Gossypieae

Gossypieae
Mexican Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Subfamily: Malvoideae
Tribe: Gossypieae
Genera[1]

Cephalohibiscus
Cienfuegosia
Gossypioides
Gossypium
Hampea
Kokia
Lebronnecia
Thepparatia
Thespesia

Gossypieae is a tribe of the Malvoideae subfamily of flowering plants. It includes the cotton (Gossypium) and related plants. It is distinguished from the Hibisceae tribe on the basis of embryo structure and its apparently unique possession of glands able to synthesize the pigment gossypol.[2]

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