Family: Malvaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Shrub
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Assumed to be Native
Native Range:
The West Indies (Lesser Antilles, Greater Antilles, Bahamas), peninsular Florida, Mexico, Central America and South America; introduced to the Old World.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
Comments:
Although cited as exotic to the West Indies by Acevedo-RodrÃguez & Strong (2012, 2016; see also Flora of the West Indies below), Austin (2003) considered variety
punctatum, which was the entity cited by Correll & Correll (1982), to be native to the Bahamas and Florida.
Synonyms:
Gossypium hirsutum var.
punctatum, Gossypium punctatum; Gossypium barbadense of Britton & Millspaugh (1920), not L.
