Taxon: Gossypium herbaceum L. var. africanum (G. Watt) J. B. Hutch. ex S. C. Harland

See other conspecific taxa:

• Gossypium herbaceum (209 accessions)
• Gossypium herbaceum var. herbaceum (no accessions)

Economic importance:

• Gene sources: secondary genetic relative of Old World cotton   (fide Kantartzi et al. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Meeting Abstract 277-1. 2007)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kellerman et al.)
  

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View toxicology references for Gossypium herbaceum var. africanum from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  South Tropical Africa: Mozambique; Zimbabwe
  Southern Africa: Botswana; Namibia; South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal; Swaziland

References:

• Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62. (Pl SAfr) [= G. herbaceum subsp. africanum (G. Watt) Vollesen].
• Carrisso, L. W. et al., eds. 1937–. Conspectus florae angolensis. (F Angol)
• Compton, R. H. 1976. The flora of Swaziland. (F Swazi)
• Cufodontis, G. 1953–1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta. (F EthiopCuf)
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca. (F Zamb)
• Fryxell, P. A. 1976. Techn. Bull. U.S.D.A. 1491:15.
• Fryxell, P. A. 1979. The natural history of the cotton tribe. (Nat Hist Cotton) 64.
• Fryxell, P. A. 1992. A revised taxonomic interpretation of Gossypium L. (Malvaceae). Rheedea 2:147. [mentions].
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Ross, J. 1972. The flora of Natal. (F Natal)
• Vollesen, K. 1987. Kew Bull. 42:337–349.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Gossypium africanum (G. Watt) G. Watt
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (≡) Gossypium obtusifolium var. africanum G. Watt (basionym)
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)

Check other databases for Gossypium herbaceum L. var. africanum (G. Watt) J. B. Hutch. ex S. C. Harland:

• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops

Check other databases for images:

• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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