Gossypium mustelinum
Species of plant
Gossypium mustelinum | |
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Conservation status | |
Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
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 |
Gossypium mustelinum is a shrub in the mallow family which is native to tropical northeast Brazil. [1] It is an endangered[2] wild relative of cultivated cotton.