Malvaceae Juss.
Gossypium L. , legitimate, scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 2: 693 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 300 [secondary reference]
Hoffmannsegg, J.C. von (1824), Verzeichniss der Pflanzenkulturen in der Graflich Hoffmannseggischen Garten zu Dresden und Rammenau 1: 135, 217 [secondary reference]
Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1: 222 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Sturtia R.Br. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 15 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Sturtia R.Br. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Fugosia Juss. legitimate
Mueller, F.J.H. von (December 1889), Second Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 26 BHL [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Sturtia R.Br. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Fugosia Juss. legitimate
Kuntze, C.E.O. in Post, T. von & Kuntze, O. (1903), Lexikon Generum Phanerogamarum: 280 [basionym]
basionym of: Hibiscus sect. Gossypium (L.) Kuntze legitimate
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 61 [secondary reference]
Britton, N.L. & Millspaugh, C.F. (1920), Bahama Flora: 273 [secondary reference]
  • Type: Gossypium arboreum L.
Black, J.M. (December 1926), Meliaceae - Scrophulariaceae. Flora of South Australia 3: 382 [secondary reference]
  • Etymology: "From gossypion, stated by Pliny to be the name of the African cotton-tree, G. arboreum, L., in Upper Egypt."
Roberty, G.E. (1952), Gossypiorum revisionis tentamen (suite et fin). Candollea 13: 9-145 [secondary reference]
Fryxell, P.A. (1965), A revision of the Australian species of Gossypium with observations on the occurrence of Thespesia in Australia (Malvaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 13(1): 71-102 [secondary reference]
Borssum Waalkes, J. van (1966), Malesian Malvaceae revisited. Blumea 14(1): 119-131 [secondary reference]
Fryxell, P.A. (1969), A Classification of Gossypium L. (Malvaceae). Taxon 18(5): 585-591 [secondary reference]
Fryxell, P.A. (1978), The natural history of the cotton tribe (Malvaceae, Tribe Gossypieae): 37-71 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Notoxylinon Lewton legitimate
Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 361 [secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 143 [secondary reference]
Mitchell, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Malvaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 210-211 [secondary reference]
Mitchell, A.S. & Norris, E.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Malvaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 320-321 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992), Malvaceae. Flora of the Kimberley Region: 209-210 [secondary reference]
Du Puy, D.J. & Telford, I.R.H. (1993), Malvaceae. Flora of Australia 50: 148 [secondary reference]
Mitchell, A.S. & Norris, E.H. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Malvaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 320-321 [secondary reference]
Bayer, C. & Kubitzki, K. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (2002), Malvaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 5: 291 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Gossipium K.A.W.Williams orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Hibiscus sect. Gossypium (L.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gossypium subg. Eugossypium Tod. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Gossypium sect. Eugossypium Tod. nom. inval. pro parte taxonomic synonym: Notoxylinon Lewton legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (native and naturalised), SA, Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised)
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 369 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (31 July 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
orthographic variant: Gossipium K.A.W.Williams orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Hibiscus sect. Gossypium (L.) Kuntze legitimate taxonomic synonym: Gossypium subg. Eugossypium Tod. nom. inval. taxonomic synonym: Gossypium sect. Eugossypium Tod. nom. inval. pro parte taxonomic synonym: Cienfuegosia Cav. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Fugosia Juss. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Cienfugosia Giseke orth. var. pro parte taxonomic synonym: Notoxylinon Lewton legitimate
  • APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), ChI (naturalised), NT (native and naturalised), SA, Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised)