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Gossypium hirsutum (American Cotton) |
Gossypium hirsutum (MALVACEAE.) Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Gossypium hirsutum L. Published in L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 975 (1763) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Malvaceae
Juss. (The Mallow Family) 18 species from the Malvaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | American Cotton, American Upland Cotton, Bourbon Cotton | Maltese name(s) : | Qotton ta' Gallipoli | Status for Malta : | Casual or accidental alien species introduced in Malta rather recently and which is short-lived or resticted in small populations for a short time without becoming widespread. | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce
Rare Very rare Extinct
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Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Jul-Sep | Colour of Flowers: | Yellow or Cream |
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Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Widely cultivated to produce cotton in the distant past. Now cultivated for ornament but sometimes found cultivated in fields and which give rise to escaped plants persisting for few years |
Botanical Description: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Distributional range: |
Cultivated in S. Europe, and perhaps locally naturalized. |
Native region outside Europe: |
(Probably originated in Peru; cultivated in tropical America and southern U.S.A.) |
Distributional map in Europe and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe. (from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Introduced in  Doubtful inAlbania, Crete, Greece, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), Romania |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region. (Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
[cAb(A N) ?Al cAr ?Cr nGr cHs(S) nIt cLu cRm nSi(S) cTcs] |
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