_f1.jpg Leaf, epicalyx-bract, and calyx of G.triphyllum, G.anomalum, G.trifurcatum, G.areysianum, G.longicalyx, G.stocksii, and G.herbaceum. [Iamge from Vollesen, 1987, KEW-42-337]