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Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)

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Cotton, also known as upland cotton or Mexican cotton, is the most widely planted species of cotton in the world; cultivars derived from it account for about 90 percent of global cotton production and about 95 percent of cotton grown in the United States, the world's largest cotton exporter. It is native to a range extending from Mexico to Ecuador and northeast Brazil, the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean and the Pacific, and like other cotton species it produces a soft fluffy fiber, almost pure cellulose, that grows in a protective boll around its seeds.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Domesticated 3

Relationship to People

Farmed or Commercially Raised 3

Living or Extinct

Yes 4

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

G4 Apparently Secure 5

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 6

Scientific Name

Gossypium hirsutum 4

Conservation Status

Vulnerable 4

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Gossypium hirsutum (Wikidata)

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Sources

1. Gossypium hirsutum (Wikipedia)

Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to

Quote, Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to

The Zuni people use this plant to make ceremonial garments, and the fuzz is made into cords and used ceremonially.

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2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (species profiles): Species profiles of Gossypium hirsutum

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (species profiles)system profile

Quote, system profile

"habitat": "terrestrial"

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3. Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) (Wikipedia)

the cultivation of this species as long ago as 3,500 BC
the long staple varieties are the most widely cultivated in commercial

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4. Gossypium hirsutum (Wikidata)

Wikidata

Wikidata Q133481 (P225 taxon name)
Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q133481
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): vulnerable.
Child Taxon Of: Gossypium, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q719312 (Gossypium)

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5. NatureServe Explorer: Gossypium hirsutum

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)

"roundedGRank": "G4"

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6. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Malvales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12420

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12420

"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Malvales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Malvaceae

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 67980

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 67980

"cites_listing":"II/NC","eu_listing":"B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Malvales","family":"Malvaceae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"锦葵科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]

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Plant (Wikipedia)

Lead, whole group is photosynthetic

Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic

They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.

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