Gossypium

Gossypium is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It includes the cotton species cultivated for the fibers surrounding their seeds.

Malvaceae: Malvaceae is a family of flowering plants that includes hibiscus, cacao, and cotton. Gossypium belongs to this family, whose floral structure and relationships place the genus among other mallow plants.
Ovule: An ovule is the structure in a flowering plant that develops into a seed after fertilization. Cotton fibers begin as epidermal cells on the ovule before it matures into a seed.
Gossypium arboreum: Gossypium arboreum is a diploid cotton species domesticated in the Old World. It is one of the two principal diploid cottons cultivated for fiber.
Cotton textile: Cotton textile is fabric made from yarn spun from cotton fiber. Gossypium seed hairs become a widely used textile after harvesting, ginning, and spinning.
Diploid: A diploid organism has two complete sets of chromosomes in each typical somatic cell. Diploid cultivated cottons contrast with the tetraploid species that dominate modern production.
Cotton: Cotton is a soft textile fiber obtained mainly from the seed hairs of plants in the genus Gossypium. The common name describes both Gossypium’s seed fibers and the material made from them.
Trichome: A trichome is a hairlike outgrowth from a plant’s epidermis. Cotton lint is a specialized trichome whose exceptional length makes it spinnable.
Gossypium herbaceum: Gossypium herbaceum is a diploid cotton species native to Africa and parts of Asia. Its domestication represents an Old World cotton lineage distinct from American cottons.
Cottonseed oil: Cottonseed oil is an edible vegetable oil extracted from cotton seeds after processing. Cotton cultivation yields seeds as well as lint, and the seeds support oil production.
Tetraploid: A tetraploid organism has four complete sets of chromosomes in each typical somatic cell. Tetraploid cotton species carry a different genome structure from Old World diploid crops.

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