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Gossypium africanum

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Gossypium herbaceum L. var. africanum (Watt) Hutchinson, J. B. [family MALVACEAE]
Gossypium herbaceum L. var. africanum (Watt) Hutchinson, J. B. [family MALVACEAE]
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Identification
Gossypium africanum (Watt) Watt [family MALVACEAE ] Verified by Watt, Gossypium herbaceum unrecorded [family MALVACEAE ] Verified by Exell, A. W., Gossypium obtusifolium unrecorded [family MALVACEAE ] Gossypium herbaceum L. [family MALVACEAE ] (stored under name); Gossypium herbaceum L. [family MALVACEAE ]
Related name
  • Gossypium obtusifolium
  • Gossypium africanum
  • Gossypium herbaceum

Flora

Entry for Gossypium arboreum Linn. [family MALVACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Gossypium arboreum Linn. [family MALVACEAE], — F.T.A. 1: 211; J. B. Hutch. l.c. 32, t. 4 (q.v. for syn.; specimens from our area are referred to the race soudanense).
Gossypium simpsonii [family MALVACEAE], of F.W.T.A., ed1, 1; 269.
Gossypium africanum [family MALVACEAE], of F.W.T.A., ed1, 1; 269.
Information
Perennial shrubs, or annual subshrubs; flowers red or purple, or yellow.
Range
Widespread in tropical and subtropical Africa, Madagascar and Asia.
Distribution
G. C. Gambaga Imp. Inst. 48487!Togo Kpedsu (Jan.) Howes 1099!Dah. Zagnanado (Feb.) Chev. 23069!N. Nig. Nupe Barter 1182! Kazaure (fl. 8 fr. Feb.) Imp. Inst. H 1258/1913. Ilorin (Nov.) Lamb 3! Thornton! Bassa (June) Elliott 249! Kano (Jan.) Andrew! Lamb 8! Geidam (Dec.) Elliott 135!S. Nig. Lagos Rowland! Abeokuta Irving! Millen! Oba Foster 188!

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