Gossypium mustelinum

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 mustelinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Gossypium
Species:
G. mustelinum
Binomial name
Gossypium mustelinum
Miers ex G.Watt
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