For information on cotton production, industry, history, and applications, see
cotton.For the clothing company, see
Gossypium (clothes). Gossypium is a
genus of 39-40 species of
shrubs in the family
Malvaceae, native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the
Old World and the
New World. The cotton plants, sources of
commercial cotton fabric, are included in this genus. Cotton shrubs can grow up to 3 m (10 ft) high. The leaves are broad and lobed, with three to five (or rarely seven) lobes. The seeds are contained in a
capsule called a boll, each seed surrounded by downy fibres called lint. Commercial species of cotton plant are G. hirsutum (90% of world production), G. barbadense (8%), G. arboreum and G. herbaceum (together, 2%). While the lint (fiber) naturally occurs in colors of white, brown, and green, fears of contaminating the genetics of white cotton has led many cotton-growing locations to ban growing of coloured cotton varieties.
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