Biology:Gossypieae

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Short description: Tribe of flowering plants

Gossypieae
Gossypium hirsutum BotGardBln1105FlowerLeaves.JPG
Mexican cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Malvoideae
Tribe: Gossypieae
Genera

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Gossypieae is a tribe of the flowering plant subfamily Malvoideae. It includes the cotton (Gossypium) and related plants. It is distinguished from the Hibisceae on the basis of embryo structure and its apparently unique possession of glands able to synthesize the pigment gossypol.[1]

Genera

The following genera are recognised.[2][3] The Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) differs in additionally including the genus Alyogyne and excluding the genus Thepparatia.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q8964785 entry