Species Gossypium kirkii
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There aren’t any identifications of Gossypium kirkii.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Gossypium:
La. gossypium = cotton, possibly from the Arabic goz = silky. A name used by Pliny the Elder to describe cotton.
Etymology of kirkii:
Named after Sir John Kirk (1832-1922), a Scottish physician, naturalist, and botanist who explored and collected plants in East Africa.
Scientific name:
Gossypium kirkii Mast.
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19: 214 (1882)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1882
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Gossypium kirkii.